Your look at the complete rankings for the easiest and hardest schedules across the 2025 college football season for all 136 teams.

The inaugural 12-team College Football Playoff brought a substantial amount of extra excitement to Bowl Season last year, but perhaps an additional–and underrated—benefit of the expansion is the wealth of compelling Week One matchups we’re seeing in the 2025 season as well.

It's pretty rare that there's ever a serious race for No. 1 in the preseason AP Top 25 poll. Even if there's a debate, it's typically settled long before ballots are cast. Over the last 20 seasons, the difference in first-place votes between No.