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2025 College Football Polls

College football rankings: Ohio State, Texas, Penn State lead post-spring top 25 ahead of 2025 season

Looking ahead to the top teams entering the 2025 season as spring practices wrap and the transfer portal closes​

1. Ohio State
2. Texas
3. Penn State
4. Clemson
5. Georgia
6. Oregon
7. Notre Dame
8. LSU
9. Alabama
10. Florida
11. Miami
12. Illinois
13. Kansas State
14. BYU
15. TCU
16. Michigan
17. Arizona State
18. Oklahoma
19. Iowa State
20. Tennessee
21. Texas Tech
22. South Carolina
23. Louisville
24. SMU
25. Auburn

Joel Klatt is taking another Big Ten team over the Ohio State Buckeyes in his latest college football rankings for 2025 season

Following the spring football period, Fox analyst Joel Klatt has another Big Ten team ranked ahead of the Buckeyes. Klatt lists Penn State at No. 1, followed by Texas at No. 2, with Ohio State coming in at No. 3. Oregon and Clemson round out the top five at No. 4 and No. 5, respectively.

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Other Big Ten teams in Klatt’s rankings include Illinois (No. 10), Michigan (No. 12), Indiana (No. 21), and Iowa (No. 23).

Penn State returns quarterback Drew Allar along with many starters from a team that made the College Football Playoff last season. The Nittany Lions also added wide receivers through the transfer portal, including Trebor Pena from Syracuse. Additionally, Jim Knowles made a lateral move to become Penn State’s new defensive coordinator.

Julian Sayin’s performance—assuming he earns the QB1 spot—will be a major factor in determining just how good Ohio State can be in 2025. The defense may take a step back, so the offense will need to carry more of the load. While Ohio State has recently had the upper hand against Penn State, a matchup between these two teams in their current projected rankings would be highly anticipated.

Regardless, the Big Ten is once again shaping up to be a powerhouse in 2025. Even a program like USC appears to be trending upward.

Programs with the most Bowl/Playoff Wins

Through January 2025. This list includes CFP playoff games and bowl games (including CFP Title Games), but doesn’t include CCGs.

46-29-3 Alabama
38-22-3 Georgia
37-21-0 USC
33-27-2 Texas
33-21-2 Penn State
31-29-0 Ohio State (4 wins last season)
31-26-1 Oklahoma
31-26-0 Tennessee
31-24-1 LSU
30-18-2 Florida State
27-27-0 Nebraska
27-24-0 Clemson
27-15-0 Ole Miss
26-21-0 Georgia Tech
25-24-0 Florida
24-21-2 Auburn
24-22-0 Notre Dame (3 wins last season)
24-29-0 Xichigan
22-12-0 Oklahoma State

This also counts a Sugar Bowl win over Arkansas because it happened, 1 similar win for ND, FSU, and Ole Miss, and 2 for LSU.

The old B1G rule of only 1 team going to a bowl until 1974 impacts the total appearances of tOSU and TTUN.

The ONLY team with more than 20 of these wins with a losing record in these games resides in the whore-town named Ann Arbor.

NHL Buckeye Tracker

Ohio State Alumni Stats in NHL​

Player Years GMs G A Pts. +/- PIM
Ryan Kesler 2003-2019 1001 258 315 573 10 920
R.J. Umberger 2005-2016 779 180 212 392 -64 312
Ryan Dzingel 2015-2022 404 87 101 188 -22 191
Jamie Macoun 1982-1999 1128 76 282 358 175 1210
Dakota Joshua 2020-2025 241 40 38 78 -7 181
David Steckel 2005-2014 425 33 46 79 -14 129
Zac Dalpe 2010-2023 168 16 16 32 -37 38
Mason Lohrei 2023-2025 118 9 37 46 -45 34
Éric Meloche 2001-2007 74 9 11 20 -21 36
Rod Pelley 2006-2012 256 9 20 29 -22 102
Matt Bartkowski 2010-2021 256 8 40 48 -12 157
Max McCormick 2015-2024 94 8 5 13 -14 97
Nate Guenin 2006-2016 205 5 23 28 7 94
Dan Mandich 1982-1986 111 5 11 16 -10 303
Jeff Madill 1990-1991 14 4 0 4 -1 46
Tanner Fritz 2017-2019 42 3 5 8 -6 10
Tanner Laczynski 2020-2025 46 3 2 5 -6 8
Sean Collins 2008-2012 21 2 1 3 2 12
Brian Loney 1995-1996 12 2 3 5 2 6
Carson Meyer 2021-2024 41 2 4 6 -4 14
John Albert 2013-2014 9 1 0 1 -3 0
Corey Elkins 2009-2010 3 1 0 1 -2 0
Dave Gust 2022-2023 4 1 0 1 -2 2
Cole McWard 2022-2024 6 1 0 1 0 0
Tyson Strachan 2008-2016 186 1 19 20 -42 199
Tom Askey 1997-1998 7 0 0 0 0 0
Mike Bales 1992-1997 23 0 0 0 0 2
Mike Blake 1981-1984 40 0 1 1 0 6
Jakub Dobes 2024-2025 16 0 0 0 0 0
Anthony Greco 2018-2022 2 0 0 0 -3 0
Cal Heeter 2013-2014 1 0 0 0 0
Bill McKenzie 1973-1980 91 0 1 1 0 12
Georgii Merkulov 2023-2025 10 0 1 1 0 2
Paul Pooley 1984-1986 15 0 3 3 3 0
Shane Sims 2010-2011 1 0 0 0 0 0
Matt Tomkins 2023-2024 6 0 0 0 0 0
Jim Witherspoon 1975-1976 2 0 0 0 -1 2
Goalie Years GMs W L T GAA SV%
Tom Askey 1997-1998 7 0 1 2 2.64 .894
Mike Bales 1992-1997 23 2 15 1 4.12 .869
Mike Blake 1981-1984 40 13 15 5 4.26 .867
Jakub Dobes 2024-2025 16 7 4 3 2.74 .909
Cal Heeter 2013-2014 1 0 0 1 4.69 .868
Bill McKenzie 1973-1980 91 18 49 13 4.10 .868
Matt Tomkins 2023-2024 6 3 2 1 3.33 .892

Note: Names in BOLD are currently in the NHL

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