Texas Tech recently signed a player to a reported three-year, $2.3 million contract, going all in to assemble a roster it hopes will contend for a championship.

Throughout the offseason, Brett Yormark has emphasized the Big 12’s preference for a 5+11 format for the College Football Playoff. He doubled down to open Big 12 Media Days on Tuesday. During his opening remarks at The Star in Frisco, the Big 12 commissioner told reporters that the 5+11 model is the “right playoff format” for college football.

These are the players, coaches, teams and concepts that every squad in our Way-Too-Early Top 25 will be looking out for in 2025.

EA Sports College Football 26 projected intriguing results for Texas A&M's 2025 season via Dynasty Mode simulations.

EA Sports attempted to rank the toughest stadiums for College Football 26. Some spots were correct, others were a big miss.

Here’s what it looks like from here: Red Raider athletes will make a reported $55 million in name, image and likeness deals this school year, apparently an NCAA record. And that doesn’t count the $5.1 million Tech just guaranteed a Mansfield Lake Ridge offensive tackle over three years. Once he actually graduates from high school, that is.

College football coach Wade Lytal turned to social media seeking his daughter, Kellyanne, who went missing from Camp Mystic after the catastrophic Texas floods.

"Very well" is the guess. Quinn Ewers has taken his talents to South Beach as a seventh-round draft pick of the Miami Dolphins, leaving Manning poised to turn a two-year apprenticeship into what could be Texas' next great quarterback run — but will 2025 be his final year of college ball?