Get ready for the 2025 MAC football season! Uncover key players to watch, pivotal matchups, and insights to elevate your game day experience this year.
After taking a quick look at the Pac-12 and Independent teams in our first Preview Series breakdown, we now turn our attention to our first full-sized conference: the Sun Belt Conference.
The SBC has seen a ton of player turnover through the…
College Football Preview Series Kickoff
At Sandman Sports, we are all in on football season. Over the next several weeks we will be previewing every FBS conference as part of our 2025 preseason coverage. From playoff contenders and surprise teams to key…
Conference rivalries get the headlines, but non-conference matchups are often where the season's biggest statements get made. These early showdowns pit top teams from different styles and regions against each other, giving fans a first look at which contenders are for real.…
What makes a college football season truly great for a quarterback? It’s not just about stats or team wins. It’s about dominance, consistency, highlight plays, and carrying a program when everything is on the line. Some QBs posted video game numbers. Others…
Every year, some college football teams get handed a brutal schedule. Between stacked conference lineups, high-profile non-conference showdowns, and road trips into hostile environments, certain programs are set up to take a beating, regardless of how good they actually are. Based on…
Preseason college football polls are a great reminder that until teams actually take the field, it's all conjecture and educated guesses. Every year we see teams rise and fall through the rankings, and some fall off a cliff entirely. Just ask 2024…
Since the introduction of NIL, the NCAA transfer portal has become a major tool for roster building. Small-school stars now move to big-name programs, high-end recruits chase guaranteed playing time, and household names follow the money.
With all this movement, success in…
The 2024 college football season was full of underachievement. Whether due to recruiting misses, portal misfires, or poor game-day execution, several major programs fell far short of expectations. And in a sport where patience is in short supply, the coaching carousel is…
We’re still a few months from kickoff, but with spring practices wrapped and the transfer portal reshuffled, it’s the perfect time to look ahead. Here’s our projection for the Top 25 teams entering the 2025 college football season.
Ohio State Buckeyes (2024:…