2025 College Football Predictions: Playoffs, Bowl Games, and Awards

The moment you have all been waiting for! Who will win this year? I may be totally biased here, but I truly believe Penn State will win it all. I think it will be a battle, they are not going to just walk through the playoffs. They will have to take down a good Miami team that upsets Ohio State, then they will have to battle Michigan. And after those big wins, they get to face Texas. Also, can we go up to the other part of the bracket, and talk about Boise State upsetting Georgia? That would be crazy.

Every year we have some teams that get left out of the playoffs, and this year will be no different. Illinois is sitting at two losses, and they are left out. Same with SMU. Alabama will be in a similar position as last year, three losses, and arguing they should still be in the playoffs. And yes, some of those four loss teams in the SEC will be complaining that they deserve to be in over someone like Miami who has three losses at that point (I have them losing to Clemson in the ACC Championship game).

Speaking of conference championships, here is how they go:
ACC: Clemson over Miami
Big XII: Arizona State over Kansas State
Big Ten: Penn State over Ohio State
SEC: Texas over Georgia
AAC: Tulane over Memphis
C-USA: Liberty over Western Kentucky
MAC: Miami OH over Ohio
MWC: Boise State over UNLV
Sun Belt: James Madison over South Alabama

It would be crazy to predict all the bowl games…

So here we go, let’s get crazy!

LA Bowl: UNLV 31 Washington 28
Salute to Veterans Bowl: Old Dominion 17 Bowling Green 13
Cure Bowl: UConn 28 Army 21
68 Ventures Bowl: Georgia Southern 34 Central Michigan 21
Myrtle Beach Bowl: Appalachian State 17 Northern Illinois 13
Gasparilla Bowl: South Florida 23 Virginia 20
Famous Idaho Potato Bowl: Buffalo 23 Colorado State 10
Boca Raton Bowl: James Madison 41 Toledo 38
New Orleans Bowl: South Alabama 38 Florida International 24
Frisco Bowl: Texas State 31 North Texas 27
Hawaii Bowl: East Carolina 21 San Diego State 13
GameAbove Sports Bowl: USC 26 Ohio 7
Rate Bowl: Kansas 13 Iowa 3
First Responder Bowl: UTSA 38 Louisiana Tech 28
Military Bowl: Tulane 24 Pitt 17
Pinstripe Bowl: Minnesota 17 Virginia Tech 14
Fenway Bowl: Memphis 31 Boston College 24
Pop-Tarts Bowl: Iowa State 41 UNC 31
Arizona Bowl: Miami OH 35 Fresno State 31
New Mexico Bowl: San Jose State 45 Western Kentucky 42
Gator Bowl: Auburn 20 Duke 17
Texas Bowl: Ole Miss 38 TCU 31
Birmingham Bowl: Tennessee 21 Maryland 17 
Independence Bowl: Baylor 24 Liberty 7
Music City Bowl: Florida State 31 Texas A&M 28
Alamo Bowl: Texas Tech 45 Missouri 35
ReliaQuest Bowl: Illinois 34 Oklahoma 31
Sun Bowl: SMU 41 Colorado 23
Citrus Bowl: Indiana 35 Florida 19
Las Vegas Bowl: Washington State 26 Nebraska 21
Armed Forces Bowl: Navy 21 Jacksonville State 7
Liberty Bowl: Alabama 35 Kansas State 7
Duke’s Mayo Bowl: South Carolina 42 Louisville 28
Holiday Bowl: Georgia Tech 28 Oregon State 21
Bahamas Bowl: Eastern Michigan 13 Sam Houston 9

Heisman: Cade Klubnik–Clemson
Coach of the Year: James Franklin–Penn State
Doak Walker (RB): Jeremiyah Love–Notre Dame
Biletnikoff (WR): Antonio Williams–Clemson
Mackey (TE): Max Klare–Ohio State
Nagurski (Defensive POY): Dani Dennis-Sutton–Penn State
Jim Thorpe (Def Back): Caleb Downs–Ohio State
Butkus (LB): Tony Rojas–Penn State

That is as far as I am going with the awards. There are way too many college awards.