The Tigers will begin the season with one of the best College Football Playoff outlooks in the country, according to ESPN's Football Power Index. The preseason FPI from ESPN gives Auburn a 21.8% chance of making the playoffs, which ranks No. 18 in this category.

3: There are three new coaches in the ACC in 2025: Bill Belichick (North Carolina), Frank Reich (interim at Stanford) and Jake Dickert (Wake Forest). Last season, the ACC's three new head coaches (Fran Brown at Syracuse, Manny Diaz at Duke, Bill O'Brien at Boston College) all had at least seven wins.

Believe it or not, we're just 20 days away from the start of the 2025 college football season. Week 0 will feature five intriguing matchups, which includes a showdown between Iowa State and Kansas State in Dublin,