Northern Illinois beating Notre Dame in South Bend and Michigan beating Ohio State at the Shoe -- turned out to be irrelevant. Call me crazy, but I think rendering the regular season irrelevant is a monumentally bad idea.

Here's how the AP Poll, Coaches Poll, College Football Playoff rankings, FCS poll and DII football polls work.

Brian Kelly and the LSU Tigers football program have worked effortlessly across the last two months in order to bolster the roster for the 2025 season. After a subpar 9-4 year in Baton Rouge, all focus has shifted towards the upcoming season with the immediate expectations being "College Football Playoff or bust" for Kelly's club.

From draft season to talking season and everything in between, here's what to watch for until the next game kicks off.

Did it hurt the sport's regular season? Do rivalries still matter? Here's what Nicole Auerbach took away from the first year of the expanded CFP.