# 2025 college football season thread **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** football-nfl\ **Created:** [August 31, 2025, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-college-football-season-thread/1022628 "2025-08-31T04:35:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 17
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2026, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-college-football-season-thread/1022628/321 "2026-01-01T20:29:20Z")
#5 Oregon completely shuts down #4 Texas Tech in the Orange Bowl 23-0. The Ducks defense was completely dominant, and the Red Raiders were so sloppy. False starts, bad passing, etc. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2026, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-college-football-season-thread/1022628/322 "2026-01-01T20:31:17Z")
I appreciated how clean the game was. Go Ducks! ---
**Author:** ![Thing.Fish](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thing.fish/32/9168_2.png) [@Thing.Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thing.Fish)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2026, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-college-football-season-thread/1022628/323 "2026-01-01T20:49:29Z")
Great win for Mighty Oregon! Defense stood up tall. On to the Peach Bowl! ---
**Author:** ![Mighty\_Mouse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mighty_mouse/32/7776_2.png) [@Mighty\_Mouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Mouse)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2026, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-college-football-season-thread/1022628/324 "2026-01-01T23:25:43Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Whew. Very cool. Hope Indiana does well. So far, so good. ---
**Author:** ![3AxisCtrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/3/ecd19e/32.png) [@3AxisCtrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/3AxisCtrl)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2026, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-college-football-season-thread/1022628/325 "2026-01-01T23:58:25Z")
Hoosiers up by 35 with 10 minutes to go. I did not foresee that happening to Alabama. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2026, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-college-football-season-thread/1022628/326 "2026-01-02T00:05:49Z")
> [@3AxisCtrl](#): > > I did not foresee that happening to Alabama. I kind of did when Alabama said they were concerned about the weather and Indiana said it wouldn’t affect them at all. Indiana pulled their starters, this game is clearly over. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2026, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-college-football-season-thread/1022628/327 "2026-01-02T00:28:07Z")
38-3, final score. This was Indiana’s first bowl win since the 1991 Copper Bowl. ---
**Author:** ![Zakalwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zakalwe/32/270_2.png) [@Zakalwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zakalwe)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2026, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-college-football-season-thread/1022628/328 "2026-01-02T00:46:52Z")
I so look forward to the Playoff Committee having to publicly eat crow and admit that they make the shit up to please their broadcast masters and actually have NO FUCKING IDEA how to rank college football teams. /s - in case it wasn’t obvious. They’re already working on excuses to include Alabama next year even if they’re 8–5. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2026, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-college-football-season-thread/1022628/329 "2026-01-02T01:00:34Z")
And why not? Didn’t you witness the dominate performance they displayed today? ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2026, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-college-football-season-thread/1022628/330 "2026-01-02T01:04:08Z")
Indiana’s win over Alabama was the first time in the two-year history of the 12-team College Football Playoff that a higher-seeded team has won a game. And not many people are sad that Bama just got completely dominated. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2026, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-college-football-season-thread/1022628/331 "2026-01-02T01:08:11Z")
> [@Railer13](#): > > Indiana’s win over Alabama was the first time in the two-year history of the 12-team College Football Playoff that a higher-seeded team has won a game. That is demonstrably not true, given that James Madison and Tulane lost in the first round this year. Unless you just mean the top seed. ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2026, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-college-football-season-thread/1022628/332 "2026-01-02T01:09:12Z")
> [@ekedolphin](#): > > That is demonstrably not true, given that James Madison and Tulane lost in the first round this year. Good god, I’m an idiot! I withdraw my comment. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2026, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-college-football-season-thread/1022628/333 "2026-01-02T01:32:37Z")
> [@Railer13](#): > > And not many people are sad that Bama just got completely dominated. My wife is from WSU, and was quite happy to see Alabama go down with its former Huskies coaches. ---
**Author:** ![Zakalwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zakalwe/32/270_2.png) [@Zakalwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zakalwe)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2026, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-college-football-season-thread/1022628/334 "2026-01-02T01:45:25Z")
> [@Railer13](#): > > Indiana’s win over Alabama was the first time in the two-year history of the 12-team College Football Playoff that a higher-seeded team has won a game. Not quite. It was the first time that a team with the round 1 bye won a game. They were 0-4 last year and 0-2 this year until Indiana thrashed 'Bama. ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2026, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-college-football-season-thread/1022628/335 "2026-01-02T02:12:02Z")
> [@Zakalwe](#): > > It was the first time that a team with the round 1 bye won a game Correct, and that’s what I should have said. @ekedolphin already pointed out the error of my ways. ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2026, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-college-football-season-thread/1022628/336 "2026-01-02T03:59:30Z")
If you aren’t watching the Georgia/Ole Miss game, you should be. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2026, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-college-football-season-thread/1022628/337 "2026-01-02T04:05:58Z")
This is a barn-burner! ---
**Author:** ![SwissMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e79b87/32.png) [@SwissMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SwissMan)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2026, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-college-football-season-thread/1022628/338 "2026-01-02T05:01:13Z")
That had to be one of the weirder endings to a game that I have ever seen. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2026, 10:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-college-football-season-thread/1022628/339 "2026-01-02T10:01:31Z")
I don’t think I’ve ever seen a game end with a safety in the last seconds of regulation before. ---
**Author:** ![Mighty\_Mouse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mighty_mouse/32/7776_2.png) [@Mighty\_Mouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Mouse)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2026, 11:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-college-football-season-thread/1022628/340 "2026-01-02T11:18:31Z")
This has been the sweetest set of four results I’ve ever had in college football. Not because who won, but because who lost. Georgia, Alabama, Ohio State and Texas Tech all going down means four of my most obnoxious coworkers are going to be pissed off today when we return to work. Except for the Texas Tech alum, none of the other three attended the schools whose football prowess they crow about (they aren’t remotely smart enough to have gotten in). You’d need to look at their LinkedIn profiles to see that they went to Podunk College, not UGA, OSU or Bama. And no, their kids aren’t going the big name schools either. The Red Raiders guy wasn’t so bad, I guess. They haven’t been this good for a very long time. I was happy for him at first, but then he just went on and on. Also he’s at least good at the technical aspects of his job. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-college-football-season-thread/1022628.md?page=16) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-college-football-season-thread/1022628.md?page=18)