The new metric -- titled record strength -- will give further credit to how a team performs against its schedule. It will give extra credit for beating quality teams, while lessening the penalty for losses against tougher opponents.

Take a look at what The Athletic foresees in Florida football's future heading into this fall, both overall and in the SEC.

A litany of Georgia Bulldogs have been listed on the Coaches All-SEC team ahead of the 2025 college football season.

SEC bias might be real, but it doesn't mean the conference will take over the CFP. Ohio State should be just as good as last year, if not even better.

Though the 2025 college football season is just a few days away, hope still springs eternal among most fanbases. That veneer of offseason optimism has yet to wear off. All of the positive training camp reports and preseason rankings have bolstered that positive outlook.

Preseason projections have Texas among the national title favorites, but a panel of SEC experts flagged the Longhorns as the league’s most overrated team. CBS Sports’ SEC preview led with a blunt assessment.

The College Football Playoff is giving more weight to strength of schedule and introducing a new selection metric after Alabama and two other three-loss SEC teams were left out in 2024.

Only three SEC teams made the College Football Playoff last year, but the conference is deep with contenders in 2025.