Florida football coach Billy Napier was rewarded for leading the ... coach to receive a performance-based bonus. Georgia coach Kirby Smart received $800,000 in bonuses for winning the SEC ...

Kirby Smart conducted an in-home visit on Thursday night with one of the best quarterback prospects in the 2026 class.

Georgia coach Kirby Smart received $800,000 in bonuses for winning the SEC ... This article originally appeared on The Gainesville Sun: Florida football coach Billy Napier earns bonus for leading UF to eight wins, bowl game

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Texas A&M HC Mike Elko didn’t have the season he envisioned and finished in the bottom half of the SEC rankings

The University of South Carolina is rewarding Shane Beamer after the Gamecocks’ recent success. On Friday, the South Carolina Board of Trustees approved a contract extension for the Gamecocks’ head football coach that will run through the end 2030 and pay him $8.15 million in 2025 with $100,000 raises in each season that follows.

The Ohio State Buckeyes bounced back from what seemed like a catastrophic loss to the Michigan Wolverines to go on a four-game push through the first 12-team College Football Playoff and win the national championship. Now that the confetti has been cleaned up, here is Sports Illustrated ’s way-too-early Top 25 rankings for the 2025 season.

The 2024 college football season officially concluded Monday with Ohio State beating Notre Dame to win the national championship, meaning we can now flip the calendar and focus on the 2025 campaign.Last year's early rankings saw six of the 12 playoff teams in our top-12 slots.

Respect is earned not given. Matt Campbell, once again, opened the eyes of many with an appearance in the Big 12 Championship in 2024. The Cyclones lose some top-notch wide receivers, but really like the personnel along the offensive line in front of returning veterans Rocco Becht (quarterback) and Carson Hansen (running back).

The Buckeyes have the two best players in the country while the Tigers made a major addition to their coaching staff.

There might not be a 2019 LSU, 2020 Alabama or 2021 Georgia among those teams, but there are a lot of star-studded programs that will carry playoff expectations into the 2025 season. And this time, commissioner Greg Sankey and fans across the south will expect more than just three CFP participants.

FOX Sports' RJ Young offers up his way-too-early top 25 rankings for the 2025 college football season, with Ohio State, Texas, Michigan and Colorado all in the mix.