After months of anticipation, Week 1 of the 2025 college football season is finally here. Saturday's slate is full of intriguing matchups that will shape the College Football Playoff picture and provide fans with the opportunity to see familiar faces in new places.

The first official week of the college football season is in the books, as Alabama fans mourn losing to Florida State and Texas fans watch 2024 Arch Manning highlights to cope with Saturday's game. This week really got the season started off with plenty of intrigue and plenty to talk about, even if August can make hot-take artists out of us all.

After a weekend full of surprises, college football's Week 1 action wraps up Monday night with Belichick's debut at UNC.

Penn State's shut Nevada out of the end zone thus far, but the Wolf Pack made a firm push late in the third quarter. Nevada converted on a 3rd-and-10 at Penn State's 20 to get a first down before the clock expired.

The Florida Gators earned ESPN's top play of the day on Saturday with freshman Vernell Brown III's epic catch against LIU.

Alabama is dealing with a few injuries to starters going into Saturday's matchup at Florida State, with running back Jam Miller out, while the status of defensive tackle Tim Keenan III is likely an unknown. The Crimson Tide do have starting offensive lineman Jaeden Roberts available though, according to Yea Alabama.

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Ohio State Buckeyes football fans were ready and raring to go Aug. 30 against the Texas Longhorns in ESPN's College GameDay season opener.