Ranking the biggest college football games of the 2025 season

With Week 0 quickly approaching, the college football season is almost here. Some of the biggest games sit early in the calendar, and Josh Pate broke down his top matchups of the year.

Pate revealed his 10 biggest games of the year on Josh Pate’s College Football Show Thursday night, and the top game is in Week 1. Texas and Ohio State both topped the preseason AP poll – as well as the JP Poll – which adds to the anticipation for the matchup. It will mark the official start of the Arch Manning Era in Austin.

But plenty of other marquee matchups are also sprinkled throughout the year. Here are the biggest college football games of the 2025 season.

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