Purdue fired Ryan Walters after two seasons and UNLV's Barry Odom took the job with open arms. He'll get a couple games to get his feet wet with the Boilermakers before USC, Notre Dame and Illinois test the new regime early. Michigan, Ohio State, Washington and Indiana during the season's final month make this the Big Ten's toughest slate late.

The way-too-early rankings for the 2025 college football season are in, and one of the greatest challenges in building the pecking order — particularly in the transfer portal era — is the amount of parity that exists outside the elite tier.