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5 college football teams projected as favorites in every 2025 regular season game

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NCAA Football: CFP National Championship-Ohio State at Notre Dame
Jan 20, 2025; Atlanta, GA, USA; Notre Dame Fighting Irish tight end Mitchell Evans (88) runs the ball against the Ohio State Buckeyes in the second half in the CFP National Championship college football game at Mercedes-Benz Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-Imagn Images

Arizona State, Clemson, Georgia, Notre Dame and Ohio State. College football’s elite in 2025? Not necessarily. But the five schools have something in common: they are all projected to be favored in every regular season game.

Based on power rankings from Brad Powers, of Bet the Board Podcast, those five programs enter the 2025 season projected as favorites in each of their 12 regular-season games.

The actual point spreads for every game is not available. Also, the projections can (and will) change based on the actual on-the-field results.

Based on Powers’ projections, Ohio State is at least a double-digit favorite in nine games. The only games he Buckeyes are less than a 10-point favorite: at home vs. Texas (-3) on Aug. 30; at home vs. Penn State (-3½) on Nov. 1 and at Michigan (-3½) on Nov. 29.

Notre Dame is a prohibitive favorite in nearly each game. The Fighting Irish are less than a 10-point favorite in only their first two games: at Miami (-2) on Aug. 31 and home vs. Texas A&M (-7½) on Aug. 13. Notre Dame is more than a two TD favorite in eight of its 12 contests, including its final five games.

Georgia is at least a two-TD favorite in seven games and at least a touchdown favorite in every game, except home vs. Alabama (-3½) on Sept. 27 and home vs. Texas (-2½) on Nov. 15.

ACC favorite Clemson is less than a 10-point favorite in only three games: vs. LSU (-4) on Aug. 30, at Louisville (-6) on Nov. 14 and at Georgia Tech (-4½) on Nov. 29

While Arizona State is favored in every game, the Sun Devils don’t have much margin of error. Arizona State is less than a one-score favorite in six games: at Baylor (-1) on Sept. 20; home vs. TCU (-6½) on Sept. 26; at Utah (-1) on Oct. 11; home vs. Texas Tech (-5½) on Oct. 18; at Iowa State (-2) on Nov. 1; and at Colorado (-8) on Nov. 22.

Ironically, the Texas Longhorns, the consensus favorite to win the national title, is projected to be an underdog in two games: at Ohio State and at Georgia. Texas is a 3-point underdog at Ohio State on Aug. 30 and projected a 2½-point underdog at Georgia on Nov. 15.

Powers’ power ratings also projects eight teams to be favored in 11 of 12 regular season games: Alabama, Boise State, James Madison, Liberty, Miami, Oregon, Penn State and Toledo.

Being projected as a favorite in 11 or 12 games before the season is no guarantee of a perfect – or even a winning season.

Before the 2024 season, Georgia, Kansas State, Liberty, Miami and Oregon were all projected to be favored in every game. Their final regular season records: Georgia (10-2), Kansas State (8-4), Miami (10-2), Oregon (12-0).

Also last year, Florida State, Oklahoma State and Utah were each projected before the season to be favored in 11 games. Yet they all crashed and burned. The Seminoles finished 2-10, Oklahoma State 3-9 and Utah 5-7.

However, before the 2023 season, the five schools projected to be favorite in every game all nearly ran the table in the regular seasons. Alabama, Georgia, Louisville, Michigan and Washington were all projected to be favored in each game. Their final regular season records: Alabama (11-1), Georgia (12-0), Louisville (10-2), Michigan (12-0) and Washington (12-0). 

The Wolverines defeated the Huskies in the 2023 national title game.