Ohio State celebrates and gets ready for all the changes coming to college football in 2025
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The early betting favorite to win next year's national championship: Ohio State. The question nobody can really answer at this time: What sort of sport will the Buckeyes or anyone else return to when they kick it off again seven months from now. A program that won the title by spending lavishly (a reported $20 million) and used the transfer portal judiciously ( QB Will Howard and RB Quinshon Judkins were the headliners) joins everyone else in not knowing exactly what the rules will be in this rapidly changing game when next fall rolls around.
The landmark legal settlement that allows schools to pay players directly while also cutting down on roster sizes (but increases the number of scholarships available) is set to take effect for next school year. Before that, the schools need to see how Title IX regulations fit into everything. They will haggle over a transfer portal that almost everyone agrees is out of control. They will find out if the 12-team playoff that debuted this season will remain as is or receive a tweak or two.
“There are so many unknowns,” said Gloria Nevarez, commissioner of the Mountain West Conference. “We're trying to track it all to the best we can and offer solutions. But we've got to see what the ‘it’ is so that we can determine how it affects us.”.
