With Ohio State's win over Notre Dame in the first National Championship of the 12-team College Football Playoff era, the Big Ten has won back-to-back national

Before the season began, Ole Miss was regarded as a major contender, primarily because the Rebels had achieved three consecutive top-two finishes in transfer portal classes. They even concluded the season ranked as the No. 5 team in the country according to ESPN's Football Power Index.

Moving forward, Paul Finebaum and many other college football pundits will be expecting the SEC to return to glory in a big way. Whether it’s Georgia, Texas, Alabama or some other team, the conference needs to make a mark in 2025, after a disappointing 2024 season.

Per SEC analyst Paul Finebaum’s imagination, that prediction points towards Texas Longhorns success in the near future, according to Finebaum’s comments earlier this week. “I would pick Steve Sarkisian,