MSU had the worst defense in the SEC by a wide margin in 2024. While the defense will improve from allowing 34.1 points per game, it will still be the worst in the SEC.

We give you five bold predictions for Ohio State football and its 2025 campaign, and what to expect this season.

L.A. Times USC beat reporter Ryan Kartje and UCLA beat reporter Ben Bolch offer their predictions on how each team’s season will go. Ryan Kartje is the USC beat writer at the Los Angeles Times. He joined The Times after six years with the Southern California News Group.

We got a little taste of college football in Week 0, but this Saturday features the first full slate of games headlined by No. 1 Texas traveling to No. 3 Ohio State and No. 9 LSU battling No. 4 Clemson.

So how do the teams in the SEC stack up as we enter the 2025 season? Here’s the Week 1 edition of AL.com ’s SEC football power rankings for 2025 (all times Central and all games Saturday unless noted):