College football repeat champs: Ohio State could make history in 2025

have ever begun the season in the No. 1 position in the AP rankings and won the national championship.

That could be good news for Ohio State, college football’s reigning champs, which debuted at No. 3 in the preseason rankings, and not so good for Texas, which checked in at the top of the early poll for the first time ever.

Winning consecutive national championships is not a common occurrence across the history of college football, averaging out at roughly one program per decade to do it, including a quarter-century stretch where no school was able to.

What other college football programs have won back-to-back national championships in the AP poll era? It’s a very select, elite club the Buckeyes are looking to join

For two straight seasons in recent memory, the Bulldogs demolished everything in their path behind a historically-dominant defense that shredded opponents, culminating in a win over TCU for the title that was the biggest winning margin in a game, ever.

Georgia made the last two SEC Championship Game appearances, and won the conference’s title last season, proving that this program is still well within striking distance, but this 2025 team will look different and likely has to go through Texas again.