The first month of the 2025 college football season is already in the books. Although Michigan was idle in Week 5, that didn’t stop the schedule makers from constructing what turned out to be an incredible Saturday slate to close out September.

While there’s still a ways to go before we find out who will be competing in this year’s Big Ten Championship or even the College Football Playoff, we have a slightly better picture of who the most relevant teams will be when we reach the end of the season. Today, we’ll be sifting through what we saw during the first month of the season and grouping the Big Ten’s teams into tiers based on how likely they are to be competing for the conference championship or a playoff bid.

I don’t think you would’ve found anyone stumping for any of these teams as

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