CFB Player Rank: The top 100 players of the 2024-25 season

ESPN's college football postseason player rank is here, and it's time to analyze the list.

CFB Player Rank: The top 100 players of the 2024-25 season

ESPN's college football postseason player rank is here, and it's time to analyze the list.

With the caliber of talent on Ohio State's roster, it comes as no surprise that the Buckeyes claimed 10% of the spots on this postseason list. The question: Should the Buckeyes have had more players on the list?

As this season showed us, anything is possible over the course of the four-month season. Who was projected to be a standout player this past season and didn't live up to the hype? Which unranked players should have made the list?

Our college football reporters give their feedback on the postseason top 100 list and take a look at what the selection committee got right and where it went wrong.

(ESPN's selection committee included Bill Connelly, David Hale, Chris Low, Max Olson, Adam Rittenberg and Paolo Uggetti.)

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