B ig 12 commissioner Brett Yormark has all but guaranteed multiple playoff bids from his conference during the 2025 season. And now, it's up to the half-dozen or so teams capable of being in the mix to show it on the field.

Can Vanderbilt football build on its first winning season in a decade? Can it even contend for a national championship, as Diego Pavia contends? The 2025 Commodores have come in with as much hype as they've ever had after the return of Pavia and Eli Stowers in Clark Lea's fifth season.