Just over a week has passed since the 2025 college football season reached its conclusion. A seven-month-long offseason stands between the beginning of the 2026 college football season and the College Football Playoff National Championship game. With the 2025 season in the rearview mirror, media outlets have begun to make early predictions for how the 2026 season will play out. These predictions include College Football Playoff brackets, conference championship projections, and top 25 rankings. PicKell of On3 assembled a list of the 10 best quarterbacks heading into the 2026 college football season on his show, "Hard Count."