College football preseason polls continue to build anticipation for the 2026 season as August wears on. The former Ohio State tight end is the son of former Buckeye quarterback and top ESPN college football analyst Kirk Herbstreit. Ohio State won the College Football Playoff National Championship Game in Herbstreit's final season. Dan Lanning hasn't given the college football world a reason to doubt his teams' abilities in the regular season. Oregon never led after the first quarter of the inaugural College Football Playoff National Championship against Ohio State, and it trailed by as many as 34 points at different junctures in its two College Football Playoff losses in the 12-team era.