Cat Scratch Reader

● By Daniel Belton
It’s the end of August, and college football just finished its “Week 0” slate of games. The NFL preseason is over. Teams have finalized (sort of) their 53-man rosters. Now is a good time to look back over where teams are projected to finish and which college stars they might select in the 2025 NFL Draft. For this exercise, I based the Draft order on major sportsbook win projections. Let’s see how the season and Draft will definitely play out in just eight short months (win projections in parentheses):

Top Players Not Included

These players appear in the top 32 of our

Consensus Big Board

, but do not show up in this mock.