Where Things Stand at Midpoint of 2025 College Football Season

Eleven undefeated teams, nine head coach openings, three winless squads and one very much on-brand Bill Belichick sum up the first half.

Head coach James Franklin of the Penn State Nittany Lions looks on during the fourth quarter against the Northwestern Wildcats at Beaver Stadium in State College, Pa., on Oct. 11, 2025. Isaiah Vazquez/Getty Images

There’s no official halfway point of the NCAA college football season, as some teams play 12 regular-season games while others play 13. But the regular season wraps up in Week 14, so the recently completed Week 7 means we’re essentially at the midpoint.

As a result, now’s a good time to look back at what’s happened and ahead to what’s on the horizon. Here are the biggest notes and nuggets.

The Coaching Carousel

With the firings of James Franklin (Penn State), Trent Bray (Oregon State), and Trent Dilfer (University of Alabama at Birmingham) on Sunday, there are nine head coach openings in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS). Two of them—Stanford and Kent State—were created from offseason terminations, meaning that the seven in-season firings are the most before November since the 1978 college football season.