As the 2025 recruiting cycle ends and the 12-team CFP era rolls on, here is a look at four teams that have improved their chances of securing a playoff spot, and, maybe winning it all, as long as their transfers contribute as expected and they get production from some youth in their current class of recruits.

With all but one of the top 100 prospects in the Class of 2025 already committed, Wednesday's National Signing Day has little resemblance to what used to be a marquee day in college football's offseason calendar.

There was a time when the first Wednesday in February was the biggest day on the college football recruiting calendar.