With the National Football League (NFL)’s season fast approaching, there is a lot to say about where each of the 32 teams will end by the end of the season. Below is an analysis of each of the teams and where I think each of them will end up by the time the Super Bowl rolls around on February 8, 2026. 

College athletics is officially entering a new era. On June 6, 2025, a federal judge approved the House v. NCAA settlement, allowing universities to begin directly paying their athletes. This change comes just four years after the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) first permitted student-athletes to earn money from their Name, Image and Likeness (NIL), and marks one of the most significant legal shifts in the history of college sports.