The 2025 college football season starts on Saturday, August 23, 2025, with "Week Zero" games. Most teams will begin their regular seasons the following week, around August 28-30, 2025. For example, some Week Zero games on August 23 include Iowa State vs. Kansas State in Dublin, Ireland, and other FCS Kickoff and MEAC/SWAC Challenge games. The College Football Playoff for the 2025 season will begin with the first round around the week of December 20, 2025, with quarterfinal games like the Cotton Bowl on December 31 and New Year's Six bowl games on January 1, 2026. The semifinals will be on January 8 and 9, 2026, and the National Championship game takes place on Monday, January 19, 2026, in Miami, Florida.
If you were asking about "College Football 2," it might be referring to "College Football 26 Season 2" in the EA Sports College Football video game, which launched in mid-August 2025 to coincide with the real-life season kickoff.