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The Official Walk On Fan 2025 NFL Mock Draft

I am attempting to do the impossible: predict the entire 1st round of the 2025 NFL draft. Will I get most of these wrong? Absolutely. Let’s give it a shot anyway. 

#1 – Tennessee Titans:

QB Cam Ward – Miami (FL)

Cam Ward is going #1 overall, there is no debate here. In last year’s QB class, he’d fall somewhere between Michael Penix Jr. and Drake Maye.

#2 – Cleveland Browns:

WR/CB Travis Hunter – Colorado

If he were just a WR, Travis would be WR1. If he were just a CB, he’d be in the top 3 and possibly the best one. Instead, he’s both and has the endurance to play over 100 snaps per game. This is the consensus best player in the draft. He walks into the building as WR1 and is likely in the 3rd down package on defense. 

#3 – New York Giants:

EDGE Abdul Carter – Penn State

The best EDGE in the draft goes to the Giants. They have Russ and Jamis and can deal with QB farther down the board. This does mean they likely trade away Thibodaux before the season starts. 

#4 – New England Patriots:

OT Will Campbell – LSU

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Welcome to Selection Sunday! Walk on Fan’s Final Bracket Update

We’re keeping it simple today. Just seeds and no analysis. We’ll have a breakdown of the actual bracket tomorrow.

1 Seeds:

Duke, Houston, Auburn, Florida

2 Seeds:

Tennessee, St. Johns, Alabama, Michigan State

3 Seeds:

Wisconsin, Texas Tech, Michigan, Iowa State

4 Seeds:

Maryland, Texas A&M, Clemson, Kentucky

5 Seeds:

Purdue, Marquette, Arizona, Louisville

6 Seeds:

St. Mary’s, Gonzaga, Kansas, Oregon

7 Seeds:

Mizzou, UCLA, BYU, Ole Miss

8 Seeds:

Illinois, Memphis, Creighton, Miss State

9 Seeds:

UConn, VCU, New Mexico, Vanderbilt

10 Seeds:

Baylor, Georgia, Arkansas, Oklahoma

11 Seeds:

Xavier, Colorado State, West Virginia, Utah St, San Diego St, Indiana

12 Seeds:

UC San Diego, Drake, McNeese, Yale

13 Seeds:

Liberty, Akron, Grand Canyon, High Point

14 Seeds:

Lipscomb, Troy, UNCW, Robert Morris

15 Seeds:

Montana, Wofford, Bryant, Omaha

16 Seeds:

Norfolk State, American, Mt. St. Mary’s, SIUE, Alabama State, St Francis PA

First 4 out:

North Carolina, Boise State, Texas, Ohio State

Next 4 out:

North Texas, George Mason, UC Irvine, Cincinnati

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Top Four Shake-Up: Walk on Fan’s March 3rd Bracket Update

1 Seeds:

Auburn (2-0), Duke (2-0), Houston (2-0), Tennessee (2-0)

2 Seeds:

Florida (1-1), Michigan State (2-0), St. Johns (2-0), Alabama (1-1)

Finally! A shake-up in the top four seeds. Florida lost an easily winnable game against Georgia, moving them down to a two seed. Tennessee’s buzzer-beater against Alabama moves them up to the one seed line. Otherwise, Auburn, Duke, Houston, Michigan State, and St. John’s had great weeks. The field is starting to get finalized, so expect little movement from here on out.

3 Seeds:

Texas Tech (1-1), Wisconsin (1-1), Iowa State (1-1), Michigan (1-1)

4 Seeds:

 Maryland (1-1), Clemson (2-0), Texas A&M (0-2), Purdue (1-0)

The three seed line had little movement, with all four projected teams going 1-1 with no real outliers. Michigan’s buzzer beater against Maryland moves them up even though they lost to Illinois. Clemson is hot, while Texas A&M is in freefall. Purdue finally stopped their skid, notching a solid win against UCLA. If there is any volatility from this grouping going forward, it’ll be from the conference tournaments that start next week.

5 Seeds:

Kentucky (1-1), Mizzou (1-1), Marquette (2-0), St. Marys (2-0)

6 Seeds:

Arizona (1-1), Louisville (2-0), Kansas (1-1), Oregon (1-0)

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Wisconsin might not be good: Walk on Fan’s February 24th Bracket Update

1 Seeds:

Auburn (2-0), Duke (2-0), Florida (2-0), Houston (2-0)

2 Seeds:

Tennessee (1-0), Alabama (1-1), St Johns (2-0), Michigan St (2-0)

Auburn, Duke, Florida, and Houston together went 8-0 and outscored their opponents by 145 points. The teams they beat? 5 of them are teams currently in the tournament or on the bubble. At this point, the top four teams in the country have quite a large cushion after Alabama had a 1-1 week. St Johns and Michigan St are both riding hot weeks and upsets to move up the bracket seed line.

3 Seeds:

Texas Tech (1-1), Wisconsin (1-1), Iowa State (1-1), Texas A&M (0-2)

4 Seeds:

Michigan (0-1), Kentucky (1-1), Maryland (1-0), Mizzou (1-1)

I might have jumped the gun a tiny bit when it comes to Wisconsin. A pitiful loss to Oregon drops them only one seed thanks to a beat down of Illinois early in the week. Texas Tech and Iowa State sink a little bit after 1-1 weeks while Texas A&M is teetering on becoming a 4 seed after a rough week. Kentucky and Maryland did what they were supposed to do this week while Mizzou did just the opposite. An upset of Alabama …

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Is Wisconsin good? Walk on Fan’s February 17th Bracket Update

1 Seeds:

Auburn (2-0), Duke (2-0), Florida (2-0), Houston (2-0)

2 Seeds:

Alabama (1-1), Tennessee (1-1), Wisconsin (1-0), Texas Tech (2-0)

How about that Wisconsin offense? Pretty damn good right? Wisconsin proved they belong at the top of the Big Ten with a trouncing at Purdue without their best bench player. Unfortunately, the best in the Big Ten is still worse than the top four SEC teams. As a whole, the SEC might be .500 in conference play, but an upper echelon has separated themselves from the pack. Auburn is hands down the best basketball team in the country while Florida, Alabama, and Tennessee are fighting for second. Duke had a rebound week much to my chagrin. And I am still high on Houston after an impressive win at Arizona. I expect them to win out while the SEC will stack a couple of losses, pushing Houston up from the 8 the NCAA Basketball Committee put them at.

** As a side note, I am nervous about Wisconsin going into this week. Greg Gard has had teams this well-regarded before, only to collapse at the end of the season. Please god let this team be different **

3 Seeds:

Texas

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Welcome to Chaos: Walk On Fan’s First Bracket for 2025

1 Seeds:

Auburn, Houston, Florida, Tennessee

2 Seeds:

Duke, Purdue, Alabama, St. Johns

All right, this is the first article I’m writing. Ever. It was supposed to be easy. Then Auburn and Duke lost. Am I biased in dropping Duke to a 2 line? Probably, but the ACC is severely underperforming while the SEC has too many contenders to count. Nothing pains me more than having 3 SEC teams in the top 4, but until they’re proven otherwise, they stay there. Houston is the only team I can currently see competing with the SEC. My one hot take here is I believe Pitino and St John’s will not lose another game before tourney season.

3 Seeds:

Texas Tech, Kansas, Illinois, Texas A&M

4 Seeds:

 Arizona, Mich State, Wisconsin, Iowa St

Now back to some more chaos. Kansas lost a terrible game while both Texas teams were uninspiring in the past week. Out of this grouping, the Big Ten reigns supreme. I hate putting Arizona higher than Wisconsin, but they keep winning in a tough conference. As an aside, I’ll give my full opinion on Wisconsin on Wednesday. 

5 Seeds:

Maryland, Gonzaga, Louisville, Kentucky

6 Seeds:

Michigan, Ole Miss, Marquette, Clemson

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Week 3 – Some Thoughts on Some Games

Rivalries in week 3? Only 1 ranked matchup.. on Saturday. And a traditional Rose Bowl game in primetime.

THE BEST RANKED VS RANKED GAME:
20 Arizona at 14 Kansas State

Friday Night Football for this non-con showdown between ranked Big 12 schools. Wait, did I read that right? Yes, despite both schools being in the same conference, this game will not count towards the league standings. This is because the game was scheduled before the realignment shenanigans. 

THE OTHER RANKED VS RANKED GAME:
24 Boston College at 6 Missouri

Florida State was ranked when they lost to Boston College, so now Boston College gets to be ranked. That’s a nice little prize. It won’t last long though, Mizzouri likely runs away with this one. 

ONE-SIDED RIVALRY GAMES:
9 Oregon at Oregon State
Washington State vs Washington (Seattle)
18 Notre Dame at Purdue

Big Ten rivalry week in *checks notes* … week 3. Historically these are games where the big brand crushes the little guy and moves on. But Oregon, Washington, and Notre Dame should all be on upset watch this week. ND did manage to blow it last week against Northern Illinois as a 28 point favorite. 

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Wisco Wednesday: It’s Bama Time

Last week was a little better. But with the elephant rolling into town, what can Wisconsin do to have a chance?

Looking Back: 

South Dakota – 13
Wisconsin – 27

Wisconsin won by 14 in week 1, then did it again in week 2. So did things get better, or worse?

Despite the opponent being from a lower division, this was actually a tougher matchup. South Dakota is rated higher than Western Michigan by advanced metrics and Vegas had the spread tighter (19.5 vs 24.5).

Wisconsin’s offense isn’t pretty, it’s actually quite bad. But, it is measurably better than last year. Across 2 games this season Wisconsin has had 6 drives of 13+ plays. Last SEASON Wisconsin had 5 total. Wisconsin can move the ball, it’s just ugly. The Badgers are currently 133rd of 134 teams in explosive play rate – i.e. the offense is the opposite of explosive (last is Air Force).  

Looking forward

Game Preview: Alabama 

#4 Alabama at Wisconsin 

Where: Camp Randall Stadium

When: Saturday, 9/14 – 11:00 AM (CST)

How to Watch: FOX

Spread: Alabama -16.5

O/U: 50.5

Alabama Crimson Tide’s 2023 Record: 12-2
Won the SEC Championship Game vs Georgia
Lost in the CFP Semifinals

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Tolly Predictions: The Playoffs

Who are the conference winners? Is the playoff dominated by the SEC and B1G? Bracketology has infected college football. 

These are my preseason picks for the playoff.

Yes, I know, Florida State already has a loss from week 0. I was never going to pick them to win the ACC (see the top ACC team in my preseason top 25 as evidence). I’m late, but this is better than never. 

Conference Championships:

SEC: Georgia over Ole Miss
Big Ten: Ohio State over Oregon
ACC: Miami over Virginia Tech
Big 12: Oklahoma State over Utah
American: Memphis over UTSA

Round 1:

9 Michigan at 8 Penn State 
10 Texas at 7 Ole Miss
11 Notre Dame at 6 Alabama
12 Memphis at 5 Oregon

Quarterfinals:

1 Georgia vs 8 Penn State
2 Ohio State vs 10 Texas
3 Miami vs 6 Alabama
4 Oklahoma State vs 5 Oregon

Semifinals:

1 Georgia vs 5 Oregon 
2 Ohio State vs 6 Alabama

Championship Game:

1 Georgia vs 2 Ohio State

National Champion:

The Ohio State Buckeyes

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Tolly’s Top 25 – Preseason

My ballot for the AP Top 25 – If they let me have one

Is it too early to talk about the top 25? Absolutely. But AP ballots are due on Thursday August 1st. So if I’m going to have my ballot ready in time, I have to do it now. 

Top 5

1 – Ohio State
2 – Oregon
3 – Georgia
4 – Texas
5 – Alabama

I think these are the only 5 teams that can win a National Championship this year. The top 2 are the best of the B1G, and the next 3 are all SEC programs with loaded rosters. Unsurprisingly, these are also the 5 most likely teams to win the natty according to Vegas. As you can see, I’m leaning B1G over SEC at the top right now. 

6-10

6 – Penn State
7 – Notre Dame
8 – Ole Miss
9 – Michigan
10 – Utah

Penn State at 6 will be high for some, but they are one of very few teams with a proven QB and an elite run game. 

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