The Navy Midshipmen bounced back in a major way during the 2024 college football season. In the second year under Brian Newberry, the team went 10-3, snapping a four-year streak of finishing under the .

Buckeyes rule Ohio State is the national champion. That means the Buckeyes own the top spot in the final AP Top 25 college football poll. Now that the obvious is out of the way who followed Ohio State in the final rankings?

Here's the 2025 ESPN Way-Too-Early Top 25: Key losses: RB TreVeyon Henderson, WR Emeka Egbuka, QB Will Howard, G Donovan Jackson, LB Cody Simon, S Lathan Ransom, DE Jack Sawyer, DE JT Tuimoloau, CB Denzel Burke