Do not take the headline lightly. College football is quickly becoming the nation’s favorite sport. Soccer is easily the most played and celebrated sport in the world, but it is missing something that college football has. There are multiple reasons that make the sport the most exciting, unpredictable game ever played.

The college football world is stunned when, all in one week, the unpredictable happens. Polls add to the drama by ranking the top 25 teams out of 120 schools. Teams take pride in having that number to the left of their name. It drives fear into other schools when they play them. Sometimes, the outcome is what you expected; other times, the world stops and watches as Cinderella knocks off the number one team. College sports are the only type of sports with actual polls that rank the teams. Voters from all over America decide every Sunday how the rankings stack up. The chaos is always great TV and great for sports fans.

The passion is another reason why the sport is the best. The passion doesn’t stop with the team. It resides throughout the fan base. Roaring venues leave marks on the Richter scale. Fans erupt when their team scores touchdowns. The parking lots are always full with fans tailgating before the big game -- some small and some large; it is what a lot of people look forward to doing on a Saturday. In the south, Saturdays in the fall are holidays. People take off work on Thursdays just to head up to their alma mater for a football weekend. When the team plays their hearts out, you can see it on their face. 

College football is unpredictable. It is amazing to see what can and will happen on the 100 yards of grass. Auburn fans remember winning with one second to go on a missed opportunity by Alabama. What a change of events that was. The best thing about it is that the drama never leaves. It happens every week and, sometimes, multiple times during one week.

People will talk about a classic game and remember exactly where they were when the win happened. All the historical wins, to this day, are times when we remember that feeling of winning with a last second field goal to beat that hated rival. It is the drama that makes the sport so great.

College football runs deep in the heart of Americans. It is second in popularity to the NFL, but not for long. It will certainly begin to catch heat with a playoff system in place. The pageantry of college football runs deep.