College Football Analyst Makes Prediction For Purdue's 2025 Season

What is the outlook for Purdue football in 2025? College Football News believes the Boilermakers will be better, but a new roster and tough schedule will still make life difficult this year.

Purdue Boilermakers wide receiver Arhmad Branch (6) catches a pass | Alex Martin/Journal and Courier / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images

Trying to predict Purdue's 2025 football season is a little tricky. The Boilermakers are coming off one of the worst seasons in program history, are welcoming in a new coaching staff and will have 70 fresh faces on the roster this year. Basically, any sort of projection is a guess at this point.

College Football News publisher and writer Pete Fiutak is as plugged in as any media member in the country, though, and he has a somewhat optimistic outlook for the Boilermakers in 2025.

No, there are no predictions of an Indiana-like 2024 turnaround. He doesn't even have Purdue making a bowl game. However, he does believe the defense will look much better under Barry Odom, and expects a more competitive product on a weekly basis.

The problem? there are just a lot of uncertainties regarding Purdue's roster. Plus, the Boilers will play one of the toughest schedules in the country. For those reasons, Fiutak predicts a 4-8 year in West Lafayette.

"Purdue is starting from near scratch, and while the team will be better, this is all based on trying to figure out how all the puzzle pieces will be put together," Fiutak writes. "Again, this will be a stronger, more talented team. The starting 22 is better, the coaching is better, and the schedule is …Yikes.

"With a schedule that includes all four schools that were in the last two CFP National Championships. That, along with improved Minnesota, USC, and Illinois teams, and with a date against a Rutgers squad that will be the best yet under Greg Schiano, it’ll be a fight each week after starting with wins over Ball State and Southern Illinois."

Last year, Purdue went 1-11 and suffered blowout losses in numerous contests. Maybe a 4-8 record isn't the best season, but it's certainly a step in the right direction.

We'll catch our first glimpse of the Boilermakers at Ross-Ade Stadium on Saturday, Aug. 30 when Purdue hosts Ball State. Kickoff is set for noon ET and the game will air on Big Ten Network.

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