Baylor's gold chrome helmets lead best Week 1 college football uniforms - ESPN

Week 1 of the 2025 college football season has arrived, with most teams officially getting their seasons underway.

As the saying goes, you get only one chance to make a first impression. And the very first such impression teams will make on their fans in Week 1 will come when they run out of the tunnel, fresh threads and all.

One team making a major early splash with its gear? The Baylor Bears.

Baylor has asked fans to make the team's Friday night opener against the Auburn Tigers a blackout, with the Bears' uniforms matching such a theme. Last season, Baylor added an anthracite jersey to its uniform repertoire. This week, the anthracite will make its 2025 debut — and will be paired with a new gold chrome helmet. The Bears often wore gold chrome lids in the 2010s, but the helmet had been out of use for years before being reintroduced earlier this summer.

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Baylor isn't the only team to start off the season strong with its threads. Here are some of the top uniforms from Week 1 of the college football season.

The Cincinnati Bearcats opened their season under the lights against the Nebraska Cornhuskers at Arrowhead Stadium, and they did so wearing a uniform feature appropriate for the special occasion: script lettering on the helmets.

Normally, the Bearcats' lids feature the school's C-paw logo. This week, though, a new, gleaming red «Cincy» helmet will make its debut. Cincinnati will match the helmet with the rest of the uniform's all-red look.

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The NC State Wolfpack also opened the season Thursday with