Ahead of the 2025 season, our writers voted on the most significant and wildest plays of the past 25 years.

So when ESPN put out it’s list of the top 25 individual plays of the last 25 years, Ohio State was always going to be involved. But the one play ESPN chose was not the one you’d expect.

ESPN ranks the top college football plays since 2000 with a historic moment leading the list.

Below are the top 25 plays of the 2000s, as voted on by ESPN college football writers.

From best moments ('2nd and 26') to worst ('Kick Six'), Alabama appears five times on ESPN's list of the best college football plays since 2000.