Power Ranking the Top 25 Fastest College Football Players for 2015

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TCU WR Kolby Listenbee Kevin Jairaj-USA TODAY Sports

College football is getting faster each year, from the no-huddle offenses to the individual players who take the field each Saturday.

Take the first College Football Playoff national championship game, for example. Both Ohio State and Oregon build their programs around elite speed, and they both made it to the sport's biggest stage at the end of the 2014 season.

As the familiar saying goes, "speed kills"—and these are the top killers in the game.

Because 40-yard dashes can be hand-timed and unreliable from place to place,official timesfrom the Track and Field Results Reporting System and the U.S. Track and Field Coaches Association's list offastest football playerswere used to sort out the best of the best in this countdown.

While it's true that some who just play football might be faster than the track stars, these numbers are the best way to determine who has the most speed. Some of those who don't run track collegiately did make this top 25, and they were ranked by their success so far at showcasing their top-flight speed on the field with big plays.