I loved thinking about colleges when I was your age. I also loved to read, play music and with all sorts of things (toys, figurines, cards, board games), fly on a swing, sing, pretend to be robin hood/learning archery, figure out where when I’d go once a time machine would be invented, etc.
In short
1° don’t obssess
2° do lots and lots of fun things
If colleges interest you, don’t look at the names everyone knows.
On the contrary, go visit the universities and colleges within 50 miles, especially if unknown.
Draw the building you liked best, write up what you thought before you went, anything you noticed: a frieze on a stone, a color scheme, whether people look happy, if there’sa good place to see squirrels or other animals; don’t forget your conclusions, if it was fun or not, and lots of drawings.
Imagine yourself almost grown up, 18, and write up your adventures on your favorite campus. Or re enact adventures with playmobil/lego/dolls and/or make videos.
If you live in a college town, go walk your dog on the college campus and say hello to whoever you see more than once.
In short, use colleges as an imaginary place for future-you grown up adventures.
Once you’re in HS you’ll start thinking of college as a process. For now, make it a limitless horizon. 
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