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Season 2025 • Week 3 Rankings

Don't care who you are or where you play.

Ranking Blend Formula
70% Resume / 30% Power
Composite = 0.70 × Resume + 0.30 × Spread
Undefeated Barrier
λ = 0.40 Hinge
Strict buffer keeping undefeated programs above teams with losses
Preseason Prior Horizon
7.0 Games
Linear decay w = max(0, 1 - games / 7.0) to eliminate poll inertia
Blowout Suppression
±24.0 Points
Clamped margin MSE loss prevents garbage-time stat padding

Top 25 Rankings Leaderboard

Rank Team Record Index Rank Δ Resume (70%) Power Spread (30%) Raw Power Exp Offense Exp Defense Avg Margin SOS SOR Prior Weight
1 North Carolina State 4-0 1.068 +2 111.1 +59.1 +52.1 31.8 18.2 +11.2 0.979 1.000 42.9% Prior
2 Indiana 6-0 1.064 -1 106.1 +69.5 +65.0 39.7 11.5 +34.7 0.820 0.950 14.3% Prior
3 Utah 4-0 1.029 +6 103.5 +65.3 +65.2 40.5 13.5 +33.5 0.650 0.923 42.9% Prior
4 Penn State 4-0 1.023 - 103.8 +62.7 +64.8 35.9 13.9 +31.8 0.547 0.926 42.9% Prior
5 TCU 3-0 1.014 -3 105.2 +56.9 +55.7 36.8 20.2 +19.3 0.724 0.940 57.1% Prior
6 Houston 4-0 0.998 +5 102.6 +58.0 +58.7 34.5 19.9 +18.0 0.609 0.914 42.9% Prior
7 Auburn 3-0 0.996 +1 103.6 +55.2 +57.5 31.0 16.2 +23.0 0.503 0.923 57.1% Prior
8 Illinois 4-0 0.990 +7 101.0 +59.2 +61.3 36.4 12.5 +28.8 0.544 0.897 42.9% Prior
9 Navy 4-0 0.980 +5 102.0 +54.1 +56.6 36.2 16.8 +25.0 0.525 0.908 42.9% Prior
10 Iowa State 4-0 0.977 +9 103.0 +50.8 +50.8 28.7 17.5 +15.5 0.642 0.918 42.9% Prior
11 Washington 3-0 0.976 +1 100.6 +56.0 +59.8 38.3 18.7 +35.0 0.402 0.893 57.1% Prior
12 North Texas 4-0 0.967 +11 100.2 +54.5 +55.1 39.1 25.6 +26.2 0.618 0.889 42.9% Prior
13 BYU 3-0 0.958 +4 98.4 +55.8 +58.8 35.7 14.6 +32.3 0.457 0.871 57.1% Prior
14 LSU 3-1 0.957 +7 96.7 +59.5 +53.9 28.0 18.5 +7.5 0.913 0.854 42.9% Prior
15 Michigan State 3-0 0.956 -8 101.1 +48.7 +49.6 31.6 22.0 +12.0 0.588 0.899 57.1% Prior
16 Mississippi 5-1 0.952 +6 95.6 +60.7 +55.9 33.5 22.0 +16.8 0.830 0.842 14.3% Prior
17 USC 3-1 0.944 +15 94.6 +60.7 +59.3 39.0 21.2 +28.0 0.710 0.832 42.9% Prior
18 Louisville 3-0 0.944 - 99.2 +49.8 +52.1 32.3 19.2 +17.7 0.501 0.878 57.1% Prior
19 Maryland 3-0 0.925 -9 97.1 +49.0 +53.5 33.1 15.2 +23.3 0.353 0.857 57.1% Prior
20 Miami 6-1 0.921 +11 93.1 +57.2 +52.9 28.3 14.6 +13.9 0.809 0.816 0.0% (Decayed)
21 Florida State 2-0 0.915 +9 95.5 +50.0 +52.3 37.2 15.6 +44.0 0.433 0.841 71.4% Prior
22 Oregon 5-1 0.908 +12 89.2 +62.4 +59.7 36.9 18.7 +23.0 0.750 0.777 14.3% Prior
23 Rutgers 3-0 0.902 -18 95.2 +46.6 +52.0 38.6 28.8 +27.0 0.305 0.838 57.1% Prior
24 Georgia 3-1 0.891 +15 89.8 +56.0 +52.8 34.2 20.1 +14.5 0.797 0.782 42.9% Prior
25 Texas 3-1 0.882 +20 88.9 +55.4 +53.6 29.0 17.2 +13.8 0.735 0.773 42.9% Prior
26 UCF 2-0 0.877 +11 93.1 +44.1 +47.1 33.5 13.1 +34.0 0.368 0.816 71.4% Prior
27 Oklahoma 3-1 0.872 +34 88.9 +52.5 +50.1 31.3 11.5 +18.0 0.760 0.774 42.9% Prior
28 Vanderbilt 3-1 0.871 +30 85.6 +59.7 +61.6 36.5 21.2 +20.8 0.554 0.740 42.9% Prior
29 Ohio State 3-1 0.866 +25 86.9 +55.3 +54.5 33.0 11.8 +23.8 0.687 0.753 42.9% Prior
30 Texas A&M 3-1 0.861 +10 87.2 +53.2 +49.2 28.3 21.9 +8.5 0.836 0.756 42.9% Prior
31 Iowa 3-1 0.861 +15 88.4 +50.3 +51.5 31.2 17.2 +17.8 0.588 0.769 42.9% Prior
32 Missouri 3-1 0.857 +12 85.2 +56.4 +56.7 35.0 16.5 +25.5 0.632 0.736 42.9% Prior
33 Virginia 3-1 0.855 +3 85.9 +54.3 +54.4 33.8 18.8 +20.5 0.641 0.743 42.9% Prior
34 Georgia Tech 3-1 0.847 +9 86.2 +51.1 +49.1 31.6 20.9 +13.2 0.745 0.746 42.9% Prior
35 Kentucky 2-1 0.844 +16 85.2 +52.7 +51.3 27.8 20.8 +8.7 0.730 0.735 57.1% Prior
36 Arizona 3-1 0.840 +12 82.9 +56.7 +57.5 30.8 15.0 +20.0 0.610 0.712 42.9% Prior
37 Tennessee 2-2 0.825 -2 81.4 +56.0 +51.0 36.2 24.7 +17.2 0.887 0.696 42.9% Prior
38 East Carolina 3-1 0.823 +15 84.2 +48.8 +50.4 31.9 15.1 +22.5 0.565 0.726 42.9% Prior
39 Louisiana Tech 3-1 0.819 +28 83.1 +50.3 +51.3 29.3 18.0 +13.0 0.598 0.714 42.9% Prior
40 Old Dominion 3-1 0.813 +19 83.1 +48.2 +47.5 31.6 19.0 +17.0 0.678 0.715 42.9% Prior
41 North Dakota State 3-0 0.807 +11 90.0 +30.6 +40.7 40.6 12.2 +40.3 0.000 0.784 57.1% Prior
42 Arkansas 2-1 0.803 -22 82.3 +47.2 +47.8 38.7 20.4 +27.0 0.606 0.706 57.1% Prior
43 Wake Forest 3-1 0.801 -15 82.7 +45.8 +46.8 26.9 21.9 +9.2 0.598 0.710 42.9% Prior
44 Kansas 2-1 0.798 +16 81.9 +46.5 +47.3 35.7 19.6 +17.3 0.594 0.702 57.1% Prior
45 California 3-1 0.797 +24 82.4 +45.2 +48.8 29.4 21.9 +15.0 0.473 0.707 42.9% Prior
46 Mississippi State 3-1 0.796 -4 80.7 +48.7 +50.1 32.3 22.3 +17.5 0.583 0.690 42.9% Prior
47 Nebraska 3-1 0.793 +9 78.7 +52.8 +51.9 36.9 17.3 +25.2 0.685 0.669 42.9% Prior
48 Washington State 3-1 0.792 -32 81.9 +45.0 +43.4 24.7 23.5 -2.5 0.723 0.702 42.9% Prior
49 Texas State 3-1 0.791 -43 79.9 +49.4 +50.6 31.1 27.2 +11.0 0.590 0.681 42.9% Prior
50 SMU 3-1 0.790 +15 81.5 +45.3 +47.9 29.2 25.9 +12.2 0.524 0.697 42.9% Prior
51 Texas Tech 3-1 0.786 +19 76.6 +55.5 +58.1 36.7 17.1 +29.0 0.519 0.648 42.9% Prior
52 Army 2-1 0.779 +11 79.1 +47.7 +46.5 29.3 19.2 +8.3 0.724 0.673 57.1% Prior
53 Tulane 3-1 0.776 +4 79.8 +45.0 +43.6 24.1 24.7 -0.5 0.712 0.680 42.9% Prior
54 Arizona State 2-2 0.772 +30 76.8 +51.0 +49.4 28.7 21.1 +7.8 0.721 0.650 42.9% Prior
55 Wisconsin 2-1 0.765 -42 77.9 +46.1 +47.2 25.9 23.4 +8.3 0.581 0.661 57.1% Prior
56 Alabama 3-2 0.765 +23 72.9 +57.8 +50.7 32.6 18.8 +11.6 0.920 0.609 28.6% Prior
57 Michigan 2-2 0.762 +32 75.6 +50.8 +48.3 31.1 24.8 +13.0 0.762 0.637 42.9% Prior
58 UNLV 3-1 0.762 +4 79.2 +42.3 +47.2 23.9 28.8 +6.0 0.411 0.674 42.9% Prior
59 Baylor 2-1 0.761 -9 80.2 +39.6 +40.6 33.2 32.0 +8.0 0.581 0.685 57.1% Prior
60 Memphis 3-1 0.757 +17 75.3 +49.8 +54.1 29.2 18.9 +13.5 0.440 0.634 42.9% Prior
61 Purdue 2-1 0.755 -37 77.2 +44.6 +44.5 27.9 15.6 +10.7 0.653 0.654 57.1% Prior
62 Hawaii 4-1 0.751 +2 77.5 +43.1 +44.3 24.6 27.5 +2.0 0.600 0.657 28.6% Prior
63 Minnesota 3-1 0.751 -37 77.1 +43.9 +45.4 28.5 17.5 +17.2 0.572 0.653 42.9% Prior
64 UAB 2-1 0.751 +22 79.3 +38.6 +36.7 29.9 36.4 -0.3 0.767 0.675 57.1% Prior
65 Western Kentucky 3-1 0.749 +9 76.9 +43.8 +46.0 30.4 24.1 +13.2 0.541 0.651 42.9% Prior
66 Ohio 2-2 0.748 -33 75.0 +47.7 +42.0 23.6 19.9 -4.2 0.919 0.632 42.9% Prior
67 West Virginia 2-1 0.746 +21 77.8 +40.6 +43.0 27.7 18.3 +14.0 0.493 0.660 57.1% Prior
68 Toledo 2-2 0.744 +5 73.1 +51.2 +50.1 33.1 18.2 +17.8 0.697 0.612 42.9% Prior
69 Bowling Green 2-1 0.740 +23 76.8 +41.4 +42.8 24.4 18.8 +5.0 0.552 0.650 57.1% Prior
70 Cincinnati 2-2 0.734 +11 72.8 +48.7 +46.9 30.5 19.6 +14.8 0.732 0.609 42.9% Prior
71 Pittsburgh 2-2 0.728 -16 72.8 +47.2 +49.4 33.7 22.7 +16.8 0.537 0.609 42.9% Prior
72 Fresno State 4-1 0.717 -4 72.9 +43.6 +49.6 28.6 21.9 +15.4 0.414 0.610 28.6% Prior
73 Syracuse 2-1 0.710 +9 71.3 +45.0 +46.4 30.6 26.1 +10.0 0.558 0.594 57.1% Prior
74 UT San Antonio 2-2 0.706 +9 70.7 +45.3 +44.5 34.1 32.0 +10.0 0.684 0.588 42.9% Prior
75 Jacksonville State 2-2 0.705 -28 71.7 +42.7 +43.1 23.9 25.3 0.0 0.630 0.598 42.9% Prior
76 Clemson 1-3 0.704 -1 67.0 +53.5 +46.9 23.2 20.6 -2.8 0.961 0.550 42.9% Prior
77 South Florida 2-2 0.703 -28 70.7 +44.3 +42.0 23.7 24.8 -5.5 0.758 0.588 42.9% Prior
78 Stanford 1-2 0.696 +34 71.8 +40.1 +36.5 21.7 19.8 -5.7 0.877 0.598 57.1% Prior
79 Notre Dame 0-2 0.695 +1 68.9 +46.6 +43.2 28.8 33.2 -2.0 0.970 0.568 71.4% Prior
80 Air Force 1-1 0.692 -39 73.6 +34.5 +36.7 33.1 31.7 +8.5 0.436 0.617 71.4% Prior
81 Colorado 1-2 0.685 -15 69.0 +43.3 +39.7 26.0 22.5 +0.3 0.878 0.570 57.1% Prior
82 Wyoming 2-1 0.685 -55 69.1 +43.0 +41.6 22.9 15.5 +3.0 0.738 0.571 57.1% Prior
83 Delaware 3-1 0.680 +20 73.6 +30.9 +35.1 25.6 27.6 +1.0 0.446 0.617 42.9% Prior
84 Georgia Southern 2-2 0.669 +23 67.7 +41.6 +36.9 26.1 35.3 -10.2 0.870 0.556 42.9% Prior
85 New Mexico State 2-1 0.668 -47 72.8 +29.3 +29.3 22.6 25.1 -4.0 0.640 0.609 57.1% Prior
86 Northern Illinois 1-1 0.663 +7 72.0 +29.8 +29.7 21.0 22.0 -4.5 0.652 0.600 71.4% Prior
87 Utah State 2-2 0.663 +19 65.4 +44.9 +43.7 26.6 31.2 -1.0 0.701 0.533 42.9% Prior
88 South Carolina 2-1 0.659 -59 66.5 +41.1 +41.3 24.7 18.0 +5.7 0.638 0.545 57.1% Prior
89 Buffalo 2-1 0.656 +7 70.4 +31.4 +36.2 27.7 25.6 +9.7 0.342 0.584 57.1% Prior
90 Colorado State 1-1 0.653 +5 68.5 +34.7 +32.9 25.4 25.7 -6.5 0.819 0.565 71.4% Prior
91 North Carolina 2-1 0.652 +13 65.4 +41.8 +43.3 26.4 22.9 +6.0 0.549 0.533 57.1% Prior
92 Kansas State 1-3 0.649 -5 62.9 +46.6 +41.5 26.0 25.0 -2.2 0.886 0.508 42.9% Prior
93 Boston College 1-2 0.639 -22 65.9 +36.5 +39.7 32.9 30.8 +14.7 0.442 0.539 57.1% Prior
94 Florida 1-2 0.638 -22 64.8 +39.0 +39.0 27.5 18.8 +14.3 0.649 0.527 57.1% Prior
95 New Mexico 2-2 0.629 +20 63.1 +40.2 +42.6 24.5 23.6 +3.8 0.535 0.509 42.9% Prior
96 Oklahoma State 1-1 0.622 +9 67.6 +27.5 +28.7 18.4 39.5 -23.0 0.539 0.556 71.4% Prior
97 San Diego State 1-2 0.621 +5 62.5 +39.3 +38.3 29.6 28.1 +5.7 0.705 0.503 57.1% Prior
98 UL Monroe 1-1 0.619 +13 66.9 +28.3 +31.5 22.0 43.1 -22.0 0.339 0.548 71.4% Prior
99 James Madison 1-2 0.617 +10 63.3 +36.3 +34.6 28.1 28.2 +1.3 0.751 0.511 57.1% Prior
100 Temple 2-1 0.613 -75 61.1 +40.3 +44.1 32.7 24.7 +13.7 0.404 0.489 57.1% Prior
101 South Alabama 1-2 0.610 -7 62.7 +35.5 +35.8 25.0 30.9 -0.3 0.630 0.505 57.1% Prior
102 Arkansas State 2-2 0.609 -24 62.6 +35.4 +37.2 25.0 33.1 -6.5 0.559 0.505 42.9% Prior
103 Liberty 1-2 0.603 -12 63.1 +32.6 +34.4 23.9 26.9 +0.3 0.533 0.510 57.1% Prior
104 Western Michigan 1-3 0.600 -14 57.7 +44.3 +38.3 22.5 22.2 -5.8 0.931 0.454 42.9% Prior
105 Southern Mississippi 2-2 0.593 +25 57.3 +42.8 +41.9 26.8 25.4 +1.5 0.690 0.451 42.9% Prior
106 Duke 2-2 0.589 -8 58.1 +40.0 +36.6 29.9 31.3 -0.5 0.807 0.458 42.9% Prior
107 Nevada 1-2 0.584 -22 59.1 +36.2 +35.7 20.2 28.7 -11.0 0.675 0.469 57.1% Prior
108 Kent State 1-2 0.568 +2 58.2 +33.5 +33.0 23.6 36.0 -15.7 0.675 0.459 57.1% Prior
109 Florida Atlantic 1-2 0.560 -10 57.8 +32.0 +32.8 28.5 32.6 0.0 0.595 0.456 57.1% Prior
110 Florida International 2-2 0.557 +12 55.3 +36.9 +38.0 24.6 30.7 -7.0 0.592 0.430 42.9% Prior
111 Marshall 1-2 0.540 +17 55.6 +31.2 +34.0 22.5 28.1 -2.7 0.469 0.433 57.1% Prior
112 Connecticut 1-3 0.529 +5 51.8 +37.0 +36.8 30.8 30.7 +2.8 0.654 0.394 42.9% Prior
113 UTEP 1-2 0.523 -12 52.5 +33.5 +34.8 24.6 27.9 -1.3 0.562 0.401 57.1% Prior
114 Tulsa 1-2 0.522 -38 51.5 +35.3 +36.4 25.4 25.5 +0.7 0.575 0.391 57.1% Prior
115 Akron 0-3 0.520 +6 51.0 +35.9 +34.0 15.8 35.5 -27.0 0.765 0.386 57.1% Prior
116 Ball State 1-2 0.510 +13 53.9 +26.3 +24.5 18.9 34.0 -21.7 0.764 0.416 57.1% Prior
117 Northwestern 2-2 0.506 -20 49.1 +36.0 +37.5 23.2 20.7 +5.5 0.573 0.367 42.9% Prior
118 Rice 2-2 0.504 - 50.2 +33.0 +33.3 20.4 27.1 -8.5 0.631 0.378 42.9% Prior
119 Boise State 1-2 0.504 -3 49.7 +34.1 +33.2 25.1 29.8 -6.0 0.702 0.373 57.1% Prior
120 San Jose State 0-2 0.499 +4 50.1 +31.9 +31.5 13.5 33.1 -16.5 0.681 0.377 71.4% Prior
121 App State 2-2 0.495 -13 49.4 +32.3 +37.3 21.1 26.8 -1.2 0.408 0.369 42.9% Prior
122 Kennesaw State 1-3 0.491 +5 47.7 +35.1 +32.3 20.0 30.5 -17.2 0.780 0.352 42.9% Prior
123 Sacramento State 1-2 0.485 +9 52.6 +21.8 +25.8 24.1 25.7 +0.3 0.392 0.402 57.1% Prior
124 Louisiana 1-3 0.484 -5 48.5 +30.9 +31.9 21.3 23.9 -6.8 0.599 0.361 42.9% Prior
125 Georgia State 1-2 0.468 +10 47.9 +27.5 +26.6 20.9 40.4 -20.7 0.707 0.355 57.1% Prior
126 Troy 1-3 0.457 -26 42.7 +36.6 +35.2 21.6 27.8 -4.5 0.712 0.301 42.9% Prior
127 Coastal Carolina 1-3 0.418 -13 40.4 +30.5 +28.3 17.1 29.2 -18.8 0.753 0.277 42.9% Prior
128 Miami (OH) 0-3 0.402 +3 36.9 +33.8 +29.3 14.6 24.0 -20.0 0.931 0.242 57.1% Prior
129 Sam Houston 0-3 0.394 +7 34.9 +36.2 +33.3 20.1 38.6 -17.0 0.829 0.221 57.1% Prior
130 Eastern Michigan 0-3 0.366 -5 37.6 +21.2 +20.3 20.6 43.4 -18.3 0.704 0.249 57.1% Prior
131 Missouri State 1-3 0.346 -18 30.7 +31.4 +28.3 19.4 37.0 -20.8 0.797 0.178 42.9% Prior
132 Central Michigan 1-3 0.343 -12 31.6 +28.5 +27.0 16.1 41.1 -28.2 0.719 0.188 42.9% Prior
133 Oregon State 0-3 0.339 - 27.4 +37.0 +31.4 21.5 34.8 -19.7 1.000 0.145 57.1% Prior
134 Charlotte 1-2 0.304 +3 26.4 +29.0 +30.2 19.4 29.8 -11.0 0.574 0.135 57.1% Prior
135 Middle Tennessee 1-2 0.282 +3 23.2 +30.1 +29.6 18.1 33.3 -17.0 0.678 0.101 57.1% Prior
136 UCLA 0-3 0.251 -13 18.5 +31.7 +26.4 17.8 34.0 -21.7 0.986 0.053 57.1% Prior
137 Massachusetts 0-3 0.245 -3 20.6 +24.8 +23.8 18.9 38.6 -24.3 0.711 0.075 57.1% Prior
138 Virginia Tech 0-3 0.232 -12 13.3 +38.3 +33.6 20.7 36.7 -18.7 0.945 0.000 57.1% Prior

12-Team College Football Playoff Projection

First-Round Byes (Top 4 Conference Champions)

First-Round On-Campus Matchups

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First Four Out: #13 BYU, #14 LSU, #15 Michigan State, #16 Mississippi

Conference Power & Depth Rankings

Conf Rank Conference Members Avg Index Depth Score Top 25 Teams Leading Team
- SEC 0 0.000 0.000 5
- Big Ten 0 0.000 0.000 9
- Big 12 0 0.000 0.000 5
- ACC 0 0.000 0.000 4
- American Athletic 0 0.000 0.000 2
- FBS Independents 0 0.000 0.000 0
- Pac-12 0 0.000 0.000 0
- Mountain West 0 0.000 0.000 0
- Sun Belt 0 0.000 0.000 0
- Conference USA 0 0.000 0.000 0
- Mid-American 0 0.000 0.000 0