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Season 2025 • Week 9 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 Indiana 11-0 1.072 - 107.3 +69.0 +66.0 38.5 11.7 +31.9 0.830 1.000 0.0% (Decayed)
2 BYU 9-0 1.002 - 104.7 +54.5 +54.5 31.6 19.0 +17.6 0.668 0.984 0.0% (Decayed)
3 Navy 8-0 0.936 - 99.6 +46.7 +50.5 30.6 22.2 +15.2 0.456 0.955 0.0% (Decayed)
4 Ohio State 7-1 0.927 +1 91.0 +63.7 +62.9 34.1 9.1 +25.5 0.711 0.904 0.0% (Decayed)
5 Miami 9-2 0.923 -1 92.1 +60.1 +54.8 29.6 12.7 +14.0 0.958 0.911 0.0% (Decayed)
6 Texas A&M 8-1 0.921 +3 92.7 +58.0 +55.0 31.0 21.0 +11.8 0.829 0.914 0.0% (Decayed)
7 Georgia Tech 8-1 0.913 +1 92.5 +56.3 +55.7 31.7 20.6 +13.8 0.699 0.913 0.0% (Decayed)
8 Notre Dame 5-2 0.913 -1 90.0 +62.1 +58.0 34.1 19.2 +17.9 0.894 0.898 0.0% (Decayed)
9 Oregon 9-2 0.902 -3 88.1 +63.1 +59.3 35.3 17.3 +20.7 0.876 0.888 0.0% (Decayed)
10 Louisville 7-1 0.898 - 92.2 +52.6 +51.3 31.1 21.6 +12.1 0.734 0.911 0.0% (Decayed)
11 Georgia 6-2 0.882 - 87.3 +59.3 +55.1 30.8 19.1 +11.8 0.899 0.882 0.0% (Decayed)
12 Mississippi 9-2 0.881 +1 87.8 +57.7 +54.5 31.8 24.3 +13.1 0.842 0.885 0.0% (Decayed)
13 North Dakota State 8-0 0.868 +2 92.4 +43.2 +55.4 39.0 11.9 +33.2 0.000 0.913 0.0% (Decayed)
14 Virginia 8-1 0.864 -2 88.1 +51.8 +52.1 31.3 22.0 +13.8 0.650 0.888 0.0% (Decayed)
15 Iowa 7-2 0.852 +4 86.5 +52.0 +52.8 30.5 16.2 +16.9 0.625 0.878 0.0% (Decayed)
16 USC 5-3 0.846 -2 84.2 +55.5 +53.8 33.9 23.6 +16.5 0.759 0.865 0.0% (Decayed)
17 Texas 7-2 0.832 - 83.1 +54.2 +52.5 29.2 17.9 +14.3 0.761 0.858 0.0% (Decayed)
18 Alabama 8-2 0.826 -2 80.5 +58.3 +53.5 30.4 19.6 +10.4 0.932 0.843 0.0% (Decayed)
19 TCU 7-2 0.818 +2 82.8 +50.7 +50.6 30.3 25.9 +8.8 0.673 0.856 0.0% (Decayed)
20 Texas Tech 7-2 0.813 +2 76.2 +64.4 +66.3 36.6 15.1 +25.2 0.561 0.817 0.0% (Decayed)
21 Vanderbilt 7-2 0.812 +3 79.0 +57.6 +58.2 34.4 22.0 +16.7 0.632 0.834 0.0% (Decayed)
22 North Texas 8-1 0.807 +1 79.2 +55.8 +55.2 38.2 28.3 +19.0 0.702 0.835 0.0% (Decayed)
23 Wake Forest 6-2 0.803 +5 81.2 +49.7 +49.8 27.1 19.8 +8.6 0.661 0.847 0.0% (Decayed)
24 Missouri 6-3 0.789 -6 77.3 +54.7 +54.9 30.1 17.8 +15.9 0.657 0.824 0.0% (Decayed)
25 Cincinnati 7-2 0.773 +4 76.3 +52.3 +55.0 31.5 22.0 +14.7 0.521 0.818 0.0% (Decayed)
26 Houston 8-1 0.771 +1 76.1 +52.3 +52.1 29.1 22.3 +9.3 0.677 0.817 0.0% (Decayed)
27 South Florida 6-3 0.760 +8 73.8 +54.3 +54.1 33.7 23.3 +12.7 0.681 0.803 0.0% (Decayed)
28 San Diego State 6-2 0.760 +8 73.9 +53.9 +55.9 31.2 18.0 +16.5 0.559 0.804 0.0% (Decayed)
29 Utah 7-2 0.757 +4 71.0 +60.0 +58.8 36.2 16.1 +24.3 0.737 0.787 0.0% (Decayed)
30 SMU 6-3 0.755 -4 76.0 +47.7 +48.0 28.5 22.1 +9.4 0.648 0.817 0.0% (Decayed)
31 James Madison 6-2 0.744 +1 74.0 +49.1 +50.7 29.9 20.9 +12.5 0.578 0.805 0.0% (Decayed)
32 Oklahoma 6-3 0.743 -2 70.3 +57.3 +55.0 29.0 15.2 +13.0 0.797 0.783 0.0% (Decayed)
33 Auburn 4-4 0.732 +5 71.8 +50.6 +47.2 24.8 18.0 +6.1 0.853 0.792 0.0% (Decayed)
34 Tennessee 6-3 0.723 - 70.1 +52.0 +51.7 34.5 29.7 +12.9 0.681 0.782 0.0% (Decayed)
35 Maryland 4-3 0.722 +8 72.6 +45.8 +49.0 27.2 20.1 +11.0 0.492 0.797 0.0% (Decayed)
36 Kansas State 4-4 0.710 +14 67.9 +53.2 +50.2 29.5 23.9 +5.2 0.831 0.769 0.0% (Decayed)
37 Arizona State 5-4 0.707 -6 68.4 +51.1 +46.2 26.5 22.8 +0.1 0.938 0.772 0.0% (Decayed)
38 Michigan 6-3 0.707 +1 67.0 +54.4 +51.1 28.4 20.1 +8.8 0.849 0.764 0.0% (Decayed)
39 Iowa State 5-3 0.702 -14 69.0 +48.2 +44.6 28.6 21.6 +7.2 0.866 0.776 0.0% (Decayed)
40 Washington 7-2 0.696 +7 65.1 +55.4 +51.7 32.8 19.5 +16.1 0.872 0.753 0.0% (Decayed)
41 Tulane 6-2 0.693 - 67.9 +48.2 +45.2 24.7 24.3 -0.8 0.832 0.769 0.0% (Decayed)
42 Pittsburgh 6-3 0.690 +3 66.0 +51.6 +53.2 33.2 22.1 +15.6 0.581 0.758 0.0% (Decayed)
43 Hawaii 7-2 0.688 +1 68.8 +44.3 +48.4 26.2 27.2 +5.2 0.442 0.775 0.0% (Decayed)
44 Ohio 6-3 0.686 +8 68.8 +44.0 +46.6 26.8 25.6 +4.8 0.521 0.774 0.0% (Decayed)
45 UCF 4-3 0.683 +10 68.3 +44.2 +46.2 28.5 18.3 +13.6 0.557 0.771 0.0% (Decayed)
46 Memphis 7-2 0.682 +7 65.3 +50.8 +54.1 29.9 20.9 +13.1 0.489 0.754 0.0% (Decayed)
47 UNLV 6-2 0.679 +2 68.1 +43.3 +45.4 28.4 32.8 +2.4 0.553 0.770 0.0% (Decayed)
48 Penn State 4-4 0.673 -6 64.6 +49.9 +49.2 30.7 20.3 +14.2 0.707 0.750 0.0% (Decayed)
49 LSU 5-4 0.653 -29 61.4 +51.4 +46.7 27.9 20.7 +5.6 0.925 0.731 0.0% (Decayed)
50 Kennesaw State 5-3 0.651 +19 62.8 +47.6 +47.9 25.8 25.8 -0.9 0.647 0.739 0.0% (Decayed)
51 Marshall 4-3 0.649 +6 64.8 +42.3 +44.6 30.6 32.5 +4.3 0.541 0.751 0.0% (Decayed)
52 Arizona 4-4 0.639 +6 59.9 +50.8 +50.1 29.1 21.3 +9.2 0.707 0.722 0.0% (Decayed)
53 Nebraska 6-3 0.635 +6 60.1 +49.1 +48.5 31.3 23.4 +11.2 0.698 0.723 0.0% (Decayed)
54 Florida State 3-4 0.629 +7 60.4 +46.5 +45.4 32.5 23.0 +17.1 0.725 0.725 0.0% (Decayed)
55 Boise State 6-3 0.622 +9 56.9 +52.5 +50.9 30.6 24.0 +7.6 0.755 0.705 0.0% (Decayed)
56 East Carolina 5-3 0.612 +12 57.9 +47.3 +47.3 28.3 18.1 +12.2 0.665 0.711 0.0% (Decayed)
57 Old Dominion 6-3 0.609 +16 58.0 +46.2 +44.6 29.5 23.1 +7.2 0.756 0.711 0.0% (Decayed)
58 Jacksonville State 5-3 0.609 +14 60.4 +40.5 +43.3 26.2 27.0 +4.1 0.514 0.725 0.0% (Decayed)
59 Louisiana Tech 5-3 0.608 -22 57.5 +47.2 +47.6 26.6 19.9 +6.5 0.644 0.708 0.0% (Decayed)
60 Illinois 6-3 0.599 -14 55.5 +49.0 +45.1 30.9 24.7 +5.0 0.885 0.697 0.0% (Decayed)
61 Florida 3-4 0.594 +5 57.6 +42.4 +38.6 25.2 19.7 +2.4 0.873 0.709 0.0% (Decayed)
62 Army 4-4 0.591 +14 55.7 +46.3 +44.4 25.1 20.9 +3.0 0.771 0.697 0.0% (Decayed)
63 Troy 6-3 0.591 +8 56.0 +45.4 +47.2 26.3 25.5 +3.9 0.569 0.699 0.0% (Decayed)
64 New Mexico 5-4 0.587 +11 56.5 +43.0 +45.6 26.0 26.3 +3.4 0.525 0.702 0.0% (Decayed)
65 Mississippi State 4-5 0.583 -2 54.0 +47.7 +46.3 30.0 26.0 +6.7 0.744 0.688 0.0% (Decayed)
66 Texas State 4-4 0.583 +4 55.3 +44.5 +46.3 31.1 30.3 +8.1 0.570 0.695 0.0% (Decayed)
67 Minnesota 6-3 0.582 -19 56.3 +42.1 +42.1 25.0 22.4 +2.2 0.668 0.701 0.0% (Decayed)
68 Colorado 3-5 0.572 -17 53.5 +45.6 +39.7 25.0 25.8 -4.8 0.990 0.685 0.0% (Decayed)
69 Washington State 5-4 0.563 +15 51.2 +48.2 +44.6 24.9 22.0 -1.3 0.866 0.671 0.0% (Decayed)
70 Connecticut 5-4 0.560 -10 53.3 +42.6 +47.2 30.7 29.2 +8.1 0.414 0.684 0.0% (Decayed)
71 Baylor 4-4 0.550 -9 53.1 +39.9 +40.7 29.7 33.9 +1.6 0.622 0.682 0.0% (Decayed)
72 North Carolina State 5-4 0.549 -16 50.8 +45.1 +41.7 29.0 25.4 +3.2 0.856 0.669 0.0% (Decayed)
73 Air Force 2-5 0.546 +6 53.3 +38.5 +38.5 30.3 36.5 -1.0 0.666 0.683 0.0% (Decayed)
74 Temple 5-3 0.543 +4 51.0 +42.7 +45.6 30.5 27.9 +7.6 0.506 0.670 0.0% (Decayed)
75 Toledo 4-5 0.535 -21 48.5 +46.2 +48.7 29.8 20.1 +13.4 0.527 0.656 0.0% (Decayed)
76 UT San Antonio 4-4 0.535 +7 50.2 +42.2 +42.6 30.6 28.9 +5.6 0.643 0.665 0.0% (Decayed)
77 Southern Mississippi 6-3 0.528 +8 47.0 +47.6 +49.6 28.4 26.0 +6.2 0.558 0.647 0.0% (Decayed)
78 Northwestern 6-3 0.522 +2 47.4 +45.1 +46.4 25.0 17.3 +8.1 0.599 0.649 0.0% (Decayed)
79 Delaware 5-3 0.513 +2 48.9 +38.6 +42.8 26.1 27.4 +1.6 0.440 0.658 0.0% (Decayed)
80 Duke 5-3 0.507 -15 44.6 +47.0 +47.0 31.0 27.7 +7.5 0.666 0.632 0.0% (Decayed)
81 Western Michigan 5-4 0.498 -14 44.7 +44.2 +45.0 25.4 18.6 +6.9 0.626 0.633 0.0% (Decayed)
82 Rutgers 4-4 0.493 +8 45.6 +40.6 +40.1 29.8 31.1 +0.8 0.694 0.638 0.0% (Decayed)
83 Kansas 4-4 0.491 -43 43.7 +44.4 +42.3 30.1 26.1 +4.6 0.782 0.628 0.0% (Decayed)
84 Arkansas 2-6 0.477 -2 42.0 +44.2 +40.1 30.5 30.0 +2.8 0.892 0.617 0.0% (Decayed)
85 Arkansas State 5-4 0.456 +11 41.3 +39.4 +42.3 23.9 29.5 -3.7 0.504 0.613 0.0% (Decayed)
86 Clemson 3-5 0.454 +3 35.9 +51.3 +50.0 25.5 21.6 +3.0 0.739 0.582 0.0% (Decayed)
87 Buffalo 4-4 0.451 -10 44.0 +31.9 +38.5 23.3 26.3 +2.8 0.304 0.629 0.0% (Decayed)
88 San Jose State 2-5 0.436 +6 39.2 +38.3 +39.0 23.9 31.4 -5.1 0.629 0.601 0.0% (Decayed)
89 Central Michigan 5-4 0.427 +9 37.9 +38.9 +42.5 24.2 28.8 -2.6 0.470 0.593 0.0% (Decayed)
90 Georgia Southern 4-5 0.422 +1 37.8 +37.7 +37.6 27.1 33.1 -3.8 0.671 0.593 0.0% (Decayed)
91 Stanford 3-5 0.421 -5 37.6 +37.8 +34.3 20.4 28.1 -12.0 0.860 0.591 0.0% (Decayed)
92 Liberty 3-4 0.401 +7 36.0 +35.6 +38.1 22.0 23.5 -2.4 0.530 0.582 0.0% (Decayed)
93 Fresno State 6-3 0.396 -19 34.6 +37.2 +40.8 24.9 24.3 +3.4 0.468 0.574 0.0% (Decayed)
94 Western Kentucky 7-2 0.389 +7 34.2 +36.2 +39.4 26.8 25.5 +6.4 0.493 0.572 0.0% (Decayed)
95 California 5-4 0.388 -3 32.8 +39.1 +41.2 25.3 27.0 +0.1 0.551 0.564 0.0% (Decayed)
96 South Alabama 2-6 0.385 +9 33.3 +36.9 +37.9 23.4 31.1 -4.2 0.615 0.566 0.0% (Decayed)
97 South Carolina 3-5 0.383 -2 31.5 +40.8 +37.8 23.8 20.7 -0.8 0.829 0.556 0.0% (Decayed)
98 Wyoming 4-4 0.373 +11 30.7 +39.6 +41.6 23.2 21.4 +1.2 0.553 0.551 0.0% (Decayed)
99 Missouri State 4-4 0.370 +4 31.9 +35.6 +38.1 23.8 29.3 -5.9 0.529 0.559 0.0% (Decayed)
100 Utah State 4-5 0.368 -7 30.3 +39.0 +38.4 27.5 32.4 -1.7 0.695 0.549 0.0% (Decayed)
101 New Mexico State 3-4 0.367 -14 35.8 +25.8 +30.0 22.4 27.8 -1.9 0.434 0.581 0.0% (Decayed)
102 Miami (OH) 5-4 0.358 +9 28.7 +39.9 +44.1 23.8 24.7 +2.4 0.437 0.539 0.0% (Decayed)
103 App State 4-5 0.344 +4 28.5 +36.2 +40.8 23.1 30.2 -2.7 0.414 0.538 0.0% (Decayed)
104 Florida Atlantic 3-5 0.320 -2 26.6 +33.3 +34.0 27.0 36.2 -6.0 0.629 0.527 0.0% (Decayed)
105 Kentucky 2-5 0.314 -17 21.7 +42.8 +38.5 24.2 28.6 -6.0 0.903 0.499 0.0% (Decayed)
106 UCLA 3-5 0.306 -6 20.6 +43.0 +37.6 23.0 29.1 -10.6 0.966 0.492 0.0% (Decayed)
107 Coastal Carolina 4-4 0.304 -3 23.2 +36.5 +38.0 21.7 29.6 -9.2 0.586 0.507 0.0% (Decayed)
108 Louisiana 2-7 0.294 +4 22.5 +34.9 +34.6 22.5 29.6 -6.8 0.681 0.503 0.0% (Decayed)
109 Kent State 3-5 0.292 +4 23.7 +31.8 +32.2 22.2 38.1 -17.9 0.642 0.510 0.0% (Decayed)
110 Bowling Green 3-5 0.288 +5 20.8 +37.3 +36.3 22.0 26.1 -5.2 0.721 0.493 0.0% (Decayed)
111 Northern Illinois 2-6 0.287 +5 22.6 +32.8 +33.2 17.9 24.2 -8.8 0.647 0.504 0.0% (Decayed)
112 Michigan State 3-5 0.246 -6 15.1 +38.1 +35.3 25.9 30.8 -6.2 0.819 0.460 0.0% (Decayed)
113 Akron 3-6 0.231 +15 14.8 +34.2 +35.3 21.9 30.8 -10.2 0.610 0.458 0.0% (Decayed)
114 Purdue 2-6 0.225 -6 12.3 +38.3 +36.6 23.6 26.8 -4.9 0.759 0.443 0.0% (Decayed)
115 Sacramento State 4-4 0.218 -18 16.8 +25.7 +34.7 29.3 30.6 +5.1 0.175 0.470 0.0% (Decayed)
116 West Virginia 2-6 0.214 +3 12.9 +33.5 +31.3 23.4 28.4 -9.4 0.791 0.447 0.0% (Decayed)
117 North Carolina 2-5 0.202 - 10.8 +34.8 +35.3 21.7 25.2 -5.6 0.638 0.435 0.0% (Decayed)
118 Rice 4-5 0.195 +8 9.8 +35.3 +37.1 21.2 28.8 -9.1 0.567 0.429 0.0% (Decayed)
119 UAB 3-4 0.190 +8 8.5 +36.7 +35.0 26.0 36.3 -9.1 0.761 0.421 0.0% (Decayed)
120 Ball State 3-5 0.189 -10 10.6 +31.8 +33.3 20.3 32.8 -13.4 0.587 0.433 0.0% (Decayed)
121 Virginia Tech 3-5 0.166 +8 4.2 +39.5 +37.3 25.9 30.2 -4.5 0.785 0.396 0.0% (Decayed)
122 Eastern Michigan 2-7 0.163 -2 7.1 +31.9 +34.3 22.9 36.1 -8.8 0.537 0.413 0.0% (Decayed)
123 Syracuse 3-5 0.148 -1 2.3 +38.6 +34.6 25.0 28.4 -5.9 0.886 0.385 0.0% (Decayed)
124 UTEP 2-5 0.130 -3 3.3 +31.2 +35.2 22.7 27.8 -3.1 0.449 0.391 0.0% (Decayed)
125 Boston College 1-7 0.117 - 2.0 +30.2 +31.3 25.0 35.5 -7.6 0.605 0.383 0.0% (Decayed)
126 Colorado State 2-6 0.112 -8 -1.7 +37.3 +35.3 22.5 27.5 -8.0 0.775 0.362 0.0% (Decayed)
127 UL Monroe 3-5 0.106 -4 2.1 +26.8 +28.7 21.4 36.4 -15.9 0.561 0.384 0.0% (Decayed)
128 Nevada 1-7 0.102 -14 -1.4 +33.5 +32.3 18.5 27.5 -13.5 0.730 0.364 0.0% (Decayed)
129 Wisconsin 2-6 0.060 +1 -8.9 +38.8 +32.7 19.8 23.6 -11.4 1.000 0.319 0.0% (Decayed)
130 Tulsa 2-6 0.039 +1 -10.1 +35.1 +35.7 23.0 30.3 -7.6 0.636 0.312 0.0% (Decayed)
131 Oregon State 1-7 0.006 +1 -13.6 +33.7 +29.5 23.5 31.7 -11.6 0.893 0.292 0.0% (Decayed)
132 Florida International 3-5 0.003 -8 -12.7 +30.4 +31.2 23.2 32.6 -11.4 0.625 0.297 0.0% (Decayed)
133 Sam Houston 0-7 -0.087 +1 -24.1 +30.3 +30.1 19.3 39.4 -21.9 0.682 0.230 0.0% (Decayed)
134 Middle Tennessee 1-6 -0.096 +1 -24.4 +28.2 +29.8 20.1 32.3 -11.1 0.579 0.229 0.0% (Decayed)
135 Georgia State 1-7 -0.107 -2 -26.1 +29.0 +28.0 20.9 40.1 -20.4 0.717 0.219 0.0% (Decayed)
136 Oklahoma State 1-7 -0.195 - -36.2 +26.5 +22.8 19.1 37.5 -24.4 0.871 0.159 0.0% (Decayed)
137 Charlotte 1-7 -0.383 - -59.4 +24.5 +23.0 19.1 35.8 -19.8 0.748 0.023 0.0% (Decayed)
138 Massachusetts 0-8 -0.430 - -63.4 +19.8 +20.5 16.8 37.3 -24.4 0.630 0.000 0.0% (Decayed)

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 North Dakota State, #14 Virginia, #15 Iowa, #16 USC

Conference Power & Depth Rankings

Conf Rank Conference Members Avg Index Depth Score Top 25 Teams Leading Team
- FBS Independents 0 0.000 0.000 1
- SEC 0 0.000 0.000 7
- Big Ten 0 0.000 0.000 5
- Big 12 0 0.000 0.000 4
- ACC 0 0.000 0.000 5
- Pac-12 0 0.000 0.000 0
- American Athletic 0 0.000 0.000 2
- Sun Belt 0 0.000 0.000 0
- Mountain West 0 0.000 0.000 1
- Mid-American 0 0.000 0.000 0
- Conference USA 0 0.000 0.000 0