Power Rankings 8/19/25

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Welcome Back!

While I'm positive every single one of you read and memorized all 15 of my college football previews of the individual teams (Parts I-XV), I thought it would be a good idea to present my top 136 all at once, just in case you missed some, or in case you didn't memorize the order.  But before that, I'm going to compare my top 25 to the AP top 25, just for fun!  So let's start there.


AP RankTeamMy Rank
1Texas7
2Penn State3
3Ohio State1
4Clemson4
5Georgia2
6Notre Dame5
7Oegon6
8Alabama8
9LSU9
10Miami, Fl14
11Arizona State31
12Illinois30
13South Carolina26
14Michigan10
15Florida23
16SMU13
17Kansas State18
18Oklahoma20
19Texas A&M22
20Indiana21
21Ole Miss12
22Iowa State29
23Texas Tech36
24Tennessee11
25Boise State15
42Iowa16
26BYU17
29Louisville19
30USC24
32Missouri25


Fo the first time since I've been doing this, my Power Rankings differ significantly from the AP Preseason Poll.  We  only agree on 20 of the top 25. Now for the good news- we agree on the top 9 teams, but just in a different order, with the biggest difference being Texas, which I have #7 and the AP having as #1. Once we get past #9, the differences vary from as little as 1 spot (Kansas State) to as many as 26 (Iowa).

At the end of the year, I will compare how my rankings do against the committee rankings.

Anyway, here are my rankings from 1 to 136:

RankTeam
1Ohio State
2Georgia
3Penn State
4Clemson
5Notre Dame
6Oregon
7Texas
8Alabama
9LSU
10Michigan
11Tennessee
12Ole Miss
13SMU
14Miami, Fl
15Boise State
16Iowa
17BYU
18Kansas State
19Louisville
20Oklahoma
21Indiana
22Texas A&M
23Florida
24USC
25Missouri
26South Carolina
27Tulane
28TCU
29Iowa State
30Illinois
31Arizona State
32Washington
33Utah
34Memphis
35Minnesota
36Texas Tech
37Army
38Baylor
39Duke
40Pittsburgh
41Auburn
42James Madison
43Liberty
44Ohio
45NC State
46Toledo
47Syracuse
48Wisconsin
49UTSA
50Georgia Tech
51UNLV
52Navy
53FSU
54Cincinnati
55Arkansas
56Nebraska
57Kansas
58Louisiana
59Air Force
60Miami, OH
61North Carolina
62West Virginia
63Virginia Tech
64UCLA
65Boston College
66Kentucky
67Colorado
68San Jose State
69UCF
70Houston
71WKU
72Oklahoma State
73Rutgers
74South Alabama
75Texas State
76Michigan State
77Vanderbilt
78Marshall
79Georgia Southern
80Oregon State
81Fresno State
82Buffalo
83UConn
84East Carolina
85California
86Coastal Carolina
87Troy
88Maryland
89USF
90Washington State
91Appalachian State
92Arizona
93Wake Forest
94North Texas
95Northern Illinois
96Virginia
97Jacksonville State
98Mississippi State
99Colorado State
100Northwestern
101Arkansas State
102Utah State
103Eastern Michigan
104ODU
105Wyoming
106Bowling Green
107Hawai'i
108San Diego State
109Sam Houston
110Western Michigan
111UAB
112Delaware
113La Tech
114Georgia State
115Purdue
116Stanford
117FAU
118Rice
119Central Michigan
120Nevada
121New Mexico State
122Charlotte
123ULM
124Southern Miss
125Middle Tennessee
126Missouri State
127Temple
128New Mexico
129FIU
130UTEP
131Ball State
132Akron
133Tulsa
134Kennesaw State
135UMass
136Kent State

I will update these rankings each week throughout the season.

Feel free to leave a comment. Come back tomorrow for my Odds and Ends! 

Until next time, may you and your loved ones be blessed!   


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