Power Rankings 8/26/25

 Welcome Back!

As you might expect, there weren't very many changes, as there were only 5 games involving 9 FBS teams. After their big win, Iowa State moves up 3 spots to #26, and Stanford drops 4 spots to #120 after their loss to Hawaii. The other 7 teams stayed the same or moved 1 spot up or down.  This is because they were far enough ahead or behind the team below or above them to absorb that win/loss. However, now the margin between those that didn't move and the team(s) directly above or below is narrower.

As a reminder, I use a points based system. Teams start out with a certain number of points based on 12 different factors, and those points range from a low of 54.784 (#136 Kennesaw State) to a high of 1,331 points (#1 Ohio State), so as you can see, there are almost 1300 points separating 1st and last place- plenty of room to fit in 134 additional teams. In other words, teams are an average of 9.7 points apart, but of course they aren't spaced evenly; some are 20-30 points away from another while others are less than a point away. As teams play games, they earn or lose points based on who they played, where they played,  and the score of that game. Sometimes a team can lose points after a win or gain ponts after a loss. For example, if Ohio State played Kennesaw State and won by 2 points, chances are they will lose points because the game is much closer than a game between #s 1 and 136 should be. The same goes for defeating an FCS team by very few points, and a loss to an FCS team means quite a bit of negative points. Once we reach the end of September, I will drop the preseason points, and from then on, the rankings will be based on results and stats from this year only. 

Anyway, here are my new rankings from 1 to 136:

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

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!