Power Rankings 9/2/25

Welcome Back!

There were very few changes, which you might not have expected, but this is a feature (not a bug) of my formula. For the 1st month (approximately 4 games) my formula is heavily weighted toward my preseason rankings. This keeps the rankings from being volatile early in this season. When I drop all preseason factors, then teams will move up and down more freely. 

There were no changes in my top 20. Even Alabama, who lost by 14 points, stays at #8. This is because they were far enough ahead of LSU to absorb that win. However, now the margin between these twos is much slimmer.

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 51.184 (#136 Kent State) to a high of 1,348.285 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 points after a loss. For example, if Ohio State played Kent 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. 

Here are the biggest movers from this week:

Auburn +3
Wisconsin +3
Georgia Tech +3
West Virginia +3
Kentucky +6
Fresno State +4
California +5
USF +3
Rice +3

Toledo -3
Louisiana -6
San Jose State -5
Georgia Southern -3
Oregon State -4
Coastal Carolina -3
FAU -5
Middle Tennessee -4



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

RankTeamPrevious
1Ohio State1
2Georgia2
3Penn State3
4Clemson4
5Notre Dame5
6Oregon6
7Texas7
8Alabama8
9LSU9
10Michigan10
11Tennessee11
12Ole Miss12
13SMU13
14Miami, Fl14
15Boise State15
16Iowa16
17BYU17
18Louisville18
19Kansas State19
20Oklahoma20
21Texas A&M22
22Indiana21
23USC24
24Florida23
25South Carolina27
26Missouri25
27Tulane28
28Iowa State26
29TCU29
30Illinois30
31Arizona State31
32Washington32
33Utah33
34Memphis34
35Minnesota35
36Texas Tech36
37Baylor38
38Auburn41
39Army37
40Duke39
41Pittsburgh40
42James Madison42
43Liberty43
44NC State45
45Wisconsin48
46Ohio44
47Georgia Tech50
48Syracuse47
49Toledo46
50UTSA49
51FSU53
52UNLV51
53Navy52
54Arkansas55
55Nebraska57
56Cincinnati54
57Kansas56
58Air Force59
59West Virginia62
60Kentucky66
61Miami, OH60
62Virginia Tech63
63North Carolina61
64Louisiana58
65Boston College65
66UCLA64
67Colorado67
68UCF69
69Houston70
70WKU71
71Rutgers73
72Oklahoma State72
73San Jose State68
74South Alabama74
75Texas State75
76Michigan State76
77Vanderbilt77
78Fresno State82
79Marshall78
80California85
81UConn83
82Georgia Southern79
83Buffalo81
84Oregon State80
85East Carolina84
86USF89
87Maryland88
88Troy87
89Coastal Carolina86
90Appalachian State91
91Washington State90
92Arizona92
93Wake Forest93
94North Texas94
95Virginia96
96Northern Illinois95
97Mississippi State98
98Jacksonville State97
99Colorado State99
100Northwestern100
101Arkansas State101
102Utah State102
103Wyoming105
104Eastern Michigan103
105Bowling Green106
106ODU104
107San Diego State108
108Hawai'i107
109Sam Houston110
110Western Michigan109
111UAB111
112Delaware112
113La Tech113
114Rice117
115Georgia State114
116Purdue115
117Central Michigan118
118Stanford120
119Nevada119
120New Mexico State121
121FAU116
122ULM123
123Charlotte122
124Southern Miss124
125Temple127
126Missouri State126
127New Mexico128
128FIU129
129Middle Tennessee125
130UTEP130
131Tulsa133
132Ball State131
133Akron132
134Kennesaw State134
135UMass135
136Kent State136


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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