Power Rankings 9/9/25

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We finally had quite a bit of movement, but not as much as you might expect, given the upsets. 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. 

15 of my top 26 either moved up or down, but most moved only 1 spot. And we have a new team at the bottom.

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:

Iowa State +4 to #24
North Carolina +4 to #59
Rutgers +3 to #68
USF +7 to #79
FAU +3 to #118

Florida -4 to #28
Arizona State -3 to #34
Virginia Tech -4 to #66
Marshall -6 to #85
Oregon State -3 to #87
Eastern Michigan -4 to #108
Rice -3 to #117


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

RankTeamPrevious
1Ohio State1
2Georgia2
3Penn State3
4Oregon6
5Clemson4
6Texas7
7Notre Dame5
8Alabama8
9LSU9
10Michigan10
11Tennessee11
12Ole Miss12
13Miami, Fl14
14SMU13
15Boise State15
16BYU17
17Iowa16
18Louisville18
19Oklahoma20
20Kansas State19
21Texas A&M21
22USC23
23Indiana22
24Iowa State28
25Missouri26
26South Carolina25
27Tulane27
28Florida24
29TCU29
30Illinois30
31Washington32
32Utah33
33Memphis34
34Arizona State31
35Minnesota35
36Texas Tech36
37Baylor37
38Army39
39Auburn38
40Pittsburgh41
41Duke40
42James Madison42
43Liberty43
44NC State44
45Ohio46
46Wisconsin45
47Toledo49
48Syracuse48
49Georgia Tech47
50FSU51
51UNLV52
52UTSA50
53Navy53
54Arkansas54
55Nebraska55
56Cincinnati56
57Kansas57
58Air Force58
59North Carolina63
60Kentucky60
61West Virginia59
62Louisiana64
63Miami, OH61
64UCLA66
65Boston College65
66Virginia Tech62
67Colorado67
68Rutgers71
69UCF68
70Houston69
71WKU70
72Oklahoma State72
73San Jose State73
74Texas State75
75South Alabama74
76Michigan State76
77Vanderbilt77
78Fresno State78
79USF86
80California80
81Buffalo83
82UConn81
83East Carolina85
84Georgia Southern82
85Marshall79
86Maryland87
87Oregon State84
88Troy88
89Coastal Carolina89
90Washington State91
91Arizona92
92Appalachian State90
93Wake Forest93
94North Texas94
95Mississippi State97
96Virginia95
97Jacksonville State98
98Northern Illinois96
99Colorado State99
100Northwestern100
101Arkansas State101
102Utah State102
103Wyoming103
104ODU106
105Bowling Green105
106Hawai'i108
107San Diego State107
108Eastern Michigan104
109Western Michigan110
110UAB111
111Sam Houston109
112Delaware112
113La Tech113
114Purdue116
115Georgia State115
116Central Michigan117
117Rice114
118FAU121
119New Mexico State120
120Stanford118
121Nevada119
122ULM122
123Southern Miss124
124Charlotte123
125Missouri State126
126Temple125
127New Mexico127
128FIU128
129Middle Tennessee129
130UTEP130
131Tulsa131
132Ball State132
133Akron133
134Kennesaw State134
135Kent State136
136UMass135


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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