Power Rankings 10/14/25

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Before I begin, there are 3 games today.

Tuesday, October 14

New Mexico State @ Liberty- The Flames have a 6-2 lead in the series, winning the last 3, including 30-24 last year and 49-35 in the 2023 CUSA CG, but the Aggies do own a win in Lynchburg, in 2022, though they are only 1-5 there. NMSU is a respectable 3-2/1-0, with wins over Tulsa and SHS, and losses at La Tech and rival New Mexico, neither one particularly close, so they are 3-0 at home and 0-2 on the road. However, they did have their 2nd bye week last week, so have had time to rejuvenate and plan for this game. LU is just 2-4/1-1, beating UTEP last week and losing to Jax State in week 2, but 4 of their 6 games have been on the road (they're 1-1 at home). Aggies win in a mild upset.

Arkansas State @ South Alabama- The Red Wolves hold a slim 7-6 lead in this series, winning 18-16 last year in Jonesboro, but the Jaguars have won 5 of the last 6, including the last 4 played in Mobile. Neither team has started the season well, as ASU is 2-4/1-1 and SA is 1-5/0-2. Both teams have played better teams close, but have also lost to lesser teams. Jaguars win at home.

FIU @ WKU- The Hilltoppers own an 11-5 lead, winning each of the last 5, all but 1 by double digits. Both teams were off last week, and the Panthers will also be off next week. WKU is 5-1/3-0, but their CUSA wins are against 0-6 SHS and the 2 FBS newcomers, topping Mo State and Delaware by a combined 8 points. FIU is 2-3/0-1, losing to Delaware by 22 points. Hilltoppers win.

Power Rankings

As expected, the rankings are volatile, but the top 3 remained the same. The biggest mover was Fresno State, who dropped 34 spots after losing to Colorado State. We also had more teams move 20+ spots than last week. 

Here is how far the teams moved:

Less than 10 spots- 92 teams

10-19 spots- 28

20-29 spots- 12

30-39 spots- 4

Here is how many teams each conference has in the top 35:

SEC- 11

Big Ten- 8

Big 12- 5

ACC- 5

American- 4

MWC- 1

Ind- 1

If the Playoff started tomorrow, here is who would make it. Keep in mind the 5 highest ranked conference champions are automatically in, and I have to assume that the highest ranking team of each conference would be the champion. These would be the seedings:

1. Ohio St

2. Indiana

3. Texas Tech

4. Texas A&M

5. USF

6. Ole Miss

7. Alabama

8. Miami, Fl

9. Oregon

10. BYU

11. Missouri

12. Vandy

Teams are finally starting to establish themselves, but there are a lot more games to be played.  Remember, I am less interested in being correct now than I am in being correct at the end of the season, and I'm usually very close at the end of the season.

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

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

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!