Power Rankings 11/11/25

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Happy Veterans' Day! As a semi-veteran, and the son of a WWII POW, this day has always held special significance for me. As you go about your holiday, please think of all those who have served and who continue to serve.

Before I begin, there are 2 games today. Last week I was 2-0 on the Tuesday games. Let's see if I can keep it up.

Tuesday, October 28

Kent State @ Akron- The Zips hold a 37-28-2 lead in the series, winning the last 2 including 38-17 last year, but the Golden Flashes have won 4 of the last 6, and 2 of the last 3 played in InfoCision Stadium. Akron is 4-6/3-3 with a good chance of getting to 6 wins for the 1st time since they were 7-7 in 2017, but they're ineligible for a bowl, and only 2-2 at home vs FBS opponents. KSU is 3-6/2-3, and also fighting to get to 6 wins, but they are 0-5 on the road this season, and have lost 19 road contests in a row, last winning at Buffalo in the final game of the 2022 season. Zips win.

Ohio @ Western Michigan- The Broncos lead this series 34-31-1, winning 7 of the last 11 (since 2000), including in the 2016 MAC Championship Game, but the Bobcats have won 3 of the last 4, including the last 2 in Kalamazoo, and 20-17 last year. This year, WMU is 5-4/4-1 and one of 4 teams tied atop the MAC (along with Ohio). Their only loss is at Miami by 7, whom the Bobcats defeated last week by 4 at home. Ohio is 6-3/4-1, with their only loss at Ball State by 6, a team the Broncos shut out in a 42-0 win at home. The Bobcats are 1-3 on the road (2 losses to Big Ten teams) and WMU is 4-1 at home, with a loss to UNT by 3 in OT. Broncs win.

Power Rankings

All of the top 45 have changed except for #1. And all of the bottom 29 are in new spots, except for #136 (last).  We had 5 teams move 20+ spots, with 110 teams staying within 9 spots of where they were last week, and none moved 30+.

Here is how far the teams moved:

Less than 10 spots- 110 teams (31 moved 0 or 1 spot) +10 from last week

10-19 spots- 21 (-7)

20-29 spots- 5 (-3)

30-39 spots- 0 (same)

The biggest mover up was Cal at +26, and down was FSU at -21.

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

SEC- 10

Big Ten- 8 (-1 from last week)

ACC- 6 (+1)

Big 12- 6 (+1)

American- 3 

SBC- 1

Ind- 1

If the Playoff started tomorrow, here is who would make it based on my rankings. Keep in mind the 5 highest ranked conference champions are automatically in, and I am assuming that the highest ranked team of each conference would be the champion. These would be the seedings:

1. Indiana

2. Texas A&M

3. Ohio St

4. Texas Tech

5. Alabama

6. Ole Miss

7. Georgia

8. Oregon

9. USF

10. Vandy

11. Utah

12. Miami

I'm curious as to how this will compare to the CFP reveal tonight. 

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