Power Rankings 11/18/25

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Before I begin, there are 3 games today. Last week I was 1-1 on the Tuesday games. Let's see if I can do better this week.

Tuesday, November 18

Akron @ Bowling Green- The Falcons have a 21-10 lead in the series, winning the last 3, including 27-20 last year, but Akron's last win, in 2021, was in Bowling Green. BGSU is 3-7/1-5 and on a 4-game losing streak. The Zips are only slightly better, as they are 4-7/3-4 and winners of 2 of their last 3 with the loss last week in OT to Kent State. Akron is 1-4 on the road this season while the Falcons are 3-2 at home, losing their last 2 to CMU and Buffalo. Flip a coin. Akron wins.

UMass @ Ohio- The Bobcats are 4-0 versus the Minutemen, winning in 2012, 2013, 2017, and 2018. Ohio is 6-4/4-2 but coming off a loss at WMU last week. UMass is 0-10/0-6, and losing by an average of 27.1 ppg. Bobcats win big.

Western Michigan @ Northern Illinois- The Broncos hold a 27-23 lead in this series, but the Huskies have won the last 3, including 42-28 last year, and 7 of the last 8 played in DeKalb. NIU is 3-7/2-4 and 2-2 at home, as they've won 2 of their last 3 overall. WMU is 6-4/5-1, winning their last 2 and 6 of their last 7, but are only 1-3 on the road (losses to 2 Big Ten teams). This seems to be WMU's year, so I'm riding the Broncos in this contest.

Power Rankings

All of the top 14 have changed except for #1. And everyone from 64-134 has moved.  We had only 1 team move 20+ spots, with 126 teams staying within 9 spots of where they were last week.

Here is how far the teams moved:

Less than 10 spots- 126 teams (33 moved 0 or 1 spot) +16 from last week

10-19 spots- 9 (-12)

20-29 spots- 1 (-4)

30-39 spots- 0 (same)

The biggest mover up was Clemson at +19, and down was Southern Miss at -24.

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

SEC- 10

Big Ten- 9 (+1 from last week)

ACC- 5 (-1)

Big 12- 6 

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. Ohio St

3. Texas A&M

4. Texas Tech

5. Georgia

6. Oregon

7. Ole Miss

8. Utah

9. Alabama

10. Notre Dame

11. USF

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