Power Rankings 11/25/25

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Before I begin, there are 2 games today. Last week I was 3-0 on the Tuesday games. Let's see if I can match that winning percentage this week.

Tuesday, November 18

Bowling Green @ UMass- The Falcons are 4-0 in this series, winning all 4 played between 2012 and 2015, 3 of them by at least 21 points. The Minutemen are the only remaining winless team in FBS. BGSU is 3-8/1-6 so they're not exactly a juggernaut, but they need this win to avoid this being their worst season since they were 0-5 in 2020 (2021 team was also 4-8). They're lone MAC win was over Toledo, of all teams, and they also own a victory over 4-7 Liberty. UMass is being outscored by 27.2 ppg, and only 2 losses were by less than 18 points: 27-26 to FCS Bryant (a team that's 3-9) and 28-21 to 5-6 Buffalo. This is (obviously) the last chance this season for the Minutemen to end their 15 game losing streak, and their 22-game FBS losing streak, so I expect a super effort from them. But the Falcons will do just enough to win.

Western Michigan @ Eastern Michigan- This series has been played continuously since 1974 (except for 1977, for some reason), but they actually played 10 times between 1906 and 1930 as well. The Broncos lead 36-22-2, winning the last 2 (26-18 last year), but the Eagles have won 4 of the last 6. WMU merely has to win this game to reach the MAC Championship Game for the 1st time since 2016. At 7-4/6-1, they are all alone in 1st place. At 4-7/3-4, the Eagles are playing for 2 things. First and foremost is pride. A win here would get EMU to .500 in the MAC. Second, and almost as important,  would be a chance to ruin WMU's season and perhaps knock them out of the CG. This will be another intense rivalry game, but the Broncos will come out on top.

Power Rankings

Ten of the top 15 have changed, including #1, as every team except 2 has played the same number of games (finally!). UConn and Akron are the only teams who have a different amount of games played as they have completed their seasons. We had only 3 teams move 20+ spots, with 117 teams staying within 9 spots of where they were last week.

Here is how far the teams moved:

Less than 10 spots- 117 teams (43 moved 0 or 1 spot) -9 from last week

10-19 spots- 16 (+7)

20-29 spots- 3 (+2)

30-39 spots- 0 (same)

The biggest mover up was Wisconsin at +21, and down was Cal at -20.

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

SEC- 10

Big Ten- 7 (-2 from last week)

ACC- 5 

Big 12- 7 (+1)

American- 3 

SBC- 1

Ind- 1

MWC 1 (+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. Ohio St

2. Indiana

3. Texas A&M

4. Oregon

5. Georgia

6. Texas Tech

7. Notre Dame

8. Utah

9. Alabama

10. BYU

11. UNT

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. However, this is probably the most accurate they have been all year due to every team (except UConn and Akron) having payed the same number of games.

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

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