Power Rankings 11/4/25

Welcome Back!

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

UMass @ Akron- The Zips lead the brief series 3-2, with all games played between 2012 and 2019, but the Minutemen won the last iteration. UMass is 0-8/0-4, even losing to an FCS squad, but they played Buffalo within a TD and had an off week last week. One could argue that all they've had are off weeks, but I digress. Akron is 3-6/2-3, winning at Buffalo last time out, and with a win over CMU. Zips win.

Miami (Ohio) @ Ohio- The Redhawks lead this series 56-43-2, winning 2 of the last 3, including 30-20 last October, but the Bobcats won the rematch in the MAC CG by a score of 38-3. Both teams are 5-3 overall, with Miami 4-0 in the MAC and Ohio 3-1, owning a loss at Ball State by 6 points. They have 2 common opponents: Ohio defeated NIU 48-21 at home and EMU 28-21 on the road; Miami beat NIU 25-14 on the road and EMU 44-30 at home. The Redhawks have won 2 of the last 3 played in Athens, but the Bobcats have won 4 of the last 6. Ohio wins at home

Power Rankings

The top 5 were all unchanged, as all 5 won or were idle. Of the bottom 6, we had only 2 teams switch places, at #s 134 and 135, as Sam Houston moved down.  We had 8 teams move 20+ spots, with 100 teams staying within 9 spots of where they were last week, and none moved 30+, which indicates to me that teams are getting closer to where they should be.

Here is how far the teams moved:

Less than 10 spots- 100 teams (34 moved 0 or 1 spot)

10-19 spots- 28

20-29 spots- 8

30-39 spots- 0

The biggest mover up was NC State at +28, and down was Marshall at -20.

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

SEC- 10

Big Ten- 9 (+1 from last week)

ACC- 5

Big 12- 5

American- 3 (-1)

SBC- 1

Ind- 1

MWC-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. Indiana

2. Ohio St

3. Texas A&M

4. Alabama

5. Ole Miss

6. Texas Tech

7. Utah

8. BYU

9. Oregon

10. Georgia

11. Vandy

12. USF

I'm curious as to how this will compare to the CFP reveal tonight. I expect Indiana won't be first, though I believe they should be based on their results so far. And I expect they won't have Utah in the top 12 at all, nor Vandy. I do expect they will have Notre Dame and either Texas or Virginia. In other words, I think I have 10 of the 12 teams correct, but in a slightly different order. We shall soon see.

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