Power Rankings 12/2/25

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Ten of the top 12 have changed, as we had no teams move more than 17 spots, with 122 teams staying within 9 spots of where they were last week.


Here is how far the teams moved:

Less than 10 spots- 122 teams (26 moved 0 or 1 spot) +5 from last week
10-19 spots- 14 (-2)
20-29 spots- 0 (-3)
30-39 spots- 0 (same)

The biggest mover up was Cal at +17, and down was UTSA at -17.


I did a little bit of a deeper dive to compare the conferences, and this is what I came up with:

SEC

Highest Ranked Team: #4 Georgia
Lowest Ranked Team: #86 Arkansas
Range: 82
Median Rank: 23
Average Rank: 33.8125

Big Ten

Highest Ranked Team: #1 Ohio State
Lowest Ranked Team: #110 Purdue
Range: 109
Median Rank: 50.5
Average Rank: 48.44

Big 12

Highest Ranked Team: #5 Texas Tech
Lowest Ranked Team: #126 Oklahoma State
Range: 121
Median Rank: 40.5
Average Rank: 49.9375

ACC

Highest Ranked Team: #14 Miami, Fl
Lowest Ranked Team: #120 Boston College
Range: 106
Median Rank: 48
Average Rank: 60.235

American Conference

Highest Ranked Team: #15 USF
Lowest Ranked Team: #131 Charlotte
Range: 116
Median Rank: 77.5
Average Rank: 69

Mountain West

Highest Ranked Team: #41 UNLV
Lowest Ranked Team: #124 San Jose State
Range: 83
Median Rank: 73.5
Average Rank: 81.25

Sun Belt

Highest Ranked Team: #20 James Madison
Lowest Ranked Team: #132 Georgia State
Range: 112
Median Rank: 98.5
Average Rank: 93.5

CUSA

Highest Ranked Team: #65 Kennesaw State
Lowest Ranked Team: #135 Sam Houston
Range: 70
Median Rank: 98.5
Average Rank: 102.167

MAC

Highest Ranked Team: #60 Toledo
Lowest Ranked Team: #136 UMass
Range: 76
Median Rank: 115
Average Rank: 102.615



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. Oregon
4. Georgia
5. Texas Tech
6. Notre Dame
7. Texas A&M
8. Vanderbilt
9. Ole Miss
10. Alabama
11. Miami
12. UNT

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:


RankTeamPrevious
1Ohio State1
2Indiana2
3Oregon4
4Georgia5
5Texas Tech6
6Notre Dame7
7Texas A&M3
8Vanderbilt12
9Ole Miss11
10Alabama9
11Utah8
12BYU10
13Oklahoma13
14Miami, Fl16
15USF15
16North Texas14
17Arizona18
18Texas20
19USC17
20James Madison19
21Missouri22
22Virginia25
23Michigan21
24Iowa31
25LSU27
26Tennessee23
27Pittsburgh24
28Tulane33
29Washington29
30Arizona State28
31TCU44
32Navy40
33Georgia Tech32
34East Carolina37
35SMU26
36Illinois42
37Cincinnati30
38Iowa State34
39ODU36
40Louisville48
41UNLV45
42Duke52
43Houston43
44Clemson46
45San Diego State35
46New Mexico53
47Memphis39
48Wake Forest38
49Nebraska41
50Auburn49
51NC State54
52Penn State59
53Minnesota60
54Northwestern51
55Kansas State61
56Hawai'i62
57Boise State63
58UConn56
59Kentucky47
60Toledo68
61Western Michigan64
62California79
63Mississippi State55
64Baylor57
65Kennesaw State66
66Rutgers58
67UTSA50
68Florida75
69Fresno State76
70Troy78
71Wisconsin67
72Kansas71
73Jacksonville State84
74South Carolina70
75WKU65
76Ohio80
77Central Michigan69
78Utah State73
79Washington State85
80UCF77
81FIU87
82West Virginia74
83Miami, OH86
84FSU72
85Stanford81
86Arkansas83
87Texas State89
88Army101
89La Tech102
90Missouri State82
91UCLA90
92Arkansas State96
93Temple91
94Maryland88
95Michigan State103
96Colorado93
97Georgia Southern105
98Southern Miss94
99Coastal Carolina95
100North Carolina98
101Rice99
102FAU100
103Tulsa92
104Marshall97
105Louisiana107
106Virginia Tech104
107Delaware110
108Air Force113
109UAB114
110Purdue108
111Syracuse106
112Wyoming111
113Akron115
114Appalachian State109
115Kent State117
116Bowling Green121
117Buffalo112
118Nevada116
119Liberty119
120Boston College127
121Colorado State118
122Eastern Michigan124
123South Alabama120
124San Jose State123
125New Mexico State122
126Oklahoma State129
127Oregon State125
128Ball State126
129ULM130
130Northern Illinois128
131Charlotte132
132Georgia State134
133UTEP131
134Middle Tennessee135
135Sam Houston133
136UMass136



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!     

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