2025 CFB Polls and Rankings

[T-Boone]

We need Louisville, Georgia Tech, missou, Vandy, Oklahoma to start losing.

 

[TracyGraham]

We need Louisville, Georgia Tech, missou, Vandy, Oklahoma to start losing.

Pretty sure it will sort itself out and then some. For example:
-Mizzou and vandy play this week, one will have 2 loses
-Oklahoma and ole miss play this week, one will have 2 loses
-GT has a pretty easy schedule but have to play georgia and ACC championship
-BYU still has to play TTECh and there is a big 12 championship.
-Unless Texas A&M and Miami completely collapse, not sure how ND wont get in.
-Wouldn't be surprised to even see a couple 3 loss teams when all is said and done.

 

[notredamermotherpray4us]

Ya if we win out I see no way that we get left out. Defending runner up with 10 straight wins, hopefully all by double digits. Imo we would even get in over a 2 loss Miami or a 2 loss a&m, unless their 2nd loss is in the conference championship game or they win their conference championship game with 2 losses... Also there are too many ranked vs ranked games left for it to not work it's self out.

 

[Notre Dame Joe]

How do they have Michigan ranked but not USC! Also Navy right on the borderline top 25, Pitt receiving votes along with Boise State

It's pretty close. Right now SC has no good road wins. Mich has a decent win on the road win @Nebraska.

If Michigan gets into the CFP discussion, it would mean they have went 10-2 with a win over Ohio St. In that case they are obviously in.

BYU is kind of irrelevant since a Big12 team is getting in anyways

The optimal nightmare is for the best Big12 team to tank the conference championship game and then the conference gets a second berth.

 

[Notre Dame Joe]

Ya if we win out I see no way that we get left out. Defending runner up with 10 straight wins, hopefully all by double digits. Imo we would even get in over a 2 loss Miami or a 2 loss a&m, unless their 2nd loss is in the conference championship game or they win their conference championship game with 2 losses... Also there are too many ranked vs ranked games left for it to not work it's self out.

Yeah 10-2 and we are in.

There may be some wacky scenario where we lose a 3rd game and somehow still get the last slot. The only good that would come out of that is the knowledge that we don't have to watch the regular season.

 

[MNIrishman]

Does any 3 loss non conference team get in ahead of us? I don’t think so.

Does any two loss non conference championship game participant jump us?

We now have to become usc fans. That hurts.

This especially hurts because they're cowards who suck to watch.

 

[stpeteirish]

I’m not sure that’s true. There are endless cases of teams being ahead of a team they lost to earlier in the season. Heck, USC is ranked behind Meatchicken, who they just destroyed.

When you lose and how you are perceived to be playing now matters just as much.

True for the polls but the committee has explicitly mentioned head to head as one of the criteria they will use, and it’s they that matter

 

[NDPhilly]

Vanderbilt is going to lose at least 1 likely 2 more. Good team but they’ve got a tough end to season.

 

[BeatSC]

I’m not sure that’s true. There are endless cases of teams being ahead of a team they lost to earlier in the season. Heck, USC is ranked behind Meatchicken, who they just destroyed.

When you lose and how you are perceived to be playing now matters just as much.

Which is the rationale for why we got screwed in 1993 with FSU and Bowden getting the nod over Lou who was generally disliked alongwith our NBC contract.

 

[BeatSC]

I would think 10 wins since a loss and a team with a much improved D plus the eye test would go a long way to a team that would be seen limping to the finish line. I would wager we would be favored against A&M or Miami now on a neutral field. Carr was passing the eye test with flying colors until his egg laying against USC. A&M with their so called great D gives up 42 to Arkansas?! Not impressed. We could score a bunch against Miami now and get to Beck.

 

[irish4ever]

Vanderbilt is going to lose at least 1 likely 2 more. Good team but they’ve got a tough end to season.

Agreed ...

25-Oct	vs Mizzu
1-Nov	@ Texas
29-Nov	@ Tenn

 

[phillyirish]

Very real chance that both Navy and Pitt are ranked in our matchups. Navy is currently 26th (first in others receiving votes) but they have a tough matchup at North Texas before us. Pitt doesn’t have any votes but should garner some attention if they handle NC State at home.

Also Boise is poised to finish ranked if they win out.

I think it’s safe to say we control our destiny at this point. Win out and we’re in.

 

[ulukinatme]

My $.02 not that it means anything: we just whooped GA, BYU, IU, and GT last year. That’s 4 of the 12 ranked ahead.

And Vandy is fools gold, although they just jumped us. That’s 5 of the 12.

The rest outside of OSU is a coin flip. Any team can win those games although our trajectory is better.

OSU, well, let’s just hope for our best day. We’re due.

We are so fuckin' due to win one against OSU. We tend to catch them when they're at the strongest and we are heavy on injuries or deficient at positions.

 

[Fbolt]

I thought ND was due in the Fiesta Bowl after losing both games in the mid 1990s. They are REALLY due now. However, due has nothing to due (doh) with it.

 

[NDWarrior]

I will say again that I think Pitt could be an interesting opponent and comparison point as they play the following 5 teams in the next 6 weeks: NC State, ND, Stanford, GA Tech, and Miami.
First, they can help do some top ACC team damage, but also there will be some good comparison points here and maybe, just maybe, Pitt ends up upsetting GA Tech or Miami while we blow them out (altho' I think the ideal scenario is for Pitt to look like a good team early and give ND a tough game and keep it close until the mid 3rd quarter and then we absolutely throttle them.
Pitt and certain scenarios could help seal ND getting into the CFP, assuming we keep winning week by week.

 

[SWirishfan]

Pretty sure it will sort itself out and then some. For example:
-Mizzou and vandy play this week, one will have 2 loses
-Oklahoma and ole miss play this week, one will have 2 loses
-GT has a pretty easy schedule but have to play georgia and ACC championship
-BYU still has to play TTECh and there is a big 12 championship.
-Unless Texas A&M and Miami completely collapse, not sure how ND wont get in.
-Wouldn't be surprised to even see a couple 3 loss teams when all is said and done.

-GT has a pretty easy schedule but have to play georgia and ACC championship

NGL, hope the GA Crown goes to GT over UGA

 

[stlnd01]

We need Louisville, Georgia Tech, missou, Vandy, Oklahoma to start losing.

These are all the sort of teams that lose random games all the time in college football. (i.e. they lack the superior talent you need to survive an off day). There will be losses.
Biggest threats to us are probably if there's a bunch of 10-2's in the SEC, and any Big 12 or ACC teams that finish 11-1 but don't win their conference, a 10-2 Miami would also be a problem.
Would be nice if A&M holds up, USC does enough to finish ranked, Navy and Pitt are decent.
But at 10-2, especially the way we've been looking the last four games, we're almost surely in, and quite possibly host in the first round.

 

[Irish#1]

A&M has the toughest part of their schedule coming up.

Except for Oregon, USC should be the favorite in the rest of their games,

Miami may not win the ACC given the other teams records.

Just need to keep the dominating wins coming.

 

[NDpendent]

We don't have to make it too complicated. If we win out, we will be in.

 

[Irish du Nord]

We don't have to make it too complicated. If we win out, we will be in.

I’d prefer to have a home game round 1, maybe that’s in the cards with a little chaos?

 

[stlnd01]

I’d prefer to have a home game round 1, maybe that’s in the cards with a little chaos?

Yep. Some of the mock brackets - the ones that take into account teams’ future games and not just current resumes - have us at a 7 or 8 seed.

 

[zelezo vlk]

Just a reminder that November 4 is the first CFB Playoff Committee Rankings

 

[Irish du Nord]

Yep. Some of the mock brackets - the ones that take into account teams’ future games and not just current resumes - have us at a 7 or 8 seed.

Hell yes that would be incredible

 

[MPClinton22]

Yep. Some of the mock brackets - the ones that take into account teams’ future games and not just current resumes - have us at a 7 or 8 seed.

ESPNs playoff predictor is so bad. It estimates an 11-1 BYU (with a loss to Tex Tech) that doesn’t win its conference would be in and HOSTING a first round game. After the discourse around SMU last year and then their face plant, ACC and Big 12 teams without true signature wins are not getting in if they don’t win their conference - which would apply to BYU.

Only dangerous one I see is Georgia Tech - because if they run the table up to the ACCCG they’d have beaten UGA, so they have that feather in their cap if they lose in the championship game.

 

[Cackalacky2.0]

If we are at 12 rn we are not gonna move up too much even if we win all our remaining games. We could get leapt by other teams with more challenging schedules

 

[NDVirginia19]

A lot of bedwetting in this thread. Go look how many of these 1 loss teams ahead of us still have to play eachother.

 

[T Town Tommy]

If we are at 12 rn we are not gonna move up too much even if we win all our remaining games. We could get leapt by other teams with more challenging schedules

If you’re at 12 at the end of the year then you’re not getting in obviously. The Irish being left out due to a S Fla, Tulane, Memphis would be a travesty.

 

[stlnd01]

ESPNs playoff predictor is so bad. It estimates an 11-1 BYU (with a loss to Tex Tech) that doesn’t win its conference would be in and HOSTING a first round game. After the discourse around SMU last year and then their face plant, ACC and Big 12 teams without true signature wins are not getting in if they don’t win their conference - which would apply to BYU.

Only dangerous one I see is Georgia Tech - because if they run the table up to the ACCCG they’d have beaten UGA, so they have that feather in their cap if they lose in the championship game.

And that’s fair. A regular-season undefeated P4 team, especially one that beats Georgia late in the season, absolutely should make the playoff.

But yeah if BYU loses to Texas Tech in a couple weeks and doesn’t even make the Big 12 championship they are not hosting a playoff game. Thats ridiculous.

 

[InKellyWeTrust]

If we are at 12 rn we are not gonna move up too much even if we win all our remaining games. We could get leapt by other teams with more challenging schedules

Not if we continue playing fuck you football. These arent the conservative Kelly, don't make mistakes and win by 7 points against Boston College, teams anymore. These are Freeman's punch you in the mouth, steal your lunch money, and send you crying back to southern California teams.

 

[Old Man Mike]

We must leap TWO SEC teams (probably Vandy and Oklahoma) (one is in theory behind us as it stands.)

If so, then it's four SEC and three B1G. Then we're in.