2025 CFB Polls and Rankings

[Old Man Mike]

The "Hater" prediction does, however, show how easily you can squeeze ND out if there are eight SEC/B1Gs and two ACCs.

Our best hope this year is that Georgia crushes GT and so does Miami. Also that "only" 4 SECs get through with 2 or less losses.

Because A&M is our psychological ticket vs the SEC, we should root for them as champ or co-Champ (i.e. in the championship game with probably Ole Miss.) Then, if they and Alabama and Georgia,etc can hang three losses on the "set" of MO (need three), OK (need three), LSU (need two), and TENN (need two) that conference will be down to four entires (TX would have also gotten 3 Ls in this scenario but have perhaps beaten OK.) In the B1G, we need to probably accept that OSU and OR can't be stopped, and maybe not IN. But MI can, and we ourselves can jump over USC. That would limit B1G to 3. GA clobbering GT might eliminate ACC to one, and my intuition is that TTech may itself outshine the rest of Big12 (now that ISUs CBs are both out.) ....

This however is not a sure thing. MO, TN, LSU, OK, MI, GT, ISU, AZSt etc, need to get some lumps. We, I believe, are fortunate that Kelly's QB has gotten banged up too, or LSU would be another threat. Now we just hope that he adds another loss on to OK. He has his hands full with V, A&M, AL, and OK still to come. Losing to our two old DCs and/or AL (I'd rather our guys get him this year and he beat AL just because ...) would get LSU to 3.

 

[Irish#1]

I could see them losing every game. Will they? Most likely not but 2-4 losses seems plausible.

You never know about the Red River Shootout. South Caro usually has one upset in them. Not sure about Mizzou since they really haven't played anyone yet.

 

[InKellyWeTrust]

The most interesting comparison for a 10-2 ND team would be potentially 10-2 Michigan with losses to Ok and OSU. I think ND compares very favorably in that scenario.

 

[NumbersGuy0520]

They could definitely lose to Illinois, PSU, and Michigan and miss the b10 championship. Unlikely, but it wouldnt be a total shocker. would they still get in if that happened?

In a vacuum, OSU could lose any of those games, but I do think it would be a shocker if they lost all 3.

 

[TracyGraham]

In a vacuum, OSU could lose any of those games, but I do think it would be a shocker if they lost all 3.

I pretty much agree. But you never know. PSU has never been so desperate for a big win. Michigan has had their number the past few years and I assume they are better than 2024, plus game is in Ann Arbor. Illinois is probably the least likely but we'll find out in a couple of days...

 

[ulukinatme]

Need USC to beat Michigan I fear if Michigan loses to Ohio State and has 2 losses they get in

I doubt Michigan gets in with 2 losses. They're right above us right now and will likely lose late to OSU, possibly by 10 or more unless the Buckeyes stink it up again. There will need to be a lot of chaos for them. Right now we have two very close losses to two Top 10 teams. Michigan's losses won't be the same. They lost by 9 to Oklahoma and Oklahoma is about to go through a gauntlet that will drop them.

 

[KPENN]

 

[irishff1014]

Georgia in South Bend in December haha

 

[Huntr]

15 in the Coaches poll, highest ranked 2 loss team

 

[sfk324]

15 in the Coaches poll, highest ranked 2 loss team

It's still a garbage ranking. BYU should not have jumped us after needing 2OT to beat Arizona. Oklahoma shouldn't be ahead of us either after losing to a very mid Texas team. They beat Michigan, who sucks, and a bunch of cannon fodder teams.

 

[calvegas04]

It's still a garbage ranking. BYU should not have jumped us after needing 2OT to beat Arizona. Oklahoma shouldn't be ahead of us either after losing to a very mid Texas team. They beat Michigan, who sucks, and a bunch of cannon fodder teams.

No issue with it since they are undefeated

 

[Te'o4Heisman]

No issue with it since they are undefeated

At some point how good you actually are and who you play has to matter or youre just encouraging more teams to do what Indiana is doing. BYUs best opponent so far is arguably arizona?

 

[BeatSC]

Next week will be the week to watch. USC highly ranked in many stats and better record than ours. We win next week and we should be around #12. No two loss team should ever be above us. So many teams above us with one or more very weak sauce wins. Many of them lucky AF wins. One bump up this week is BS. Maybe Navy can jump us soon as well! Let’s at least get them ranked to when we beat their ass it will go down as a ranked win.

 

[calvegas04]

At some point how good you actually are and who you play has to matter or youre just encouraging more teams to do what Indiana is doing. BYUs best opponent so far is arguably arizona?

We lost to the two good teams we have played. All the wins have been against similar byu opponents

 

[NDPhilly]

Computer Rankings Round-Up (where updated):

DokterEntropy: 3 (Most Accurate so far this year)
Sargarin: 2
Teamrankings.com: 3
Massey: 2
ESPN FPI: 4

Pretty wild, it’s like the opposite of the Kelly era where we racked up wins against sub par opponents while the computers / Vegas knew we weren’t that good. We’re a legitimate title contender.

OSU is significantly above everyone else at this point, where it looks like we’d be a ~4pt dog to them on a neutral field.

 

[KPENN]

#13 in the AP Poll.

 

[Huntr]

Computer Rankings Round-Up (where updated):

DokterEntropy: 3 (Most Accurate so far this year)
Sargarin: Tied for 2nd with Oregon
Teamrankings.com: 3
Massey: 2
ESPN FPI: 4

Pretty wild, it’s like the opposite of the Kelly era where we racked up wins against sub par opponents while the computers / Vegas knew we weren’t that good. We’re a legitimate title contender.

OSU is significantly above everyone else at this point, where it looks like we’d be a ~4pt dog to them on a neutral field.

They aren't part of Prediction Tracker anymore, but you should check D Ratings. They're really good at picks.

ND Ranked 4th by them.

 

[dankgesang]

They aren't part of Prediction Tracker anymore, but you should check D Ratings. They're really good at picks.

ND Ranked 4th by them.

Any way to pull a predicted head to head result out of their numbers?

 

[laughingirish92]

if our irish win this saturday then i'll start talking playoffs cause after USC i don't see anybody else on the schedule that has an offense that can keep up with the irish offense for a whole game

 

[rtrn2glory]

if our irish win this saturday then i'll start talking playoffs cause after USC i don't see anybody else on the schedule that has an offense that can keep up with the irish offense for a whole game

Focus will then shift to the Pittsburgh game

 

[BeatSC]

#13 in the AP Poll.

That’s a little more like it. Too many jealous coaches out there hating. So you think we can hire Franklin as an analyst? Maybe just an anal

 

[GATTACA!]

That’s a little more like it. Too many jealous coaches out there hating. So you think we can hire Franklin as an analyst? Maybe just an anal

Anal cyst

 

[Bane]

That’s a little more like it. Too many jealous coaches out there hating. So you think we can hire Franklin as an analyst? Maybe just an anal

 

[SportsingHard]

At some point how good you actually are and who you play has to matter or youre just encouraging more teams to do what Indiana is doing. BYUs best opponent so far is arguably arizona?

We lost to the two good teams we have played. All the wins have been against similar byu opponents

We nearly beat the #2 team in a hostile environment far from home with an extremely handcuffed QB who had never thrown a pass, then nearly beat the #4 team in the country with our top four DBs missing all or part of the game or playing very injured, while our fifth DB was benched in favor of somebody far less experienced and far more talented. People who actually follow football and take performance into consideration have ND ranked high. People who don't don't.

 

[CoachB]

The Coach B top 25: (Just the facts, sir) Also, I will accept any offers to serve to the CFP committee.

1. Miami - W Notre Dame 27-24, W Bethune-Cookman 45-3, W South Florida 49-12, W Florida 26-7, W Florida St. 28-22

Justification for being over Ohio St. is better three or four better wins than OSU's best.
Beat Florida soundly, who beat Texas by a similar margin that OSU did.
Pounded FSU (despite final score) and FSU beat Alabama by 14.

2. Indiana - W Old Dominion 27-14, W Kennesaw State 56-9, W Indiana St. 73-0, W Illinois 63-10, W Iowa 20-15, W Oregon 30-20

Justification for over Ohio St. is they beat Illinois by 53 vs. 18. And the Oregon win is way better than anything OSU has yet.

3. Texas A&M

W UTSA 42-24, W Utah St. 44-22, W Notre Dame 41-40, W Auburn 16-10, W Mississippi St. 31-9, W Florida 34-17

The ND win keeps on helping them. Four good wins total. Four wins that are arguably better than anything OSU has.

4. Ohio State

W Texas 14-7, W Grambling 70-0, W Ohio 37-9, W Washington 24-6, W Minnesota 42-3, W Illinois 34-16.

Defending champ. Hasn't been beaten yet. Elite D. Offense will get better as the year goes on.

5. Texas Tech

W Arkansas Pine Bluff 67-7, W Kent St. 62-14, W Oregon St. 45-14, W Utah 34-10, W Houston 35-11, W Kansas 42-17.

The Red Raiders have been dominant. They don't have as big of wins as the top 4 do.

TT beat Kansas by 25, while Missouri beat them 42-31. Missouri lost to Alabama by 3.

6. Oregon

W Montana St. 59-13, W Oklahoma St. 69-3, W Northwestern 34-14, W Oregon St. 41-7, W Penn St. 30-24 2 OT, L Indiana 30-20.

They don't really have a good win. Their best win is Northwestern. Their loss is considered a good loss.

7. Notre Dame

L Miami 27-24, L Texas A&M 41-40, W Purdue 56-30, W Arkansas 56-13, W Boise St. 28-7, W NC State 36-7. Very similar resume to Oregon, but have an extra loss. Lost barely to the #1 and #3 teams (Including getting hosed against the #3 team on the winning play).

8. Alabama

L Florida St. 31-17, W UL Monroe 73-0, W Wisconsin 38-14, W Georgia 24-21, W Vanderbilt 30-14, W Missouri 27-24

Why they are behind ND - They lost by 14 to a Florida St team that Miami hammered. ND and Miami were separated by 3 points. Furthermore, Alabama beat GA by 3, Tennessee and Georgia are about even (OT game), Tennessee beat Ark by 3, ND beat Arkansas by 43.

9. Georgia

W Marshall 45-7, W Austin Peay 28-6, W Tennessee 44-41 (OT), L Alabama 24-21, W Kentucky 35-14, W Auburn 20-10

10. Vanderbilt

W Charleston Southern 45-3, W Virginia Tech 44-20, W South Carolina 31-7, W Georgia St. 70-21, W Utah St. 55-35, L Alabama 30-14

Beat South Carolina by 24, LSU won by 10. Turned it over in red zone twice vs. Alabama. Was anyone's game.

11. Tennessee

W Syracuse 45-26, East Tennessee State 72-17, L Georgia 44-41 (OT), W UAB 56-24, W Mississippi St. 41-34 (OT), W Arkansas 34-31

12. Utah

W UCLA 43-10, W Cal Poly 63-9, W Wyoming 31-6, L Texas Tech 34-10, W West Virginia 48-14, W Arizona St. 42-10

They have blowout wins over everyone other than Texas Tech. Think they are a little low in the AP.

13. Ole Miss

W Georgia State 63-7, W Kentucky 30-23, W Arkansas 41-35, W Tulane 45-10, W LSU 24-19, W Washington St 24-21

Just a bunch of close wins against average competition. They did beat LSU head to head, but I don't think either one is that good.

14. Memphis

W Chattanooga 45-10, W Georgia St 38-16, W Troy 28-7, W Arkansas 32-31, W Florida Atlantic 55-26, W Tulsa 45-7

I know this is higher than most, but they have similar results against Arkansas as the other SEC schools do. And the rest of their wins are dominant.

15. LSU

W Clemson 17-10, W Louisiana Tech 23-7, W Florida 20-10, W SE Louisiana 56-10, L Ole Miss 24-19, W S. Carolina 20-10

16. Georgia Tech

W Colorado 27-20, W Gardner-Webb 59-12, W Clemson 24-21, W Temple 45-24, W Wake Forest 30-29 (OT), W Virginia Tech 35-20

17. USC

W Missouri St. 73-13, W Georgia Southern 59-20, W Purdue 33-17, W Michigan State 45-31, L Illinois 34-32, W Michigan 31-13

They have arguably the best offense in the country. I don't see any team behind them being able to keep up.

18. USF

W Boise St. 34-7, W Florida 18-16, L Miami 49-12, W S Carolina St. 63-14, W Charlotte 54-26, W North Texas 63-36

I have USF over Oklahoma for this reason. USF 18-16 over Florida. Florida 29-21 over Texas. Texas 23-6 over Oklahoma.

19. Missouri

W Central Arkansas 61-6, W Kansas 42-31, W Louisiana 52-10, W South Carolina 29-20, W UMASS 42-6, L Alabama 27-24

20. Texas

L Ohio St. 14-7, W San Jose St. 38-7, W UTEP 27-10, W Sam Houston 55-0, L Florida 29-21, W Oklahoma 23-6

21. Oklahoma

W Illinois St. 35-3, W Michigan 24-13, W Temple 42-3, W Auburn 24-17, W Kent St. 44-0, L Texas 23-6

They are ranked too high currently. IMO, the most overrated team from the beginning of the year. Then Penn State, Texas, and Clemson proved they were all vastly overrated also.

22. Virginia

W Coastal Carolina 48-7, L NC State 35-31, W William & Mary 55-16, W Stanford 48-20, W Florida St. 46-38 (2OT), W Louisville 30-27 (OT)

Solid wins over Florida St. and Louisville. Seems like 22 is a good spot for them.

23. Nebraska

W Cincinnati 20-17, W Akron 68-0, Houston Christian 59-7, L Michigan 30-27, W Michigan St. 38-27, W Maryland 34-31

Surprising they aren't ranked. They have a solid profile.

24. Cincinnati

L Nebraska 20-17, W Bowling Green 34-20, W Northwestern St. 70-0, W Kansas 37-34, W Iowa St. 38-30, W UCF 20-11

25. Illinois

W Western Illinois 52-3, W Duke 45-19, W Western Michigan 38-0, L Indiana 63-10, W USC 34-32, W Purdue 43-27, L Ohio St. 34-16

Nice win over USC boosts them over BYU for the final spot in the poll.


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[Notre Dame Joe]

At some point how good you actually are and who you play has to matter or youre just encouraging more teams to do what Indiana is doing. BYUs best opponent so far is arguably arizona?

Meh. Why play the games if you going to discount easy wins and visa versa?

 

[SportsingHard]

Meh. Why play the games if you going to discount easy wins and visa versa?

Because football is awesome?

 

[Rocketman84]

At some point how good you actually are and who you play has to matter or youre just encouraging more teams to do what Indiana is doing. BYUs best opponent so far is arguably arizona?

Exactly, playing tomato cans don't mean much in the grand scheme of things, but beat U$C and come Sunday we are a top 10 team.

 

[InKellyWeTrust]

Exactly, playing tomato cans don't mean much in the grand scheme of things, but beat U$C and come Sunday we are a top 10 team.

I disagree. Beating an Arkansas team by 40+ on the road and Boise and NC St by combined 64-14 score is already showing top 10 form. All this matters to the committee.

 

[Rocketman84]

I disagree. Beating an Arkansas team by 40+ on the road and Boise and NC St by combined 64-14 score is already showing top 10 form. All this matters to the committee.

Sounds like you agree because Arkansas, Boise St and NC State are NOT considered tomato cans by any means and 2/3 have been ranked this season. Now if you said Arkansas St, Idaho and NC Central instead....😂😂