Rankings

Every week of the season as it was published, from the games played up to then. Every team started the season at 1500.

2025 Week 16

#	Move	Team	Conference	Record	Points	Week
1	–	Texas Tech	Big 12	12-1	1,918	0.0
2	–	Georgia	SEC	12-1	1,905	0.0
3	–	Indiana	Big Ten	13-0	1,897	0.0
4	–	Ohio State	Big Ten	12-1	1,857	0.0
5	–	Oregon	Big Ten	11-1	1,854	0.0
6	–	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	10-2	1,847	0.0
7	–	Utah	Big 12	10-2	1,826	0.0
8	–	Ole Miss	SEC	11-1	1,822	0.0
9	–	Vanderbilt	SEC	10-2	1,806	0.0
10	–	Texas A&M	SEC	11-1	1,793	0.0
11	–	Oklahoma	SEC	10-2	1,793	0.0
12	–	James Madison	Sun Belt	12-1	1,782	0.0
13	–	Tulane	American Athletic	11-2	1,773	0.0
14	–	Miami	ACC	10-2	1,770	0.0
15	–	BYU	Big 12	11-2	1,770	0.0
16	–	Arizona	Big 12	9-3	1,767	0.0
17	–	Texas	SEC	9-3	1,763	0.0
18	–	Alabama	SEC	10-3	1,756	0.0
19	–	USC	Big Ten	9-3	1,732	0.0
20	–	Navy	American Athletic	10-2	1,717	+10.8
21	–	North Texas	American Athletic	11-2	1,704	0.0
22	–	Michigan	Big Ten	9-3	1,682	0.0
23	–	Iowa	Big Ten	8-4	1,678	0.0
24	–	Kennesaw State	Conference USA	10-3	1,677	0.0
25	–	New Mexico	Mountain West	9-3	1,674	0.0
26	–	Duke	ACC	8-5	1,672	0.0
27	–	South Florida	American Athletic	9-3	1,672	0.0
28	–	SMU	ACC	8-4	1,659	0.0
29	–	Toledo	Mid-American	8-4	1,655	0.0
30	–	TCU	Big 12	8-4	1,647	0.0
31	–	Western Michigan	Mid-American	9-4	1,644	0.0
32	–	Virginia	ACC	10-3	1,643	0.0
33	–	Boise State	Mountain West	9-4	1,643	0.0
34	–	Missouri	SEC	8-4	1,636	0.0
35	–	Old Dominion	Sun Belt	9-3	1,636	0.0
36	–	Houston	Big 12	9-3	1,635	0.0
37	–	San Diego State	Mountain West	9-3	1,626	0.0
38	–	Pittsburgh	ACC	8-4	1,626	0.0
39	–	Arizona State	Big 12	8-4	1,622	0.0
40	–	Penn State	Big Ten	6-6	1,620	0.0
41	–	UConn	FBS Independents	9-3	1,619	0.0
42	–	UNLV	Mountain West	10-3	1,616	0.0
43	–	East Carolina	American Athletic	8-4	1,615	0.0
44	–	Clemson	ACC	7-5	1,612	0.0
45	–	Washington	Big Ten	8-4	1,612	0.0
46	–	Louisville	ACC	8-4	1,610	0.0
47	–	Tennessee	SEC	8-4	1,603	0.0
48	–	Iowa State	Big 12	8-4	1,600	0.0
49	–	Hawai'i	Mountain West	8-4	1,591	0.0
50	–	LSU	SEC	7-5	1,590	0.0
51	–	NC State	ACC	7-5	1,590	0.0
52	–	Kansas State	Big 12	6-6	1,578	0.0
53	–	Georgia Tech	ACC	9-3	1,573	0.0
54	–	Illinois	Big Ten	8-4	1,572	0.0
55	–	Fresno State	Mountain West	8-4	1,553	0.0
56	–	Wake Forest	ACC	8-4	1,553	0.0
57	–	Louisiana Tech	Conference USA	7-5	1,553	0.0
58	–	Minnesota	Big Ten	7-5	1,550	0.0
59	–	Ohio	Mid-American	8-4	1,549	0.0
60	–	Florida International	Conference USA	7-5	1,541	0.0
61	–	Memphis	American Athletic	8-4	1,539	0.0
62	–	Washington State	Pac-12	6-6	1,538	0.0
63	–	UTSA	American Athletic	6-6	1,534	0.0
64	▲1	Utah State	Mountain West	6-6	1,525	0.0
65	▲1	Jacksonville State	Conference USA	8-5	1,523	0.0
66	▼2	Army	American Athletic	6-6	1,523	-10.8
67	–	Cincinnati	Big 12	7-5	1,521	0.0
68	–	Texas State	Sun Belt	6-6	1,517	0.0
69	–	Troy	Sun Belt	8-5	1,510	0.0
70	–	Western Kentucky	Conference USA	8-4	1,494	0.0
71	–	Nebraska	Big Ten	7-5	1,493	0.0
72	–	Central Michigan	Mid-American	7-5	1,488	0.0
73	–	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	7-6	1,487	0.0
74	–	Louisiana	Sun Belt	6-6	1,486	0.0
75	–	California	ACC	7-5	1,481	0.0
76	–	Georgia Southern	Sun Belt	6-6	1,472	0.0
77	–	Northwestern	Big Ten	6-6	1,470	0.0
78	–	Auburn	SEC	5-7	1,462	0.0
79	–	Kentucky	SEC	5-7	1,458	0.0
80	–	West Virginia	Big 12	4-8	1,456	0.0
81	–	Wisconsin	Big Ten	4-8	1,453	0.0
82	–	Rutgers	Big Ten	5-7	1,446	0.0
83	–	Arkansas State	Sun Belt	6-6	1,445	0.0
84	–	Florida	SEC	4-8	1,445	0.0
85	–	Mississippi State	SEC	5-7	1,444	0.0
86	–	South Carolina	SEC	4-8	1,439	0.0
87	–	Baylor	Big 12	5-7	1,435	0.0
88	–	Missouri State	Conference USA	7-5	1,433	0.0
89	–	Coastal Carolina	Sun Belt	6-6	1,431	0.0
90	–	Stanford	ACC	4-8	1,430	0.0
91	–	Southern Miss	Sun Belt	7-5	1,423	0.0
92	–	Kansas	Big 12	5-7	1,421	0.0
93	–	UCF	Big 12	5-7	1,420	0.0
94	–	Temple	American Athletic	5-7	1,408	0.0
95	–	Air Force	Mountain West	4-8	1,395	0.0
96	–	Kent State	Mid-American	5-7	1,395	0.0
97	–	Marshall	Sun Belt	5-7	1,386	0.0
98	–	Florida State	ACC	5-7	1,385	0.0
99	–	Michigan State	Big Ten	4-8	1,381	0.0
100	–	Rice	American Athletic	5-7	1,379	0.0
101	–	App State	Sun Belt	5-7	1,378	0.0
102	–	Delaware	Conference USA	6-6	1,375	0.0
103	–	Florida Atlantic	American Athletic	4-8	1,374	0.0
104	–	South Alabama	Sun Belt	4-8	1,371	0.0
105	–	UCLA	Big Ten	3-9	1,368	0.0
106	–	North Carolina	ACC	4-8	1,362	0.0
107	–	Nevada	Mountain West	3-9	1,362	0.0
108	–	Akron	Mid-American	5-7	1,358	0.0
109	–	UAB	American Athletic	4-8	1,358	0.0
110	–	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	4-8	1,352	0.0
111	–	Colorado	Big 12	3-9	1,350	0.0
112	–	Maryland	Big Ten	4-8	1,331	0.0
113	–	Wyoming	Mountain West	4-8	1,323	0.0
114	–	Liberty	Conference USA	4-8	1,321	0.0
115	–	Tulsa	American Athletic	4-8	1,321	0.0
116	–	Arkansas	SEC	2-10	1,318	0.0
117	–	Boston College	ACC	2-10	1,305	0.0
118	–	Middle Tennessee	Conference USA	3-9	1,302	0.0
119	–	Buffalo	Mid-American	5-7	1,302	0.0
120	–	Virginia Tech	ACC	3-9	1,290	0.0
121	–	New Mexico State	Conference USA	4-8	1,269	0.0
122	–	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	3-9	1,268	0.0
123	–	Purdue	Big Ten	2-10	1,267	0.0
124	–	Ball State	Mid-American	4-8	1,267	0.0
125	–	Bowling Green	Mid-American	4-8	1,258	0.0
126	–	San José State	Mountain West	3-9	1,255	0.0
127	–	Colorado State	Mountain West	2-10	1,215	0.0
128	–	Oregon State	Pac-12	2-10	1,211	0.0
129	–	Syracuse	ACC	3-9	1,210	0.0
130	–	Sam Houston	Conference USA	2-10	1,199	0.0
131	–	Oklahoma State	Big 12	1-11	1,190	0.0
132	–	UL Monroe	Sun Belt	3-9	1,189	0.0
133	–	UTEP	Conference USA	2-10	1,183	0.0
134	–	Charlotte	American Athletic	1-11	1,168	0.0
135	–	Georgia State	Sun Belt	1-11	1,148	0.0
136	–	Massachusetts	Mid-American	0-12	1,042	0.0

2025 season

Points by week. Each week is computed from the games played up to then, so it shows what the rankings said at the time.

Indiana
Oregon
Miami
Ole Miss
Georgia
Texas Tech
Notre Dame
Utah
Texas
Ohio State

Results from cfbfastR-data, published Sunday mornings during the season and checked again Tuesday.