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[LouderVol]

The Rest of the SEC:

30. Tennessee (4-1) - 146.3073 (12/12)
34. Auburn (3-2) - 141.4127
46. Mississippi St (4-2) - 127.3000
50. Florida (2-3) - 123.7720
53. South Carolina (3-2) - 122.1173
60. Texas (3-2) - 118.5440
70. Arkansas (2-3) - 113.4707
77. Kentucky (2-3) - 109.0880

I am impressed at this point no one is in the bottom 10. seems like most weeks in the past years someone was down there.

 

[bamawriter]

I am impressed at this point no one is in the bottom 10. seems like most weeks in the past years someone was down there.

Not only is the lowest ranked team at #77, the SEC is the only conference that doesn't have at least 1 team ranked 100 or worse.

 

[bamawriter]

WEEK 7 2025 RANKINGS (with AP/Coaches)

1. Indiana (6-0) - 197.9219 (3/3)
2. Ohio St (6-0) - 188.4697 (1/1)
3. Miami (5-0) - 177.0333 (2/2)
4. Texas Tech (6-0) - 176.3798 (7/8)
5. Alabama (5-1) - 175.9994 (6/6)
6. Texas A&M (6-0) - 175.2083 (4/4)
7. Ole Miss (6-0) - 167.2622 (5/5)
8. Georgia (5-1) - 161.1928 (9/7)
9. BYU (6-0) - 161.0440 (15/14)
10. Louisville (4-1) - 159.3727 (UR/UR)
11. Notre Dame (4-2) - 158.5910 (13/15)
12. Utah (5-1) - 156.8283 (23/22)
13. Georgia Tech (6-0) - 156.8199 (12/12)
14. Nebraska (5-1) - 154.7884 (25/UR)
15. Illinois (5-2) - 154.4077 (UR/25)
16. Washington (5-1) - 153.8628 (UR/UR)
17. Memphis (6-0) - 153.5350 (22/20)
18. USF (5-1) - 153.3544 (19/23)
19. USC (5-1) - 153.1247 (20/21)
20. Cincinnati (5-1)- 152.3054 (24/24)
21. LSU (5-1) - 152.1311 (10/10)
22. Michigan (4-2) - 150.8811 (UR/UR)
23. Oklahoma (5-1) - 150.0822 (14/13)
24. Oregon (5-1) - 149.4840 (8/9)
25. Virginia (5-1)- 148.2538 (18/19)

 

[bamawriter]

The Rest of the SEC:

27. Vanderbilt (5-1) - 145.3975 (17/18)
28. Tennessee (5-1) - 144.3044 (11/11)
29. Missouri (5-1) - 140.4391 (16/16)
37. Texas (4-2) - 132.0044 (21/17)
46. Auburn (3-3) - 126.1622
50. Mississippi St (4-2) - 123.7944
56. Florida (2-4) - 121.8578
70. Arkansas (2-4) - 112.0050
71. South Carolina (3-3) - 111.8387
77. Kentucky (2-3) - 106.5642

 

[bamawriter]

The Bottom 10:

127. Nevada (1-5) -63.0903
128. Akron (2-5) - 60.0610
129. Oklahoma St (1-5) - 57.6600
130. Sam Houston (0-6) - 55.5469
131. UTEP (1-5) - 55.5256
132. Boston College (1-5) - 53.1189
133. EMU (2-5) - 52.3229
134. Charlotte (1-5) - 50.7602
135. MTSU (1-5) - 39.9056
136. UMass (0-6) - 27.6623

Current Champions of Life (Lineal Title): Indiana

 

[bamawriter]

WEEK 8 2025 RANKINGS (with AP/Coaches):

1. Indiana (7-0) - 191.2485 (2/2)
2. Ohio St (7-0) - 184.4153 (1/1)
3. Alabama (6-1) - 175.0963 (4/4)
4. Texas A&M (7-0) - 167.8398 (3/3)
5. Louisville (5-1) - 166.9449 (19/22)
6. BYU (7-0) - 165.4022 (11/10)
7. Georgia (6-1) - 164.0931 (5/5)
8. Miami (5-1) - 163.4291 (9/9)
9. Texas Tech (6-1) - 160.8109 (14/15)
10. Notre Dame (5-2) - 160.1771 (12/13)
11. Georgia Tech (7-0) - 159.8548 (7/7)
12. Oregon (6-1) - 157.6136 (6/6)
13. USF (6-1) - 155.2222 (18/20)
14. Michigan (5-2) - 155.0122 (25/24)
15. Oklahoma (6-1) - 152.8422 (13/11)
16. Ole Miss (6-1) - 151.9194 (8/8)
17. Vanderbilt (6-1) - 150.9329 (10/12)
18. Illinois (5-2) - 149.2818 (23/23)
19. Utah (5-2) - 148.9578 (UR/UR)
20. Virginia (6-1) - 148.3846 (16/16)
21. Cincinnati (6-1) - 146.1767 (21/21)
22. North Texas (6-1) - 144.0347 (UR/UR)
23. Tulane (6-1) - 143.8108 (UR/UR)
24. Navy (6-0) - 142.5757 (UR/UR)
25. Boise St (5-2) - 142.5614 (UR/UR)

 

[bamawriter]

The Rest of the SEC:

28. Missouri (6-1) - 141.0129 (15/14)
29. LSU (5-2) - 140.7788 (20/19)
33. Texas (5-2) - 135.6816 (22/18)
35. Tennessee (5-2) - 134.3308 (17/17)
49. Florida (3-4) - 124.2797
53. Auburn (3-4) - 122.5502
69. Mississippi St (4-3) - 109.9861
75. Arkansas (2-5) - 105.7512
81. South Carolina (3-4) - 104.4233
88. Kentucky (2-4) - 98.9869

 

[bamawriter]

The Bottom 10:

127. Northern Illinois (1-6) - 59.2678
128. Nevada (1-6) - 58.9610
129. Akron (2-6) - 57.0888
130. Oklahoma St (1-6) - 56.2052
131. Boston College (1-6) - 55.3665
132. EMU (2-6) - 51.2388
133. Charlotte (1-6) - 44.5151
134. Sam Houston (0-7) - 44.0579
135. MTSU (1-5) - 39.4730
136. UMass (0-7) - 31.8841

Current Champions of Life (Lineal Title): Indiana

 

[#1fulmerite]

OP, I see Notre Dame is ranked high here. Is that based mostly on the poles?

 

[bamawriter]

OP, I see Notre Dame is ranked high here. Is that based mostly on the poles?

Polls have nothing to do with it. ND has played a pretty good schedule and has absolutely destroyed some folks. I wouldn't have them this high if I had a votr, but the math is what the math is.

 

[bamawriter]

WEEK 9 2025 RANKINGS (with AP/Coaches):

1. Indiana (8-0) - 189.3963 (2/2)
2. Ohio St (7-0) - 182.0429 (1/1)
3. Texas A&M (8-0) - 169.3707 (3/3)
4. Alabama (7-1) - 169.0207 (4/4)
5. BYU (8-0) - 165.8729 (t10/10)
6. Georgia (6-1) - 165.2130 (5/5)
7. Miami (6-1) - 161.5233 (t10/9)
8. Louisville (6-1) - 160.4077 (16/17)
9. Georgia Tech (8-0) - 160.2198 (8/7)
10. Notre Dame (5-2) - 159.2170 (12/12)
11. Texas Tech (7-1) - 156.4200 (13/13)
12. Ole Miss (7-1) - 155.9949 (7/8)
13. Michigan (6-2) - 154.1757 (21/21)
14. Vanderbilt (7-1) - 154.1463 (9/11)
15. Oregon (7-1) - 153.0722 (6/6)
16. Utah (6-2) - 151.3700 (24/24)
17. USF (6-2) - 149.6888 (UR/UR)
18. Oklahoma (6-2) - 147.9394 (18/18)
19. Cincinnati (7-1) - 145.4573 (17/16)
20. Virginia (7-1) - 144.8604 (15/15)
21. Washington (6-2) - 144.0094 (UR/UR)
22. Tulane (6-1) - 143.9460 (UR/UR)
23. Navy (7-0) - 143.5819 (UR/23)
24. Nebraska (6-2) - 142.9821 (UR/UR)
25. North Texas (7-1) - 142.6839 (UR/UR)

 

[bamawriter]

The Rest of the SEC:

33. Texas (6/2) - 136.9993 (20/19)
34. Missouri (6-2) - 134.7125 (19/20)
37. Tennessee (6-2) - 133.1035 (14/14)
39. LSU (5-3) - 131.7263
52. Auburn (4-4) - 121.1052
54. Florida (3-4) - 120.4498
67. Mississippi St (4-4) - 109.0984
84. Arkansas (2-6) - 100.0738
88. South Carolina (3-5) - 98.1638
102. Kentucky (2-5) - 91.4527

 

[bamawriter]

The Bottom 10:

127. UTEP (2-5) - 59.9206
128. Nevada (1-7) - 59.4231
129. Oklahoma St (1-7) - 57.5918
130. Georgia St (1-7) - 55.3094
131. Boston College (1-7) - 55.1072
132. EMU (2-7) - 52.5060
133. Charlotte (1-7) - 45.9043
134. Sam Houston (0-7) - 43.7390
135. MTSU (1-6) - 43.6430
136. UMass (0-8) - 31.7544

Current Champions of Life (Lineal Title): Indiana

 

[bamawriter]

A little commentary:

The MAC is wild this year. Aside from having the worst team (UMass) and another in the Bottom 5 (EMU), the MAC had four teams that literally just avoided the Bottom 10:

123. Akron
124. Northern Illinois
125. Kent St
126. Ball St

Bowling Green is at 105 and Buffalo comes in at 111. That's 8 out of 13 members ranked 105th or worse.

The highest ranked MAC member is Ohio at 76. If you're doing the math, that means there isn't a single MAC team in top half of the rankings.

The reason they rank so poorly is that every team has brought down the SOS of their conference opponents. The MAC played 39 out of conference games against FBS opponents and only won 5. And to make matters worse, UMass and EMU lost to FCS schools. It's just brutal all the way around.