Sports analytics from Laura Albert at the University of Wisconsin-Madison College of Engineering

NCAAF rankings

Here is the full rank-ordered list of NCAA men’s football rankings using Laura Albert’s composite Markov chain rankings for September 14, 2025

1 Ohio St
2 Oregon
3 Georgia
4 Penn St
5 Mississippi
6 LSU
7 Alabama
8 Texas
9 Miami FL
10 Oklahoma
11 USC
12 Texas A&M
13 Tennessee
14 Indiana
15 Illinois
16 Missouri
17 Notre Dame
18 Michigan
19 Auburn
20 Utah
21 TCU
22 Iowa St
23 Vanderbilt
24 BYU
25 Louisville
26 Nebraska
27 Texas Tech
28 Arkansas
29 Florida St
30 Georgia Tech
31 Arizona St
32 Washington
33 Clemson
34 Tulane
35 South Carolina
36 Florida
37 Baylor
38 Memphis
39 Iowa
40 Houston
41 Rutgers
42 Kansas
43 NC State
44 SMU
45 Mississippi St
46 Arizona
47 Minnesota
48 Kentucky
49 Wisconsin
50 California
51 Navy
52 South Florida
53 Cincinnati
54 Pittsburgh
55 UCF
56 Maryland
57 Kansas St
58 Syracuse
59 Michigan St
60 Boise St
61 Colorado
62 West Virginia
63 North Texas
64 UNLV
65 Toledo
66 Virginia
67 Army
68 Ohio
69 Old Dominion
70 East Carolina
71 Duke
72 James Madison
73 Texas St
74 North Carolina
75 Fresno St
76 Boston College
77 UT San Antonio
78 Northwestern
79 Purdue
80 Louisiana Tech
81 Utah St
82 South Alabama
83 Washington St
84 Oklahoma St
85 WKU
86 Virginia Tech
87 Connecticut
88 Bowling Green
89 Wake Forest
90 Stanford
91 New Mexico
92 Buffalo
93 Wyoming
94 Jacksonville St
95 Air Force
96 UCLA
97 Hawaii
98 Ga Southern
99 Marshall
100 Louisiana
101 Colorado St
102 Troy
103 Miami OH
104 Appalachian St
105 Liberty
106 Temple
107 Arkansas St
108 N Illinois
109 Rice
110 San Jose St
111 Southern Miss
112 Florida Intl
113 Oregon St
114 Delaware
115 UAB
116 Missouri St
117 San Diego St
118 UTEP
119 W Michigan
120 C Michigan
121 ULM
122 FL Atlantic
123 Sam Houston St
124 Georgia St
125 Coastal Car
126 Nevada
127 Tulsa
128 New Mexico St
129 Kennesaw
130 Charlotte
131 MTSU
132 Ball St
133 E Michigan
134 Akron
135 Kent
136 Massachusetts