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 January 21, 2025

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