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2025 College Football Rankings Recap: Week 10
Texas A&M (8-0) stays on top of The Davis Rankings after week 10 of the 2025 season, with a score of 94.1 out of 100. The rest of the top five: T-2 Indiana, T-2 Ohio State, #4 BYU, #5 Ole Miss.
Every score comes from the same published formula, explained on the methodology page.
The top 25
SEC It just means something, when you have... Arkansas (#125), 5th week running
| Rank | Team | Record | TDR scoreTDR | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Texas A&M | 8-0 | 94.1 | - |
| T-2 |  Indiana | 9-0 | 91.8 | ▲ 2 |
| T-2 |  Ohio State | 8-0 | 91.8 | - |
| 4 |  BYU | 8-0 | 91.7 | ▼ 1 |
| 5 |  Ole Miss | 8-1 | 87.0 | ▲ 3 |
| 6 |  Alabama | 7-1 | 86.9 | ▲ 1 |
| 7 |  Virginia | 8-1 | 83.9 | ▲ 3 |
| 8 |  Texas Tech | 8-1 | 83.7 | ▲ 3 |
| T-9 |  Memphis | 8-1 | 83.1 | ▲ 7 |
| T-9 |  North Texas | 8-1 | 83.1 | ▲ 8 |
| 11 |  Louisville | 7-1 | 82.8 | ▲ 8 |
| 12 |  Georgia | 7-1 | 82.7 | ▲ 5 |
| T-13 |  James Madison | 7-1 | 82.2 | ▲ 8 |
| T-13 |  San Diego State | 7-1 | 82.2 | ▲ 7 |
| 15 |  Oregon | 7-1 | 82.1 | - |
| 16 |  Michigan | 7-2 | 79.0 | ▲ 7 |
| 17 |  Texas | 7-2 | 78.5 | ▲ 7 |
| 18 |  USC | 6-2 | 77.3 | ▲ 33 |
| 19 |  Notre Dame | 6-2 | 76.8 | ▲ 6 |
| 20 |  Utah | 7-2 | 76.3 | ▲ 6 |
| 21 |  Oklahoma | 7-2 | 76.0 | ▲ 36 |
| 22 |  Pittsburgh | 7-2 | 75.2 | ▲ 10 |
| 23 |  Western Kentucky | 7-2 | 74.6 | ▲ 13 |
| 24 |  Washington | 6-2 | 73.8 | ▲ 3 |
| 25 |  Iowa | 6-2 | 73.2 | ▲ 5 |
Biggest movers
17 teams jumped two or more tiers (10 up, 7 down). 52 more moved a single tier.
Risers
| Team | From | Direction | To | Tiers | Rank | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Kentucky 3-5 | Sick of It | → | Character Building | ▲ 2 | 116 → 71 | ▲ 45 |
| After a road win at T-52 Auburn (10-3) in a one-score game. An upset: Kentucky entered with 28.6 TDR points to Auburn's 59.4. Now 3-5, snapped a 4-game losing streak. TDR score +21.5: win/loss record +4.9, road-win bonus +1.1. | ||||||
 Fresno State 6-3 | Do We Need to Talk? | → | Feeling Good | ▲ 2 | 77 → T-36 | ▲ 41 |
| After a road win at #29 Boise State (30-7) in a blowout. An upset: Fresno State entered with 48.5 TDR points to Boise State's 73.5. Now 6-3. TDR score +18.6: win/loss record +2.3, road-win bonus +0.7. | ||||||
 Arizona 5-3 | Do We Need to Talk? | → | Feeling Good | ▲ 2 | 82 → T-41 | ▲ 41 |
| After a road win at #99 Colorado (52-17) in a blowout. As expected: Arizona entered with 45.4 TDR points to Colorado's 36.3. Now 5-3. TDR score +18.9: win/loss record +3.0, road-win bonus +0.9. | ||||||
 Florida State 4-4 | Sick of It | → | Character Building | ▲ 2 | 104 → 64 | ▲ 40 |
| After a home win over #39 Wake Forest (42-7) in a blowout. An upset: Florida State entered with 34.5 TDR points to Wake Forest's 70.3. Now 4-4, snapped a 4-game losing streak. TDR score +20.4: win/loss record +3.9, road-win bonus +0.8. | ||||||
 Duke 5-3 | Do We Need to Talk? | → | Feeling Good | ▲ 2 | 78 → 39 | ▲ 39 |
| After a road win at #94 Clemson (46-45) in a one-score game. As expected: Duke entered with 46.6 TDR points to Clemson's 39.1. Now 5-3. TDR score +18.8: win/loss record +3.0, road-win bonus +0.9. | ||||||
and 5 more tier jumpers
UTSA 102→63, UConn 76→38, Louisiana Tech 81→43, Oklahoma 57→21, USC 51→18
Fallers
| Team | From | Direction | To | Tiers | Rank | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Florida 3-5 | Character Building | → | Sick of It | ▼ 2 | 65 → 105 | ▼ 40 |
| After a neutral-site loss to T-17 Georgia (20-24) in a one-score game. As expected: Florida entered with 51.2 TDR points to Georgia's 81.6. Now 3-5. TDR score -18.7: win/loss record -3.0. | ||||||
 Houston 7-2 | Winning | → | Character Building | ▼ 2 | 13 → T-51 | ▼ 38 |
| After a home loss to #124 West Virginia (35-45). An upset: Houston entered with 82.4 TDR points to West Virginia's 22.6. Now 7-2, snapped a 3-game winning streak. AP: #22 to unranked. TDR score -22.3: win/loss record -5.3, road-win bonus -1.2. | ||||||
 Temple 5-4 | Feeling Good | → | Do We Need to Talk? | ▼ 2 | 41 → T-79 | ▼ 38 |
| After a home loss to #48 East Carolina (14-45) in a blowout. An upset: Temple entered with 64.4 TDR points to East Carolina's 60.2. Now 5-4. TDR score -20.2: win/loss record -3.8, road-win bonus -0.9. | ||||||
 UAB 3-5 | Character Building | → | Sick of It | ▼ 2 | 70 → 108 | ▼ 38 |
| After a road loss at #76 UConn (19-38). A coin flip: UAB entered with 49.8 TDR points to UConn's 48.6. Now 3-5. TDR score -18.5: win/loss record -3.0. | ||||||
 Miami 6-2 | Winning | → | Character Building | ▼ 2 | 22 → 59 | ▼ 37 |
| After a road loss at #73 SMU (20-26) in a one-score game. An upset: Miami entered with 80.6 TDR points to SMU's 49.1. Now 6-2. AP: #10 to #18. TDR score -22.4: win/loss record -5.9, road-win bonus -0.9. | ||||||
and 2 more tier jumpers
Central Michigan 45→T-81, South Alabama 97→127
Weekly awards
Eight awards in four groups, each with one you want and one you don’t. The biggest poll gaps are in Polls vs the data, in detail under Mind the Gap. Season totals for every team are on the Awards page. The week’s game honors are in Games that mattered.
Kitchen
Who sits on top of the rankings, and who is stuck at the bottom.
Mountaineering
Two straight weeks of climbing, and two straight weeks of falling.
Biggest two-week rise, up both weeks
Biggest two-week fall, down both weeks
Mind the Gap
Where the polls and the data disagree most.
Data rank far better than any poll's
Poll rank far better than the data's
Polls vs the data, in detail
The biggest gaps between the TDR rank and the best rank in any poll. A team in no poll counts as just outside them, so its gap is a minimum (shown with a +). Gaps under 5 spots are not listed.
Wins don't matter
TDR counts every win.
| Team | TDR | AP | Coaches | CFP | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Texas 8-1 | T-9 | NR | NR | NR | ▲ 17+ |
| Memphis 8-1 | T-9 | 22 | 23 | NR | ▲ 13 |
| James Madison 7-1 | T-13 | NR | NR | NR | ▲ 13+ |
| San Diego State 7-1 | T-13 | NR | NR | NR | ▲ 13+ |
Explaining losses away
Every loss is about 8% of a season.
| Team | TDR | AP | Coaches | CFP | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Tennessee 6-3 | 66 | 23 | 22 | 25 | ▼ 44 |
 Missouri 6-2 | 61 | 19 | 17 | 22 | ▼ 44 |
| Miami 6-2 | 59 | 18 | 18 | 18 | ▼ 41 |
 Vanderbilt 7-2 | 49 | 15 | 16 | 16 | ▼ 34 |
Moving Company
The biggest single-week moves up and down the rankings.
Biggest rank rise of the week
Biggest rank fall of the week
Games that mattered
The week’s standout games, each shown once, in the first list it qualifies for. The one exception: a close loss by a top-25 team can be in both Upset of the Week and Winnin’ ain’t easy (one is about the size of the gap, the other about how close it was). Upset of the Week, Winnin’ ain’t easy and Coin Flips are recognitions: they are not trophy-case awards, so they never go on a helmet.
The lowest-entering team to beat a better-ranked one. Ranks are from the week before.
West Virginia beat Houston45-35#124 vs #13111 spots
UTSA beat 
Tulane48-26#102 vs #993 spots
San José State beat 
Hawai'i45-38#119 vs #3782 spots
NC State beat 
Georgia Tech48-36#86 vs #581 spots- Florida State beat
Wake Forest42-7#104 vs #3965 spots
A top-25 team in a one-score game against a team ranked far below it: it survived, or it fell. Ranks are from the week before.
Teams within 3 points of each other on paper going in, closest finish first. Scores are away, then home.
Arizona State at 
Iowa State24-190.6 points apartwon by 5
New Mexico at 
UNLV40-351.4 points apartwon by 5
Marshall at 
Coastal Carolina27-441.0 points apartwon by 17
One-score games involving a top-60 team that are not already above.
- Duke beat
Clemson46-45#39 vs #102won by 1 - Texas beat Vanderbilt34-31#17 vs #49won by 3
Western Michigan beat 
Central Michigan24-21T-57 vs T-81won by 3
Minnesota beat 
Michigan State23-20#32 vs #115won by 3
Mississippi State beat 
Arkansas38-35#53 vs #125won by 3
The biggest margins by a team in the current top 50, the two top tiers.
- Indiana beat
Maryland55-10T-2 vs #88won by 45 
Louisiana Tech beat 
Sam Houston55-14#43 vs #133won by 41- Arizona beat
Colorado52-17T-41 vs #103won by 35
Where the CFP committee and the data disagree
Teams the formula likes more than the committee
| Team | TDR | CFP | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memphis 8-1 | T-9 | NR | ▲ 17+ |
| North Texas 8-1 | T-9 | NR | ▲ 17+ |
| James Madison 7-1 | T-13 | NR | ▲ 13+ |
Teams the committee likes more than the formula
Conference snapshot
Conferences by average team score, with how many of each conference's teams sit in each tier. This is a different measure from the non-conference record ranking (for this week) on the standings page.
| Conference | Avg score | Highest-ranked team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SEC | 59.9 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | - | #1Texas A&M |
| Big Ten | 56.9 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | T-2Indiana |
| Big 12 | 56.7 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | #4BYU |
| ACC | 52.4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | #7Virginia |
| American Athletic | 49.7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | T-9Memphis |
| Mountain West | 46.3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | T-13San Diego State |
| Sun Belt | 45.9 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | T-13James Madison |
| Conference USA | 43.8 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | #23Western Kentucky |
| Mid-American | 39.2 | - | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | #44 Miami (OH) |
Winning | Feeling Good | Character Building | Do We Need to Talk? | Sick of It | Oh Crap
The most teams in the Winning tier: Big Ten (7). The most teams in the bottom two tiers (Sick of It and Oh Crap): ACC and Sun Belt and Conference USA (5 each).
Not ranked as a conference: FBS Independents (not a conference: Notre Dame #19, UConn #38); Pac-12 (only 2 teams: Washington State #94, Oregon State #101).
Conference race
Who leads each conference and what the title game picture looks like. Ties are shown as ties, never broken: each conference decides them with its own rules. See the full conference standings.
| Conference | Leaders | Title game |
|---|---|---|
| SEC | FinalChampion: Georgia | |
| Big Ten | Indiana 6-0Ohio State 5-0 | FinalChampion: Indiana |
| Big 12 | BYU 5-0 | FinalChampion: Texas Tech |
| ACC | Virginia 5-0 | FinalChampion: Duke |
| American Athletic |  Navy 5-1 | FinalChampion: Tulane |
| Mountain West | San Diego State 4-0 | FinalChampion: Boise State |
| Sun Belt | East James Madison 5-0West  Southern Miss 4-0 | FinalChampion: James Madison |
| Conference USA |  Kennesaw State 4-0 Jacksonville State 4-0 | FinalChampion: Kennesaw State |
| Mid-American | Miami (OH) 4-0 | FinalChampion: Western Michigan |
Looking ahead to week 11
The biggest games between current top-25 teams, best matchup first.
Show all 51 games between ranked teams
Every game next week between two ranked FBS teams, best matchup first. The matchup score is the two ranks added together plus how far apart they are (lower is better). A coin marks a toss-up by the numbers.
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