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2025 College Football Rankings Recap: Week 13
Indiana (11-0) takes over the top spot in The Davis Rankings, up from 2nd after week 13 of the 2025 season, with a score of 91.4 out of 100. Also ranked in the top five (ties included): T-2 Ohio State, T-2 Texas A&M, #4 BYU, T-5 Ole Miss, T-5 Texas Tech.
Every score comes from the same published formula, explained on the methodology page.
The top 25
The Real Big 10 - trying to keep the losers out... Purdue (#128), 8th week running
| Rank | Team | Record | TDR scoreTDR | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Indiana | 11-0 | 91.4 | ▲ 1 |
| T-2 |  Ohio State | 11-0 | 91.2 | ▲ 1 |
| T-2 |  Texas A&M | 11-0 | 91.2 | ▼ 1 |
| 4 |  BYU | 10-1 | 85.6 | ▲ 2 |
| T-5 |  Ole Miss | 10-1 | 85.1 | - |
| T-5 |  Texas Tech | 10-1 | 85.1 | ▼ 1 |
| 7 |  Oregon | 10-1 | 85.0 | ▲ 1 |
| 8 |  Georgia | 10-1 | 84.9 | ▼ 1 |
| 9 |  North Texas | 10-1 | 84.8 | - |
| 10 |  James Madison | 10-1 | 84.5 | ▼ 1 |
| 11 |  Tulane | 9-2 | 82.0 | ▲ 1 |
| 12 |  Michigan | 9-2 | 81.9 | ▲ 2 |
| 13 |  Notre Dame | 9-2 | 81.6 | ▲ 1 |
| T-14 |  Alabama | 9-2 | 79.3 | ▲ 29 |
| T-14 |  Oklahoma | 9-2 | 79.3 | ▲ 3 |
| 16 |  Utah | 9-2 | 79.0 | ▲ 2 |
| 17 |  Virginia | 9-2 | 78.7 | ▼ 1 |
| 18 |  Vanderbilt | 9-2 | 78.2 | ▲ 3 |
| 19 |  San Diego State | 9-2 | 78.1 | - |
| 20 |  Miami | 9-2 | 77.8 | ▲ 3 |
| 21 |  UNLV | 9-2 | 77.3 | ▲ 4 |
| 22 |  Navy | 8-2 | 77.1 | ▼ 3 |
| 23 |  Texas | 8-3 | 74.9 | ▲ 28 |
| 24 |  Arizona State | 8-3 | 72.7 | ▲ 3 |
| 25 |  UConn | 9-3 | 72.5 | ▲ 1 |
Biggest movers
15 teams jumped two or more tiers (10 up, 5 down). 42 more moved a single tier.
Risers
| Team | From | Direction | To | Tiers | Rank | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Wisconsin 4-7 | Sick of It | → | Character Building | ▲ 2 | 112 → T-71 | ▲ 41 |
| After a home win over #28 Illinois (27-10). An upset: Wisconsin entered with 30.4 TDR points to Illinois's 70.3. Now 4-7. TDR score +19.5: win/loss record +3.5, road-win bonus +0.6. | ||||||
 App State 5-6 | Sick of It | → | Character Building | ▲ 2 | 104 → T-64 | ▲ 40 |
| After a home win over T-61 Marshall (26-24) in a one-score game. An upset: App State entered with 32.7 TDR points to Marshall's 54.9. Now 5-6, snapped a 4-game losing streak. TDR score +18.9: win/loss record +3.0, road-win bonus +0.5. | ||||||
 TCU 7-4 | Do We Need to Talk? | → | Feeling Good | ▲ 2 | 76 → 38 | ▲ 38 |
| After a road win at #22 Houston (17-14) in a one-score game. An upset: TCU entered with 47.6 TDR points to Houston's 76.9. Now 7-4. TDR score +18.0: win/loss record +2.0, road-win bonus +0.6. | ||||||
 UCF 5-6 | Sick of It | → | Character Building | ▲ 2 | 102 → T-64 | ▲ 38 |
| After a home win over #131 Oklahoma State (17-14) in a one-score game. As expected: UCF entered with 33.0 TDR points to Oklahoma State's 11.5. Now 5-6, snapped a 3-game losing streak. TDR score +18.6: win/loss record +3.0, road-win bonus +0.6. | ||||||
 Troy 7-4 | Do We Need to Talk? | → | Feeling Good | ▲ 2 | 78 → T-43 | ▲ 35 |
| After a home win over #132 Georgia State (31-19). As expected: Troy entered with 47.2 TDR points to Georgia State's 11.3. Now 7-4. TDR score +17.4: win/loss record +2.0. | ||||||
and 5 more tier jumpers
Ohio 77→T-43, Utah State 84→T-50, Duke 81→48, NC State 82→49, Texas 51→23
Fallers
| Team | From | Direction | To | Tiers | Rank | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Fresno State 7-4 | Feeling Good | → | Do We Need to Talk? | ▼ 2 | 37 → T-77 | ▼ 40 |
| After a home loss to #84 Utah State (17-28). An upset: Fresno State entered with 69.4 TDR points to Utah State's 40.7. Now 7-4. TDR score -19.7: win/loss record -3.5, road-win bonus -0.8. | ||||||
 California 6-5 | Feeling Good | → | Do We Need to Talk? | ▼ 2 | 46 → 85 | ▼ 39 |
| After a road loss at T-112 Stanford (10-31) in a blowout. An upset: California entered with 62.6 TDR points to Stanford's 30.4. Now 6-5. TDR score -19.0: win/loss record -3.0. | ||||||
 Kent State 4-7 | Character Building | → | Sick of It | ▼ 2 | 69 → T-106 | ▼ 37 |
| After a home loss to #48 Central Michigan (16-28). As expected: Kent State entered with 48.2 TDR points to Central Michigan's 62.2. Now 4-7. TDR score -17.7: win/loss record -2.0. | ||||||
 Houston 8-3 | Winning | → | Character Building | ▼ 2 | 22 → T-57 | ▼ 35 |
| After a home loss to #76 TCU (14-17) in a one-score game. An upset: Houston entered with 76.9 TDR points to TCU's 47.6. Now 8-3. AP: #25 to unranked. TDR score -20.3: win/loss record -4.0, road-win bonus -0.9. | ||||||
 Western Kentucky 8-3 | Winning | → | Character Building | ▼ 2 | 24 → 59 | ▼ 35 |
| After a road loss at #45 LSU (10-13) in a one-score game. An upset: Western Kentucky entered with 76.0 TDR points to LSU's 63.0. Now 8-3, snapped a 3-game winning streak. TDR score -19.9: win/loss record -4.0, road-win bonus -0.6. | ||||||
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 10-1 | 9 | 21 | 22 | NR | ▲ 12 |
| Tulane 9-2 | 11 | 22 | 23 | 24 | ▲ 11 |
| James Madison 10-1 | 10 | 20 | 21 | NR | ▲ 10 |
| BYU 10-1 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 11 | ▲ 7 |
Explaining losses away
Every loss is about 8% of a season.
| Team | TDR | AP | Coaches | CFP | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 USC 8-3 | 47 | 19 | 20 | 17 | ▼ 30 |
 Georgia Tech 9-2 | 46 | 23 | 19 | 23 | ▼ 27 |
 SMU 8-3 | 34 | 25 | 25 | 21 | ▼ 13 |
 Tennessee 8-3 | T-29 | 18 | 18 | 19 | ▼ 11 |
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.
- Wisconsin beat
Illinois27-10#112 vs #2884 spots 
Stanford beat California31-10#112 vs #4666 spots
Pittsburgh beat Georgia Tech42-28#67 vs #1156 spots- TCU beat Houston17-14#76 vs #2254 spots
Utah State beat Fresno State28-17#84 vs #3747 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.
- TCU beat Houston17-14#76 vs #22top-25 team fell by 3
LSU beat Western Kentucky13-10#45 vs #24top-25 team fell by 3- James Madison beat
Washington State24-20#9 vs #53top-25 team survived by 4 - Utah beat
Kansas State51-47#18 vs #56top-25 team survived by 4
Teams within 3 points of each other on paper going in, closest finish first. Scores are away, then home.
Nevada at 
Wyoming13-70.4 points apartwon by 6
Miami (OH) at 
Buffalo37-200.8 points apartwon by 17
One-score games involving a top-60 team that are not already above.
- UConn beat
Florida Atlantic48-45#25 vs #105won by 3 
Northwestern beat 
Minnesota38-35#52 vs #84won by 3
Iowa beat 
Michigan State20-17#40 vs T-117won by 3
The biggest margins by a team in the current top 50, the two top tiers.
- Notre Dame beat
Syracuse70-7#13 vs #116won by 63 
Wake Forest beat 
Delaware52-14T-29 vs #101won by 38
Old Dominion beat 
Georgia Southern45-10T-29 vs T-95won by 35
Where the CFP committee and the data disagree
Teams the formula likes more than the committee
| Team | TDR | CFP | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Texas 10-1 | 9 | NR | ▲ 17+ |
| James Madison 10-1 | 10 | NR | ▲ 16+ |
| Tulane 9-2 | 11 | 24 | ▲ 13 |
Teams the committee likes more than the formula
| Team | TDR | CFP | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| USC 8-3 | 47 | 17 | ▼ 30 |
| Georgia Tech 9-2 | 46 | 23 | ▼ 23 |
| SMU 8-3 | 34 | 21 | ▼ 13 |
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 | 61.0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | T-2Texas A&M |
| Big Ten | 55.0 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | #1Indiana |
| Big 12 | 54.2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | #4BYU |
| ACC | 51.9 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | #17Virginia |
| American Athletic | 49.6 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | #9North Texas |
| Mountain West | 48.8 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | #19San Diego State |
| Sun Belt | 47.1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | #10James Madison |
| Conference USA | 42.8 | - | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | T-29 Kennesaw State |
| Mid-American | 40.9 | - | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | #41 Western Michigan |
Winning | Feeling Good | Character Building | Do We Need to Talk? | Sick of It | Oh Crap
The most teams in the Winning tier: SEC (7). The most teams in the bottom two tiers (Sick of It and Oh Crap): Mid-American (7).
Not ranked as a conference: FBS Independents (not a conference: Notre Dame #13, UConn #25); Pac-12 (only 2 teams: Washington State #88, Oregon State #130).
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 | Texas A&M 7-0 | FinalChampion: Georgia |
| Big Ten | Indiana 8-0Ohio State 8-0 | FinalChampion: Indiana |
| Big 12 | BYU 7-1Texas Tech 7-1 | FinalChampion: Texas Tech |
| ACC | FinalChampion: Duke | |
| American Athletic | FinalChampion: Tulane | |
| Mountain West | San Diego State 6-1 | FinalChampion: Boise State |
| Sun Belt | East James Madison 7-0 | FinalChampion: James Madison |
| Conference USA | FinalChampion: Kennesaw State | |
| Mid-American | Western Michigan 6-1 | FinalChampion: Western Michigan |
Looking ahead to week 14
The biggest games between current top-25 teams, best matchup first.
Show all 67 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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