2025 Week 14 College Football Rankings Recap: Ohio State on Top

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2025 College Football Rankings Recap: Week 14

Ohio State (12-0) takes over the top spot in The Davis Rankings, up from 2nd after week 14 of the 2025 season, with a score of 91.5 out of 100. Also ranked in the top five (ties included): #2 Indiana, #3 BYU, #4 Oregon, T-5 Ole Miss, T-5 Texas Tech.

Every score comes from the same published formula, explained on the methodology page.

91.5TDR score

-9.8TDR score

▲ 39spots

▼ 40spots

Unbeaten

2teams

still perfect

Tier jumps

13teams

moved up or down 2+ tiers

#The top 25

SEC It just means something, when you have... Arkansas (#127), 9th week running

Rank	Team	Record	TDR scoreTDR	Move
1	Ohio State	12-0	91.5	▲ 1
2	Indiana	12-0	91.4	▼ 1
3	BYU	11-1	85.9	▲ 1
4	Oregon	11-1	85.8	▲ 3
T-5	Ole Miss	11-1	85.7	-
T-5	Texas Tech	11-1	85.7	-
7	Georgia	11-1	85.6	▲ 1
8	James Madison	11-1	85.3	▲ 2
9	North Texas	11-1	85.2	-
T-10	Notre Dame	10-2	82.7	▲ 3
T-10	Tulane	10-2	82.7	▲ 1
12	Alabama	10-2	80.4	▲ 2
13	Oklahoma	10-2	80.2	▲ 1
14	Utah	10-2	80.1	▲ 2
T-15	Vanderbilt	10-2	79.5	▲ 3
T-15	Virginia	10-2	79.5	▲ 2
17	Miami	10-2	79.2	▲ 3
18	Navy	9-2	78.7	▲ 4
19	UNLV	10-2	78.5	▲ 2
20	USC	9-3	77.0	▲ 27
21	Texas	9-3	76.8	▲ 2
22	South Florida	9-3	73.9	▲ 4
23	Arizona	9-3	73.7	▲ 5
24	Kennesaw State	9-3	73.4	▲ 5
25	Houston	9-3	73.3	▲ 32

⇅Biggest movers

13 teams jumped two or more tiers (6 up, 7 down). 51 more moved a single tier.

Risers

Team	From	Direction	To	Tiers	Rank	Move
Delaware 6-6	Sick of It	→	Character Building	▲ 2	101 → 63	▲ 38
After a home win over #131 UTEP (61-31) in a blowout. As expected: Delaware entered with 36.6 TDR points to UTEP's 16.6. Now 6-6. TDR score +18.1: win/loss record +2.5.
Minnesota 7-5	Do We Need to Talk?	→	Feeling Good	▲ 2	84 → 48	▲ 36
After a home win over T-71 Wisconsin (17-7). An upset: Minnesota entered with 43.9 TDR points to Wisconsin's 49.9. Now 7-5. TDR score +17.6: win/loss record +2.1.
California 7-5	Do We Need to Talk?	→	Feeling Good	▲ 2	85 → 49	▲ 36
After a home win over #34 SMU (38-35) in a one-score game. An upset: California entered with 43.6 TDR points to SMU's 71.6. Now 7-5. TDR score +17.8: win/loss record +2.1.
Fresno State 8-4	Do We Need to Talk?	→	Feeling Good	▲ 2	77 → T-43	▲ 34
After a road win at T-121 San José State (41-14) in a blowout. As expected: Fresno State entered with 49.7 TDR points to San José State's 23.7. Now 8-4. TDR score +17.2: win/loss record +1.7.
Kent State 5-7	Sick of It	→	Character Building	▲ 2	106 → 72	▲ 34
After a road win at T-121 Northern Illinois (35-31) in a one-score game. As expected: Kent State entered with 30.5 TDR points to Northern Illinois's 23.7. Now 5-7. TDR score +18.9: win/loss record +2.9, road-win bonus +0.7.

and 1 more tier jumper

Houston 57→25

Fallers

Team	From	Direction	To	Tiers	Rank	Move
Arizona State 8-4	Winning	→	Character Building	▼ 2	24 → 64	▼ 40
After a home loss to #28 Arizona (7-23). A coin flip: Arizona State entered with 72.7 TDR points to Arizona's 71.8. Now 8-4, snapped a 3-game winning streak. TDR score -19.5: win/loss record -3.3, road-win bonus -0.8.
UTSA 6-6	Feeling Good	→	Do We Need to Talk?	▼ 2	50 → 87	▼ 37
After a home loss to #114 Army (24-27) in a one-score game. An upset: UTSA entered with 59.2 TDR points to Army's 26.8. Now 6-6. TDR score -18.4: win/loss record -2.5, road-win bonus -0.6.
App State 5-7	Character Building	→	Sick of It	▼ 2	64 → 101	▼ 37
After a home loss to T-98 Arkansas State (29-30) in a one-score game. An upset: App State entered with 51.6 TDR points to Arkansas State's 36.9. Now 5-7. TDR score -17.8: win/loss record -2.1.
Utah State 6-6	Feeling Good	→	Do We Need to Talk?	▼ 2	50 → 86	▼ 36
After a home loss to #39 Boise State (24-25) in a one-score game. As expected: Utah State entered with 59.2 TDR points to Boise State's 65.3. Now 6-6. TDR score -18.3: win/loss record -2.5, road-win bonus -0.6.
San Diego State 9-3	Winning	→	Character Building	▼ 2	19 → 54	▼ 35
After a road loss at #35 New Mexico (17-23) in a one-score game. An upset: San Diego State entered with 78.1 TDR points to New Mexico's 71.3. Now 9-3. TDR score -19.7: win/loss record -3.7, road-win bonus -0.6.

and 2 more tier jumpers

Central Michigan 42→T-76, Wisconsin 71→103

★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.

Top Chef

Ranked #1 that week

Ohio State 12-0

91.5 Ranked #1

Runners-up

Indiana 91.4 #2

BYU 85.9 #3

Wooden Spoon

Lowest TDR score in the FBS that week

Massachusetts 0-12

-9.8 Lowest TDR score in the FBS

Runners-up

Oklahoma State 10.4 T-134

Charlotte 10.4 T-134

Mountaineering

Two straight weeks of climbing, and two straight weeks of falling.

Yodely Team

Biggest two-week rise, up both weeks

TCU 8-4

▲ 46 spots in two weeks, up again each week

#76 → #38 → T-30

Runners-up

Iowa ▲ 43 #73 to T-30

Miami (OH) ▲ 43 #93 to T-50

Free Fallin'

Biggest two-week fall, down both weeks

Western Kentucky 8-4

▼ 47 spots in two weeks, down again each week

#24 → #59 → #71

Runners-up

Georgia Tech ▼ 44 #11 to #55

Nebraska ▼ 40 #36 to T-76

Mind the Gap

Where the polls and the data disagree most.

Most Overlooked

Data rank far better than any poll's

James Madison 11-1

11 spots apart

TDR #8, AP #19, Coaches #19, CFP #25

Most Overhyped

Poll rank far better than the data's

Tennessee 8-4

43 spots apart

TDR #67, AP NR, Coaches #24, CFP NR

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
James Madison 11-1	8	19	19	25	▲ 11
North Texas 11-1	9	20	20	24	▲ 11
Tulane 10-2	T-10	21	21	20	▲ 10
BYU 11-1	3	11	11	11	▲ 8

Explaining losses away

Every loss is about 8% of a season.

Team	TDR	AP	Coaches	CFP	Gap
Tennessee 8-4	T-67	NR	24	NR	▼ 43
Georgia Tech 9-3	55	24	23	22	▼ 33
Michigan 9-3	46	18	18	19	▼ 28
Texas A&M 11-1	29	7	7	7	▼ 22

Moving Company

The biggest single-week moves up and down the rankings.

Moving In

Biggest rank rise of the week

Bowling Green 4-8

▲ 39 spots this week

#124 → #85

Runners-up

Arkansas State ▲ 38 #98 to #60

Delaware ▲ 38 #101 to #63

Moving Out

Biggest rank fall of the week

Arizona State 8-4

▼ 40 spots this week

#24 → #64

Runners-up

Pittsburgh ▼ 38 #27 to T-65

Tennessee ▼ 38 #29 to T-67

✓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.

Upset of the Week

The lowest-entering team to beat a better-ranked one. Ranks are from the week before.

Army beat UTSA27-24#114 vs #5064 spots
California beat SMU38-35#85 vs #3451 spots
Middle Tennessee beat New Mexico State31-24#126 vs #8244 spots
UAB beat Tulsa31-24#117 vs #8136 spots
Arkansas State beat App State30-29#98 vs #6434 spots

Winnin’ ain’t easy

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.

Oklahoma beat LSU17-13#14 vs #36top-25 team survived by 4
Alabama beat Auburn27-20#14 vs #61top-25 team survived by 7
Georgia beat Georgia Tech16-9#8 vs #46top-25 team survived by 7

Coin Flips of the Week

Teams within 3 points of each other on paper going in, closest finish first. Scores are away, then home.

Georgia Southern at Marshall24-190.2 points apartwon by 5
Arizona at Arizona State23-70.9 points apartwon by 16
Toledo at Central Michigan21-30.5 points apartwon by 18

Down to the wire

One-score games involving a top-60 team that are not already above.

Boise State beat Utah State25-24#34 vs #86won by 1
Jacksonville State beat Western Kentucky37-34#39 vs #71won by 3

Most lopsided wins by top-50 teams

The biggest margins by a team in the current top 50, the two top tiers.

Indiana beat Purdue56-3#2 vs #128won by 53
Texas Tech beat West Virginia49-0T-5 vs T-106won by 49
James Madison beat Coastal Carolina59-10#8 vs #89won by 49

≠Where the CFP committee and the data disagree

Teams the formula likes more than the committee

Team	TDR	CFP	Gap
James Madison 11-1	8	25	▲ 17
North Texas 11-1	9	24	▲ 15
Tulane 10-2	T-10	20	▲ 10

Teams the committee likes more than the formula

Team	TDR	CFP	Gap
Georgia Tech 9-3	55	22	▼ 33
Michigan 9-3	46	19	▼ 27
Texas A&M 11-1	29	7	▼ 22

§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	57.5	6	2	2	4	1	1	T-5Ole Miss
Big Ten	54.6	4	4	2	4	3	1	#1Ohio State
Big 12	53.7	5	2	3	3	2	1	#3BYU
ACC	50.6	2	5	4	1	5	-	T-15Virginia
American Athletic	50.5	4	1	1	5	2	1	#9North Texas
Mountain West	48.7	1	4	1	2	3	1	#19UNLV
Sun Belt	47.2	1	2	4	3	3	1	#8James Madison
Conference USA	44.3	1	3	2	1	3	2	#24Kennesaw State
Mid-American	41.3	-	4	2	2	3	2	T-35Western Michigan

The most teams in the Winning tier: SEC (6). The most teams in the bottom two tiers (Sick of It and Oh Crap): ACC and Conference USA and Mid-American (5 each).

Not ranked as a conference: FBS Independents (not a conference: Notre Dame T-10, UConn #28); Pac-12 (only 2 teams: Washington State #56, 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	Ole Miss 7-1Georgia 7-1Alabama 7-1 +1 more Texas A&M 7-1	FinalChampion: Georgia
Big Ten	Ohio State 9-0Indiana 9-0	FinalChampion: Indiana
Big 12	BYU 8-1Texas Tech 8-1	FinalChampion: Texas Tech
ACC	Virginia 7-1	FinalChampion: Duke
American Athletic	North Texas 7-1Tulane 7-1Navy 7-1	FinalChampion: Tulane
Mountain West	UNLV 6-2New Mexico 6-2Boise State 6-2 +1 more San Diego State 6-2	FinalChampion: Boise State
Sun Belt	EastJames Madison 8-0 WestTroy 6-2	FinalChampion: James Madison
Conference USA	Kennesaw State 7-1Jacksonville State 7-1	FinalChampion: Kennesaw State
Mid-American	Western Michigan 7-1	FinalChampion: Western Michigan

@Looking ahead to week 15

The biggest games between current top-25 teams, best matchup first.

Sat Dec 6, 8:00 PM ET★ Game of the week Toss-up by the numbers

Indiana12-0 · score 91.4

Ohio State12-0 · score 91.5

Compare the two

Sat Dec 6, 12:00 PM ET Toss-up by the numbers

BYU11-1 · score 85.9

T-5

Texas Tech11-1 · score 85.7

Compare the two

Fri Dec 5, 8:00 PM ET Toss-up by the numbers

North Texas11-1 · score 85.2

T-10

Tulane10-2 · score 82.7

Compare the two

Sat Dec 6, 4:00 PM ET

Georgia11-1 · score 85.6

#12

Alabama10-2 · score 80.4

Compare the two

Show all 9 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.

#	Score	Matchup	Date	Compare
1	4	#2 Indiana vs #1 Ohio State	Sat Dec 6, 8:00 PM ET	Compare
2	10	#3 BYU vs #5 Texas Tech	Sat Dec 6, 12:00 PM ET	Compare
3	20	#9 North Texas at #10 Tulane	Fri Dec 5, 8:00 PM ET	Compare
4	24	#7 Georgia vs #12 Alabama	Sat Dec 6, 4:00 PM ET	Compare
5	68	#19 UNLV at #34 Boise State	Fri Dec 5, 8:00 PM ET	Compare
6	78	#24 Kennesaw State at #39 Jacksonville State	Fri Dec 5, 7:00 PM ET	Compare
7	80	#40 Troy at #8 James Madison	Fri Dec 5, 7:00 PM ET	Compare
8	90	#45 Duke vs #15 Virginia	Sat Dec 6, 8:00 PM ET	Compare
9	100	#50 Miami (OH) vs #35 Western Michigan	Sat Dec 6, 12:00 PM ET	Compare