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2025 College Football Rankings Recap: Week 6
Ole Miss (5-0) stays on top of The Davis Rankings after week 6 of the 2025 season, with a score of 95.1 out of 100. The rest of the top five: #2 Texas A&M, #3 Texas Tech, #4 Oklahoma, #5 Ohio State.
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 (T-102)
| Rank | Team | Record | TDR scoreTDR | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Ole Miss | 5-0 | 95.1 | - |
| 2 |  Texas A&M | 5-0 | 94.1 | - |
| 3 |  Texas Tech | 5-0 | 92.1 | ▲ 11 |
| 4 |  Oklahoma | 5-0 | 91.9 | ▼ 1 |
| 5 |  Ohio State | 5-0 | 91.7 | ▼ 1 |
| 6 |  Indiana | 5-0 | 91.6 | ▲ 2 |
| 7 |  Georgia Tech | 5-0 | 91.5 | ▲ 3 |
| 8 |  Miami | 5-0 | 91.4 | ▲ 10 |
| 9 |  Oregon | 5-0 | 91.3 | - |
| 10 |  North Texas | 5-0 | 90.9 | ▲ 7 |
| 11 |  Memphis | 6-0 | 90.8 | ▲ 4 |
| T-12 |  BYU | 5-0 | 90.7 | ▼ 2 |
| T-12 |  Navy | 5-0 | 90.7 | ▼ 5 |
| 14 |  Missouri | 5-0 | 90.0 | ▲ 5 |
| 15 |  UNLV | 5-0 | 89.7 | ▲ 5 |
| 16 |  Alabama | 4-1 | 81.8 | ▲ 6 |
| 17 |  Tulane | 4-1 | 81.1 | ▲ 4 |
| 18 |  Michigan | 4-1 | 81.0 | ▲ 6 |
| 19 |  Illinois | 5-1 | 80.4 | ▲ 6 |
| 20 |  Virginia | 5-1 | 79.9 | ▲ 10 |
| T-21 |  Fresno State | 5-1 | 78.5 | ▲ 10 |
| T-21 |  Western Kentucky | 5-1 | 78.5 | ▲ 11 |
| 23 |  Arizona State | 4-1 | 78.3 | ▼ 1 |
| T-24 |  Cincinnati,  Utah,  Washington | 4-1, 4-1, 4-1 | 77.7 | - |
Biggest movers
22 teams jumped two or more tiers (11 up, 11 down). 44 more moved a single tier.
Risers
| Team | From | Direction | To | Tiers | Rank | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Kansas 4-2 | Do We Need to Talk? | → | Feeling Good | ▲ 2 | 82 → 38 | ▲ 44 |
| After a road win at #68 UCF (27-20) in a one-score game. An upset: Kansas entered with 47.0 TDR points to UCF's 56.5. Now 4-2. TDR score +20.6: win/loss record +3.7, road-win bonus +1.4. | ||||||
 Clemson 2-3 | Sick of It | → | Character Building | ▲ 2 | 111 → T-67 | ▲ 44 |
| After a road win at T-94 North Carolina (38-10) in a blowout. An upset: Clemson entered with 26.9 TDR points to North Carolina's 38.8. Now 2-3. TDR score +25.7: win/loss record +8.2, road-win bonus +1.9. | ||||||
 Buffalo 3-3 | Sick of It | → | Character Building | ▲ 2 | 109 → 66 | ▲ 43 |
| After a home win over T-134 Eastern Michigan (31-30) in a one-score game. As expected: Buffalo entered with 31.2 TDR points to Eastern Michigan's 5.9. Now 3-3. TDR score +22.2: win/loss record +5.5, road-win bonus +1.2. | ||||||
 Florida Atlantic 2-3 | Sick of It | → | Character Building | ▲ 2 | 116 → 74 | ▲ 42 |
| After a road win at T-77 Rice (27-21) in a one-score game. An upset: Florida Atlantic entered with 20.9 TDR points to Rice's 48.0. Now 2-3. TDR score +27.0: win/loss record +8.2, road-win bonus +2.7. | ||||||
| Washington 4-1 | Character Building | → | Winning | ▲ 2 | 64 → T-24 | ▲ 40 |
| After a road win at T-15 Maryland (24-20) in a one-score game. An upset: Washington entered with 57.8 TDR points to Maryland's 91.0. Now 4-1. TDR score +19.9: win/loss record +2.8, road-win bonus +1.2. | ||||||
and 6 more tier jumpers
Temple 89→T-49, Florida 112→73, NC State 76→39, UCLA 133→98, Arkansas State 126→92, Akron 127→93
Fallers
| Team | From | Direction | To | Tiers | Rank | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Louisville 4-1 | Winning | → | Character Building | ▼ 2 | 5 → 51 | ▼ 46 |
| After a home loss to #30 Virginia (27-30) in a one-score game. An upset: Louisville entered with 91.9 TDR points to Virginia's 76.6. Now 4-1, first loss of the season. TDR score -29.9: win/loss record -11.0, road-win bonus -2.7. | ||||||
 Texas State 3-2 | Feeling Good | → | Do We Need to Talk? | ▼ 2 | 41 → T-87 | ▼ 46 |
| After a road loss at #126 Arkansas State (30-31) in a one-score game. An upset: Texas State entered with 72.1 TDR points to Arkansas State's 17.8. Now 3-2. TDR score -26.1: win/loss record -8.2, road-win bonus -1.5. | ||||||
 Maryland 4-1 | Winning | → | Character Building | ▼ 2 | 15 → T-59 | ▼ 44 |
| After a home loss to T-64 Washington (20-24) in a one-score game. An upset: Maryland entered with 91.0 TDR points to Washington's 57.8. Now 4-1, first loss of the season. TDR score -29.8: win/loss record -11.0, road-win bonus -2.7. | ||||||
 Ohio 3-3 | Feeling Good | → | Do We Need to Talk? | ▼ 2 | 50 → 94 | ▼ 44 |
| After a road loss at #117 Ball State (14-20) in a one-score game. An upset: Ohio entered with 62.3 TDR points to Ball State's 20.8. Now 3-3. TDR score -22.3: win/loss record -5.5, road-win bonus -0.8. | ||||||
 Boise State 3-2 | Feeling Good | → | Do We Need to Talk? | ▼ 2 | 38 → 81 | ▼ 43 |
| After a road loss at #60 Notre Dame (7-28) in a blowout. An upset: Boise State entered with 72.8 TDR points to Notre Dame's 59.9. Now 3-2, snapped a 3-game winning streak. TDR score -25.7: win/loss record -8.2, road-win bonus -1.5. | ||||||
and 6 more tier jumpers
Delaware 40→T-83, UL Monroe 44→86, Houston 13→T-54, New Mexico 42→T-83, UTSA 70→T-104, Coastal Carolina 72→T-106
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 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Texas 5-0 | 10 | NR | NR | ▲ 16+ |
| Navy 5-0 | T-12 | NR | NR | ▲ 14+ |
| Memphis 6-0 | 11 | 23 | 25 | ▲ 12 |
| UNLV 5-0 | 15 | NR | NR | ▲ 11+ |
Explaining losses away
Every loss is about 8% of a season.
| Team | TDR | AP | Coaches | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Penn State 3-2 | 89 | NR | 22 | ▼ 67 |
 Florida State 3-2 | 82 | 25 | NR | ▼ 57 |
 Texas 3-2 | 72 | NR | 19 | ▼ 53 |
 LSU 4-1 | 48 | 11 | 11 | ▼ 37 |
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.
Arkansas State beat Texas State31-30#126 vs #4185 spots
San José State beat 
New Mexico35-28#122 vs #4280 spots
Florida beat Texas29-21#112 vs #3379 spots
Akron beat 
Central Michigan28-22#127 vs #5275 spots
Ball State beat Ohio20-14#117 vs #5067 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.
- Navy beat
Air Force34-31#7 vs #121top-25 team survived by 3 - Virginia beat Louisville30-27#30 vs #5top-25 team fell by 3
- Washington beat Maryland24-20#64 vs #15top-25 team fell by 4
- Miami beat Florida State28-22#18 vs #67top-25 team survived by 6
Teams within 3 points of each other on paper going in, closest finish first. Scores are away, then home.
- Western Kentucky at
Delaware27-242.9 points apartwon by 3 
Michigan State at 
Nebraska27-381.6 points apartwon by 11- Texas Tech at
Houston35-110.1 points apartwon by 24
One-score games involving a top-60 team that are not already above.
Baylor beat 
Kansas State35-34#41 vs #118won by 1- Fresno State beat
Nevada20-17T-21 vs #126won by 3
The biggest margins by a team in the current top 50, the two top tiers.
- Oklahoma beat
Kent State44-0#4 vs #120won by 44 
UConn beat 
Florida International51-10#42 vs #109won by 41
Old Dominion beat 
Coastal Carolina47-7#35 vs T-106won by 40
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 | 66.8 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | - | #1Ole Miss |
| Big Ten | 62.1 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 1 | - | #5Ohio State |
| Big 12 | 61.4 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 4 | - | #3Texas Tech |
| ACC | 56.7 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 3 | - | #7Georgia Tech |
| American Athletic | 56.3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | #10North Texas |
| Mountain West | 48.4 | 2 | 2 | - | 4 | 2 | 2 | #15UNLV |
| Sun Belt | 46.2 | - | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | #30 James Madison |
| Conference USA | 39.1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | T-21Western Kentucky |
| Mid-American | 34.6 | - | - | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | T-59 Toledo |
Winning | Feeling Good | Character Building | Do We Need to Talk? | Sick of It | Oh Crap
The most teams in the Winning tier: Big Ten (6). The most teams in the bottom two tiers (Sick of It and Oh Crap): Conference USA (7).
Not ranked as a conference: FBS Independents (not a conference: Notre Dame #40, UConn #42); Pac-12 (only 2 teams: Washington State #47, Oregon State #133).
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 | FinalChampion: Indiana | |
| Big 12 | FinalChampion: Texas Tech | |
| ACC | FinalChampion: Duke | |
| American Athletic | FinalChampion: Tulane | |
| Mountain West | FinalChampion: Boise State | |
| Sun Belt | FinalChampion: James Madison | |
| Conference USA | FinalChampion: Kennesaw State | |
| Mid-American | FinalChampion: Western Michigan |
Looking ahead to week 7
The biggest games between current top-25 teams, best matchup first.
Show all 56 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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