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2025 College Football Rankings Recap: Week 7
Ole Miss (6-0) stays on top of The Davis Rankings after week 7 of the 2025 season, with a score of 94.8 out of 100. The rest of the top five: #2 Texas A&M, T-3 Indiana, T-3 Ohio State, #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 (#119), 2nd week running
| Rank | Team | Record | TDR scoreTDR | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Ole Miss | 6-0 | 94.8 | - |
| 2 |  Texas A&M | 6-0 | 93.8 | - |
| T-3 |  Indiana | 6-0 | 92.4 | ▲ 3 |
| T-3 |  Ohio State | 6-0 | 92.4 | ▲ 2 |
| 5 |  Texas Tech | 6-0 | 92.0 | ▼ 2 |
| T-6 |  BYU | 6-0 | 91.4 | ▲ 6 |
| T-6 |  Miami | 5-0 | 91.4 | ▲ 2 |
| T-8 |  Georgia Tech | 6-0 | 91.0 | ▼ 1 |
| T-8 |  Navy | 6-0 | 91.0 | ▲ 4 |
| 10 |  Memphis | 6-0 | 90.8 | ▲ 1 |
| 11 |  UNLV | 6-0 | 89.6 | ▲ 4 |
| 12 |  Alabama | 5-1 | 84.5 | ▲ 4 |
| 13 |  Tulane | 5-1 | 83.2 | ▲ 4 |
| 14 |  USC | 5-1 | 82.7 | ▲ 30 |
| 15 |  South Florida | 5-1 | 80.4 | ▲ 14 |
| 16 |  Utah | 5-1 | 80.2 | ▲ 8 |
| T-17 |  Cincinnati | 5-1 | 79.8 | ▲ 7 |
| T-17 |  Virginia | 5-1 | 79.8 | ▲ 3 |
| T-17 |  Washington | 5-1 | 79.8 | ▲ 7 |
| 20 |  LSU | 5-1 | 79.6 | ▲ 28 |
| 21 |  Georgia | 5-1 | 79.5 | ▲ 11 |
| 22 |  Tennessee | 5-1 | 79.3 | ▲ 5 |
| T-23 |  Houston | 5-1 | 79.0 | ▲ 31 |
| T-23 |  San Diego State | 5-1 | 79.0 | ▲ 9 |
| T-25 |  James Madison,  Nebraska | 5-1, 5-1 | 78.8 | - |
Biggest movers
25 teams jumped two or more tiers (13 up, 12 down). 50 more moved a single tier.
Risers
| Team | From | Direction | To | Tiers | Rank | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Marshall 3-3 | Sick of It | → | Character Building | ▲ 2 | 115 → 66 | ▲ 49 |
| After a home win over #35 Old Dominion (48-24) in a blowout. An upset: Marshall entered with 31.0 TDR points to Old Dominion's 75.7. Now 3-3. TDR score +23.1: win/loss record +5.5, road-win bonus +1.1. | ||||||
 Iowa 4-2 | Do We Need to Talk? | → | Feeling Good | ▲ 2 | 79 → 32 | ▲ 47 |
| After a road win at #100 Wisconsin (37-0) in a blowout. As expected: Iowa entered with 47.4 TDR points to Wisconsin's 36.8. Now 4-2. TDR score +20.0: win/loss record +3.7, road-win bonus +1.3. | ||||||
 Boise State 4-2 | Do We Need to Talk? | → | Feeling Good | ▲ 2 | 81 → 34 | ▲ 47 |
| After a home win over T-83 New Mexico (41-25). A coin flip: Boise State entered with 47.1 TDR points to New Mexico's 46.4. Now 4-2. TDR score +20.0: win/loss record +3.7, road-win bonus +0.6. | ||||||
 Missouri State 3-3 | Sick of It | → | Character Building | ▲ 2 | 112 → 65 | ▲ 47 |
| After a road win at #134 Middle Tennessee (22-20) in a one-score game. As expected: Missouri State entered with 31.5 TDR points to Middle Tennessee's 5.8. Now 3-3. TDR score +22.9: win/loss record +5.5, road-win bonus +1.7. | ||||||
 UTSA 3-3 | Sick of It | → | Character Building | ▲ 2 | 104 → T-58 | ▲ 46 |
| After a home win over #95 Rice (61-13) in a blowout. An upset: UTSA entered with 32.6 TDR points to Rice's 39.9. Now 3-3. TDR score +22.3: win/loss record +5.5, road-win bonus +1.1. | ||||||
and 8 more tier jumpers
Bowling Green 108→62, Colorado 102→T-58, Coastal Carolina 106→T-63, Wyoming 106→T-63, Jacksonville State 110→67, Colorado State 129→86, Liberty 127→87, Houston 54→T-23
Fallers
| Team | From | Direction | To | Tiers | Rank | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Arizona State 4-2 | Winning | → | Character Building | ▼ 2 | 23 → 69 | ▼ 46 |
| After a road loss at T-24 Utah (10-42) in a blowout. A coin flip: Arizona State entered with 78.3 TDR points to Utah's 77.7. Now 4-2, snapped a 3-game winning streak. AP: #21 to unranked. TDR score -24.7: win/loss record -7.3, road-win bonus -1.2. | ||||||
 Kansas 4-3 | Feeling Good | → | Do We Need to Talk? | ▼ 2 | 38 → 80 | ▼ 42 |
| After a road loss at #3 Texas Tech (17-42) in a blowout. As expected: Kansas entered with 67.6 TDR points to Texas Tech's 92.1. Now 4-3. TDR score -21.5: win/loss record -5.3, road-win bonus -0.8. | ||||||
 NC State 4-3 | Feeling Good | → | Do We Need to Talk? | ▼ 2 | 39 → 81 | ▼ 42 |
| After a road loss at #40 Notre Dame (7-36) in a blowout. A coin flip: NC State entered with 67.0 TDR points to Notre Dame's 66.8. Now 4-3. TDR score -21.6: win/loss record -5.3, road-win bonus -0.8. | ||||||
 Temple 3-3 | Feeling Good | → | Do We Need to Talk? | ▼ 2 | 49 → T-91 | ▼ 42 |
| After a home loss to T-12 Navy (31-32) in a one-score game. As expected: Temple entered with 62.3 TDR points to Navy's 90.7. Now 3-3. TDR score -22.0: win/loss record -5.5, road-win bonus -1.2. | ||||||
 Old Dominion 4-2 | Feeling Good | → | Do We Need to Talk? | ▼ 2 | 35 → 76 | ▼ 41 |
| After a road loss at #115 Marshall (24-48) in a blowout. An upset: Old Dominion entered with 75.7 TDR points to Marshall's 31.0. Now 4-2, snapped a 4-game winning streak. TDR score -24.4: win/loss record -7.3, road-win bonus -1.2. | ||||||
and 7 more tier jumpers
Washington State 47→88, South Carolina 49→90, Fresno State 21→61, Stanford 67→107, Florida 73→111, Michigan 18→55, Illinois 19→54
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.
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.
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.
Colorado State beat 
Fresno State49-21#129 vs #21108 spots
Kansas State beat 
TCU41-28#118 vs #3187 spots- Marshall beat Old Dominion48-24#115 vs #3580 spots
Texas beat 
Oklahoma23-6#72 vs #468 spots
Colorado beat 
Iowa State24-17#102 vs #4557 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.
One-score games involving a top-60 team that are not already above.
Northwestern beat 
Penn State22-21T-37 vs #104won by 1- Alabama beat
Missouri27-24#12 vs #49won by 3 - Nebraska beat
Maryland34-31T-25 vs #75won by 3 - Tennessee beat
Arkansas34-31#22 vs #112won by 3 
Pittsburgh beat 
Florida State34-31#39 vs #98won by 3
The biggest margins by a team in the current top 50, the two top tiers.
- Iowa beat
Wisconsin37-0#32 vs #109won by 37 - San Diego State beat
Nevada44-10T-23 vs #129won by 34 - Utah beat Arizona State42-10#16 vs #69won by 32
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 | 62.9 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | - | #1Ole Miss |
| Big Ten | 60.1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | - | T-3Indiana |
| Big 12 | 58.5 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | #5Texas Tech |
| ACC | 54.8 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | T-6Miami |
| American Athletic | 53.4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | T-8Navy |
| Mountain West | 49.6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | #11UNLV |
| Sun Belt | 46.2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | - | T-25James Madison |
| Conference USA | 42.9 | - | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | #27 Western Kentucky |
| Mid-American | 36.1 | - | - | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | #52 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 (6). The most teams in the bottom two tiers (Sick of It and Oh Crap): Sun Belt and Mid-American (5 each).
Not ranked as a conference: FBS Independents (not a conference: Notre Dame #28, UConn #43); Pac-12 (only 2 teams: Washington State #88, Oregon State #134).
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 3-0Ohio State 3-0 | FinalChampion: Indiana |
| Big 12 | FinalChampion: Texas Tech | |
| ACC | FinalChampion: Duke | |
| American Athletic | FinalChampion: Tulane | |
| Mountain West | FinalChampion: Boise State | |
| Sun Belt | East James Madison 3-0 | FinalChampion: James Madison |
| Conference USA | FinalChampion: Kennesaw State | |
| Mid-American | FinalChampion: Western Michigan |
Looking ahead to week 8
The biggest games between current top-25 teams, best matchup first.
Show all 59 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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