J-Train College Football Computer Rankings, 2025 Week 3

This is the first release of the 2025 season. More information on this system can be found here. Conference rankings are listed at the bottom. Thanks to Ken Massey for the data. These rankings are included on Massey’s ranking composite page.

Rk	Team	Record	SOS	Rating	% Bhnd	% Bhnd 1st	Prev	Change
1	Mississippi	3-0	32	72.89	–	–
2	USC	3-0	97	72.65	0.5%	0.3%
3	LSU	3-0	28	72.02	1.2%	1.2%
4	Texas A&M	3-0	33	71.89	0.3%	1.4%
5	NC State	3-0	21	70.18	3.3%	3.7%
6	Auburn	3-0	100	69.94	0.5%	4.0%
7	Florida St	2-0	15	69.03	1.8%	5.3%
8	Oklahoma	3-0	50	68.39	1.2%	6.2%
9	Miami FL	3-0	29	68.17	0.4%	6.5%
10	Ohio St	3-0	44	68.15	0.0%	6.5%
11	Missouri	3-0	72	67.13	2.0%	7.9%
12	Mississippi St	3-0	48	65.94	2.3%	9.5%
13	Houston	3-0	75	65.94	0.0%	9.5%
14	Indiana	3-0	87	65.89	0.1%	9.6%
15	Alabama	2-1	40	65.33	1.1%	10.4%
16	Oregon	3-0	116	64.54	1.5%	11.4%
17	Illinois	3-0	115	64.52	0.0%	11.5%
18	Tulane	3-0	103	63.63	1.7%	12.7%
19	Georgia Tech	3-0	52	63.19	0.8%	13.3%
20	BYU	2-0	90	63.14	0.1%	13.4%
21	Penn St	3-0	129	63.08	0.1%	13.5%
22	California	3-0	98	62.68	0.8%	14.0%
23	Nebraska	3-0	107	62.35	0.6%	14.5%
24	Texas Tech	3-0	134	62.11	0.5%	14.8%
25	Utah	3-0	127	62.08	0.1%	14.8%
26	Georgia	3-0	76	62.05	0.0%	14.9%
27	Memphis	3-0	117	62.04	0.0%	14.9%
28	Michigan	2-1	70	61.80	0.5%	15.2%
29	TCU	2-0	86	61.65	0.3%	15.4%
30	Vanderbilt	3-0	128	61.63	0.0%	15.4%
31	Arizona	3-0	113	61.42	0.4%	15.7%
32	Navy	3-0	123	61.03	0.8%	16.3%
33	Kentucky	2-1	61	60.98	0.1%	16.3%
34	Arkansas	2-1	34	60.25	1.4%	17.3%
35	Kansas	2-1	18	59.91	0.7%	17.8%
36	Utah St	2-1	43	59.86	0.1%	17.9%
37	North Texas	3-0	109	59.80	0.1%	18.0%
38	Louisville	2-0	96	59.63	0.3%	18.2%
39	Rutgers	3-0	119	59.45	0.3%	18.4%
40	Tennessee	2-1	51	59.41	0.1%	18.5%
41	Texas	2-1	94	59.31	0.2%	18.6%
42	Maryland	3-0	133	59.14	0.3%	18.9%
43	Notre Dame	0-2	1	59.05	0.2%	19.0%
44	Virginia	2-1	62	58.61	0.8%	19.6%
45	Arizona St	2-1	26	58.42	0.4%	19.9%
46	Cincinnati	2-1	54	58.23	0.4%	20.1%
47	Washington	2-0	126	58.10	0.3%	20.3%
48	East Carolina	2-1	62	58.06	0.1%	20.3%
49	Louisiana Tech	2-1	25	57.88	0.3%	20.6%
50	South Florida	2-1	35	57.75	0.3%	20.8%
51	UCF	2-0	111	57.55	0.4%	21.0%
52	Toledo	2-1	53	57.24	0.6%	21.5%
53	Iowa St	4-0	118	56.92	0.6%	21.9%
54	Clemson	1-2	7	56.67	0.5%	22.2%
55	Michigan St	3-0	121	55.78	1.7%	23.5%
56	Baylor	2-1	11	55.57	0.4%	23.8%
57	Minnesota	2-1	57	55.32	0.5%	24.1%
58	SMU	2-1	81	55.03	0.6%	24.5%
59	Fresno St	3-1	88	54.96	0.1%	24.6%
60	Purdue	2-1	47	54.91	0.1%	24.7%
61	Colorado	1-2	13	54.40	1.0%	25.4%
62	Pittsburgh	2-1	122	53.86	1.0%	26.1%
63	Southern Miss	2-1	55	53.28	1.1%	26.9%
64	Old Dominion	2-1	77	53.16	0.2%	27.1%
65	Ohio	1-2	10	53.12	0.1%	27.1%
66	Wake Forest	2-1	38	53.06	0.1%	27.2%
67	Florida	1-2	5	52.47	1.1%	28.0%
68	West Virginia	2-1	67	52.10	0.7%	28.5%
69	Wisconsin	2-1	135	51.32	1.5%	29.6%
70	Texas St	2-1	130	51.30	0.0%	29.6%
71	Iowa	2-1	132	50.61	1.3%	30.6%
72	South Alabama	1-2	3	50.44	0.3%	30.8%
73	Florida Intl	2-1	69	50.21	0.4%	31.1%
74	Hawaii	3-1	110	49.87	0.6%	31.6%
75	Temple	2-1	105	49.81	0.1%	31.7%
76	Rice	2-1	56	49.29	1.0%	32.4%
77	Syracuse	2-1	71	49.14	0.3%	32.6%
78	UNLV	3-0	136	48.90	0.5%	32.9%
79	South Carolina	2-1	91	48.84	0.1%	33.0%
80	Bowling Green	2-1	92	48.56	0.6%	33.4%
81	North Carolina	2-1	102	48.53	0.0%	33.4%
82	New Mexico	2-1	95	48.52	0.0%	33.4%
83	Wyoming	2-1	89	48.00	1.0%	34.1%
84	Stanford	1-2	64	47.91	0.2%	34.3%
85	WKU	2-1	120	47.72	0.4%	34.5%
86	Buffalo	2-1	104	47.45	0.5%	34.9%
87	Duke	1-2	9	47.40	0.1%	35.0%
88	James Madison	1-1	37	47.05	0.7%	35.4%
89	UT San Antonio	1-2	14	46.74	0.6%	35.9%
90	New Mexico St	2-1	80	46.63	0.2%	36.0%
91	Ga Southern	1-2	17	46.29	0.7%	36.5%
92	Air Force	1-1	36	46.18	0.2%	36.6%
93	Northwestern	1-2	8	46.05	0.2%	36.8%
94	Washington St	2-1	82	45.66	0.8%	37.4%
95	Delaware	2-1	83	45.60	0.1%	37.4%
96	Boston College	1-2	74	45.23	0.7%	37.9%
97	UAB	2-1	93	45.15	0.1%	38.1%
98	Appalachian St	2-1	125	44.93	0.4%	38.4%
99	Connecticut	1-2	101	44.89	0.1%	38.4%
100	ULM	1-1	15	44.87	0.0%	38.4%
101	Jacksonville St	1-2	112	44.69	0.3%	38.7%
102	Georgia St	1-2	2	44.52	0.3%	38.9%
103	UTEP	1-2	22	44.36	0.3%	39.1%
104	Louisiana	1-2	31	44.35	0.0%	39.1%
105	Missouri St	1-2	20	44.23	0.2%	39.3%
106	Boise St	1-1	49	44.23	0.0%	39.3%
107	Kennesaw	1-2	23	44.06	0.3%	39.5%
108	Oklahoma St	1-1	19	43.54	1.0%	40.3%
109	Troy	1-2	24	43.25	0.5%	40.7%
110	Marshall	1-2	68	42.36	1.7%	41.9%
111	W Michigan	0-3	4	42.31	0.1%	42.0%
112	Arkansas St	1-2	27	42.23	0.1%	42.1%
113	Tulsa	1-2	65	42.11	0.2%	42.2%
114	FL Atlantic	1-2	60	41.51	1.2%	43.1%
115	Kansas St	1-3	73	40.84	1.3%	44.0%
116	N Illinois	1-1	41	40.42	0.8%	44.5%
117	Oregon St	0-3	6	40.01	0.8%	45.1%
118	San Diego St	1-1	79	39.72	0.6%	45.5%
119	Colorado St	1-1	46	39.40	0.6%	45.9%
120	Ball St	1-2	12	39.06	0.7%	46.4%
121	Kent	1-2	58	38.34	1.4%	47.4%
122	Coastal Car	1-2	30	38.13	0.4%	47.7%
123	Liberty	1-2	108	38.08	0.1%	47.7%
124	C Michigan	1-2	84	37.49	1.1%	48.6%
125	Army	1-1	124	36.99	1.0%	49.3%
126	Akron	0-3	66	35.03	3.8%	51.9%
127	Virginia Tech	0-3	42	35.00	0.1%	52.0%
128	Miami OH	0-2	39	34.53	0.9%	52.6%
129	UCLA	0-3	59	33.93	1.2%	53.4%
130	Nevada	1-2	114	33.59	0.7%	53.9%
131	San Jose St	0-2	99	33.26	0.6%	54.4%
132	Charlotte	1-2	106	32.67	1.1%	55.2%
133	Sam Houston St	0-3	85	30.40	4.4%	58.3%
134	E Michigan	0-3	45	28.56	3.5%	60.8%
135	MTSU	1-2	131	27.41	2.2%	62.4%
136	Massachusetts	0-3	78	25.08	4.5%	65.6%

Best win: Florida St 31-17 vs. Alabama
Worst loss: MTSU 34-14 vs. Austin Peay

Rk	Conference	Rating	Best Team	Worst Team
1	SEC	63.65	72.89	48.84
2	Big 10	58.20	72.65	33.93
3	Big 12	57.11	65.94	40.84
4	ACC	55.49	70.18	35.00
5	American	50.47	63.63	32.67
6	Sun Belt	46.16	53.28	38.13
7	Mountain West	45.54	59.86	33.26
8	Conference USA	43.44	57.88	27.41
9	Pac-12	42.83	45.66	40.01
10	MAC	40.55	57.24	25.08

SOS = Strength of schedule ranking based on games played
% Bhnd = Percentage of the average team’s rating a team is behind the next highest-ranked team
% Bhnd 1st = Percentage a team is behind the number one team