ESPN Releases Its First Football Power Index Top 25 Rankings

We've reached the first week of June, which means we're less than three full months away from the start of the 2025 college football season. Naturally, ESPN is looking to get out ahead in predicting the top teams of the new season.

On Tuesday, ESPN's Football Power Index computer model (FPI) shared an update that ranks all of the teams heading into the 2025 season. 

Last year Ohio State overcame two regular season losses to enter the College Football Playoff as an at-large bid before going on a tear and winning the national title. But in the ensuing offseason, the Buckeyes lost several key players that won them the title. As a result, Ohio State are not the top-ranked team - or even in the top-three.

The top spot actually belongs to the Texas Longhorns, who have hype to the moon thanks to third-year quarterback and Manning family scion Arch Manning. Just behind them are the ever-popular Georgia and Alabama. Behind the Buckeyes are a pair of Big Ten rivals in Penn State and Oregon.

Here is the full top-25 ranking:

1. Texas
2. Georgia
3. Alabama
4. Ohio State
5. Penn State
6. Oregon
7. Notre Dame
8. Texas A&M
9. Miami (FL)
10. Tennessee
11. Clemson
12. LSU
13. Ole Miss
14. Auburn
15. South Carolina
16. Oklahoma
17. Michigan
18. Florida
19. USC
20. SMU
21. Kansas State
22. Arkansas
23. Missouri
24. Arizona State
25. Nebraska

As always the field has a pretty overpowering SEC flavor. 13 of the conference's 16 members made the top 25, including the entire top-three. The Big Ten showed up in a fairly big way too with six teams in the top 25, three of whom made the top-six.