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2025 Combined College Football and Basketball Rankings: Best and Worst Schools 1 to 136

Originally posted on College Football News
By Pete Fiutak | Last updated Apr 9, 2025 3:06 AM ET

How well did your school do on the football field and the men's basketball court in the fall of 2024 and the first part of 2025?

Of course there are other sports that generate revenue and receive a ton of attention, but it's still football and men's hoops that drive the bus.

Did your school go to a bowl game? Did it have a winning season in both major sports? Was it great in one and blah in the other?

The criteria is relatively loose, but it's just this simple.

Which fan bases had the most fun?

Here's our basic criteria and the categories.

- Schools that had losing seasons in both football and basketball. No bowl game, no NCAA Tournament, no payoff at the end of the rainbow. Schools that were brutally awful in one of the two sports take a bigger hit.

- Bowl game but no NCAA Tournament, or the other way around. There wasn't anything big happening at the end, but at least the school hit the mark to have a post-season moment.

- Winning seasons in both sports, but nothing great. There was a bowl win, and a decent hoops season, or something positive.

- Bowl game and NCAA Tournament, Part 1. That's the goal, and they schools got there. Or, the school rocked so much in one sport that it made up for a bad year in the other.

- Bowl game and NCAA Tournament, Part 2. The schools got there and did some damage. And finally ...

- The best football and basketball schools of 2024-2025. Deep tournament runs, a big bowl win, a College Football Playoff appearance - big things happened.

2024-2025 Football and Basketball Rankings
96-120 | 52-95 | 34-51 | 21-33 | 11-20 | Top 10

Losing Seasons in Football and Basketball

2024-2025 Football and Basketball
ACC | Big Ten | Big 12 | SEC
AAC, CUSA, MAC, MW, Sun Belt
Blue Bloods: Football | Basketball

136 Southern Miss Golden Eagles

Basketball: 11-22, 12th in Sun Belt (5-13)
Football: 1-11, 7th in Sun Belt West (0-8)
2024: 119 2023: 51

135 UMass Minutemen

Basketball: 12-20, 10th in A-10 (7-11)
Football: 2-10 as an Independent
2024: 113 2023: 130

134 Wyoming Cowboys

Basketball: 12-20, 9th in Mountain West (5-15)
Football: 3-9, 10th in Mountain West (2-5)
2024: 60 2023: 100

133 Central Michigan Chippewas

Basketball: 14-17, 9th in MAC (7-11)
Football: 4-8, 9th in MAC (2-6)
2024: 106 2023: 128

132 FIU Panthers

Basketball: 10-23, 10th in CUSA (3-15)
Football: 4-8, 6th in CUSA (3-5),
2024: 129 2023: 121

131 Air Force Falcons

Basketball: 4-28, 11th in Mountain West (1-19)
Football: 5-7, 5th in Mountain West (3-4)
2024: 89 2023: 77

130 ULM Warhawks

Basketball: 7-25, 13th in Sun Belt (3-15)
Football: 5-7, 5th in Sun Belt West (3-5)
2024: 131 2023: 126

129 Tulsa Golden Hurricane

Basketball: 13-20, 9th in AAC (6-12)
Football: 3-9, 12th in AAC (1-7)
2024: 117 2023: 129

128 Georgia State Panthers

Basketball: 14-19, 8th in Sun Belt (8-10)
Football: 3-9, 7th in Sun Belt East (1-7)
2024: 94 2023: 127

127 Ball State Cardinals

Basketball: 14-17, 9th in MAC (7-11)
Football: 3-9, 9th in MAC (2-6)
2024: 123 2023: 92

126 Rice Owls

Basketball: 13-19, 12th in AAC (4-14)
Football: 4-8, 7th in AAC (3-5)
2024: 102 2023: 76

125 Charlotte 49ers

Basketball: 11-22, 13th in AAC (3-15)
Football: 5-7, 6th in AAC (4-4)
2024: 115 2023: 107

124 Old Dominion Monarchs

Basketball: 15-20, 8th in Sun Belt (8-10)
Football: 5-7, 3rd in Sun Belt East (4-4)
2024: 104 2023: 108

123 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors

Basketball: 15-16, 9th in Big West (7-13)
Football: 5-7, 5th in Mountain West (3-4)
2024: 110 2023: 105

122 Oklahoma State Cowboys

Basketball: 17-18, 12th in Big 12 (7-13), Third Round Loss in NIT
Football: 3-9, 16th in Big 12 (0-9)
2024: 65 2023: 50

121 Virginia Cavaliers

Basketball: 15-17, 9th in ACC (8-12)
Football: 5-7, 10th in ACC (3-5)
2024: 98 2023: 85

2024-2025 Football and Basketball Rankings
96-120 | 52-95 | 34-51 | 21-33 | 11-20 | Top 10