
With just a few weeks left in the 2025 college football regular season, how do all of the teams outside of the top 25 stack up?
Oh sure, there are a few wild upsets late in the year - teams are tired, others are pulling out all of the stops on Senior Day, or with nothing left to lose - and we're not going to overreact to any one particular outlier of a loss.
And we won't go over the top, rewarding a big upset win or a strong performance that came from out of nowhere.
At this point, we're breaking down these teams into the bottom 25, the ones who might finish the season strong, those looking to lock up a great year, and the ones pushing for a top 25 finish.
All of these teams are looking for anything positive to close the season on a high note. It's been rough, but one win over the final few weeks will make the season.
Record: 0-10
Last Week: 136
Last Game: Northern Illinois 45, UMass 3
Up Next: at Ohio
Record: 1-9
Last Week: 135
Last Game: UTSA 28, Charlotte 7
Up Next: at Georgia
Record: 1-9
Last Week: 133
Last Game: WKU 42, Middle Tennessee 26
Up Next: Sam Houston
Record: 2-9
Last Week: 132
Last Game: Tulsa 31, Oregon State 14
Up Next: OPEN DATE
Record: 2-8
Last Week: 131
Last Game: Marshall 30, Georgia State 18
Up Next: at Troy
Record: 3-7
Last Week: 125
Last Game: OPEN DATE
Up Next: Akron
Record: 2-8
Last Week: 128
Last Game: Missouri State 38, UTEP 24
Up Next: New Mexico State
Record: 3-7
Last Week: 127
Last Game: Tennessee 42, New Mexico State 9
Up Next: at UTEP
Record: 4-6
Last Week: 123
Last Game: Eastern Michigan 24, Ball State 9
Up Next: at Toledo
Record: 5-5
Last Week: 117
Last Game: Sam Houston 26, Delaware 23
Up Next: at Wake Forest
Record: 2-8
Last Week: 130
Last Game: Sam Houston 26, Delaware 23
Up Next: at Middle Tennessee
Record: 5-5
Last Week: 129
Last Game: Central Michigan 38, Buffalo 19
Up Next: Miami University
Record: 3-7
Last Week: 120
Last Game: South Alabama 26, ULM 14
Up Next: Southern Miss
Record: 3-7
Last Week: 126
Last Game: Northern Illinois 45, UMass 3
Up Next: Western Michigan
Record: 4-7
Last Week: 111
Last Game: Kent State 42, Akron 35 OT
Up Next: at Bowling Green
Record: 4-6
Last Week: 122
Last Game: Texas State 41, Southern Miss 14
Up Next: ULM
Record: 4-7
Last Week: 121
Last Game: Eastern Michigan 24, Ball State 9
Up Next: OPEN DATE
Record: 4-6
Last Week: 124
Last Game: Kent State 42, Akron 35 OT
Up Next: Central Michigan
Record: 2-8
Last Week: 134
Last Game: Nevada 55, San Jose State 10
Up Next: at Wyoming
Record: 3-7
Last Week: 105
Last Game: Nevada 55, San Jose State 10
Up Next: at San Diego State
Record: 4-6
Last Week: 119
Last Game: OPEN DATE
Up Next: at Arkansas State
Record: 5-5
Last Week: 118
Last Game: Washington State 28, Louisiana Tech 3
Up Next: Liberty
Record: 4-6
Last Week: 116
Last Game: FIU 34, Liberty 27 OT
Up Next: at Louisiana Tech
Record: 3-7
Last Week: 115
Last Game: South Alabama 26, ULM 14
Up Next: at Texas State
Record: 3-7
Last Week: 114
Last Game: North Texas 53, UAB 24
Up Next: USF
There are wins, and maybe there's a bowl game coming up. It's been a decent year for these teams, and the next three weeks will make-or-break the season.
Record: 4-6
Last Week: 113
Last Game: Tulane 35, Florida Atlantic 24
Up Next: UConn
Record: 5-5
Last Week: 112
Last Game: FIU 34, Liberty 27 OT
Up Next: Jacksonville State
Record: 5-5
Last Week: 110
Last Game: OPEN DATE
Up Next: Louisiana
Record: 2-8
Last Week: 109
Last Game: New Mexico 20, Colorado State 17
Up Next: at Boise State
Record: 4-6
Last Week: 108
Last Game: James Madison 58, App State 10
Up Next: Marshall
Record: 3-7
Last Week: 106
Last Game: Tulsa 31, Oregon State 14
Up Next: at Army
Record: 6-4
Last Week: 101
Last Game: Georgia Southern 45, Coastal Carolina 40
Up Next: at South Carolina
Record: 5-5
Last Week: 103
Last Game: OPEN DATE
Up Next: North Texas
Record: 6-4
Last Week: 107
Last Game: Georgia Southern 45, Coastal Carolina 40
Up Next: Old Dominion
Record: 6-4
Last Week: 104
Last Game: Toledo 24, Miami University 3
Up Next: Ball State
Record: 5-5
Last Week: 102
Last Game: UTSA 28, Charlotte 7
Up Next: East Carolina
Record: 4-6
Last Week: 96
Last Game: Fresno State 24, Wyoming 3
Up Next: Nevada
Record: 3-7
Last Week: 95
Last Game: UConn 26, Air Force 16
Up Next: New Mexico
Record: 5-5
Last Week: 93
Last Game: Toledo 24, Miami University 3
Up Next: at Buffalo
Record: 1-9
Last Week: 92
Last Game: Kansas State 14, Oklahoma State 6
Up Next: at UCF
Record: 6-4
Last Week: 91
Last Game: Western Michigan 17, Ohio 13
Up Next: UMass
Record: 7-3
Last Week: 90
Last Game: Jacksonville State 35, Kennesaw State 26
Up Next: Missouri State
Record: 1-10
Last Week: 89
Last Game: Georgia Tech 36, Boston College 34
Up Next: OPEN DATE
Record: 7-3
Last Week: 99
Last Game: Missouri State 38, UTEP 24
Up Next: at Kennesaw State
Record: 6-4
Last Week: 78
Last Game: Old Dominion 33, Troy 0
Up Next: Georgia State
Record: 7-3
Last Week: 98
Last Game: Jacksonville State 35, Kennesaw State 26
Up Next: at FIU
Record: 5-5
Last Week: 100
Last Game: Marshall 30, Georgia State 18
Up Next: at Appalachian State
Record: 8-2
Last Week: 94
Last Game: WKU 42, Middle Tennessee 26
Up Next: at LSU
Record: 6-4
Last Week: 88
Last Game: Western Michigan 17, Ohio 13
Up Next: at Northern Illinois
Record: 6-4
Last Week: 87
Last Game: Central Michigan 38, Buffalo 19
Up Next: at Kent State
Record: 5-5
Last Week: 86
Last Game: OPEN DATE
Up Next: Tulane
Record: 3-7
Last Week: 85
Last Game: OPEN DATE
Up Next: at Notre Dame
Record: 7-3
Last Week: 81
Last Game: Texas State 41, Southern Miss 14
Up Next: at South Alabama
Record: 5-5
Last Week: 84
Last Game: UNLV 29, Utah State 26 2OT
Up Next: at Fresno State
Record: 5-4
Last Week: 83
Last Game: OPEN DATE
Up Next: Tulsa
Record: 4-6
Last Week: 82
Last Game: OPEN DATE
Up Next: Cal
Record: 7-3
Last Week: 80
Last Game: OPEN DATE
Up Next: at UNLV
Record: 7-3
Last Week: 97
Last Game: Old Dominion 33, Troy 0
Up Next: at Georgia Southern
Record: 7-3
Last Week: 79
Last Game: Fresno State 24, Wyoming 3
Up Next: Utah State
Record: 5-5
Last Week: 74
Last Game: Washington State 28, Louisiana Tech 3
Up Next: at James Madison
Record: 2-7
Last Week: 71
Last Game: Florida State 34, Virginia Tech 14
Up Next: Miami
The Group of Five teams here can hang with the mediocre Power Four programs, and vice versa.
At this point, we're doing this based on how good we think all of these teams are - it's more eye-test than anything else until we close it all out before the conference championships.
Record: 8-2
Last Week: 77
Last Game: UNLV 29, Utah State 26 2OT
Up Next: Hawaii
Record: 6-4
Last Week: 75
Last Game: San Diego State 17, Boise State 7
Up Next: Colorado State
Record: 7-3
Last Week: 72
Last Game: New Mexico 20, Colorado State 17
Up Next: at Air Force
Record: 8-3
Last Week: 76
Last Game: UConn 26, Air Force 16
Up Next: at Florida Atlantic
Record: 3-7
Last Week: 73
Last Game: OPEN DATE
Up Next: Arizona State
Record: 3-7
Last Week: 70
Last Game: Indiana 31, Wisconsin 7
Up Next: Illinois
Record: 4-6
Last Week: 69
Last Game: Wake Forest 28, North Carolina 12
Up Next: Duke
Record: 2-9
Last Week: 67
Last Game: Washington 49, Purdue 13
Up Next: OPEN DATE
Record: 7-3
Last Week: 68
Last Game: East Carolina 31, Memphis 27
Up Next: at UTSA
Record: 3-7
Last Week: 66
Last Game: Penn State 28, Michigan State 10
Up Next: at Iowa
Record: 4-6
Last Week: 64
Last Game: Texas Tech 48, UCF 9
Up Next: Oklahoma State
Record: 2-8
Last Week: 61
Last Game: LSU 23, Arkansas 22
Up Next: at Texas
Record: 4-7
Last Week: 58
Last Game: Arizona State 25, West Virginia 23
Up Next: OPEN DATE
Record: 5-5
Last Week: 60
Last Game: OPEN DATE
Up Next: at Iowa State
Record: 6-4
Last Week: 56
Last Game: OPEN DATE
Up Next: at Stanford
Record: 5-5
Last Week: 62
Last Game: OPEN DATE
Up Next: at Ohio State
Record: 8-2
Last Week: 65
Last Game: Navy 41, USF 38
Up Next: OPEN DATE
Record: 9-1
Last Week: 54
Last Game: James Madison 58, App State 10
Up Next: Washington State
Record: 8-2
Last Week: 59
Last Game: San Diego State 17, Boise State 7
Up Next: San Jose State
Record: 4-5
Last Week: 63
Last Game: Florida State 34, Virginia Tech 14
Up Next: at NC State
Record: 5-5
Last Week: 53
Last Game: Utah 55, Baylor 28
Up Next: at Arizona
Record: 8-3
Last Week: 51
Last Game: East Carolina 31, Memphis 27
Up Next: OPEN DATE
Record: 3-7
Last Week: 49
Last Game: Ohio State 48, UCLA 10
Up Next: Washington
Record: 4-6
Last Week: 50
Last Game: Texas A&M 31, South Carolina 30
Up Next: Coastal Carolina
Record: 3-6
Last Week: 57
Last Game: OPEN DATE
Up Next: Mercer
Some of these teams are in the College Football Playoff chase. Did you play a lot of good teams, or did you fatten up on the mediocre? Is your record bad because you played a bunch of top teams? Really, how many bowl-bound teams did you beat?
It's a funky mashup of teams just outside of this week's CFN Top 25.
Record: 9-1
Last Week: 47
Last Game: North Texas 53, UAB 24
Up Next: at Rice
Record: 6-4
Last Week: 46
Last Game: BYU 44, TCU 13
Up Next: at Houston
Record: 8-2
Last Week: 48
Last Game: Tulane 35, Florida Atlantic 24
Up Next: at Temple
Record: 3-7
Last Week: 45
Last Game: Ole Miss 34, Florida 24
Up Next: Tennessee
Record: 7-3
Last Week: 28
Last Game: Navy 41, USF 38
Up Next: at UAB
Record: 5-5
Last Week: 44
Last Game: Virginia 34, Duke 17
Up Next: at North Carolina
Record: 6-4
Last Week: 43
Last Game: OPEN DATE
Up Next: Kansas
Record: 4-6
Last Week: 52
Last Game: Penn State 28, Michigan State 10
Up Next: Nebraska
Record: 5-5
Last Week: 55
Last Game: Clemson 20, Louisville 19
Up Next: Furman
Record: 5-5
Last Week: 42
Last Game: Miami 41, Virginia 7
Up Next: Florida State
Record: 4-6
Last Week: 40
Last Game: Illinois 24, Maryland 6
Up Next: Michigan
Record: 5-6
Last Week: 34
Last Game: Missouri 49, Mississippi State 27
Up Next: OPEN DATE
Record: 5-5
Last Week: 37
Last Game: Kansas State 14, Oklahoma State 6
Up Next: at Utah
Record: 5-5
Last Week: 41
Last Game: Kentucky 42, Tennessee Tech 10
Up Next: at Vanderbilt
Record: 5-5
Last Week: 38
Last Game: Michigan 24, Northwestern 22
Up Next: Minnesota
Record: 7-2
Last Week: 39
Last Game: Wake Forest 28, North Carolina 12
Up Next: Delaware
Record: 6-4
Last Week: 36
Last Game: Oregon 42, Minnesota 13
Up Next: at Northwestern
Record: 6-4
Last Week: 35
Last Game: LSU 23, Arkansas 22
Up Next: WKU
Record: 7-3
Last Week: 33
Last Game: OPEN DATE
Up Next: at Penn State
Record: 8-2
Last Week: 30
Last Game: OPEN DATE
Up Next: TCU
Record: 7-3
Last Week: 29
Last Game: OPEN DATE
Up Next: Louisville
Record: 7-3
Last Week: 27
Last Game: Arizona 30, Cincinnati 24
Up Next: BYU
Record: 7-3
Last Week: 24
Last Game: Notre Dame 37, Pitt 15
Up Next: Georgia Tech
Record: 7-3
Last Week: 23
Last Game: Clemson 20, Louisville 19
Up Next: at SMU
Record: 9-1
Last Week: 20
Last Game: Georgia Tech 36, Boston College 34
Up Next: Pitt
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