ESPN's Computer Blasted For 'Horrible' New Top 25 Rankings
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ESPN's computer model, the Football Power Index, is getting ripped for its "horrible" new Top 25 rankings.
The Football Power Index updated its Top 25 rankings on Sunday morning, following Week 11. The eleventh week of the 2025 regular season saw Ohio State take down Purdue, Indiana escape Penn State, Oregon topple Iowa and more, among other games. But how do the new Top 25 rankings shake out?
ESPN's computer model, the Football Power Index, updated its official Top 25 rankings on Sunday morning. There's been a notable shakeup.
ESPN's computer model has a new Top 25, which can be seen in full below:
- Ohio State
- Indiana
- Oregon
- Alabama
- Notre Dame
- Georgia
- Texas A&M
- Texas
- Utah
- USC
- Texas Tech
- Ole Miss
- Miami
- Tennessee
- Oklahoma
- Vanderbilt
- BYU
- Michigan
- Iowa
- Missouri
- Penn State
- LSU
- SMU
- Auburn
- South Florida
College football fans are ripping the new Top 25 rankings
Penn State at 3-6 still being ranked is pretty perplexing.
"Penn State is 3-6. What are we doing???" one fan wrote.
"In what world does Utah jump over Texas tech after losing to them," one fan added.
"I’m not mad at it, but something’s a little messed up with the math for Texas A&M," another fan wrote.
"So A&M is unbeaten and beat your #5 and are only #7? Oregon whose best win is at Iowa and they are 3? Man throw these computers away," one fan added.
"When we are in week 12 and the FPI still has 3-6 Penn State in the top 25 with zero wins against a P4 team then it’s time to blow up the model," one fan added.
"To those outraged that Georgia Tech is not in the FPI Top 25, it’s better to fly under the radar," another fan wrote.
"Just goes to show that the B10 is actually what people pretend the SEC is," another fan added.
The new College Football Playoff rankings, meanwhile, will come out on Tuesday evening, live on ESPN.
This story was originally reported by The Spun on Nov 10, 2025, where it first appeared in the College Football section. Add The Spun as a Preferred Source by clicking here.
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