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09/12/2025

Regular Season Final IRP Corrected CFP Top 25 College Football ranking:

1 Indiana
2 Ohio State
3 Georgia
4 Texas Tech
5 Oregon
6 Mississippi
7 Texas A&M
8 BYU
9 Oklahoma
10 Notre Dame
11 Miami
12 Alabama
13 Utah
14 Vanderbilt
15 James Madison
16 USC
17 North Texas
18 Michigan
19 Tulane
20 Texas
21 Arizona
22 Navy
23 South Florida
24 Virginia
25 Illinois

Criteria weights for this week's ranking (Win/Loss - 10%, Strength of Schedule - 88%, Margin of Victory - 2%, and Home Field Advantage Correction - 2, Lower Division Multiplier - 1.15) were selected to most closely reflect the official final CFP ranking's used to select the playoff bracket. This is done by recalculating every scenario of criteria weights against the CFP ranking to find the set that is closest to the CFP ranking. In this criteria set, the average ranking difference between each team in CFP ranking and IRP ranking is 2.56.

*Reminder: IRP does not have preseason rankings. All rankings are completely based on actual game results this year. IRP rankings are calculated on an adjustable user-entered sliding scale for criteria weights between the three main criteria: Strength of Schedule, Margin of Victory, and Win/Loss. Each criterion can range between 0% and 100%, but the total of all three must equal 100%. Additional ranking adjustments include home field advantage (a margin of victory adjustment based on game location) and lower division adjustment (a strength of schedule adjustment for games played against FCS opponents).

02/12/2025

Week 14 IRP Corrected AP Top 25 Rankings:

1 Ohio State
2 Indiana
3 BYU
4 Oregon
5 Georgia
6 Texas Tech
7 Texas A&M
8 Mississippi
9 Notre Dame
10 Oklahoma
11 Alabama
12 Miami
13 North Texas
14 Utah
15 Vanderbilt
16 James Madison
17 USC
18 Michigan
19 Virginia
20 Texas
21 Tulane
22 Navy
23 South Florida
24 Arizona
25 Illinois

Criteria weights for this week's ranking (Strength of Schedule - 77%, Margin of Victory - 4%, Win/Loss - 19%, and Home Field Advantage Correction - 0.5) were selected to most closely reflect the AP Week 14 ranking. This is done by recalculating every scenario of criteria weights against the AP ranking to find the set that is closest to the AP ranking. In this criteria set, the average ranking difference between each AP ranking and IRP ranking is 2.7. This is compared to a difference of 2.9 last week. The AP top 25 and IRP top 25 will get closer throughout the season as AP voters will rely more and more on actual results than preseason expectations or other biases.

*Reminder, IRP does not have preseason rankings. All rankings are completely based on actual game results this year. IRP rankings are calculated on an adjustable user-entered sliding scale for criteria weights between the three main criteria: Strength of Schedule, Margin of Victory, and Win/Loss. Each criterion can range between 0% and 100%, but the total of all three must equal 100%. Additional ranking adjustments include home field advantage (a margin of victory adjustment based on game location) and lower division adjustment (a strength of schedule adjustment for games played against FCS opponents).

29/11/2025

Week 13 IRP Corrected CFP Top 25 College Football ranking:

1 Indiana
2 Ohio State
3 Texas A&M
4 BYU
5 Georgia
6 Oregon
7 Mississippi
8 Texas Tech
9 Alabama
10 Oklahoma
11 Notre Dame
12 Utah
13 Miami
14 Vanderbilt
15 North Texas
16 Michigan
17 USC
18 Virginia
19 James Madison
20 Arizona State
21 Tennessee
22 Georgia Tech
23 South Florida
24 Tulane
25 Arizona

Criteria weights for this week's ranking (Win/Loss - 6%, Strength of Schedule - 92%, Margin of Victory - 2%, and Home Field Advantage Correction - 2.5, Lower Division Multiplier - 1.25) were selected to most closely reflect the CFP Week 13 ranking. This is done by recalculating every scenario of criteria weights against the CFP ranking to find the set that is closest to the CFP ranking. In this criteria set, the average ranking difference between each CFP ranking and IRP ranking is 2.61. Comparing this with the AP analysis this week that had the average ranking difference of 2.94, it continues to show that CFP has less bias and uses actual game results more accurately. The CFP top 25 and IRP corrected CFP top 25 will get closer throughout the season as the CFP committee will have more data to use.
*Reminder: IRP does not have preseason rankings. All rankings are completely based on actual game results this year. IRP rankings are calculated on an adjustable user-entered sliding scale for criteria weights between the three main criteria: Strength of Schedule, Margin of Victory, and Win/Loss. Each criterion can range between 0% and 100%, but the total of all three must equal 100%. Additional ranking adjustments include home field advantage (a margin of victory adjustment based on game location) and lower division adjustment (a strength of schedule adjustment for games played against FCS opponents).

25/11/2025

Week 13 IRP Corrected AP Top 25 Rankings:

1 Indiana
2 Ohio State
3 Texas A&M
4 BYU
5 Oregon
6 Georgia
7 Mississippi
8 Texas Tech
9 Notre Dame
10 Alabama
11 Oklahoma
12 Utah
13 Miami
14 Michigan
15 North Texas
16 Vanderbilt
17 USC
18 James Madison
19 Virginia
20 Tulane
21 Georgia Tech
22 Arizona State
23 South Florida
24 Texas
25 Tennessee

Criteria weights for this week's ranking (Strength of Schedule - 80%, Margin of Victory - 4%, Win/Loss - 16%, and Home Field Advantage Correction - 1) were selected to most closely reflect the AP Week 13 ranking. This is done by recalculating every scenario of criteria weights against the AP ranking to find the set that is closest to the AP ranking. In this criteria set, the average ranking difference between each AP ranking and IRP ranking is 2.9. This is compared to a difference of 3.2 last week. The AP top 25 and IRP top 25 will get closer throughout the season as AP voters will rely more and more on actual results than preseason expectations or other biases.
*Reminder, IRP does not have preseason rankings. All rankings are completely based on actual game results this year. IRP rankings are calculated on an adjustable user-entered sliding scale for criteria weights between the three main criteria: Strength of Schedule, Margin of Victory, and Win/Loss. Each criterion can range between 0% and 100%, but the total of all three must equal 100%. Additional ranking adjustments include home field advantage (a margin of victory adjustment based on game location) and lower division adjustment (a strength of schedule adjustment for games played against FCS opponents).

14/11/2025

Week 11 IRP Corrected CFP Top 25 College Football ranking:

1 Indiana
2 Ohio State
3 Texas A&M
4 Alabama
5 Texas Tech
6 Georgia
7 BYU
8 Mississippi
9 Oregon
10 Notre Dame
11 Utah
12 USC
13 Miami
14 Oklahoma
15 Vanderbilt
16 Georgia Tech
17 Michigan
18 North Texas
19 South Florida
20 Texas
21 Virginia
22 Illinois
23 James Madison
24 Louisville
25 Cincinnati

Criteria weights for this week's ranking (Win/Loss - 11%, Strength of Schedule - 84%, Margin of Victory - 5%, and Home Field Advantage Correction - 1, Lower Division Multiplier - 1.15) were selected to most closely reflect the CFP Week 11 ranking. This is done by recalculating every scenario of criteria weights against the CFP ranking to find the set that is closest to the CFP ranking. In this criteria set, the average ranking difference between each CFP ranking and IRP ranking is 2.71. Comparing this with the AP analysis this week that had the average ranking difference of 3.4, it continues to show that CFP has much less bias and uses actual game results more accurately. The CFP top 25 and IRP corrected CFP top 25 will get closer throughout the season as the CFP committee will have more data to use.

*Reminder, IRP does not have preseason rankings. All rankings are completely based on actual game results this year. IRP rankings are calculated on an adjustable user-entered sliding scale for criteria weights between the three main criteria: Strength of Schedule, Margin of Victory, and Win/Loss. Each criterion can range between 0% and 100%, but the total of all three must equal 100%. Additional ranking adjustments include home field advantage (a margin of victory adjustment based on game location) and lower division adjustment (a strength of schedule adjustment for games played against FCS opponents).

11/11/2025

Week 11 IRP Corrected AP Top 25 Rankings:

1 Indiana
2 Ohio State
3 Texas A&M
4 Alabama
5 Texas Tech
6 BYU
7 Georgia
8 Oregon
9 Notre Dame
10 Mississippi
11 Utah
12 USC
13 North Texas
14 Michigan
15 Miami
16 Georgia Tech
17 Vanderbilt
18 Oklahoma
19 Texas
20 James Madison
21 South Florida
22 Virginia
23 Louisville
24 Cincinnati
25 Pittsburgh

Criteria weights for this week's ranking (Strength of Schedule - 62%, Margin of Victory - 14%, Win/Loss - 24%, and Home Field Advantage Correction - 3) were selected to most closely reflect the AP Week 10 ranking. This is done by recalculating every scenario of criteria weights against the AP ranking to find the set that is closest to the AP ranking. In this criteria set, the average ranking difference between each AP ranking and IRP ranking is 3.4. This is compared to a difference of 3.6 last week. The AP top 25 and IRP top 25 will get closer throughout the season as AP voters will rely more and more on actual results than preseason expectations or other biases.
*Reminder, IRP does not have preseason rankings. All rankings are completely based on actual game results this year. IRP rankings are calculated on an adjustable user-entered sliding scale for criteria weights between the three main criteria: Strength of Schedule, Margin of Victory, and Win/Loss. Each criterion can range between 0% and 100%, but the total of all three must equal 100%. Additional ranking adjustments include home field advantage (a margin of victory adjustment based on game location) and lower division adjustment (a strength of schedule adjustment for games played against FCS opponents).

06/11/2025

Week 10 IRP Corrected CFP top 25 ranking:

1 Indiana
2 Ohio State
3 Texas A&M
4 Alabama
5 BYU
6 Mississippi
7 Georgia
8 Texas Tech
9 Utah
10 Notre Dame
11 Oregon
12 USC
13 Miami
14 Michigan
15 Louisville
16 Virginia
17 Oklahoma
18 Texas
19 Vanderbilt
20 Georgia Tech
21 Washington
22 North Texas
23 Illinois
24 South Florida
25 Iowa

Criteria weights for this week's ranking (Win/Loss - 10%, Strength of Schedule - 83%, Margin of Victory - 7%, and Home Field Advantage Correction - 0) were selected to most closely reflect the CFP Week 10 ranking. This is done by recalculating every scenario of criteria weights against the CFP ranking to find the set that is closest to the CFP ranking. In this criteria set, the average ranking difference between each CFP ranking and IRP ranking is 2.75. Comparing this with the AP analysis that had teh average ranking difference of 3.6, it shows that CFP has much less bias and uses actual game results more accurately. The CFP top 25 and IRP corrected CFP top 25 will get closer throughout the season as the CFP committee will have more data to use.

It is noteworthy to see that the CFP puts more emphasis on the teams Strength of Schedule (83% vs 69%) and less on W/L record (10% vs 22%), but nearly the same on Margin of Victory (7% vs 9%). This difference is consistent with last years analysis.

*Reminder, IRP does not have preseason rankings. All rankings are completely based on actual game results this year. IRP rankings are calculated on an adjustable user-entered sliding scale for criteria weights between the three main criteria: Strength of Schedule, Margin of Victory, and Win/Loss. Each criterion can range between 0% and 100%, but the total of all three must equal 100%. Additional ranking adjustments include home field advantage (a margin of victory adjustment based on game location) and lower division adjustment (a strength of schedule adjustment for games played against FCS opponents).

05/11/2025

Week 10 IRP Rankings using AP top 25 ranking criteria:

1 Indiana
2 Ohio State
3 Texas A&M
4 BYU
5 Alabama
6 Mississippi
7 Georgia
8 Texas Tech
9 Utah
10 Notre Dame
11 Oregon
12 Virginia
13 USC
14 Louisville
15 Michigan
16 Miami
17 Oklahoma
18 Georgia Tech
19 Texas
20 North Texas
21 Vanderbilt
22 Washington
23 James Madison
24 Memphis
25 South Florida

Criteria weights for this week's ranking (Strength of Schedule - 69%, Margin of Victory - 22%, Win/Loss - 9%, and Home Field Advantage Correction - 3.5) were selected to most closely reflect the AP Week 10 ranking. This is done by recalculating every scenario of criteria weights against the AP ranking to find the set that is closest to the AP ranking. In this criteria set, the average ranking difference between each AP ranking and IRP ranking is 3.6. This is compared to a difference of 3.9 last week. The AP top 25 and IRP top 25 will get closer throughout the season as AP voters will rely more and more on actual results than preseason expectations or other biases.

*Reminder, IRP does not have preseason rankings. All rankings are completely based on actual game results this year. IRP rankings are calculated on an adjustable user-entered sliding scale for criteria weights between the three main criteria: Strength of Schedule, Margin of Victory, and Win/Loss. Each criterion can range between 0% and 100%, but the total of all three must equal 100%. Additional ranking adjustments include home field advantage (a margin of victory adjustment based on game location) and lower division adjustment (a strength of schedule adjustment for games played against FCS opponents).

28/10/2025

Week 9 IRP Rankings using AP top 25 ranking criteria:

1 Indiana
2 Ohio State
3 Texas A&M
4 BYU
5 Alabama
6 Georgia Tech
7 Mississippi
8 Miami
9 Georgia
10 Notre Dame
11 Vanderbilt
12 Texas Tech
13 Oregon
14 Louisville
15 Michigan
16 Virginia
17 Tulane
18 Cincinnati
19 Utah
20 Navy
21 USC
22 Oklahoma
23 Washington
24 Houston
25 South Florida

Criteria weights for this week's ranking (Strength of Schedule - 71%, Margin of Victory - 21%, Win/Loss - 8%, and Home Field Advantage Correction - 1) were selected to most closely reflect the AP Week 9 ranking. This is done by recalculating every scenario of criteria weights against the AP ranking to find the set that is closest to the AP ranking. In this criteria set, the average ranking difference between each AP ranking and IRP ranking is 3.9. This is compared to a difference of 4.1 last week. The AP top 25 and IRP top 25 will get closer throughout the season as AP voters will rely more and more on actual results than preseason expectations or other biases.

*Reminder, IRP does not have preseason rankings. All rankings are completely based on actual game results this year. IRP rankings are calculated on an adjustable sliding scale for criteria weights between the three main criteria: Strength of Schedule, Margin of Victory, and Win/Loss. Each criterion can range between 0% and 100%, but the total of all three must equal 100%. Additional ranking adjustments include home field advantage (a margin of victory adjustment based on game location) and lower division adjustment (a strength of schedule adjustment for games played against FCS opponents).

14/10/2025

Week 7 IRP Rankings using AP top 25 ranking criteria:

1 Indiana
2 Ohio State
3 Texas Tech
4 Miami
5 Texas A&M
6 Mississippi
7 Alabama
8 BYU
9 USC
10 Notre Dame
11 Utah
12 Memphis
13 Georgia Tech
14 Oregon
15 Georgia
16 Washington
17 Nebraska
18 Vanderbilt
19 Oklahoma
20 South Florida
21 LSU
22 Virginia
23 Cincinnati
24 Tennessee
25 Michigan

Criteria weights for this week's ranking (Strength of Schedule - 58%, Margin of Victory - 21%, Win/Loss - 21%, and Home Field Advantage Correction - 5) were selected to most closely reflect the AP Week 7 ranking. This is done by recalculating every scenario of criteria weights against the AP ranking to find the set that is closest to the AP ranking. In this criteria set, the average ranking difference between each AP ranking and IRP ranking is 4.875. This is compared to a difference of 6.3 last week. The AP top 25 and IRP top 25 will get closer throughout the season as AP voters will rely more and more on actual results than preseason expectations or other biases.

*Reminder, IRP does not have preseason rankings. All rankings are completely based on actual game results this year. IRP rankings are calculated on an adjustable sliding scale for criteria weights between the three main criteria: Strength of Schedule, Margin of Victory, and Win/Loss. Each criterion can range between 0% and 100%, but the total of all three must equal 100%. Additional ranking adjustments include home field advantage (a margin of victory adjustment based on game location) and lower division adjustment (a strength of schedule adjustment for games played against FCS opponents).

10/10/2025

Week 6 IRP Rankings using AP top 25 ranking criteria:

1 Indiana
2 Ohio State
3 Miami
4 Mississippi
5 Texas A&M
6 Texas Tech
7 Oklahoma
8 Alabama
9 Oregon
10 BYU
11 Michigan
12 USC
13 Missouri
14 Nebraska
15 Illinois
16 Notre Dame
17 Georgia Tech
18 Vanderbilt
19 Memphis
20 North Texas
21 Virginia
22 LSU
23 Cincinnati
24 Florida State
25 Tennessee

Criteria weights for this week's ranking (Strength of Schedule - 64%, Margin of Victory - 18%, Win/Loss - 18%, and Home Field Advantage Correction - 1.75) were selected to most closely reflect the AP Week 5 ranking. This is done by recalculating every scenario of criteria weights against the AP ranking to find the set that is closest to the AP ranking. In this criteria set, the average ranking difference between the AP ranking and the IRP ranking is 6.3. This is compared to a difference of 7.3 last week. The AP top 25 and IRP top 25 will get closer throughout the season as AP voters will rely more and more on actual results than preseason expectations or other biases.

*Reminder, IRP does not have preseason rankings. All rankings are completely based on actual game results this year. IRP rankings are calculated on an adjustable sliding scale for criteria weights between the three main criteria: Strength of Schedule, Margin of Victory, and Win/Loss. Each criterion can range between 0% and 100%, but the total of all three must equal 100%. Additional ranking adjustments include home field advantage (a margin of victory adjustment based on game location) and lower division adjustment (a strength of schedule adjustment for games played against FCS opponents).

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