Season leaderboard

Top 25 College Football Games of 2005

Every completed game in the season, scored without team allegiance by game-time AP poll strength, final-score closeness, and overtime.

Games: 25
Top score: 84/100
Overtime: 6

National ranking

The season's top 25

25 of these games include at least one AP-ranked team at kickoff. Open a supported game for its box score and statistics.

2005Week 111OT
LSU at Alabama
LSU 16, Alabama 13
No. 5 LSU vs. No. 4 Alabama · 3-point margin
Ranking 43/50 · Closeness 32/35 · Overtime 9/15
84
Game score
2005The Rose Bowl Game presented by Citi
USC at Texas
USC 38, Texas 41
No. 1 USC vs. No. 2 Texas · 3-point margin
Ranking 49/50 · Closeness 32/35 · Overtime 0/15
81
Game score
Full Game · 2005 Texas vs. USC (Rose Bowl Full Game)
2005Week 41OT
Tennessee at LSU
Tennessee 30, LSU 27
No. 10 Tennessee vs. No. 3 LSU · 3-point margin
Ranking 39/50 · Closeness 32/35 · Overtime 9/15
80
Game score
Full Game · 2005 LSU vs. Tennessee (Regular Season Full Game)
2005Week 2
Texas at Ohio State
Texas 25, Ohio State 22
No. 2 Texas vs. No. 4 Ohio State · 3-point margin
Ranking 46/50 · Closeness 32/35 · Overtime 0/15
78
Game score
Full Game · 2005 Ohio State vs. Texas (Regular Season Full Game)
2005Week 7
USC at Notre Dame
USC 34, Notre Dame 31
No. 1 USC vs. No. 9 Notre Dame · 3-point margin
Ranking 42/50 · Closeness 32/35 · Overtime 0/15
74
Game score
Full Game · 2005 Notre Dame vs. USC (Regular Season Full Game)
2005FedEx Orange Bowl3OT
Penn State at Florida State
Penn State 26, Florida State 23
No. 4 Penn State vs. No. 22 Florida State · 3-point margin
Ranking 26/50 · Closeness 32/35 · Overtime 13/15
71
Game score
Full Game · 2005 Florida State vs. Penn State (Orange Bowl Full Game)
2005Week 81OT
Auburn at LSU
Auburn 17, LSU 20
No. 16 Auburn vs. No. 7 LSU · 3-point margin
Ranking 29/50 · Closeness 32/35 · Overtime 9/15
70
Game score
2005Week 3
Tennessee at Florida
Tennessee 7, Florida 16
No. 5 Tennessee vs. No. 6 Florida · 9-point margin
Ranking 41/50 · Closeness 26/35 · Overtime 0/15
67
Game score
Full Game · 2005 Florida vs. Tennessee (Regular Season Full Game)
2005Week 9
Georgia at Florida
Georgia 10, Florida 14
No. 4 Georgia vs. No. 16 Florida · 4-point margin
Ranking 32/50 · Closeness 31/35 · Overtime 0/15
63
Game score
2005Week 2
LSU at Arizona State
LSU 35, Arizona State 31
No. 5 LSU vs. No. 15 Arizona State · 4-point margin
Ranking 32/50 · Closeness 31/35 · Overtime 0/15
63
Game score
2005Week 5
USC at Arizona State
USC 38, Arizona State 28
No. 1 USC vs. No. 14 Arizona State · 10-point margin
Ranking 37/50 · Closeness 25/35 · Overtime 0/15
62
Game score
2005Week 12
Fresno State at USC
Fresno State 42, USC 50
No. 16 Fresno State vs. No. 1 USC · 8-point margin
Ranking 35/50 · Closeness 27/35 · Overtime 0/15
62
Game score
Full Game · USC vs. Fresno State (Full Game)
2005Week 7
Florida at LSU
Florida 17, LSU 21
No. 11 Florida vs. No. 10 LSU · 4-point margin
Ranking 31/50 · Closeness 31/35 · Overtime 0/15
62
Game score
2005Week 8
Tennessee at Alabama
Tennessee 3, Alabama 6
No. 17 Tennessee vs. No. 5 Alabama · 3-point margin
Ranking 30/50 · Closeness 32/35 · Overtime 0/15
62
Game score
2005Week 11
Auburn at Georgia
Auburn 31, Georgia 30
No. 15 Auburn vs. No. 9 Georgia · 1-point margin
Ranking 28/50 · Closeness 34/35 · Overtime 0/15
62
Game score
2005Week 6
Georgia at Tennessee
Georgia 27, Tennessee 14
No. 5 Georgia vs. No. 8 Tennessee · 13-point margin
Ranking 39/50 · Closeness 22/35 · Overtime 0/15
61
Game score
Full Game · 2005 Tennessee vs. Georgia (Regular Season Full Game)
2005Tostitos Fiesta Bowl
Notre Dame at Ohio State
Notre Dame 20, Ohio State 34
No. 7 Notre Dame vs. No. 6 Ohio State · 14-point margin
Ranking 39/50 · Closeness 21/35 · Overtime 0/15
60
Game score
Full Game · 2005 Ohio State vs. Notre Dame (Fiesta Bowl Full Game)
2005Week 10
Miami at Virginia Tech
Miami 27, Virginia Tech 7
No. 5 Miami vs. No. 3 Virginia Tech · 20-point margin
Ranking 44/50 · Closeness 15/35 · Overtime 0/15
59
Game score
Full Game · 2005 Virginia Tech vs. Miami (Regular Season Full Game)
2005Nokia Sugar Bowl
West Virginia at Georgia
West Virginia 38, Georgia 35
No. 12 West Virginia vs. No. 13 Georgia · 3-point margin
Ranking 27/50 · Closeness 32/35 · Overtime 0/15
59
Game score
Full Game · 2005 Georgia vs. West Virginia (Sugar Bowl Full Game)
2005Week 91OT
UCLA at Stanford
UCLA 30, Stanford 27
No. 8 UCLA vs. Unranked Stanford · 3-point margin
Ranking 18/50 · Closeness 32/35 · Overtime 9/15
59
Game score
2005Week 12
Alabama at Auburn
Alabama 18, Auburn 28
No. 8 Alabama vs. No. 11 Auburn · 10-point margin
Ranking 33/50 · Closeness 25/35 · Overtime 0/15
58
Game score
2005Week 6
Ohio State at Penn State
Ohio State 10, Penn State 17
No. 6 Ohio State vs. No. 16 Penn State · 7-point margin
Ranking 30/50 · Closeness 28/35 · Overtime 0/15
58
Game score
2005Week 2
Notre Dame at Michigan
Notre Dame 17, Michigan 10
No. 20 Notre Dame vs. No. 3 Michigan · 7-point margin
Ranking 29/50 · Closeness 28/35 · Overtime 0/15
57
Game score
2005Week 12
Ohio State at Michigan
Ohio State 25, Michigan 21
No. 9 Ohio State vs. No. 17 Michigan · 4-point margin
Ranking 26/50 · Closeness 31/35 · Overtime 0/15
57
Game score
2005Week 31OT
Miami at Clemson
Miami 36, Clemson 30
No. 13 Miami vs. No. 20 Clemson · 6-point margin
Ranking 19/50 · Closeness 29/35 · Overtime 9/15
57
Game score

Methodology

How each game earns up to 100 points

AP ranking, 50 points: each team earns 26 minus its game-time AP rank. Unranked teams receive zero.

Closeness, 35 points: the final margin is subtracted from 35, with margins of 35 or more receiving zero.

Overtime, 15 points: overtime starts at nine points and rises by two per additional period, capped at 15.

Regular-season rankings use the AP Top 25 recorded for the game's week. Postseason games use the final regular-season AP poll published before bowl and playoff results. Overtime uses period scoring when available, then explicit overtime notes as a fallback. Historical seasons may have less complete period and box-score data.