Ranking Lab
CFB Track · Top 25 Builder
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Build the Top 25 you would actually defend.
Start from a preset, adjust the fixed 100-point budget, and see every rank change with reference overlap, bubble pressure, and team-by-team reasons.
AP tells you what voters think. Power ratings tell you who looks strongest. Ranking Lab lets you build the poll you would defend.
Latest completed season: 2025 Postseason Week 1Preset: BalancedCompare: AP Top 25
Top 25 Results
Compare each output against AP Top 25, rank movement, and model confidence.
Scores are weighted 0-100 model points. Driver contributions explain lift and drags; they do not need to sum to the total score.
| 1 | 15-0 | Big Ten | 91.2 | — | 0 | |
| 2 | 12-2 | Big Ten | 87.6 | — | -2 | |
| 3 | 11-2 | Big Ten | 86.7 | — | -2 | |
| 4 | 12-3 | ACC | 84.8 | — | +2 | |
| 5 | 11-2 | SEC | 84.6 | — | -1 | |
| 6 | 10-2 | FBS Independents | 84.3 | — | -4 | |
| 7 | 12-2 | SEC | 83.4 | — | +4 | |
| 8 | 11-2 | Big 12 | 82.4 | — | +1 | |
| 9 | 10-2 | SEC | 79.4 | — | +1 | |
| 10 | 10-3 | SEC | 79.1 | — | -2 | |
| 11 | 11-2 | Big 12 | 77.9 | — | 0 | |
| 12 | 10-4 | SEC | 77.6 | — | +3 | |
| 13 | 9-4 | Big Ten | 77.0 | — | -7 | |
| 14 | 10-2 | Big 12 | 76.2 | — | 0 | |
| 15 | 9-3 | SEC | 74.6 | — | +2 | |
| 16 | 11-2 | Sun Belt | 74.0 | — | -3 | |
| 17 | 8-4 | Big Ten | 73.1 | — | 0 | |
| 18 | 8-4 | ACC | 72.9 | — | NR | |
| 19 | 11-2 | American Athletic | 71.3 | — | -5 | |
| 20 | 9-3 | SEC | 71.0 | — | +5 | |
| 21 | 8-4 | American Athletic | 70.1 | — | NR | |
| 22 | 8-4 | Big Ten | 70.0 | — | NR | |
| 23 | 8-4 | ACC | 69.4 | — | NR | |
| 24 | 11-3 | American Athletic | 68.7 | — | +6 | |
| 25 | 9-4 | Big Ten | 67.9 | — | +4 | |
| 26 | 8-4 | Big 12 | 67.8 | — | +1 | |
| 27 | 9-3 | Sun Belt | 67.8 | — | NR | |
| 28 | 6-6 | Big Ten | 64.7 | — | NR | |
| 29 | 10-3 | ACC | 64.4 | — | +13 | |
| 30 | 8-4 | Big 12 | 64.2 | — | NR | |
| 31 | 7-5 | SEC | 63.5 | — | NR | |
| 32 | 7-4 | Big 12 | 63.5 | — | NR | |
| 33 | 7-5 | SEC | 63.1 | — | NR | |
| 34 | 8-4 | Big Ten | 62.8 | — | NR | |
| 35 | 8-4 | ACC | 62.4 | — | NR | |
| 36 | 10-2 | American Athletic | 61.3 | — | +13 | |
| 37 | 8-5 | Pac-12 | 60.8 | — | NR | |
| 38 | 8-5 | ACC | 59.7 | — | NR | |
| 39 | 7-5 | ACC | 59.4 | — | NR | |
| 40 | 8-4 | American Athletic | 59.2 | — | NR |
Avg Diff
4.3
Spearman
0.816
Top 10 Overlap
9
Top 25 Overlap
21
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Bubble Watch
Cut line = score gap from No. 25.
No. 24 Tulane+0.8
No. 25 Michigan0.0
No. 26 TCU-0.1
No. 27 Old Dominion-0.1