2025 NCAA FBS Top 25 Ranking for Week 5

Using aggregate data provided from www.cfbstats.com, the Complex Invasion College Football Production Model currently has the Indiana University as the most productive NCAA FBS team!

If you are interested, here are the details of the Complex Invasion College Football production model.

Rank	Team
1	Indiana
2	Missouri
3	BYU
4	North Texas
5	Oregon
6	Texas Tech
7	Oklahoma
8	Texas
9	Vanderbilt
10	Maryland
11	Ohio State
12	Cincinnati
13	Florida State
14	Georgia
15	Toledo
16	Nebraska
17	Miami (Florida)
18	Louisiana Tech
19	Memphis
20	Utah
21	San Diego State
22	Texas A&M
23	USC
24	Notre Dame
25	Tennessee

2025 Prior NCAA FBS Top 25 Rankings

2025 NCAA FBS Top 25 Ranking for Week 4 

2025 NCAA FBS Top 25 Ranking for Week 3 

2025 NCAA FBS Top 25 Ranking for Week 2

Arkansas Fires Head Football Coach Sam Pittman

Sam Pittman has been fired as the head football coach at Arkansas.  This was the 6th season at the helm of the Razorbacks football program going 32-34 overall.  Here is a look at the Arkansas Razorbacks football program since 2008 (the first year that in which I have data for the model) and covers Bobby Petrino (2008-2011), John Smith (2012), Brett Bielema (2013-2017), Chad Morris (2018-2019) and Sam Pittman (2020-2025*).  After the figure below is a more detailed look at the Arkansas Razorbacks football program during head coach Pittmans's tenure based on the Complex Invasion College Football Production Model using data provided by www.cfbstats.com.  (The vertical school color bars represent seasons where head coaches changed).

Sam Pittman [2020-2025*]

2020 

The COVID-19 season saw the Razorbacks finished at 3-7. The Razorbacks played against a “tougher” strength of schedule (SOS), meaning that Arkansas' SOS was between one and two standard deviations below the "leagues" SOS.  Arkansas's best regular season win was against #60 ranked Mississippi by a score of (33-21) and their worst regular season loss was to #78 ranked Missouri by a score of (48-50).  Arkansas was the #56 ranked team overall, with the #33 ranked offense and the #103 ranked defense using the Complex Invasion College Football Production Model from the data provided from www.cfbstats.com.

 

2021

The Razorbacks finished the regular season at 8-4, making them bowl eligible where they defeated #55 ranked Penn State by a score of (24-10) to finish with a win-loss record of 9-4. The Razorbacks played against an “average” strength of schedule (SOS), meaning that the Razorbacks' SOS was plus or minus one standard deviation of the "leagues" SOS.  Arkansas's best regular season win was against #29 ranked Texas A&M by a score of (20-10) and their worst regular season loss was to #51 ranked Auburn by a score of (23-38).  Arkansas was the #20 ranked team overall, with the #37 ranked offense and the #21 ranked defense using the Complex Invasion College Football Production Model from the data provided from www.cfbstats.com.

 

2022 

The Razorbacks finished the regular season at 6-6 making them bowl eligible, where they defeated by #56 ranked Kansas by a score of (55-53) to finish with a win-loss record of 7-6. The Razorbacks played against an “average” strength of schedule (SOS).  Arkansas's best regular season win was against #19 ranked Mississippi by a score of (42-27) and their worst regular season loss was to #73 ranked Missouri by a score of (27-29).  Arkansas was the #74 ranked team overall, with the #37 ranked offense and the #115 ranked defense using the Complex Invasion College Football Production Model from the data provided from www.cfbstats.com.

 

2023 

The Razorbacks finished the regular season at 4-8 while playing against an “average” strength of schedule (SOS).  Arkansas's best regular season win was against #78 ranked Florida by a score of (39-36) and their worst regular season loss was to #108 ranked BYU by a score of (31-38).  Arkansas was the #92 ranked team overall, with the #109 ranked offense and the #55 ranked defense using the Complex Invasion College Football Production Model from the data provided from www.cfbstats.com.

 

2024 

The Razorbacks finished the regular season at 6-6 making them bowl eligible, where they defeated #83 ranked Texas Tech by a score of (39-26) to finish the season at 7-6. The Razorbacks played against an “average” strength of schedule (SOS).  Arkansas's best regular season win was against #7 ranked Tennesse by a score of (19-14) and their worst regular season loss was to #121 ranked Oklahoma State by a score of (31-39).  Arkansas was the #47 ranked team overall, with the #31 ranked offense and the #84 ranked defense using the Complex Invasion College Football Production Model from the data provided from www.cfbstats.com.

 

2025* 

The Razorbacks were 2-3 at the time of Pitman's firing. The Razorbacks played against an “average” strength of schedule (SOS).  At the time, Arkansas's best regular season win was against #132 ranked Arkansas State by a score of (56-14) and their worst regular season loss was to #27 ranked Mississippi by a score of (35-41).  At the time, Arkansas was the #65 ranked team overall, with the #21 ranked offense and the #132 ranked defense using the Complex Invasion College Football Production Model from the data provided from www.cfbstats.com.

2025 FBS Head Coach Changes

Oklahoma State and Mike Gundy 

Virginia Tech and Brent Pry 

UCLA and DeShawn Foster

Kent State and Kenni Burns 

Stanford and Troy Taylor 

Oklahoma State Fires Head Football Coach Mike Gundy

Mike Gundy has been fired as the head football coach at Oklahoma State.  This was the 21st season at the helm of the Cowboys football program.  Here is a look at the Oklahoma State Cowboys football program since 2008 (the first year that in which I have data for the model).  After the figure below is a more detailed look at the Oklahoma State Cowboys football program during head coach Gundy's tenure based on the Complex Invasion College Football Production Model using data provided by www.cfbstats.com.  (The vertical school color bars represent seasons where head coaches changed).

Mike Gundy [2008*-2025*]  Analysis starts in 2008 and only part of the 2025 season is included up to when Gundy was fired. 

2008 

The Cowboys finished the regular season at 9-3 making them bowl eligible, where they were defeated by #19 ranked Oregon by a score of (31-42) to finish with a win-loss record of 9-4. The Cowboyss played against an “tougher” strength of schedule (SOS), meaning that their SOS was between one and two standard deviations below the average SOS for the "league".  Oklahoma State's best win was against #16 ranked Missouri by a score of (28-23) and their worst loss was to #10 ranked Texas Tech by a score of (20-56).  Oklahoma State was the #24 ranked team overall, with the #7 ranked offense and the #91 ranked defense using the Complex Invasion College Football Production Model from the data provided from www.cfbstats.com.

2009 

The Cowboys again finished the regular season at 9-3 making them bowl eligible, and were again defeated in their post-season bowl game, but this time by #29 ranked Mississippi by a score of (7-21) to finish with a win-loss record of 9-4. The Cowboys played against an “average” strength of schedule (SOS), meaning that their SOS was plus or minus one standard deviation of the average SOS for the "league".  Oklahoma State's best win was against #19 ranked Texas Tech by a score of (24-17) and their worst loss was to #17 ranked Houston by a score of (35-45).  Oklahoma State was the #42 ranked team overall, with the #34 ranked offense and the #51 ranked defense using the Complex Invasion College Football Production Model from the data provided from www.cfbstats.com.

 

2010 

The Cowboys finished the regular season at 10-2 making them bowl eligible, where they defeated #33 ranked Arizona by a score of (36-10) to finish with a win-loss record of 11-2. The Cowboys played against an “average” strength of schedule (SOS).  Oklahoma State's best win was against #26 ranked Tulsa by a score of (65-28) and their worst loss was to #16 ranked Nebraska by a score of (41-51).  Oklahoma State was the #10 ranked team overall, with the #6 ranked offense and the #55 ranked defense using the Complex Invasion College Football Production Model from the data provided from www.cfbstats.com.

2011 Big 12 Champion

The Cowboys finished the regular season at 11-1 and the Big 12 Champion. Oklahoma State defeated #7 ranked Stanford by a score of (41-38) to finish with a win-loss record of 12-1. The Cowboys played against an “average” strength of schedule (SOS).  Oklahoma State's best win was against #19 ranked Oklahoma by a score of (44-10) and their only loss was to #112 ranked Iowa State by a score of (31-37).  Oklahoma State was the #5 ranked team overall, with the #2 ranked offense and the #62 ranked defense using the Complex Invasion College Football Production Model from the data provided from www.cfbstats.com.

 

2012 

The Cowboys finished the regular season at 7-5 making them bowl eligible, where they defeated #23 ranked Purdue by a score of (58-14) to finish with a win-loss record of 8-5. The Cowboys played against an “average” strength of schedule (SOS).  Oklahoma State's best win was against #39 ranked TCU by a score of (36-14) and their worst loss was to #61 ranked Arizona by a score of (38-59).  Oklahoma State was the #21 ranked team overall, with the #7 ranked offense and the #87 ranked defense using the Complex Invasion College Football Production Model from the data provided from www.cfbstats.com.

 

2013 

The Cowboys finished the regular season at 10-2 making them bowl eligible, where they were defeated #13 ranked Missouri by a score of (31-41) to finish with a win-loss record of 10-3. The Cowboys played against an “average” strength of schedule (SOS).  Oklahoma State's best win was against #4 ranked Baylor by a score of (49-17) and their worst loss was to #90 ranked West Virginia by a score of (21-30).  Oklahoma State was the #15 ranked team overall, with the #26 ranked offense and the #15 ranked defense using the Complex Invasion College Football Production Model from the data provided from www.cfbstats.com.

2014 

The Cowboys finished the regular season at 6-6 making them bowl eligible, where they defeated #51 ranked Washington by a score of (30-22) to finish with a win-loss record of 7-6. The Cowboys played against an “average” strength of schedule (SOS).  Oklahoma State's best win was against #33 ranked Oklahoma by a score of (38-35) and their worst loss was to #71 ranked Texas by a score of (7-28).  Oklahoma State was the #102 ranked team overall, with the #87 ranked offense and the #106 ranked defense using the Complex Invasion College Football Production Model from the data provided from www.cfbstats.com.

 

2015 

The Cowboys finished the regular season at 10-2 making them bowl eligible, where they were defeated #6 ranked Mississippi by a score of (20-48) to finish with a win-loss record of 10-3. The Cowboys played against an “average” strength of schedule (SOS).  Oklahoma State's best win was against #31 ranked TCU by a score of (49-29) and their worst loss was to #15 ranked Baylor by a score of (35-45).  Oklahoma State was the #40 ranked team overall, with the #19 ranked offense and the #87 ranked defense using the Complex Invasion College Football Production Model from the data provided from www.cfbstats.com.

 

2016 

The Cowboys finished the regular season at 9-3 making them bowl eligible, where they defeated #16 ranked Colorado by a score of (38-8) to finish with a win-loss record of 10-3. The Cowboys played against an “average” strength of schedule (SOS).  Oklahoma State's best regular season win was against #42 ranked West Virginia by a score of (37-20) and their worst regular season loss was to #90 ranked Central Michigan by a score of (27-30).  Oklahoma State was the #30 ranked team overall, with the #18 ranked offense and the #72 ranked defense using the Complex Invasion College Football Production Model from the data provided from www.cfbstats.com.

 

2017 

The Cowboys finished the regular season at 9-3 making them bowl eligible, where they defeated #28 ranked Virginia Tech by a score of (30-21) to finish with a win-loss record of 10-3. The Cowboys played against an “average” strength of schedule (SOS).  Oklahoma State's best regular season win was against #36 ranked Iowa State by a score of (49-42) and their worst regular season loss was to #59 ranked Kansas State by a score of (40-45).  Oklahoma State was the #12 ranked team overall, with the #2 ranked offense and the #106 ranked defense using the Complex Invasion College Football Production Model from the data provided from www.cfbstats.com.

 

2018 

The Cowboys finished the regular season at 6-6 making them bowl eligible, where they defeated #34 ranked Missouri by a score of (38-33) to finish with a win-loss record of 7-6. The Cowboys played against an “average” strength of schedule (SOS).  Oklahoma State's best regular season win was against #16 ranked Boise State by a score of (44-21) and their worst regular season loss was to #95 ranked Baylor by a score of (31-35).  Oklahoma State was the #76 ranked team overall, with the #22 ranked offense and the #116 ranked defense using the Complex Invasion College Football Production Model from the data provided from www.cfbstats.com.

 

2019 

The Cowboys finished the regular season at 8-4 making them bowl eligible, where they were defeated by #47 ranked Texas A&M by a score of (21-24) to finish with a win-loss record of 8-5. The Cowboys played against an “average” strength of schedule (SOS).  Oklahoma State's best regular season win was against #40 ranked Iowa State by a score of (34-27) and their worst regular season loss was to #83 ranked Texas Tech by a score of (35-45).  Oklahoma State was the #55 ranked team overall, with the #34 ranked offense and the #85 ranked defense using the Complex Invasion College Football Production Model from the data provided from www.cfbstats.com.

 

2020 

The COVID-19 season saw the Cowboys finished at 7-3 making them bowl eligible, where they defeated by #23 ranked Miami (FL) by a score of (37-34) to finish with a win-loss record of 8-3. The Cowboys played against a “tougher” strength of schedule (SOS).  Oklahoma State's best regular season win was against #8 ranked Iowa State by a score of (24-21) and their worst regular season loss was to #36 ranked TcU by a score of (22-29).  Oklahoma State was the #29 ranked team overall, with the #21 ranked offense and the #96 ranked defense using the Complex Invasion College Football Production Model from the data provided from www.cfbstats.com.

 

2021  Big 12 Runner-Up

The Cowboys finished the regular season at 11-1 and played in the Big 12 Championship game were they were defeated by #13 ranked Baylor by a score of (16-21).  The Cowboys bounced back and defeated #12 ranked Notre Dame by a score of (37-35) to finish with a win-loss record of 12-2. The Cowboys played against a “tougher” strength of schedule (SOS).  Oklahoma State's best regular season win was against #13 ranked Baylor by a score of (24-14) and their only regular season loss was to #14 ranked Iowa State by a score of (21-24).  Oklahoma State was the #10 ranked team overall, with the #14 ranked offense and the #19 ranked defense using the Complex Invasion College Football Production Model from the data provided from www.cfbstats.com.

 

2022 

The Cowboys finished the regular season at 7-5 making them bowl eligible, where they were defeated by #39 ranked Wisconsin by a score of (17-24) to finish with a win-loss record of 7-6. The Cowboys played against an “average” strength of schedule (SOS).  Oklahoma State's best regular season win was against #15 ranked Texas by a score of (41-34) and their worst regular season loss was to #104 ranked West Virginia by a score of (19-24).  Oklahoma State was the #82 ranked team overall, with the #38 ranked offense and the #116 ranked defense using the Complex Invasion College Football Production Model from the data provided from www.cfbstats.com.

 

2023 Big 12 Runner-Up 

The Cowboys finished the regular season at 9-3 and played in the Big 12 Championship game were they were defeated by #14 ranked Texas by a score of (21-49).  The Cowboys bounced back and defeated #35 ranked Texas A&M by a score of (31-23) to finish with a win-loss record of 10-4. The Cowboys played against an “average” strength of schedule (SOS).  Oklahoma State's best regular season win was against #7 ranked Oklahoma by a score of (27-24) and their worst regular season loss was to #51 ranked Iowa State by a score of (27-34).  Oklahoma State was the #62 ranked team overall, with the #23 ranked offense and the #124 ranked defense using the Complex Invasion College Football Production Model from the data provided from www.cfbstats.com.

 

2024 

The Cowboys finished the regular season at 3-9 making them bowl ineligible. The Cowboys played against an “average” strength of schedule (SOS).  Oklahoma State's best regular season win was against #47 ranked Arkansas by a score of (39-31) and their worst regular season loss was to #103 ranked West Virginia by a score of (14-38).  Oklahoma State was the #121 ranked team overall, with the #83 ranked offense and the #131 ranked defense using the Complex Invasion College Football Production Model from the data provided from www.cfbstats.com.

 

2025* 

The Cowboys were 1-2 at the time of Gundy's firing. The Cowboys played against an “average” strength of schedule (SOS).  At the time, Oklahoma State's only regular season win was against FCS Tennessee Martin by a score of (27-7) and their worst regular season loss was to #80 ranked Tulsa by a score of (12-19).  At the time, Oklahoma State was the #114 ranked team overall, with the #130 ranked offense and the #64 ranked defense using the Complex Invasion College Football Production Model from the data provided from www.cfbstats.com.

2025 FBS Head Coach Changes

Virginia Tech and Brent Pry 

UCLA and DeShawn Foster

Kent State and Kenni Burns 

Stanford and Troy Taylor 

2025 NCAA FBS Top 25 Ranking for Week 4

Using aggregate data provided from www.cfbstats.com, the Complex Invasion College Football Production Model currently has the Indiana University as the most productive NCAA FBS team!

If you are interested, here are the details of the Complex Invasion College Football production model.

Rank	Team
1	Indiana
2	Texas Tech
3	Oregon
4	Vanderbilt
5	Florida State
6	Missouri
7	Miami (Florida)
8	Ohio State
9	BYU
10	USC
11	Texas
12	Mississippi State
13	Nebraska
14	North Texas
15	Washington
16	UCF
17	Maryland
18	Arizona
19	Penn State
20	Oklahoma
21	Tennessee
22	LSU
23	Virginia
24	Arkansas
25	Michigan

2025 Prior NCAA FBS Top 25 Rankings

2025 NCAA FBS Top 25 Ranking for Week 3 

2025 NCAA FBS Top 25 Ranking for Week 2

Virginia Tech Fired Head Football Coach Brent Pry

Yesterday Brent Pry was fired as head football coach at Virginia Tech, after an 0-3 start to the 2025 regular season.  Pry was 16-24 in three plus seasons at the helm of the Hokies.  Here is a look at the Virginia Tech Hokies football program since 2008 (the first year that in which I have data for the model).  This time period only covers the last eight seasons of head football coach Frank Beamer (2008-2015), Justin Fuente  (2016-2021), and Brent Pry (2022-2025).  After the figure below is a more detailed look at the Virginia Tech Hokies football program during head coach Pry's tenure based on the Complex Invasion College Football Production Model using data provided by www.cfbstats.com.  (The vertical school color bars represent seasons where head coaches changed). 

Brent Pry [2022-2025*] 

2022 

The Hokies finished the regular season at 3-8 (the game against Virginia was cancelled). The Hokies played against an “easier” strength of schedule (SOS), meaning that their SOS was between one and two standard deviations above the average SOS for the "league".  Virginia Tech's best win was against #52 ranked Liberty by a score of (23-22) and their worst loss was to #104 ranked West Virginia by a score of (10-33).  Virginia Tech was the #96 ranked team overall, with the #119 ranked offense and the #34 ranked defense using the Complex Invasion College Football Production Model from the data provided from www.cfbstats.com.

 

2023

The Hokies finished the regular season at 6-6, while playing against an “average” strength of schedule (SOS), meaning that their SOS was plus or minus one standard deviation from the "league" average.  They defeated by #43 ranked Tulane by a score of (41-20) in their post-season bowl game to finish the season overall at 7-6. Virginia Tech's best regular season win was against #72 ranked Syracuse by a score of (38-10) and their worst loss was to #85 ranked Marshall by a score of (17-24).  Virginia Tech was the #50 ranked team overall, with the #52 ranked offense and the #52 ranked defense using the Complex Invasion College Football Production Model from the data provided from www.cfbstats.com.

 

2024

The Hokies were 6-6, making them bowl eligible, but they were defeated by #19 ranked Minnesota by a score of (10-24) to finish at 6-7 overall.  The Hokies played against an “average” strength of schedule (SOS).  Virginia Tech's best win was against #45 ranked Georgia Tech (21-6) and their worst loss was to #71 ranked Rutgers by a score of (23-26).  Virginia Tech was the #60 ranked team overall, with the #66 ranked offense and the #48 ranked defense using the Complex Invasion College Football Production Model from the data provided from www.cfbstats.com.

 

2025

Head coach Pry was fired at the end of the third game of the regular season where the Hokies were 0-3.  The Hokies played against an “average” strength of schedule (SOS) at the time of Pry's firing.  Virginia Tech's worst loss to currently ranked #45 Old Dominion by a score of (26-45).  Virginia Tech currently is the #135 ranked team overall, with the #126 ranked offense and the #134 ranked defense using the Complex Invasion College Football Production Model from the data provided from www.cfbstats.com.

2025 FBS Head Coach Changes

UCLA and DeShawn Foster

Kent State and Kenni Burns 

Stanford and Troy Taylor 

DeShawn Foster Fired as Head Football Coach at UCLA

Yesterday, head coach DeShawn Foster was fired as the UCLA Bruins head football coach after a 0-3 start to the regular season.  Foster finishes at 5-10 overall during his 1.25 season tenure at the helm of the program.  Here is a look at the UCLA Bruins football program since 2008 (the first year that in which I have data for the model).  This time period only covers the last three seasons of head football coach Rick Neuheisel (2008-2011),  Jim Mora (2012-2017) and Chip Kelly (2018-2024).  After the figure below is a more detailed look at the UCLA Bruins football program during head coach Foster's tenure based on the Complex Invasion College Football Production Model using data provided by www.cfbstats.com.  (The vertical school color bars represent seasons where head coaches changed).

 

DeShawn Foster (2024-2025)

2024

Head coach Foster's first season finished at 5-7.  The Bruins played against a “much tougher” strength of schedule (SOS), meaning that the Bruins SOS was more than two standard deviations lower than the average SOS for the "league".  UCLA's best win was against #32 ranked Iowa (20-17) and their worst loss was again to #62 ranked LSU by a score of (17-34).  UCLA was the #108 ranked team overall, with the #127 ranked offense and the #36 ranked defense using the Complex Invasion College Football Production Model from the data provided from www.cfbstats.com.

 

2025

Head coach Foster was fired after the third game the regular season where the Bruins were 0-3.  The Bruins played against an “average” strength of schedule (SOS).  At the time of Foster's firing UCLA's worst loss was to #85 ranked New Mexico by a score of (10-35).  UCLA currently is the #128 ranked team overall, with the #119 ranked offense and the #125 ranked defense using the Complex Invasion College Football Production Model from the data provided from www.cfbstats.com.

 

2025 FBS Head Coach Changes 

 

Kent State and Kenni Burns 

Stanford and Troy Taylor

2025 NCAA FBS Top 25 Ranking for Week 3

Using aggregate data provided from www.cfbstats.com, the Complex Invasion College Football Production Model currently has the Indiana University as the most productive NCAA FBS team!

If you are interested, here are the details of the Complex Invasion College Football production model.

Rank	Team
1	Indiana
2	Missouri
3	Texas Tech
4	North Texas
5	Nebraska
6	Miami (Florida)
7	Ohio State
8	Oregon
9	Utah
10	Penn State
11	Minnesota
12	Vanderbilt
13	Illinois
14	USC
15	BYU
16	Iowa State
17	Arizona
18	Oklahoma
19	Maryland
20	Rutgers
21	Georgia
22	Arkansas
23	Kansas
24	Memphis
25	Mississippi

2025 Prior NCAA FBS Top 25 Rankings

2025 NCAA FBS Top 25 Ranking for Week 2

2025 NCAA FBS Top 25 Ranking for Week 2

Using aggregate data provided from www.cfbstats.com, the Complex Invasion College Football Production Model currently has the University of Arkansas as the most productive NCAA FBS team!

If you are interested, here are the details of the Complex Invasion College Football production model.

Rank	Team
1	Arkansas
2	USC
3	Texas Tech
4	BYU
5	Arizona
6	Oregon
7	Temple
8	UCF
9	Tennessee
10	Vanderbilt
11	Minnesota
12	Utah
13	Kansas
14	Illinois
15	Boston College
16	Nebraska
17	Washington
18	North Texas
19	Georgia
20	Florida State
21	Ohio State
22	Missouri
23	UNLV
24	Texas A&M
25	Auburn

2025 Prior NCAA FBS Top 25 Rankings

none at this time

Prior Final NCAA FBS Top 25 Rankings (with links to prior weekly rankings)

2024 NCAA FBS Top 25 Ranking 

2023 NCAA FBS Top 25 Ranking

2022 NCAA FBS Top 25 Ranking

2021 NCAA FBS Top 25 Ranking

2020 NCAA FBS Top 25 Ranking

2019 NCAA FBS Top 25 Ranking

2018 NCAA FBS Top 25 Ranking

2017 NCAA FBS Top 25 Ranking

2016 NCAA FBS Top 25 Ranking

2015 NCAA FBS Top 25 Ranking

2014 NCAA FBS Top 25 Ranking

2013 NCAA FBS Top 25 Ranking

2012 NCAA FBS Top 25 Ranking

2011 NCAA FBS Top 25 Ranking