Sunday, November 30, 2025

2025 NCAA FBS Top 25 Ranking for Week 14

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 Ohio State
3 Texas Tech
4 Oregon
5 Notre Dame
6 North Texas
7 James Madison
8 Miami (Florida)
9 Toledo
10 Utah
11 Georgia
12 Vanderbilt
13 Mississippi
14 South Florida
15 Arizona
16 BYU
17 Missouri
18 Washington
19 Old Dominion
20 Alabama
21 Virginia
22 Tennessee
23 USC
24 Oklahoma
25 East Carolina

2025 Prior NCAA FBS Top 25 Rankings


Thursday, November 27, 2025

Jim Mora Departs Connecticut for Colorado State

Jim Mora has been hired as the head football coach at Colorado State.  For the past four seasons, Mora was at the helm of the Connecticut Huskies football program.  Following the production rank chart below is a short overview of the Connecticut Huskies football program during this time based on the Complex Invasion College Football Production Model using data provided by www.cfbstats.com.

Jim Mora [2022-2025]

2022 
The Huskies finished the regular season at 6-6 making them bowl eligible, where they were defeated by  #28 ranked Marshall by a score of (14-28) to finish 6-7 overall. The Huskies played against an “average" (SOS), meaning that their SOS was between plus or minus standard deviation of the average SOS for the "league".  Connecticut's best regular season win was against #22 ranked Fresno State by a score of (19-14) and their worst regular season loss was to #119 ranked Utah State by a score of (20-31).  Connecticut was the #97 ranked team overall, with the #106 ranked offense and the #57 ranked defense using the Complex Invasion College Football Production Model from the data provided by www.cfbstats.com.
 
2023 
The Huskies finished the regular season at 3-9 making them bowl ineligible. The Huskies played against an “average" (SOS), .  Connecticut's best regular season win was against #128 ranked Florida International by a score of (17-24) and their worst regular season loss was to #66 ranked Rice by a score of (38-31).  Connecticut was the #120 ranked team overall, with the #114 ranked offense and the #99 ranked defense using the Complex Invasion College Football Production Model from the data provided by www.cfbstats.com.

2024
The Huskies finished the regular season at 8-4 making them bowl eligible, where they defeated #79 ranked North Carolina by a score of (27-14) to finish the season at 9-4 overall.  The Huskies played against a “much easier” strength of schedule (SOS), meaning that their SOS was greater than two standard deviations larger than the average SOS for the "league". Connecticut's best regular season win was against #65 ranked Buffalo by a score of (47-3) and their worst regular season loss was to #114 ranked Wake Forest by a score of (20-23).  Connecticut was the #18 ranked team overall, with the #40 ranked offense and the #57 ranked defense from the Complex Invasion College Football Production Model using data provided by www.cfbstats.com.
 
2025
The Huskies were 9-3 at the time of Mora's departure. The Huskies played against a “much easier” strength of schedule (SOS) to this point in the season. At the time of Mora's departure Connecticut's best win was against currently ranked #67 Duke by a score of (37-34) and their worst regular season loss was to currently ranked #130 Syracuse by a score of (20-27).  At the time of Mora's departure, Connecticut was the #32 ranked team overall, with the #6 ranked offense and the #104 ranked defense using the Complex Invasion College Football Production Model from the data provided by www.cfbstats.com.

2025 NCAA FBS Head Coach Quits

Eric Morris from North Texas

Wednesday, November 26, 2025

Eric Morris Departs North Texas for Oklahoma State

Eric Morris has been hired as the head football coach at Oklahoma State.  For the past three seasons, Morris was at the helm of the North Texas Mean Green football program.  Following the production rank chart below is a short overview of the North Texas Mean Green football program during this time based on the Complex Invasion College Football Production Model using data provided by www.cfbstats.com.


Eric Morris [2023-2025]

2023 
The Mean Green finished the regular season at 5-7 making them bowl ineligible. The Mean Green played against an “easier" (SOS), meaning that their SOS was between one and two standard deviations larger than the average SOS for the "league".  North Texas' best regular season win was against #81 ranked UAB by a score of (45-42) and their worst regular season loss was to #128 ranked Florida International by a score of (39-46).  North Texas was the #93 ranked team overall, with the #48 ranked offense and the #132 ranked defense using the Complex Invasion College Football Production Model from the data provided by www.cfbstats.com.

2024
The Mean Green finished the regular season at 6-6 making them bowl eligible, where they were defeated by #21 ranked Texas State by a score of (28-30) to finish the season at 6-7 overall.  The Mean Green played against an “average” strength of schedule (SOS), meaning that their SOS was plus/minus one standard deviation of the "leagues" average SOS. North Texas' best regular season win was against #30 ranked South Alabama by a score of (52-38) and their worst regular season loss was to #83 ranked Texas Tech by a score of (21-66).  North Texas was the #81 ranked team overall, with the #17 ranked offense and the #132 ranked defense from the Complex Invasion College Football Production Model using data provided by www.cfbstats.com.
 
2025* 
The Mean Green were 10-1 at the time of Morris' departure. The Mean Green played against an “average” strength of schedule (SOS) to this point in the season. At the time of Morris' departure North Texas' best win was against currently ranked #56 Navy by a score of (31-17) and their worst/only regular season loss was to currently ranked #24 South Florida by a score of (36-63).  At the time of Morris' departure, North Texas was the #6 ranked team overall, with the #1 ranked offense and the #54 ranked defense using the Complex Invasion College Football Production Model from the data provided by www.cfbstats.com.

2025 NCAA FBS Head Coach Quits

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Monday, November 24, 2025

California Fires Head Football Coach Justin Wilcox

California has fired head football coach Justin Wilcox.  The California Golden Bears were 48-55 during his nearly nine year tenure at the helm as head football coach.  Here is a look at the California Golden Bears football program since 2008 (the first year that in which I have data for the model) and only covers the last five seasons of Jeff Tedford (2008-2012), Sonny Dykes (2013-2016) and Justin Wilcox (2017-2025*).  After the figure below is a more detailed look at the California Golden Bears football program during head coach Wilcox'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).

Justin Wilcox [2017-2025*]

2017 
The Golden Bears finished the regular season at 5-7 making them bowl ineligible. The Golden Bears played against an “average” strength of schedule (SOS), meaning that California's SOS was plus or minus one standard deviation of the "league's" average SOS.  California's best regular season win was against #46 ranked Washington State by a score of (37-3) and their worst regular season loss was to #97 ranked UCLA by a score of (27-30).  California was the #82 ranked team overall, with the #104 ranked offense and the #44 ranked defense using the Complex Invasion College Football Production Model from the data provided from www.cfbstats.com.

2018 
The Golden Bears finished the regular season at 7-5 making them bowl eligible, where they were defeated by #56 ranked TCU by a score of (7-10) to finish the season overall at 7-6. The Golden Bears played against an “average” strength of schedule (SOS). California's best regular season win was against #12 ranked Washington by a score of (12-10) and their worst regular season loss was to #103 ranked UCLA by a score of (7-37).  California was the #57 ranked team overall, with the #89 ranked offense and the #33 ranked defense using the Complex Invasion College Football Production Model from the data provided from www.cfbstats.com.
 
2019 
The Golden Bears finished the regular season at 7-5, making them bowl eligible, where they defeated #74 Illinois by a score of (35-20) to finish 8-5 overall. The Golden Bears played against an “average” strength of schedule (SOS). California's best regular season win was against #31 ranked Washington by a score of (20-19) and their worst regular season loss was to #64 ranked Oregon State by a score of (17-21). California was the #68 ranked team overall, with the #100 ranked offense and the #34 ranked defense using the Complex Invasion College Football Production Model from the data provided from www.cfbstats.com.
 
2020 
The Golden Bears finished the COVID-19 shortened regular season at 1-3. The Golden Bears played against an “average” strength of schedule (SOS).  California's best/only regular season win was against #59 ranked Oregon by a score of (21-17) and their worst regular season loss was to #85 ranked Oregon State by a score of (27-31).  California was the #105 ranked team overall, with the #125 ranked offense and the #14 ranked defense using the Complex Invasion College Football Production Model from the data provided from www.cfbstats.com.

2021 
The Golden Bears finished the regular season at 5-7 making them bowl ineligible. The Golden Bears played against an “easier” strength of schedule (SOS), meaning that California's SOS was between one and two standard deviations higher than the "league" average SOS. California's best regular season win was against #65 ranked Oregon State by a score of (39-25) and their worst regular season loss was to #125 ranked Arizona by a score of (3-10).  California was the #74 ranked team overall, with the #93 ranked offense and the #37 ranked defense using the Complex Invasion College Football Production Model from the data provided from www.cfbstats.com.
 
2022 
The Golden Bears were 4-8 at the end of the regular season and bowl ineligible. The Golden Bears played against an “average” strength of schedule (SOS). California's best regular season win was against #67 ranked UNLV by a score of (20-14) and their worst regular season loss was to #131 ranked Colorado by a score of (13-20).  California was the #91 ranked team overall, with the #82 ranked offense and the #85 ranked defense using the Complex Invasion College Football Production Model from the data provided from www.cfbstats.com.
 
2023 
The Golden Bears finished the regular season at 6-6 making them bowl eligible, but were defeated by #67 ranked Texas Tech by a score of (14-34) to finish at 6-7 overall. The Golden Bears played against an “average” strength of schedule (SOS).  California's best regular season win was against #25 ranked UCLA by a score of (33-7) and their worst regular season loss was to #61 ranked Utah by a score of (14-34).  California was the #70 ranked team overall, with the #49 ranked offense and the #106 ranked defense using the Complex Invasion College Football Production Model from the data provided from www.cfbstats.com.

2024
The Golden Bears finished the regular season at 6-6 making them bowl eligible, but were defeated by #17 ranked UNLV by a score of (13-24) to finish at 6-7 overall. The Golden Bears played against an “average” strength of schedule (SOS).  California's best regular season win was against #35 ranked Auburn by a score of (21-14) and their worst regular season loss was to #125 ranked Florida State by a score of (9-14).  California was the #52 ranked team overall, with the #74 ranked offense and the #25 ranked defense using the Complex Invasion College Football Production Model from the data provided from www.cfbstats.com.
 
2025* 
The Golden Bears were 3-3 at the time of Wilcox's firing. The Golden Bears played against an “average” strength of schedule (SOS) to this point in the season. At the time, California's best win was against currently ranked #118 Florida International and their worst regular season loss was to currently ranked #110 UCLA by a score of (37-42).  At the time of Wilcox's firing, California was the #39 ranked team overall, with the #58 ranked offense and the #24 ranked defense using the Complex Invasion College Football Production Model from the data provided from www.cfbstats.com.

2025 FBS Head Coach Changes

2025 NCAA FBS Top 25 Ranking for Week 13

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 Ohio State
3 Texas Tech
4 Oregon
5 Notre Dame
6 North Texas
7 Toledo
8 Utah
9 James Madison
10 Miami (Florida)
11 Georgia
12 Washington
13 Tennessee
14 Arizona
15 BYU
16 Vanderbilt
17 Mississippi
18 Old Dominion
19 Texas A&M
20 Missouri
21 Michigan
22 Alabama
23 Florida State
24 South Florida
25 Memphis

2025 Prior NCAA FBS Top 25 Rankings

Sunday, November 16, 2025

2025 NCAA FBS Top 25 Ranking for Week 12

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 Ohio State
4 Oregon
5 North Texas
6 James Madison
7 Utah
8 Toledo
9 Notre Dame
10 Miami (Florida)
11 Mississippi
12 Missouri
13 Tennessee
14 Georgia
15 USC
16 Florida State
17 BYU
18 East Carolina
19 Washington
20 Connecticut
21 Vanderbilt
22 Texas A&M
23 Memphis
24 Arizona
25 Michigan

2025 Prior NCAA FBS Top 25 Rankings

Sunday, November 9, 2025

2025 NCAA FBS Top 25 Ranking for Week 11

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 Ohio State
4 Oregon
5 Notre Dame
6 North Texas
7 Utah
8 Connecticut
9 Mississippi
10 USC
11 Vanderbilt
12 Tennessee
13 Memphis
14 Miami (Florida)
15 Toledo
16 James Madison
17 South Florida
18 Florida State
19 East Carolina
20 Georgia
21 BYU
22 Missouri
23 Michigan
24 SMU
25 Texas A&M

2025 Prior NCAA FBS Top 25 Rankings

Monday, November 3, 2025

Auburn Fires Head Football Coach Hugh Freeze

Auburn has fired head football coach Hugh Freeze.  The Auburn Tigers were 15-19 during his tenure at the helm as head football coach.  Here is a look at the Auburn Tigers football program since 2008 (the first year that in which I have data for the model) and only covers the final season of Tommy Tuberville (2008), Gene Chizik (2009-2012), Gus Malzahn (2013-2020), Bryan Harsin (2021-2022) and Hugh Freeze (2023-2025*).  After the figure below is a more detailed look at the Auburn Tigers football program during head coach Freeze'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).

Hugh Freeze [2023-2025*]

2023 
The Tigers finished the regular season at 6-6 making them bowl eligible, where they were defeated #46 ranked Maryland by a score of (13-31) to finish the season at 6-7 overall. The Tigers played against an “average” strength of schedule (SOS).  Auburn's best regular season win was against #70 ranked California by a score of (14-10) and their worst regular season loss was to #41 ranked New Mexico State by a score of (10-31).  Auburn was the #60 ranked team overall, with the #70 ranked offense and the #49 ranked defense using the Complex Invasion College Football Production Model from the data provided from www.cfbstats.com.

2024
The Tigers finished the regular season at 5-7 making them bowl ineligible.  The Tigers played against an “average” strength of schedule (SOS). Auburn's best regular season win was against #34 ranked Texas A&M by a score of (43-41) and their worst regular season loss was to #70 ranked Vanderbilt by a score of (7-17).  Auburn was the #35 ranked team overall, with the #85 ranked offense and the #7 ranked defense using the Complex Invasion College Football Production Model from the data provided from www.cfbstats.com.
 
2025* 
The Tigers were 4-5 at the time of Freeze's firing. The Tigers played against a “tougher” strength of schedule (SOS) to this point in the season. At the time, Auburn's best win was against currently ranked #55 Arkansas by a score of (33-24) and their worst regular season loss was to currently ranked #94 Kentucky by a score of (3-10).  At the time of Freeze's firing, Auburn was the #62 ranked team overall, with the #98 ranked offense and the #24 ranked defense using the Complex Invasion College Football Production Model from the data provided from www.cfbstats.com.
 

Sunday, November 2, 2025

2025 NCAA FBS Top 25 Ranking for Week 10

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 Ohio State
4 North Texas
5 Oregon
6 Utah
7 Tennessee
8 Memphis
9 BYU
10 Notre Dame
11 Connecticut
12 Florida State
13 Missouri
14 Michigan
15 Vanderbilt
16 USC
17 Mississippi
18 San Diego State
19 James Madison
20 Washington
21 Cincinnati
22 Miami (Florida)
23 Louisville
24 Toledo
25 Arizona

2025 Prior NCAA FBS Top 25 Rankings