ESPN Computer Releases Its New Top 25 Rankings Sunday

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By Andrew Holleran

ESPN's new Football Power Index top 25 rankings are out on Sunday morning. The ESPN computer model updated its Top 25 rankings following Week 12 of the 2025 regular season. The Football Power Index, a projection-based model, updated on Sunday morning, following an eventful Saturday of games. Week ...

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ESPN's new Football Power Index top 25 rankings are out on Sunday morning.

The ESPN computer model updated its Top 25 rankings following Week 12 of the 2025 regular season. The Football Power Index, a projection-based model, updated on Sunday morning, following an eventful Saturday of games.

Week 12 of the 2025 college football regular season saw Ohio State dominate UCLA, Georgia topple Texas, Ole Miss best Florida and more. The College Football Playoff picture is very much starting to take shape.

Kirk Herbstreit speaks on the set of ESPN College GameDay prior to the NCAA football game between the Ohio State Buckeyes and the Texas Longhorns at Ohio Stadium on Aug. 30, 2025.

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ESPN's computer model, the Football Power Index, updated its Top 25 rankings on Sunday morning:

  1. Ohio State
  2. Indiana
  3. Oregon
  4. Georgia
  5. Notre Dame
  6. Alabama
  7. Utah
  8. Texas Tech
  9. Texas A&M
  10. USC
  11. Miami
  12. Texas
  13. Ole Miss
  14. BYU
  15. Oklahoma
  16. Tennessee
  17. Vanderbilt
  18. Michigan
  19. Missouri
  20. Penn State
  21. Iowa
  22. LSU
  23. Washington
  24. Auburn
  25. SMU

The Football Power Index updated daily.

"The Football Power Index (FPI) is a measure of team strength that is meant to be the best predictor of a team's performance going forward for the rest of the season. FPI represents how many points above or below average a team is. Projected results are based on 20,000 simulations of the rest of the season using FPI, results to date, and the remaining schedule. Ratings and projections update daily. FPI data from seasons prior to 2019 may not be complete," ESPN writes.

The new Top 25 polls, via the AP Poll and Coaches' Poll, will be out later on Sunday.