G’s Evaluation or The Penultimate Week Top 265

Welcome back, college football fans. It was a wild and crazy weekend with FCS conference champions decided (except for the SWAC) and some upsets/close calls.

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We had 9 teams earn bowl eligibility this week bringing the total to 73 out of the 82 needed to fill the schedule. The new arrivals are Clemson, Duke, FIU, La Tech, Miami OH, NC St, Northwestern, Utah St, and UTSA. Congratulations to all. We also had 7 teams lose the dreaded 7th game ensuring they get a relaxing December. The new teams who have been eliminated from bowl play are Ball St, FAU, Kent St, Liberty, Maryland, North Carolina, and Wyoming. There are now 41 teams in the wait until next year bucket. That means 114 teams are placed and 22 are in limbo. 21 of those teams (App St, Arkansas St, Auburn, Baylor, Buffalo, Delaware, Florida St, Ga Southern, Kansas, Kansas St, Kentucky, Louisiana, Marshall, Mississippi St, Penn St, Rice, Rutgers, Temple, Texas St, UCF, and Washington St) are 5-6. A win next week makes them eligible; a loss makes them ineligible. Army is essentially in the same boat with a 5-5 record. If they lose, they still have the annual Army/Navy game, but it is the week after championship week and, if there are already 82 teams available, they would be passed over. More on these 22 teams and their opponents in Tuesday’s Expectation.

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We thank you for reading and sharing with others. Now, we are proud to present the Penultimate Regular Season Top 265 for 2025.

Rank	Team	Conf	Win	Loss	PF	PA	Score
1	Ohio St	B10	11	0	37.9	7.6	8.70
2	Indiana	B10	11	0	43.3	11.6	8.68
3	Texas Tech	B12	10	1	42.6	12.3	8.34
4	BYU	B12	10	1	33.4	17.5	8.12
5	Oregon	B10	10	1	39.3	14.9	8.07
6	Notre Dame	ND	9	2	41.4	17.4	8.00
7	Utah	B12	9	2	42.0	18.5	7.70
8	James Madison	SUN	10	1	35.9	16.5	7.52
9	Southern Cal	B10	8	3	37.2	23.5	7.50
10	Michigan	B10	9	2	29.3	17.9	7.39
11	Miami FL	ACC	9	2	33.7	14.5	7.25
12	Virginia	ACC	9	2	33.7	21.2	7.08
13	Georgia	SEC	10	1	33.7	17.4	6.96
14	Old Dominion	SUN	8	3	33.2	20.1	6.94
15	Texas A&M	SEC	11	0	38.1	21.5	6.90
16	Oklahoma	SEC	9	2	27.3	14.0	6.86
17	North Texas	AAC	10	1	46.3	24.1	6.72
18	Arizona St	B12	8	3	26.3	23.0	6.66
19	SMU	ACC	8	3	32.7	19.1	6.64
20	Alabama	SEC	9	2	33.8	16.2	6.61
21	Washington	B10	8	3	35.5	18.8	6.49
22	Arizona	B12	8	3	33.5	20.0	6.48
23	Tulane	AAC	9	2	28.8	24.8	6.46
24	Pittsburgh	ACC	8	3	37.6	23.7	6.44
25	Mississippi	SEC	10	1	37.2	20.2	6.40
26	Wake Forest	ACC	8	3	26.4	19.0	6.35
27	Vanderbilt	SEC	9	2	38.9	21.7	6.29
28	Illinois	B10	7	4	30.2	24.2	6.28
29	Iowa St	B12	7	4	28.1	20.8	6.25
30	Louisville	ACC	7	4	29.2	23.0	6.24
31	TCU	B12	7	4	29.5	25.4	6.23
32	Georgia Tech	ACC	9	2	35.3	25.8	6.17
33	Iowa	B10	7	4	27.9	15.1	6.12
34	South Florida	AAC	8	3	42.2	25.2	6.08
35	Houston	B12	8	3	28.1	21.6	6.07
36	NC St	ACC	6	5	29.1	29.7	5.90
37	Texas	SEC	8	3	29.8	20.0	5.83
38	Cincinnati	B12	7	4	32.5	23.0	5.76
39	San Diego St	MWC	9	2	25.4	11.6	5.75
40	Penn St	B10	5	6	31.0	20.1	5.71
41	Duke	ACC	6	5	33.3	29.2	5.64
42	Memphis	AAC	8	3	36.2	22.0	5.63
43	Tennessee	SEC	8	3	42.3	27.3	5.62
44	Boise St	MWC	7	4	31.4	23.1	5.49
45	UNLV	MWC	9	2	36.7	29.1	5.45
46	Washington St	PAC	5	6	20.6	21.3	5.43
47	Kennesaw St	USA	8	3	27.4	23.5	5.42
48	Nebraska	B10	7	4	30.5	21.5	5.42
49	Kansas St	B12	5	6	29.9	27.8	5.41
50	LSU	SEC	7	4	22.6	18.5	5.41
51	Missouri	SEC	7	4	32.3	19.6	5.36
52	Clemson	ACC	6	5	28.7	21.0	5.35
53	East Carolina	AAC	7	4	32.7	21.9	5.27
54	Southern Miss	SUN	7	4	30.9	27.4	5.25
55	Navy	AAC	8	2	32.9	27.9	5.25
56	Troy	SUN	7	4	24.9	24.5	5.21
57	Florida St	ACC	5	6	34.1	20.4	5.19
58	Northwestern	B10	6	5	23.4	21.0	5.15
59	New Mexico	MWC	8	3	28.4	23.0	5.11
60	Wisconsin	B10	4	7	13.4	22.0	5.05
61	Minnesota	B10	6	5	23.8	24.9	4.97
62	Toledo	MAC	7	4	32.5	13.0	4.86
63	Auburn	SEC	5	6	27.4	20.1	4.84
64	W Michigan	MAC	7	4	23.0	18.5	4.81
65	Texas St	SUN	5	6	34.9	31.0	4.77
66	Kansas	B12	5	6	28.7	26.4	4.76
67	Rutgers	B10	5	6	28.0	31.1	4.74
68	Marshall	SUN	5	6	31.8	30.8	4.72
69	UCONN	IND	9	3	36.9	25.8	4.68
70	UTSA	AAC	6	5	34.6	29.8	4.68
71	Baylor	B12	5	6	31.7	32.7	4.67
72	Coastal Car	SUN	6	5	24.0	31.6	4.66
73	Utah St	MWC	6	5	32.5	28.5	4.59
74	Kentucky	SEC	5	6	25.1	25.1	4.55
75	W Kentucky	USA	8	3	29.4	22.2	4.55
76	Ga Southern	SUN	5	6	28.2	35.5	4.53
77	Hawaii	MWC	7	4	28.6	25.0	4.52
78	Stanford	ACC	4	7	18.7	27.4	4.50
79	West Virginia	B12	4	7	23.7	29.2	4.48
80	Louisiana	SUN	5	6	26.8	30.3	4.46
81	Ohio	MAC	7	4	28.5	22.6	4.45
82	Mississippi St	SEC	5	6	31.5	28.4	4.44
83	South Carolina	SEC	4	7	23.5	21.5	4.43
84	California	ACC	6	5	23.6	25.7	4.43
85	LA Tech	USA	6	5	26.4	20.5	4.40
86	UCLA	B10	3	8	18.9	33.8	4.35
87	UCF	B12	5	6	24.6	22.0	4.33
88	C Michigan	MAC	7	4	25.7	22.8	4.33
89	Missouri St	USA	7	4	25.0	27.1	4.32
90	Miami OH	MAC	6	5	24.4	21.7	4.23
91	Fresno St	MWC	7	4	25.1	20.6	4.22
92	App St	SUN	5	6	25.0	29.8	4.20
93	Colorado	B12	3	8	21.5	31.1	4.17
94	Army	AAC	5	5	22.6	22.4	4.10
95	Arkansas St	SUN	5	6	23.9	27.2	4.09
96	FIU	USA	6	5	26.8	28.8	4.00
97	Maryland	B10	4	7	23.1	25.5	3.99
98	Syracuse	ACC	3	8	20.9	35.0	3.96
99	Florida	SEC	3	8	19.9	24.3	3.93
100	Jacksonville St	USA	7	4	29.5	26.1	3.88
101	South Alabama	SUN	4	7	26.5	28.7	3.87
102	Virginia Tech	ACC	3	8	22.7	30.5	3.74
103	North Carolina	ACC	4	7	19.3	22.9	3.58
104	Michigan St	B10	3	8	23.4	30.1	3.57
105	Purdue	B10	2	9	20.2	29.6	3.56
106	Arkansas	SEC	2	9	34.4	34.1	3.53
107	Temple	AAC	5	6	28.1	27.6	3.51
108	Delaware	USA	5	6	26.9	32.6	3.40
109	Rice	AAC	5	6	21.4	30.5	3.33
110	Liberty	USA	4	7	24.1	24.5	3.33
111	FAU	AAC	4	7	31.9	35.8	3.29
112	Air Force	MWC	3	8	28.7	31.2	3.07
113	Buffalo	MAC	5	6	23.8	22.8	3.03
114	New Mexico St	USA	4	7	21.4	27.3	3.01
115	E Michigan	MAC	4	7	24.4	29.6	2.95
116	Tulsa	AAC	4	7	23.1	28.7	2.95
117	Oregon St	PAC	2	9	19.1	29.2	2.94
118	UAB	AAC	3	8	26.0	39.5	2.93
119	North Dakota St	MVFC	12	0	42.2	11.7	2.83
120	Kent St	MAC	4	7	20.0	33.8	2.83
121	ULM	SUN	3	8	15.6	32.1	2.77
122	San Jose St	MWC	3	8	22.1	31.7	2.76
123	Wyoming	MWC	4	7	16.8	19.9	2.73
124	Nevada	MWC	3	8	17.6	26.2	2.73
125	Ball St	MAC	4	7	15.1	28.5	2.67
126	Akron	MAC	5	7	22.3	27.4	2.59
127	Colorado St	MWC	2	9	18.3	29.8	2.55
128	Bowling Green	MAC	3	8	18.3	25.2	2.52
129	N Illinois	MAC	3	8	15.8	23.4	2.45
130	Boston College	ACC	1	10	24.6	34.6	2.37
131	Lehigh	Patriot	12	0	33.8	13.9	2.36
132	Georgia St	SUN	1	10	20.6	38.8	2.29
133	Oklahoma St	B12	1	10	14.3	34.5	2.26
134	Harvard	Ivy	9	1	39.4	18.1	2.25
135	Tarleton	UAC	11	1	45.2	18.4	2.24
136	Montana St	Big Sky	10	2	38.2	17.2	2.09
137	Yale	IVY	8	2	29.6	17.2	1.95
138	UTEP	USA	2	9	22.6	27.6	1.94
139	Middle Tennessee	USA	2	9	21.6	31.5	1.84
140	Sam Houston	USA	2	9	17.9	36.2	1.84
141	Montana	Big Sky	11	1	40.8	23.5	1.57
142	North Dakota	MVFC	7	5	34.8	20.1	1.45
143	Rhode Island	Coastal	10	2	32.1	19.2	1.43
144	Austin Peay	UAC	7	5	35.1	27.3	1.36
145	Charlotte	AAC	1	10	15.6	37.2	1.33
146	Alabama St	SWAC	9	2	41.0	21.5	1.30
147	Mercer	SoCon	9	2	39.5	23.5	1.29
148	Steph F Austin	Southland	10	2	35.6	15.3	1.23
149	Villanova	Coastal	9	2	30.6	22.6	1.21
150	Dartmouth	IVY	7	3	26.4	21.3	1.18
151	Jackson St	SWAC	9	2	33.9	18.4	1.18
152	Tennessee Tech	BSOV	11	1	40.2	17.7	1.17
153	Presbyterian	Pioneer	10	2	34.4	16.2	1.17
154	New Hampshire	Coastal	8	4	26.7	21.3	1.15
155	Penn	IVY	6	4	27.1	26.5	1.12
156	St Thomas	Pioneer	7	5	30.9	20.5	1.11
157	South Dakota St	MVFC	8	4	27.5	21.2	1.10
158	Drake	Pioneer	8	3	26.1	15.8	1.06
159	S Utah	UAC	7	5	33.8	29.6	1.03
160	Abilene Chr	UAC	8	4	28.5	25.8	1.03
161	San Diego	Pioneer	8	4	28.4	24.3	0.99
162	UC Davis	Big Sky	8	3	31.2	29.5	0.94
163	Monmouth	Coastal	9	3	40.0	27.8	0.89
164	Rio Grande	Southland	9	3	39.6	18.8	0.86
165	Idaho St	Big Sky	6	6	33.0	27.3	0.83
166	West Georgia	UAC	8	3	25.5	21.2	0.82
167	Southeastern	Southland	9	3	33.3	17.8	0.81
168	Illinois St	MVFC	8	4	30.6	27.2	0.79
169	Sacred Heart	FCSIND	8	4	28.6	26.3	0.72
170	Dayton	Pioneer	7	4	27.8	17.4	0.72
171	S Illinois	MVFC	7	5	36.4	26.7	0.71
172	Youngstown St	MVFC	8	4	36.2	30.0	0.70
173	Lamar	Southland	8	4	22.7	21.8	0.69
174	Sacramento St	Big Sky	7	5	33.8	26.3	0.68
175	Prairie View	SWAC	9	3	31.8	15.8	0.65
176	Brown	IVY	5	5	26.5	27.0	0.63
177	South Dakota	MVFC	8	4	25.0	27.2	0.61
178	E Tennessee St	SoCon	7	5	32.5	28.8	0.54
179	South Carolina St	MEAC	9	3	31.8	26.3	0.50
180	C Connecticut	Northeast	8	4	27.3	22.6	0.49
181	Princeton	IVY	3	7	20.8	24.4	0.48
182	Holy Cross	Patriot	3	9	20.5	24.8	0.42
183	Stony Brook	Coastal	6	6	28.0	25.8	0.41
184	NC Central	MEAC	8	4	33.8	25.7	0.40
185	UMASS	MAC	0	11	10.8	38.0	0.34
186	W Carolina	SoCon	7	5	38.6	33.5	0.26
187	Delaware St	MEAC	8	4	32.3	22.8	0.25
188	Marist	Pioneer	5	7	22.7	23.5	0.25
189	William & Mary	Coastal	7	5	29.5	25.7	0.24
190	N Arizona	Big Sky	7	5	31.7	31.3	0.22
191	Long Island	Northeast	6	6	16.4	18.8	0.22
192	Lafayette	Patriot	8	4	33.6	28.8	0.22
193	Butler	Pioneer	6	6	22.8	25.3	0.20
194	Elon	Coastal	6	6	28.8	24.8	0.18
195	Gardner Webb	BSOV	7	5	27.5	29.8	0.15
196	Duquesne	Northeast	7	5	28.4	25.3	0.14
197	Chattanooga	SoCon	5	7	28.3	33.0	0.14
198	Cal Poly	Big Sky	4	8	27.5	31.5	0.13
199	Grambling St	SWAC	7	4	23.8	25.9	0.11
200	Wofford	SoCon	6	6	22.8	17.3	0.09
201	Incarnate Word	Southland	5	7	25.7	25.5	0.09
202	Cornell	IVY	4	6	21.0	26.0	0.05
203	Lindenwood	BSOV	6	6	24.8	27.0	0.04
204	Richmond	Patriot	7	5	21.9	22.7	0.03
205	Idaho	Big Sky	4	8	25.2	26.4	0.01
206	Maine	Coastal	6	6	24.2	24.3	0.01
207	Columbia	IVY	2	8	15.6	27.9	0.00
208	Mercyhurst	Northeast	5	7	18.8	24.8	-0.08
209	Georgetown	Patriot	6	6	21.1	26.7	-0.09
210	Colgate	Patriot	5	7	28.3	31.0	-0.10
211	Morehead St	Pioneer	6	6	21.2	29.8	-0.11
212	Citadel	SoCon	4	8	20.5	26.8	-0.15
213	Bethune	SWAC	6	6	29.7	32.7	-0.17
214	Merrimack	FCSIND	4	8	20.5	24.4	-0.20
215	Furman	SoCon	6	6	24.4	31.0	-0.22
216	E Kentucky	UAC	5	7	19.3	24.3	-0.22
217	E Washington	Big Sky	5	7	23.4	30.2	-0.27
218	Towson	Coastal	6	6	26.8	25.1	-0.27
219	C Arkansas	UAC	3	9	24.5	35.2	-0.28
220	Stonehill	Northeast	4	8	15.1	23.1	-0.30
221	Charleston So	BSOV	5	7	16.6	24.0	-0.31
222	Texas Southern	SWAC	6	5	25.8	23.4	-0.33
223	New Haven	Northeast	5	5	27.9	28.6	-0.33
224	Alcorn St	SWAC	5	7	24.3	23.2	-0.35
225	N Iowa	MVFC	3	9	17.3	26.8	-0.36
226	Weber St	Big Sky	4	8	23.1	38.3	-0.42
227	Indiana St	MVFC	3	9	21.2	39.6	-0.45
228	Nicholls	Southland	4	8	18.3	24.9	-0.48
229	SEMO	BSOV	4	8	23.2	30.1	-0.53
230	N Alabama	UAC	2	10	25.3	39.2	-0.56
231	Morgan St	MEAC	4	8	23.3	26.6	-0.60
232	Howard	MEAC	5	7	19.8	24.6	-0.60
233	N Colorado	Big Sky	4	8	20.3	28.4	-0.60
234	Tennessee Martin	BSOV	6	6	20.7	23.9	-0.63
235	Bucknell	Patriot	5	7	26.1	34.1	-0.64
236	Ark Pine Bluff	SWAC	4	8	24.0	33.3	-0.65
237	McNeese	Southland	5	7	23.5	25.5	-0.73
238	E Illinois	BSOV	3	9	17.5	29.2	-0.77
239	Valparaiso	Pioneer	2	10	20.3	35.6	-0.79
240	Albany	Coastal	2	10	16.8	32.3	-0.80
241	Florida A&M	SWAC	5	6	23.6	33.7	-0.81
242	Utah Tech	UAC	2	10	16.0	29.3	-0.82
243	Alabama A&M	SWAC	4	8	23.4	33.4	-0.82
244	Wagner	Northeast	5	7	16.4	24.5	-0.84
245	East Texas	Southland	3	9	25.6	39.8	-0.87
246	Stetson	Pioneer	3	9	18.8	39.1	-0.89
247	Mississippi Valley	SWAC	1	10	16.8	39.4	-0.96
248	Campbell	Coastal	2	10	24.7	35.8	-0.96
249	Bryant	Coastal	3	9	22.5	30.3	-0.98
250	Davidson	Pioneer	2	10	18.2	39.6	-0.98
251	Robert Morris	Northeast	3	9	15.2	24.9	-0.98
252	W Illinois	BSOV	4	8	23.1	34.8	-1.03
253	Tennessee St	BSOV	2	10	12.9	26.6	-1.30
254	Hampton	Coastal	2	10	17.9	36.7	-1.33
255	Portland St	Big Sky	1	11	16.2	42.7	-1.38
256	Southern	SWAC	1	10	17.7	36.9	-1.44
257	Fordham	Patriot	1	11	15.9	33.1	-1.44
258	Norfolk St	MEAC	1	11	20.9	35.6	-1.50
259	VMI	SoCon	1	11	15.9	37.6	-1.53
260	Murray St	MVFC	1	11	19.0	38.6	-1.53
261	North Carolina A&T	Coastal	2	10	20.5	43.6	-1.64
262	Samford	SoCon	1	11	14.6	37.9	-1.68
263	Houston Chr	Southland	2	10	16.8	30.3	-1.69
264	St Francis	Northeast	0	11	10.5	29.0	-1.95
265	Northwestern St	Southland	1	11	10.5	41.6	-2.08