The 1QA Top 25
Ranked by our own math: every final score, plus where the betting lines put each team. No votes, no reputations.
How it works
Results: a rating from every FBS final. Margin against who you played, capped so a blowout of a cupcake does not count extra.
Lines: where the betting market puts each team, from every spread on our boards. Newer lines count more.
The lines count up to 65%. A team with few lines leans on its results, and a team with no line yet gets 70% credit for them.
No votes. Until 5 Oct 2026 tier votes counted; a vote cast before a game could outweigh the game, so we dropped them.
Results + betting lines · lines count up to 65% · no votes
Last updated Thu, Nov 12, 8:06 PM MT · includes every final through Wed, Nov 11
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Georgia8-1AP #1 - 2▲3
Notre Dame8-1AP #3▲ - 3▲1
Utah9-0AP #2 - 4▼1
Texas7-2AP #8▲ - 5▼4
Miami8-1AP #5 - 6▲6
Alabama7-2AP #7▲ - 7
UCLA9-0AP #4 - 8▼2
Indiana8-1AP #6 - 9▲2
Texas Tech8-1AP #10▲ - 10▲7
Tennessee7-2AP #9 - 11▼2
BYU7-2AP #12▲ - 12▲6
OregonOut6-3AP #18▲ - 13▲3
Wake Forest8-1AP #11 - 14▲1
USC7-2AP #15▲ - 15▼7
Ohio StateOut6-3AP #21▲ - 16▼6
Ole MissOut6-3AP #19▲ - 17▲2
Boise State8-1AP #17 - 18▼5
Kentucky7-2AP #13 - 19▼5
LSUOut6-3AP #24▲ - 20
Liberty8-1AP NR - 21▲1
Houston7-2AP #14 - 22▲1
Iowa7-2AP #16 - 23▲4
New Mexico8-1AP #23 - 24▲6
SMU7-2AP #25▲ - 25▲1
Arizona7-2AP #22
Which league is best? Conference strength, by the numbers → Every team on one chart →
The AP vs. 1QA
- The AP ranks SEC teams 5.4 spots higher than 1QA.
- The AP ranks Big Ten teams 0.8 spots lower than 1QA.
- The AP ranks Big 12 teams 6.4 spots higher than 1QA.
- The AP ranks ACC teams 5.3 spots higher than 1QA.
Average spots per AP-ranked team. SEC in orange.
Called out
- ESPN Machine@csmittyPuts SEC teams 8.8 yds closer than the board
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