2025 College Football Power Rankings: Week 13

It’s now Week 13 of the 2025 college football season, which means it’s time to look at The League Winners Power Rankings. As a reminder, these rankings are an overall reflection of the college football atmosphere among those who cover the sport.

These Power Rankings will combine the averages from multiple members on our staff, and is updated weekly. Where does your favorite team land? Let’s find out.

2025 College Football Power Rankings: Week 13

These College Football Power Rankings are not official endorsements or critiques of any team. This list is a composite of multiple members of The League Winners entering Week 13 of the college football season.

Rank	Team	Trend	Conference
1.	Ohio State	-	Big Ten
2.	Indiana	-	Big Ten
3.	Texas A&M	-	SEC
4.	Georgia	+1	SEC
5.	Ole Miss	+1	SEC
6.	Texas Tech	+2	Big 12
7.	Oklahoma	+3	SEC
8.	Oregon	-1	Big Ten
9.	Notre Dame	-	Independent
10.	BYU	+3	Big 12
11.	Alabama	-7	SEC
12.	Vanderbilt	-1	SEC
13.	Utah	+5	Big 12
14.	Miami (FL)	+1	ACC
15.	USC	+1	Big Ten
16.	Michigan	+1	Big Ten
17.	Virginia	+2	ACC
18.	Houston	NR	Big 12
19.	Tennessee	+2	SEC
20.	James Madison	+3	Sun Belt
21.	North Texas	NR	American
22.	Georgia Tech	-8	ACC
23.	Texas	-11	SEC
24.	Tulane	NR	American
25.	Missouri	NR	SEC

Honorable Mentions: SMU, Navy, and Arizona State all received top-25 votes.

Other Notes: Once again, the Ohio State Buckeyes remain No. 1 in these rankings for another week. This week, we see our first shakeup within the top-5, as Alabama has now fallen to No. 11 after their loss to Oklahoma in Week 12. The SEC remains atop in this Power Rankings, with nine teams still listed in our rankings. Entering Week 13, the Big Ten is in second with five teams in our power rankings. In third is the Big 12, who has four teams in these power rankings. After finding themselves in second for parts of the season, the ACC has now fallen to fourth, with just three teams in the top-25.

The American Conference now only holds two selections in North Texas and Tulane. Out is USF, who falls out of the rankings after their loss to Navy in Week 12. Meanwhile, James Madison represents the Sun Belt and is the highest-ranked Group of 5 team. Notre Dame remains the only independent team in these rankings.

Louisville, USF, Cincinnati, and Pitt have been removed from the rankings.

As always, we’ve included our individual College Football Power Rankings for Week 13 from the contributors at The League Winners.

Rank	Shane Barrett	Kyle Jones	Thomas Christopher	Cody Henderson	Brandyn Pokrass
1.	Ohio State	Ohio State	Ohio State	Ohio State	Ohio State
2.	Texas A&M	Indiana	Indiana	Indiana	Indiana
3.	Indiana	Texas A&M	Texas A&M	Texas A&M	Texas A&M
4.	Georgia	Georgia	Georgia	Georgia	Oregon
5.	Ole Miss	Texas Tech	Oklahoma	Ole Miss	Oklahoma
6.	Texas Tech	Ole Miss	Ole Miss	Texas Tech	Ole Miss
7.	Oregon	Notre Dame	Oregon	Oklahoma	Georgia
8.	Notre Dame	Oklahoma	Texas Tech	Oregon	Texas Tech
9.	Oklahoma	Oregon	Notre Dame	Notre Dame	Alabama
10.	Georgia Tech	BYU	Vanderbilt	BYU	Notre Dame
11.	Utah	Alabama	BYU	Alabama	Vanderbilt
12.	USC	Utah	USC	Utah	BYU
13.	BYU	Miami	Houston	Vanderbilt	Miami
14.	Vanderbilt	Vanderbilt	Alabama	Georgia Tech	Houston
15.	Miami	USC	Georgia Tech	Miami	Utah
16.	Alabama	Georgia Tech	Michigan	USC	Michigan
17.	Michigan	Texas	Virginia	Michigan	Iowa
18.	Tennessee	Michigan	James Madison	Texas	Virginia
19.	Texas	Virginia	Texas	Virginia	Tennessee
20.	Virginia	Tennessee	Utah	James Madison	James Madison
21.	Tulane	James Madison	Miami	North Texas	Tulane
22.	SMU	North Texas	North Texas	Tulane	Navy
23.	North Texas	Tulane	Missouri	Tennessee	USC
24.	Houston	Houston	Tennessee	Missouri	Missouri
25.	James Madison	Arizona State	SMU	Houston	North Texas

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