2025 season: games and coaching changes
- No. 1 in the last AP poll before the bowls
- Indiana
- Head-coach changes listed
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Your team
The 2025 College Football Playoff, game by game
Marquee games
- Upset of a higher-ranked team
Ole Miss24
LSU19September 27, 2025 - Upset of a higher-ranked team
Alabama24
Georgia21September 27, 2025 - Upset of a higher-ranked team
Texas27
Texas A&M17November 28, 2025 - Big Ten Championship
Indiana13
Ohio State10December 6, 2025 - College Football Playoff First Round Game
Miami10Texas A&M3December 20, 2025 - College Football Playoff Quarterfinal at the Goodyear Cotton Bowl ClassicMiami24Ohio State14December 31, 2025
Biggest ranked-team losses
Regular season. Ranks are the AP poll of the game’s own week; a loss to an unranked team, or one ranked 5 or more spots lower.
- No. 2 Miami lost to Louisville, unranked, 24-21, Oct 17
- No. 3 Texas A&M lost to No. 16 Texas, 27-17, Nov 28
- No. 4 LSU lost to No. 13 Ole Miss, 24-19, Sep 27
- No. 4 Alabama lost to No. 11 Oklahoma, 23-21, Nov 15
- No. 4 Clemson lost to No. 9 LSU, 17-10, Aug 30
- No. 5 Georgia lost to No. 17 Alabama, 24-21, Sep 27
- No. 6 Oklahoma lost to Texas, unranked, 23-6, Oct 11
- No. 7 Penn State lost to UCLA, unranked, 42-37, Oct 4
Most ranked teams lost in week 8 of 2025: 9, 4 of them in the top 10.
Darker = more ranked teams lost that week. Each cell links to that week’s first game below.
Ranked-team losses by week, as a table
| Week | Dates | Ranked teams that lost | Of those, top 10 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aug 23 to Sep 1 | 6 | 4 |
| 2 | Sep 4 to Sep 6 | 4 | 0 |
| 3 | Sep 11 to Sep 13 | 5 | 1 |
| 4 | Sep 18 to Sep 20 | 3 | 1 |
| 5 | Sep 25 to Sep 27 | 6 | 4 |
| 6 | Oct 2 to Oct 4 | 5 | 2 |
| 7 | Oct 8 to Oct 11 | 8 | 2 |
| 8 | Oct 14 to Oct 19 | 9 | 4 |
| 9 | Oct 21 to Oct 25 | 6 | 0 |
| 10 | Oct 28 to Nov 1 | 6 | 3 |
| 11 | Nov 4 to Nov 8 | 6 | 1 |
| 12 | Nov 11 to Nov 15 | 6 | 2 |
| 13 | Nov 18 to Nov 22 | 4 | 0 |
| 14 | Nov 25 to Nov 29 | 6 | 1 |
| 15 | Dec 5 to Dec 6 | 5 | 2 |
| 16 | Dec 12 to Dec 13 | 0 | 0 |
The season
The small line under a game is the winner’s chance to win, play by play.
August
September
- Sep 6
Mississippi State 24, Arizona State 20Upset of a ranked team - Sep 6
South Florida 18, Florida 16Upset of a ranked team - Sep 6
Baylor 48, SMU 45Upset of a ranked team · 2 overtimes - Sep 6
Army 24, Kansas State 21 - Sep 6
Oregon 69, Oklahoma State 3 - Sep 6
Iowa State 16, Iowa 13 - Sep 6
Alabama 73, UL Monroe 0 - Sep 6
Nebraska 68, Akron 0 - Sep 6
Missouri 42, Kansas 31 - Sep 12
New Mexico 35, UCLA 10 - Sep 13
Texas A&M 41, Notre Dame 40Upset of a higher-ranked team - Sep 13
Georgia Tech 24, Clemson 21Upset of a ranked team
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- Sep 13
Georgia 44, Tennessee 41Overtime - Sep 13
West Virginia 31, Pittsburgh 24Overtime - Sep 13
Vanderbilt 31, South Carolina 7Upset of a ranked team - Sep 13
Delaware 44, UConn 41Overtime - Sep 13
Middle Tennessee 14, Nevada 13 - Sep 13Miami 49, South Florida 12
- Sep 14
Virginia Tech and Brent Pry part waysCoaching change - Sep 14UCLA and Deshaun Foster part waysCoaching change
- Sep 20
Indiana 63, Illinois 10Upset of a higher-ranked team - Sep 20
Syracuse 34, Clemson 21 - Sep 20
Coastal Carolina 38, South Alabama 20 - Sep 20Arizona State 27, Baylor 24
- Sep 20
UNLV 41, Miami (OH) 38 - Sep 20
Eastern Michigan 34, Louisiana 31 - Sep 20
North Texas 45, Army 38Overtime - Sep 20
TCU 35, SMU 24 - Sep 20
Oregon 41, Oregon State 7 - Sep 20
Washington 59, Washington State 24 - Sep 23Oklahoma State and Mike Gundy part waysCoaching change
- Sep 26
Virginia 46, Florida State 38Upset of a ranked team · 2 overtimes - Sep 27Ole Miss 24, LSU 19Upset of a higher-ranked team
- Sep 27Alabama 24, Georgia 21Upset of a higher-ranked team
- Sep 27
Oregon 30, Penn State 242 overtimes - Sep 27
Louisiana 54, Marshall 512 overtimes - Sep 27
Illinois 34, USC 32 - Sep 27
Stanford 30, San José State 29 - Sep 27
Cincinnati 37, Kansas 34 - Sep 27
UConn 20, Buffalo 17 - Sep 27
San Diego State 6, Northern Illinois 3 - Sep 27Ohio State 24, Washington 6
- Sep 27
Central Michigan 24, Eastern Michigan 13 - Sep 27
New Mexico 38, New Mexico State 20 - Sep 28
Arkansas and Sam Pittman part waysCoaching change
October
- Oct 4
Arkansas State 31, Texas State 30 - Oct 4UCLA 42, Penn State 37Upset of a ranked team
- Oct 4Florida 29, Texas 21Upset of a ranked team
- Oct 4Cincinnati 38, Iowa State 30Upset of a ranked team
- Oct 4
Ball State 20, Ohio 14 - Oct 4Miami 28, Florida State 22
- Oct 4
Navy 34, Air Force 31 - Oct 9
Jacksonville State 29, Sam Houston 27 - Oct 11Indiana 30, Oregon 20
- Oct 11
BYU 33, Arizona 272 overtimes - Oct 11Alabama 27, Missouri 24
- Oct 11
USC 31, Michigan 13Upset of a ranked team
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- Oct 11
Northwestern 22, Penn State 21 - Oct 11
Marshall 48, Old Dominion 24 - Oct 11
Troy 48, Texas State 41Overtime - Oct 11
Bowling Green 28, Toledo 23 - Oct 11
Georgia 20, Auburn 10 - Oct 12Penn State and James Franklin part waysCoaching change
- Oct 12Oregon State and Trent Bray part waysCoaching change
- Oct 14Arkansas State 15, South Alabama 14
- Oct 17
Louisville 24, Miami 21Upset of a ranked team - Oct 18Georgia 43, Ole Miss 35
- Oct 18
UAB 31, Memphis 24Upset of a ranked team - Oct 18
Arizona State 26, Texas Tech 22Upset of a ranked team - Oct 18Stanford 20, Florida State 13
- Oct 18
UCLA 20, Maryland 17 - Oct 18
Houston 31, Arizona 28 - Oct 18
Tulane 24, Army 17 - Oct 18
Buffalo 28, Massachusetts 21 - Oct 18Alabama 37, Tennessee 20
- Oct 18
BYU 24, Utah 21 - Oct 18TCU 42, Baylor 36
- Oct 18
Georgia Southern 41, Georgia State 24 - Oct 18Notre Dame 34, USC 24
- Oct 19
Colorado State and Jay Norvell part waysCoaching change - Oct 19Florida and Billy Napier part waysCoaching change
- Oct 21
Western Kentucky 28, Louisiana Tech 27Overtime - Oct 22
Missouri State 24, New Mexico State 17Overtime - Oct 24
Virginia Tech 42, California 342 overtimes - Oct 25
Rice 37, UConn 342 overtimes - Oct 25
Virginia 17, North Carolina 16Overtime - Oct 25Texas 45, Mississippi State 38Overtime
- Oct 25
Rutgers 27, Purdue 24 - Oct 25
Wake Forest 13, SMU 12 - Oct 25
Temple 38, Tulsa 37Overtime - Oct 25
Ole Miss 34, Oklahoma 26 - Oct 25Vanderbilt 17, Missouri 10
- Oct 25Kansas State 42, Kansas 17
- Oct 25
Iowa 41, Minnesota 3 - Oct 25
Michigan 31, Michigan State 20 - Oct 25
Wyoming 28, Colorado State 0 - Oct 26LSU and Brian Kelly part waysCoaching change
November
- Nov 1
Fresno State 30, Boise State 7 - Nov 1SMU 26, Miami 20Upset of a ranked team · Overtime
- Nov 1
NC State 48, Georgia Tech 36Upset of a ranked team - Nov 1Army 20, Air Force 17
- Nov 1Texas 34, Vanderbilt 31Upset of a higher-ranked team
- Nov 1Minnesota 23, Michigan State 20Overtime
- Nov 1Georgia 24, Florida 20
- Nov 1North Texas 31, Navy 17
- Nov 1
Western Michigan 24, Central Michigan 21 - Nov 1Ohio State 38, Penn State 14
- Nov 2Auburn and Hugh Freeze part waysCoaching change
- Nov 4Ohio 24, Miami (OH) 20
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- Nov 6
Georgia Southern 25, App State 23 - Nov 8California 29, Louisville 26Upset of a ranked team · Overtime
- Nov 8Texas Tech 29, BYU 7
- Nov 8Wake Forest 16, Virginia 9Upset of a ranked team
- Nov 8Sam Houston 21, Oregon State 17
- Nov 8Oregon 18, Iowa 16
- Nov 8Vanderbilt 45, Auburn 38Overtime
- Nov 8Delaware 25, Louisiana Tech 24
- Nov 8
Missouri State 21, Liberty 17 - Nov 8Alabama 20, LSU 9
- Nov 11
Kent State 42, Akron 35Overtime - Nov 15Oklahoma 23, Alabama 21Upset of a higher-ranked team
- Nov 15
UNLV 29, Utah State 262 overtimes - Nov 15
Georgia Tech 36, Boston College 34 - Nov 15Michigan 24, Northwestern 22
- Nov 15Georgia 35, Texas 10
- Nov 15LSU 23, Arkansas 22
- Nov 15Western Kentucky 42, Middle Tennessee 26
- Virginia Tech hires James FranklinCoaching change
- Nov 22Pittsburgh 42, Georgia Tech 28Upset of a ranked team
- Nov 22Iowa 20, Michigan State 17
- Nov 22
UConn 48, Florida Atlantic 45 - Nov 22
Kennesaw State 41, Missouri State 34 - Nov 22Louisiana Tech 34, Liberty 28Overtime
- Nov 22
New Mexico State 34, UTEP 31 - Nov 22Tulsa 26, Army 25
- Nov 22Notre Dame 70, Syracuse 7
- Nov 22Stanford 31, California 10
- Nov 23California and Justin Wilcox part waysCoaching change
- Oklahoma State hires Eric MorrisCoaching change
- Colorado State hires Jim MoraCoaching change
- Nov 28Texas 27, Texas A&M 17Upset of a higher-ranked team
- Nov 28Georgia 16, Georgia Tech 9
- Nov 28New Mexico 23, San Diego State 172 overtimes
- Stanford hires Tavita PritchardCoaching change
- Oregon State hires JaMarcus ShephardCoaching change
- Nov 28Iowa 40, Nebraska 16
- Nov 28Ole Miss 38, Mississippi State 19
- Nov 28Indiana 56, Purdue 3
- Nov 28Arizona 23, Arizona State 7
- Nov 29Kennesaw State 48, Liberty 422 overtimes
- Nov 29Jacksonville State 37, Western Kentucky 34
- Nov 29Middle Tennessee 31, New Mexico State 24Overtime
- Nov 29Louisiana 30, UL Monroe 27Overtime
- Nov 29Ohio State 27, Michigan 9
- Nov 29Texas Tech 49, West Virginia 0
- Nov 29Alabama 27, Auburn 20
- Nov 29Illinois 20, Northwestern 13
- Nov 29Clemson 28, South Carolina 14
- Nov 29
Louisville 41, Kentucky 0 - Nov 29Oregon 26, Washington 14
- Nov 29
Minnesota 17, Wisconsin 7 - Nov 29Florida 40, Florida State 21
- Nov 29Virginia 27, Virginia Tech 7
- Nov 29NC State 42, North Carolina 19
- Nov 29USC 29, UCLA 10
- Nov 29UNLV 42, Nevada 17
- Auburn hires Alex GoleshCoaching change
- Arkansas hires Ryan SilverfieldCoaching change
- Florida hires Jon SumrallCoaching change
- LSU hires Lane KiffinCoaching change
- Ole Miss hires Pete GoldingCoaching change
December
- Michigan State hires Pat FitzgeraldCoaching change
- Kentucky hires Will SteinCoaching change
- North Texas hires Neal BrownCoaching change
- South Florida hires Brian HartlineCoaching change
- Kansas State hires Collin KleinCoaching change
- California hires Tosh LupoiCoaching change
- Iowa State hires Jimmy RogersCoaching change
- UCLA hires Bob ChesneyCoaching change
- UConn hires Jason CandleCoaching change
James Madison hires Billy NapierCoaching change- Penn State hires Matt CampbellCoaching change
- Memphis hires Charles HuffCoaching change
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Bowls and playoff
December
- Dec 5James Madison 31, Troy 14Sun Belt Championship
- Dec 5Kennesaw State 19, Jacksonville State 15Conference USA Championship
- Dec 5Tulane 34, North Texas 21American Championship
- Dec 5Boise State 38, UNLV 21Mountain West Championship
- Dec 6Indiana 13, Ohio State 10Big Ten Championship
- Dec 6
Duke 27, Virginia 20ACC Championship - Dec 6Georgia 28, Alabama 7SEC Championship
- Dec 6Texas Tech 34, BYU 7Big 12 Championship
- Dec 6Western Michigan 23, Miami (OH) 13MAC Championship
- Dec 19Alabama 34, Oklahoma 24College Football Playoff First Round Game
- Dec 20Miami 10, Texas A&M 3College Football Playoff First Round Game
- Dec 20Oregon 51, James Madison 34College Football Playoff First Round Game
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- Dec 20Ole Miss 41, Tulane 10College Football Playoff First Round Game
- Dec 24
Hawai'i 35, California 31Sheraton Hawaiʻi Bowl - Dec 27BYU 25, Georgia Tech 21Pop-Tarts Bowl
- Dec 29Georgia Southern 29, App State 10Jlab Birmingham Bowl
- Dec 30TCU 30, USC 27Valero Alamo Bowl
- Dec 30Illinois 30, Tennessee 28Liberty Mutual Music City Bowl
- Dec 31Miami 24, Ohio State 14College Football Playoff Quarterfinal at the Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic
- Dec 31Iowa 34, Vanderbilt 27Reliaquest Bowl