SPORTSVIVAL’S COLLEGE FOOTBALL TOP 25
Updated After Week 1
Week 1 gave us dominant victories, major statements and one incredibly fortunate Michigan escape. Ohio State remains at the top, LSU makes the biggest jump, Notre Dame climbs into the Top 3, and Michigan tumbles after needing a controversial last-second Hail Mary to beat Western Michigan.
Ranking movement:
🔺 Moved up
🔻 Moved down
➖ Stayed the same
#1 Ohio State
Last week: #1 | ➖ No change
Beat Ball State, 56-3
This week: at #4 Texas
========================================
#2 Georgia
Last week: #3 | 🔺 Up 1
Beat Tennessee State, 63-3
This week: vs. Western Kentucky
========================================
#3 Notre Dame
Last week: #6 | 🔺 Up 3
Beat Wisconsin, 41-13
This week: vs. Rice
========================================
#4 Texas
Last week: #2 | 🔻 Down 2
Beat Texas State, 59-7
This week: vs. #1 Ohio State
========================================
#5 Indiana
Last week: #5 | ➖ No change
Beat North Texas, 52-16
This week: vs. Howard
========================================
#6 Oregon
Last week: #4 | 🔻 Down 2
Beat Boise State, 34-27
This week: at Oklahoma State
========================================
#7 Miami
Last week: #7 | ➖ No change
Beat Stanford, 45-6
This week: vs. Florida A&M
========================================
#8 LSU
Last week: #14 | 🔺 Up 6
Beat Clemson, 51-10
This week: vs. Louisiana Tech
========================================
#9 Oklahoma
Last week: #8 | 🔻 Down 1
Beat UTEP, 51-0
This week: at #23 Michigan
========================================
#10 Ole Miss
Last week: #10 | ➖ No change
Beat Louisville, 41-38
This week: vs. Charlotte
========================================
#11 Texas A&M
Last week: #11 | ➖ No change
Beat Missouri State, 50-0
This week: vs. Arizona State
========================================
#12 Texas Tech
Last week: #9 | 🔻 Down 3
Beat Abilene Christian, 33-10
This week: at Oregon State
========================================
#13 USC
Last week: #13 | ➖ No change
Beat Fresno State, 39-0
This week: vs. Louisiana
========================================
#14 Alabama
Last week: #15 | 🔺 Up 1
Beat East Carolina, 48-14
This week: at Kentucky
========================================
#15 BYU
Last week: #17 | 🔺 Up 2
Beat Utah Tech, 63-7
This week: vs. Arizona
========================================
#16 Washington
Last week: #16 | ➖ No change
Beat Washington State, 24-10
This week: vs. Utah State
========================================
#17 Utah
Last week: #18 | 🔺 Up 1
Beat Idaho, 66-14
This week: vs. Arkansas
========================================
#18 Tennessee
Last week: #19 | 🔺 Up 1
Beat Furman, 56-9
This week: at Georgia Tech
========================================
#19 Penn State
Last week: #20 | 🔺 Up 1
Beat Marshall, 45-0
This week: at Temple
========================================
#20 SMU
Last week: #21 | 🔺 Up 1
Beat Florida State, 27-24
This week: vs. UC Davis
========================================
#21 Iowa
Last week: #23 | 🔺 Up 2
Beat Northern Illinois, 40-0
This week: vs. Iowa State
========================================
#22 South Carolina
Last week: #24 | 🔺 Up 2
Beat Kent State, 57-0
This week: vs. Towson
========================================
#23 Michigan
Last week: #12 | 🔻 Down 11
Beat Western Michigan, 13-12
This week: vs. #9 Oklahoma
Michigan may technically be 1-0, but the Wolverines played like a team that deserved to lose. They committed three turnovers and needed a last-second Hail Mary, after one second was controversially restored to the clock, to avoid an embarrassing upset.
========================================
#24 Houston
Last week: #25 | 🔺 Up 1
Beat Oregon State, 33-20
This week: vs. Southern
========================================
#25 Louisville
Last week: #22 | 🔻 Down 3
Lost to #10 Ole Miss, 41-38
This week: vs. Villanova
========================================
Biggest Movers
LSU: Up six spots
The Tigers delivered the most impressive victory of Week 1, crushing Clemson, 51-10.
========================================
Notre Dame: Up three spots
The Fighting Irish pulled away from Wisconsin and opened their season with a convincing 41-13 victory.
========================================
Michigan: Down 11 spots
Michigan survived, but barely. The Wolverines looked nothing like the No. 12 team in the country against Western Michigan.
========================================
Louisville: Down three spots
The Cardinals remain ranked because their only loss came by three points against Top 10 Ole Miss.
========================================
Game of the Week
#1 Ohio State at #4 Texas
The first major showdown of the 2026 college football season has arrived. Ohio State looked dominant against Ball State, while Texas rolled past Texas State. Now Julian Sayin, Jeremiah Smith and the Buckeyes head to Austin to face Arch Manning and the Longhorns in a game that could immediately reshape the national championship race.
========================================
Reminder to all you college football fans, get your College Football Notebook today!!! Go to www.sportsvival.com
Sportsvival: If not for sports, how would we survive.