My NCAA Football Rankings 2025-26: Final Rankings

The NCAA football season came to a climatic end with the Indiana Hoosiers winning the championship over the Miami Hurricanes. Indiana is my champion and here are my final rankings.

1) Indiana Hoosiers (16-0) beat Miami 27-21 to finish the season. Crushed Alabama 38-3 and Oregon 56-22.

2) Miami Hurricanes (13-3) lost the final 27-21. Knocked off Texas A&M 10-3, Ohio State 24-14, and Ole Miss 31-27 to reach the finals.

3) Ole Miss Rebels (13-2) lost their coach but crushed Tulane 41-10, beat Georgia 39-34, but fell to Miami 31-27.

4) Georgia Bulldogs (12-2) fell to Ole Miss 39-34.

5) Ohio State Buckeyes (12-2) lost to Miami 24-14 to end their season. Undefeated until falling to Indiana and Miami.

6) Oregon Ducks (13-2) crushed JMU 51-34, shut out Texas Tech 23-0, lost to Indiana 56-22.

7) Texas A&M Aggies (11-2) lost to Miami 10-3.

8) Notre Dame Fightin' Irish (10-2) did not play.

9) Texas Tech (12-2) season ended being shut down by Oregon 23-0.

10) BYU Cougars (12-2) beat Georgia Tech 25-21 in the Pop Tarts Bowl.

11) Alabama Crimson Tide (11-4) beat Oklahoma 34-24, got crushed by Indiana 38-3.

12) Utah Utes (11-2) doubled up Nebraska 44-22.

13) Texas Longhorns (10-3) beat Michigan 41-27.

14) Oklahoma Sooners (10-3) lost to Alabama 34-24.

15) Virginia Cavaliers (11-3) beat Missouri 13-7.

16) Iowa Hawkeyes (9-4) beat Vandy 34-27.

17) Vanderbilt Commodores (10-3) lost to Iowa 34-27.

18 Houston Cougars (10-3) beat LSU 38-35.

19) Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets (9-4) lost BYU 25-21.

20) James Madison Dukes (12-2) lost to Oregon 51-34.

21) SMU Mustangs (9-4) beat Arizona 24-19

22) TCU Horned Frogs (9-4) beat USC 30-27

23) Michigan Wolverines (9-4) lost to Texas 41-27.

24) USC Trojans (9-4) lost to TCU 30-27.

25) Illinois Fighting Illini (9-4) beat Tennessee 30-28.

The Crimson Tide Prevail

The Georgia Bulldogs were so close to winning their first College Football Championship since 1980. They were beating Alabama 20 to 7. Alabama stormed back. The Tide was settling for a chance to win the game with a field goal but it was no good. The game went to overtime.

After a sack, the Dawgs made a 51-yard field goal. Georgia was back on top in overtime 23-20. The Bulldogs defense came up big with a huge sack of their own. However, the next play broke Georgia's heart. A deep pass for a touchdown and more importantly the win.

A great finish for college football!

Here are the highlights..

Now the Pros take the spotlight with their playoffs, of course there is hockey and basketball too.

A to Z Challenge: Unbelievable the Woman's Basketball Championship

Continuing on in the A to Z Challenge, I am staying with college basketball this time I am going to write about the woman's tournament.

What was so unbelievable? UConn lost. The Huskies hadn't lost in a few years, they rolling along, and then boom they were upset. Then the team that upset them lost in the finals. That is unbelievable!

Above are highlights of Mississippi State upsetting Connecticut and snapping the Huskies 111-game win streak. That ride was amazing and I don't think anyone was thinking they would get upset. Nothing against the Huskies but I am glad they lost that kind of dominance wasn't good for the woman's game. It was like there was the Huskies and then everyone else. On the flip side I am sure they brought in some fans to the game as well.

Then in the finals the South Carolina Gamecocks took out the Mississippi State Bulldogs...

If you are a fan of woman's basketball are you glad UCONN's streak came to an end? Do you find it unbelievable that they lost? Do you find it unbelievable that South Carolina won their first championship?

Clemson Tigers National Champions!

Last year when the Clemson Tigers lost to the Alabama Crimson Tide I watched a team that did not quit. The Tigers fought for 60 minutes and never gave up. They fell short in a very entertaining game.

This year the Crimson Tide led by 14 points in the second quarter. They were up by 10 at the end of 45 minutes of game time. However, these Tigers did not have any quit in them either.  The Tigers took the lead in the fourth quarter.

Alabama wasn't done they regained the lead with just 2:07 left in the game only to see the Tigers win on a last second play.  Wow!


Highlights...

These championship games are fun! 

The BCS Championship

Florida State belongs in the National Championship game, The Seminoles took care of business, were undefeated, and dominated their competition. FSU is for real.A lot of teams could make the case to challenge Florida State.

However, the Auburn Tigers lucky as they might be did defeat the defending Champions, Alabama.The Crimson Tide is third in the polls but they just lost to Auburn.Michigan State made a compelling argument by beating Ohio State.

I think they made the right call. If Auburn wins other one loss teams might argue with their season resume.However, I don't think they would match the Tigers if some of those wins did leave their fans in cardiac arrest.The Tigers would have beaten then #1 Bama and then #1 FSU hard to debate that,

If Florida State wins hard to debate undefeated!