College football rankings for Week 6 of the 2025 season have been released, and it features a shakeup in the top ten.
The Ohio State Buckeyes remain the top-ranked team, but three other teams have moved into the AP’s top five following wins this weekend. Oregon moved up four spots to No. 2 after defeating then No. 3 Penn State 30-24, Ole Miss moved up nine spots to No. 4 after defeating then No. 4 LSU 24-19, and Oklahoma moved up two spots to No. 5 even though it was idle Saturday.
Miami, who was also idle this weekend, dropped one spot and is now ranked No. 3 in the AP Poll.
Indiana and Alabama each moved into the AP Top 10 at No. 8 and No. 10, respectively. Indiana defeated Iowa on the road, 20-15, while Alabama upset then No. 5 Georgia on the road, 24-21.
New teams in the AP Poll for Week 6 include Virginia at No. 24 and Arizona State at No. 25. Teams that dropped out of the AP Poll this week after losses include USC (No. 21) and TCU (No. 24).
Below are the College football rankings for Week 6 of the 2025 season (first-place votes in parentheses):
AP POLL – Week 6
1. Ohio State
2. Oregon
3. Miami (Fla.)
4. Ole Miss
5. Oklahoma
6. Texas A&M
7. Penn State
8. Indiana
9. Texas
10. Alabama
11. Texas Tech
12. Georgia
13. LSU
14. Iowa State
15. Tennessee
16. Vanderbilt
17. Georgia Tech
18. Florida State
19. Missouri
20. Michigan
21. Notre Dame
22. Illinois
23. BYU
24. Virginia
25. Arizona State
Others receiving votes: South Florida 53, Utah 52, Mississippi St. 46, Memphis 38, Louisville 36, Southern Cal 22, Maryland 7, North Texas 7, TCU 6, UNLV 3
Dropped from rankings: USC 22, TCU 25
FBS COACHES POLL – WEEK 6
1. Ohio State (58)
2. Oregon (6)
3. Miami (1)
4. Ole Miss
5. Texas A&M
6. Penn State
7. Texas
8. Oklahoma
9. Indiana
10. Georgia
11. Alabama
12. Iowa State
13. LSU
14. Texas Tech
15. Tennessee
16. Georgia Tech
17. Vanderbilt
18. Missouri
19. Florida State
20. Michigan
21. Notre Dame
22. Illinois
23. BYU
24. Arizona State
25. Utah
Others receiving votes: Memphis 88, Louisville 83, Virginia 63, South Florida 29, Maryland 17, USC 17, Auburn 12, UNLV 11, Navy 9, Mississippi State 9, Tulane 8, Washington 7, North Texas 7, TCU 6, Nebraska 4, Duke 4, Iowa 3, Houston 1
Dropped from rankings: USC 22, TCU 25
Stats Perform FCS Top 25 – Week 6
1. North Dakota State (51)
2. South Dakota State (4)
3. Tarleton State (1)
4. Montana
5. Montana State
6. Illinois State
7. UC Davis
8. Rhode Island
9. Lehigh
10. Southern Illinois
11. Tennessee Tech
12. Idaho
13. Northern Arizona
14. Monmouth
15. North Dakota
16. West Georgia
17. Jackson State
18. Villanova
19. Abilene Christian
20. Lamar
21. South Dakota
22. Austin Peay
23. Presbyterian
24. Youngstown State
25. Harvard
Others receiving votes (schools listed on two or more ballots): Mercer 126, UIW 121, Stephen F. Austin 48, Sacramento State 31, Richmond 29, Dartmouth 25, Gardner-Webb 20, New Hampshire 13, Yale 10, NC Central 7
Dropped from rankings: Sacramento State 21
FCS Coaches Poll – Week 6
1. North Dakota State (25)
2. South Dakota State (1)
3. Tarleton State
4. Montana
5. Montana State
6. Illinois State
7. UC Davis
8. Lehigh
9. Tennessee Tech
10. Rhode Island
11. Southern Illinois
12. Monmouth
13. Northern Arizona
14. North Dakota
15. Idaho
16. West Georgia
17. Jackson State
18. Youngstown State
19. Villanova
20. UIW
21. Austin Peay
22. Mercer
23. Abilene Christian
24. Presbyterian
25. Lamar
Others receiving votes: South Dakota 48, Southeastern Louisiana 33, Harvard 28, Furman 27, Dartmouth 20, Sacramento State 17, Alabama State 11, Gardner-Webb 11, Stephen F. Austin 11, Yale 8, North Carolina Central 6, Richmond 6, Stony Brook 6, Western Carolina 4, Cal Poly 3, New Hampshire 3, San Diego 2, ETSU 1
Dropped from rankings: South Dakota 18 Sacramento State 21
Can some of you savants help me understand how LSU fell by more than twice as much after a close road loss than Penn State did after a home loss that they scrambled to get to overtime? Both conquerors are now in the top four.
Is this down to the far greater likeability of Big Game James, as compared to Brian Kelly? Just kidding ….
Goes to show how valuable these pollsters/polls are, especially early in the season. The leaks of certain pollsters “making mistakes” is only adding fuel to the fire in validating the B1G’s proposed CFP model, as potentially controversial as it is.
No your correct. Penn State will fall more if kept losing Big Games. Brain Kelly who has Fake southern accent & has lied his whole career deserves anything coming to him. I never leave Cincinnati, Norte Dame is my dream job & suddenly has southern accent talking to fans of LSU first time! Watch out who speaks with fork tongue! LIAR!!! If was voting I would vote LSU #25 every week just to torture Kelly has done to every fan base that fell for his crap!
My observation of what I saw from both games was that Penn State would win against either LSU or Mississippi. I am not a fan of either the Big 10 or the SEC, but if I had to choose a team to follow out of those four, it would have to be Oregon. I am certainly not looking at it through green and yellow tinted glasses though.
I do feel that when number 4 loses to number 13, in general, they should suffer a greater fall than number 3 losing to number 6.
Thanks to all of the assembled for your perspective.
Hey, JM, “Penn State would win ….” That’s quite a leap of faith for a team that can’t ever seem to seal the deal against opponents in its weight class.
I generally agree with you on 4 losing to 13 falling more than 3 losing to 6 …. however, 4 was on the road, 3 was at home, 3 was on Big Game James Alert for a large chunk of the evening, and the pollsters seemed so impressed with 13’s one-possession home win that they jumped them all the way to 4.
I can’t square all that with LSU falling nine spots versus PSU’s falling only three or four spots, depending on the poll.
So, you were watching too when the point was made on Penn St perpetually choking on the big one.
At least my perspective is my own and I am not regurgitating the words pollsters and unknown James.
Mississippi one by one possession, but that game wasn’t as close as the score says it was.
Oregon was up by 14, but that game was closer than that and went to OT.
Again, I don’t have a horse in this race, but that is what I saw, and I didn’t need to go to anyone else for their opinion to validate what I already had confirmed.
My apologies, JM. I will take it on faith from this point forward that the Nittanies will pin their ears back and smack around whomever they find across the line of scrimmage.
Hey, JM, what are your newest observations about the heavyweights Penn State would beat?
That d**ck**d patrolling the Nittanies’ sidelines would be better off spending his time on his own program than opining about NINE conference games instead of eight, being in a conference versus being independent and the age of the opposing coach, among the many topics on which he’s developed expertise.
Holy moly, Big Game James plays NINE conference games. Let’s deify him!