Omni Rankings™ 2025 College football ratings through 1/19/26 games
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Home field factor = 2.16 Record vs D-I teams
Season range Schedule strength Overall Conference Home Road Neutral vs 1-25 vs 26-100 vs 100+
Rank Team Rating D-I rank Max Min Rating D-I rank W L W L Streak Last 5 W L W L W L W L W L W L Highest single-game rating Lowest single-game rating
1 Indiana 115.37 1 115.37 103.18 88.96 16 16 0 9 0 W16 5-0 7 0 5 0 4 0 7 0 7 0 2 0 vs Oregon 126.54 at Iowa 102.05
2 Ohio State 109.50 2 111.81 107.59 87.80 25 12 2 9 0 L2 3-2 7 0 5 0 0 2 4 2 7 0 1 0 at Illinois 113.10 vs Miami (FL) 103.74
3 Oregon 105.18 6 108.28 101.84 90.25 8 13 2 8 1 L1 4-1 7 1 5 0 1 1 5 2 6 0 2 0 vs Texas Tech 118.27 vs Indiana 94.00
4 Washington 99.49 12 99.49 89.64 86.19 38 9 4 5 4 W1 3-2 5 2 3 2 1 0 0 3 7 1 2 0 at UCLA 105.57 at Wisconsin 87.59
5 Iowa 98.87 13 98.87 85.06 86.42 36 9 4 6 3 W3 3-2 5 2 3 2 1 0 2 3 5 1 2 0 vs Minnesota 106.58 vs UAlbany 80.30
6 USC 97.84 17 101.17 97.84 88.45 19 9 4 7 2 L1 3-2 7 0 2 3 0 1 2 2 5 2 2 0 vs Michigan 104.67 vs TCU 94.50
7 Penn State 97.20 18 101.68 92.96 85.48 45 7 6 3 6 W4 4-1 4 3 2 3 1 0 0 4 4 2 3 0 vs Nebraska 104.60 at UCLA 83.04
8 Michigan 93.59 25 95.67 93.07 88.61 18 9 4 7 2 L2 3-2 5 1 4 2 0 1 1 4 7 0 1 0 vs Washington 102.24 vs Purdue 89.38
9 Illinois 92.64 28 98.96 91.27 86.76 32 9 4 5 4 W2 4-1 6 1 2 3 1 0 2 3 6 1 1 0 vs Western Michigan 102.40 at Wisconsin 81.71
10 Northwestern 86.72 52 86.72 72.36 83.62 57 7 6 4 5 W1 2-3 5 2 1 4 1 0 1 3 3 3 3 0 vs Central Michigan 92.71 at Tulane 69.54
11 Nebraska 85.73 59 94.37 85.73 85.87 40 7 6 4 5 L3 1-4 4 3 2 2 1 1 0 5 5 1 2 0 vs Akron 96.08 vs Iowa 79.34
12 Rutgers 84.59 65 89.07 82.04 86.27 37 5 7 2 7 L2 2-3 4 3 1 4 0 0 0 5 4 2 1 0 vs Miami (OH) 92.13 vs Oregon 75.58
13 Wisconsin 84.07 68 85.32 77.21 91.46 5 4 8 2 7 L1 2-3 4 3 0 5 0 0 1 6 2 2 1 0 vs Illinois 95.82 vs Iowa 67.92
14 Minnesota 83.04 72 86.29 81.81 83.96 53 8 5 5 4 W2 3-2 7 0 0 5 1 0 0 3 6 2 2 0 vs Nebraska 95.85 at Iowa 74.49
15 Michigan State 82.93 73 84.41 79.03 87.55 28 4 8 1 8 W1 1-4 4 3 0 5 0 0 0 5 3 3 1 0 at Iowa 88.49 vs UCLA 65.60
16 Maryland 80.93 78 89.93 80.93 84.34 50 4 8 1 8 L8 0-5 3 4 1 4 0 0 0 3 1 5 3 0 at Wisconsin 94.35 vs Michigan 75.37
17 Purdue 79.54 85 86.45 79.54 91.61 4 2 10 0 9 L10 0-5 2 5 0 5 0 0 0 6 0 4 2 0 vs Ball State 90.52 at Washington 72.95
18 UCLA 78.30 92 79.85 66.57 92.19 2 3 9 3 6 L5 0-5 2 4 1 5 0 0 1 5 2 4 0 0 at Michigan State 91.68 vs New Mexico 60.44
Big Ten top performances Big Ten surprise performances Big Ten upset wins
Rank Team Opponent Result Rating Rank Team Opponent Result Rating Rank Team Opponent Result Rating
1 Indiana vs Oregon W 56 - 22  126.54 1 UCLA at Michigan State W 38 - 13  18.81 1 UCLA vs Penn State W 42 - 37  31.76
2 Indiana vs Alabama W 38 - 3  121.88 2 UCLA vs Penn State W 42 - 37  18.27 2 Northwestern at Penn State W 22 - 21  18.82
3 Oregon vs Texas Tech W 23 - 0  118.27 3 Northwestern vs ULM W 42 - 7  14.68 3 Wisconsin vs Washington W 13 - 10  15.22
4 Indiana vs Illinois W 63 - 10  117.71 4 Indiana vs Oregon W 56 - 22  14.27 4 UCLA at Michigan State W 38 - 13  13.69
5 Indiana at Maryland W 55 - 10  116.50 5 Indiana vs Illinois W 63 - 10  14.09 5 Wisconsin vs Illinois W 27 - 10  11.05
6 Ohio State at Illinois W 34 - 16  113.10 6 Iowa at Wisconsin W 37 - 0  13.95 6 UCLA vs Maryland W 20 - 17  9.32
7 Ohio State at Michigan W 27 - 9  112.97 7 Wisconsin vs Illinois W 27 - 10  13.66 7 Minnesota vs Nebraska W 24 - 6  8.72
8 Indiana at Purdue W 56 - 3  112.68 8 Minnesota vs Nebraska W 24 - 6  12.97 8 Iowa at Rutgers W 38 - 28  5.09
9 Ohio State vs Penn State W 38 - 14  112.66 9 Oregon vs Texas Tech W 23 - 0  12.89 9 Iowa vs Vanderbilt W 34 - 27  4.76
10 Ohio State at Washington W 24 - 6  112.38 10 Iowa vs Minnesota W 41 - 3  12.56 10 Illinois vs Tennessee W 30 - 28  4.73
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Big Ten projected standings
Conference Overall
Rank Team W L W L
1 Indiana 9 0 16 0
2 Ohio State 9 0 12 2
3 Oregon 8 1 13 2
4 USC 7 2 9 4
5 Michigan 7 2 9 4
6 Iowa 6 3 9 4
7 Washington 5 4 9 4
8 Illinois 5 4 9 4
9 Minnesota 5 4 8 5
10 Northwestern 4 5 7 6
11 Nebraska 4 5 7 6
12 Penn State 3 6 7 6
13 UCLA 3 6 3 9
14 Rutgers 2 7 5 7
15 Wisconsin 2 7 4 8
16 Michigan State 1 8 4 8
17 Maryland 1 8 4 8
18 Purdue 0 9 2 10