College Football 2018 National Top 25
www.CFMinded.com  October 30, 2018
Rank Week 9 Pollsters Points Rank Week 7 Points
1 ESPN FPI 296 1 350
2 Phil Steele 294 13 299
3 DRatings.com 291 4 327
3 McIllece Sports 291 7 324
5 Athlon 290 6 325
6 Sports Illustrated CNN/SI 289 12 302
6 Sports Formulator 289 4 327
8 CFMinded.com 283 2 341
9 College Football News 280 3 332
10 Game Plan 277 16 297
11 Compughter Ratings 276 19 285
12 Simplified Football 268 9 313
12 AP 268 14 299
14 Arena Fanatic 266 10 311
14 Street & Smith 266 15 298
16 Coaches USA/Today 262 17 291
17 Gold Sheet 258 8 317
18 Bleachers 256 20 281
19 Lindy 249 18 286
20 Sporting News 233 11 307
Points Calculation Examples:
Exact ranking – 26 points (If Alabama preseason No. 1; If now No. 1)
Missed ranking by one – 25 points (If Clemson preseason No. 2; If now No. 3)
ESPN FPI maintained its top ranking.
Phil Steele had the biggest jump in the ranking, from No. 13 to No. 2; having Utah and
Boston College in the preseason ranking. Also perfect for Alabama, Clemson and Oklahoma.
Compughter Ratings had the second biggest jump in the ranking, from No. 19 to No. 11;
having ranked Iowa. Also perfect for Alabama, Clemson, Oklahoma and Mississippi St.
Gold Sheet had the greatest fall in ranking, from No. 8 to No. 17; not having 5 currently
ranked teams in preseason poll and not ranking five teams well.
Sporting News had the second greatest fall in the ranking, from No. 11 to last at No. 20;
not having 6 currently ranked teams in preseason poll.