Preseason Prediction Accuracy (2025)

This page ranks the accuracy of the preseason magazines' conference predictions for 2025, by comparing them to conference finish.

Lower scores indicate more accurate predictions; the lower the score, the closer the predictions were to the actual results. Magazines are sorted by total score for all conferences, with the best predictions (lowest total scores) at the top. The best prediction for each conference/division is highlighted in the list. For information on the scoring method, see the notes file.

Rank	Magazine (yellow=web, blue=PDF)	Total Score	AAC	ACC	B1G	Big XII	Conf USA	MAC	MWC	SEC	Sun Belt East	Sun Belt West
1	DRatings.com	325	23	58	29	39	47	33	36	42	6	12
2	Gold Sheet	338	18	59	36	43	47	37	32	40	10	16
3	Arena Fanatic	343	9½	41½	51	54½	61	29	37	48	7	4½
4	ESPN FPI	348	21	53	38	66	36	40	26	42	14	12
5	Athlon	353	16	57	37	55	53	32	32	53	6	12
6	McIllece Sports	355	23	39	40	61½	54½	46	38½	37½	5	10
7	College Football Focus	360½	19½	47	42½	52	59	33½	32	53	10	12
8	Pick Six	361½	24½	56	34	46½	65	34½	34½	44½	10	12
9	Phil Steele	368	26	60½	38½	48	65	37	34	39	10	10
10	CollegeFootballPoll.com	368½	18	53	46	47	64	34	36½	48	5	17
11-tie	Lindy's	373	20	61	44	42	67	22	37	56	12	12
11-tie	Versus Sports Simulator	373	23	68	23	64	59	32	38	39	12	15
13	CollegeFootballNews	377	25	77	37	61	57	26	34	37½	10	12½
14	USA Today	380	28	57	44	52	52	34	39	50	8	16
15	CFB Home	401½	25½	50½	53	69½	54	40½	41½	42	11	14