FBR vs AP · 2025 (AP of Jan 20 vs FBR of Jan 20)
Where the machine and the voters disagree. Positive delta means the FBR ranks a team higher than the humans do.
Machine likes them more
| Team | AP | FBR | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Texas | #24 | #15 | +9 |
| Notre Dame | #10 | #4 | +6 |
| Utah | #14 | #11 | +3 |
| Oregon | #4 | #2 | +2 |
| Alabama | #9 | #7 | +2 |
| Georgia | #6 | #5 | +1 |
| BYU | #11 | #10 | +1 |
| Oklahoma | #13 | #12 | +1 |
The FBR sees something the voters do not.
Machine likes them less
| Team | AP | FBR | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Navy | #23 | #31 | -8 |
| Ole Miss | #3 | #9 | -6 |
| Texas A&M | #8 | #14 | -6 |
| Houston | #22 | #27 | -5 |
| James Madison | #19 | #23 | -4 |
| Michigan | #21 | #25 | -4 |
| Virginia | #16 | #18 | -2 |
| Iowa | #17 | #19 | -2 |
The voters are buying; the FBR is not.
Sleepers
| FBR | Team |
|---|---|
| #17 | Duke |
| #22 | SMU |
In the FBR top 25, missing from the AP entirely.
The full AP 25
| AP | Team | FBR | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Indiana | #1 | +0 |
| #2 | Miami | #3 | -1 |
| #3 | Ole Miss | #9 | -6 |
| #4 | Oregon | #2 | +2 |
| #5 | Ohio State | #6 | -1 |
| #6 | Georgia | #5 | +1 |
| #7 | Texas Tech | #8 | -1 |
| #8 | Texas A&M | #14 | -6 |
| #9 | Alabama | #7 | +2 |
| #10 | Notre Dame | #4 | +6 |
| #11 | BYU | #10 | +1 |
| #12 | Texas | #13 | -1 |
| #13 | Oklahoma | #12 | +1 |
| #14 | Utah | #11 | +3 |
| #15 | Vanderbilt | #16 | -1 |
| #16 | Virginia | #18 | -2 |
| #17 | Iowa | #19 | -2 |
| #18 | Tulane | #20 | -2 |
| #19 | James Madison | #23 | -4 |
| #20 | USC | #21 | -1 |
| #21 | Michigan | #25 | -4 |
| #22 | Houston | #27 | -5 |
| #23 | Navy | #31 | -8 |
| #24 | North Texas | #15 | +9 |
| #25 | TCU | #24 | +1 |