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SportsRant’s Final Top 25
2005
Well, here we are. The 2005 NCAA College Football season ended with one of the best National Championships in history. Matt Leinart and the University of Southern California may think that the best team didn’t win…but the reality is, USC lost. The University of Texas won the game and finished the season undefeated. That means they are the best team in the country. In any poll. In the Rant Poll. The Longhorns top the list to end the season because they deserve it. They played their schedule, beat some outstanding teams along the way, and finished unblemished. Sorry, Matt. The best team DID win.
As always, the Rant rankings will be based first on wins and losses. A team that is undefeated will always be ranked above a team with a loss, and so on. Also, if two teams have the same amount of losses but one has beaten the other, the team that won will be ranked above the team they beat. Finally, teams with the same amount of losses will be ranked according to who the Rant feels is the best same-loss team.
The teams listed next to the ranked teams represent the losses for the ranked teams.
1. Texas 13-0 National SportsRant Champions!
2. USC 12-1 Texas
3. Penn State 11-1 Michigan
4. West Virginia 11-1 Virginia Tech
5. Texas Christian 11-1 SMU
6. Ohio State 10-2 Texas, Penn St.
7. LSU 11-2 Tennessee, Georgia
8. Virginia Tech 11-2 Miami, Florida State
9. Alabama 10-2 LSU, Auburn
10. Oregon 10-2 USC, Oklahoma
11. UCLA 10-2 Arizona, USC
12. Notre Dame 9-3 Michigan State, USC, Ohio State
13. Wisconsin 10-3 Northwestern, Penn St., Iowa
14. Florida 9-3 Alabama, LSU, South Carolina
15. Miami 9-3 Florida St., Georgia Tech, LSU
16. Auburn 9-3 Georgia Tech, LSU, Wisconsin
17. Georgia 10-3 Florida, Auburn, West Virginia
18. Boston College 9-3 Florida St., Virginia Tech, North Carolina
19. Texas Tech 9-3 Texas, Oklahoma St., Alabama
20. Louisville 9-3 South Florida, West Virginia, Virginia Tech
21. Oklahoma 8-4 TCU, UCLA, Texas, Texas Tech
22. Nebraska 8-4 Missouri, Texas Tech, Oklahoma, Kansas
23. California 8-4 UCLA, USC, Oregon, Oregon State
24. Clemson 8-4 Miami, BC, Wake Forest, Georgia Tech
25. Navy 8-4 Maryland, Stanford, Rutgers, Notre Dame
Other Considered: Tulsa, Toledo, Nevada
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