College Football 2025 Week 2 Rankings, Standings, Schedule and Predictions

The Ohio State Buckeyes sent a message loudly and clearly to the rest of the college football world: they are defending national champions and will not be dethroned easily.

The underdogs in last week's home game against the University of Texas Longhorns, they only needed 14 points to best the nation's No. 1 team and kick off what they hope is a successful defense of their championship.

Was that win enough to catapult Ohio State from No. 3 to the top of the AP poll, though?

Find out with this look at the rankings, the Week 2 schedule for the top 25 teams, and predictions for each of those games.

AP Top 25 Rankings

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The top 25 teams, according to the AP poll and entering Week 2, are:

1. Ohio State Buckeyes (1-0)
2. Penn State Nittany Lions (1-0)
3. LSU Tigers (1-0)
4. Georgia Bulldogs (1-0)
5. Mami Hurricanes (1-0)
6. Oregon Ducks (1-0)
7. Texas Longhorns (0-1)
8. Clemson Tigers (0-1)
9. Notre Dame Fighting Irish (0-1)
10. South Carolina Gamecocks (1-0)
11. Illinois Fighting Illini (1-0)
12. Arizona State Sun Devils (1-0)
13. Florida Gators (1-0)
14. Florida State Seminoles (1-0)
15. Michigan Wolverines (1-0)
16. Iowa State Cyclones (2-0)
17. SMU Mustangs (1-0)
18. Oklahoma Sooners (1-0)
19. Texas A&M Aggies (1-0)
20. Ole Miss Rebels (1-0)
21. Alabama Crimson Tide (0-1)
22. Tennessee Volunteers (1-0)
23. Indiana Hoosiers (1-0)
24. Texas Tech Red Raiders (1-0)
25. Utah Utes (1-0)

Top 25 Schedule and Predictions

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Florida International at 2 Penn State (12:00 p.m., BTN) (Prediction: Penn State)

San Jose State at 7 Texas (12:00 p.m., ABC) (Prediction: Texas)

11 Illinois at Duke (12:00 p.m., ESPN) (Prediction: Illinois)

East Texas A&M at 14 Florida State (12:00 p.m., ACCN) (Prediction: Florida State)

Iowa at 16 Iowa State (12:00 p.m., FOX) (Prediction: Iowa State)

Baylor at 17 SMU (12:00 p.m, CW) (Prediction: SMU)

Kennesaw State at 23 Indiana (12:00 p.m., FS1) (Prediction: Indiana)

Kent State at 24 Texas Tech (12:00 p.m., TNT/TruTV/HBO Max) (Prediction: Texas Tech)

Utah State at 19 Texas A&M (12:45 p.m., SEC Network) (Prediction: Texas A&M)

Grambling at 1 Ohio State (3:30 p.m., BTN) (Prediction: Ohio State)

Austin Peay at 4 Georgia (3:30 p.m., ESPN+) (Prediction: Georgia)

Oklahoma State at 6 Oregon (3:30 p.m., CBS/Paramount+) (Prediction: Oregon)

Troy at 8 Clemson (3:30 p.m., ESPN+) (Prediction: Clemson)

20 Ole Miss at Kentucky (3:30 p.m., ABC) (Prediction: Ole Miss)

East Tennessee State at 22 Tennessee (3:30 p.m., ESPN+) (Prediction: Tennessee)

South Florida at 13 Florida (4:15 p.m., SEC) (Prediction: Florida)

Cal Poly at 25 Utah (6:00 p.m., ESPN+) (Prediction: Utah)

Bethune-Cookman at 5 Miami (7:00 p.m., ESPN+) (Prediction: Miami)

South Carolina State at 10 South Carolina (7:00 p.m., ESPN+) (Prediction: South Carolina)

Louisiana Tech at 3 LSU (7:30 p.m., ESPN+) (Prediction: LSU)

12 Arizona State at Mississippi State (7:30 p.m., ESPN2) (Prediction: Arizona State)

15 Michigan at 18 Oklahoma (7:30 p.m., ABC) (Prediction: Oklahoma)

UL Monroe at 21 Alabama (7:45 p.m., SEC) (Prediction: Alabama)

Oklahoma vs. Michigan Could Shape 2025 Season for Each Program

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Michigan and Oklahoma both secured important victories in Week 1 match-ups with New Mexico and Illinois State, respectively, but all eyes will be on their showdown in Week 2.

Both are proud schools with lofty expectations, but are in the midst of rebuilding their programs and find themselves outside of the top 10. They have the talent to compete in 2025, but any march toward national title contention begins, and potentially ends, Saturday in Norman.

Michigan freshman Bryce Underwood is a five-star recruit with enormous talent and is facing lofty expectations. This will be as tough a first test in the maize and gold that he will face. Oklahoma head coach Brent Venables will have his defense ready to attack and confuse Underwood, while the Sooners quarterback, Washington State transfer John Mateer, will have an opportunity to kick off a potential Heisman campaign this season against the Wolverines.

Mateer has played significant football in college before and knows what the high-pressure of big-time, Saturday afternoon games brings, something Underwood does not. He has the opportunity to announce his rival on a fairly large stage, against a fellow-ranked team full of similarly recruited players.

If he can do that, the sky is the limit for a Michigan team that previously felt like a year away from making a big splash.

There are a lot of "ifs" at play for Michigan, though, and the hometown crowd in Norman will be an entirely different monster to overcome.

A seasoned quarterback, a talented coach, and a potentially smothering defense should make Oklahoma the favorite and put the Wolverines in a scenario where they are forced to decide what the rest of the 2025 season will be, and mean, moving forward.