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01/26/2026

Every college football national champion since 1998 won at least 60 percent of the program’s games in the 75 years prior to winning the title.

Until Indiana. The Hoosiers’ winning percentage in the 75 seasons prior to 2025 was .379 (306-504-9). The next worst record of that group was 2006 Florida, which was 486-311-27 (.606) in the 75 seasons prior to winning the title.

Read more about the historical improbability of Indiana's national title at www.blindfoldsports.com.

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01/18/2026

2025-26 CFP Championship
Expected Score

Indiana 29.48, Miami-FL 17.25

Statistics, not opinion.

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12/31/2025

CFP Quarterfinals Expected Scores, based on data through games of Dec. 30, 2025:

Ohio State 19.47, Miami-FL 14.25
Texas Tech 30.38, Oregon 23.97
Indiana 34.55, Alabama 17.77
Georgia 27.86, Mississippi 27.38

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12/18/2025

2025-26 CFP Expected Scores along with First Round game-by-game analysis and additional full field analysis. Expected Scoring using Relative Statistics has Oklahoma 19.44, Alabama 19.43 ... the closest expected score in the 11 years we've analyzed the CFP.

Statistics, not opinion.

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12/07/2025

Indiana returns to the top spot in the final BlindFold Sports Merit Rankings for the 2025 season after a one-week hiatus. Texas Tech climbs to No. 2, followed by Georgia, Ohio State, Oregon, BYU, Texas A&M, Oklahoma, Mississippi and Alabama.

BlindFold Sports Merit Rankings are not a prediction of what will happen—rather a blind analysis of results based on three criteria: opponent, game location and result. We'll leave the predictions to the—ahem—professional prognosticators.

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12/05/2025

2025 Conference Championship Game projected winners (using relative scoring):

FRIDAY
Sun Belt: James Madison (-22.24)
Conference USA: Kennesaw State (-4.79)
American: North Texas (-12.63)
Mountain West: Boise State (-0.30)

SATURDAY
Big 12: Texas Tech (-15.61)
MAC: Western Michigan (-1.71)
SEC: Georgia (-0.25)
ACC: Virginia (-5.18)
Big Ten: Indiana (-5.24)

See the data at www.blindfoldsports.com

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11/25/2025

Indiana remains atop the BlindFold Sports Merit Rankings this week, followed by Ohio State, Texas A&M, BYU, Texas Tech, Georgia, Alabama, Oregon, Oklahoma and Mississippi. Texas A&M, BYU and Texas Tech are separated by 2.70 points. No. 19 James Madison (38.59) is the highest-ranked Group of Six team, followed by No. 21 North Texas (33.14) and No. 23 Tulane (31.06).

See this week's full rankings at www.blindfoldsports.com ...

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11/18/2025

Another week with Indiana in the top spot, followed by Ohio State. Some movement below those two. See this week's rankings on our website:

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11/11/2025

Indiana remains atop the BlindFold Sports merit Rankings this week, followed by Ohio State, Texas A&M, Texas Tech, Alabama, Georgia, BYU, Mississippi, Oregon and USC.

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11/04/2025

Indiana remains atop the BlindFold Sports Merit Rankings this week, followed by Ohio State, Texas A&M, Alabama, BYU, Texas Tech, Virginia, Mississippi, Georgia and Louisville. Full Week 11 rankings available on our website:

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10/28/2025

Indiana sits atop the initial 2025 BlindFold Sports Merit Rankings, followed by Alabama, Texas A&M, Ohio State, Georgia Tech, BYU, Texas Tech, Mississippi, Georgia and Louisville.

Ohio State, Georgia and Louisville have played one fewer game than the others in the top 10. If ranked by merit per game, the top 10 would be:

1. Indiana (8.958)
2. Ohio State (8.403)
3. Alabama (7.924)
4. Texas A&M (7.354)
5. Georgia Tech (6.771)
6. BYU (6.748)
7. Georgia (5.959)
8. Texas Tech (5.593)
9. Louisville (5.561)
10. Mississippi (5.360)

Where is Oregon ranked? Where is Miami-FL? Where is Notre Dame? Follow the link to learn.

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08/31/2025

Alabama, Clemson and Texas all lose season opener in the same season for the first time ever.