Texas remains No. 1 in 2025 NFCA/GoRout DI Top 25 Coaches Poll
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Texas extended its season-opening win streak to 11 games and is the near-unanimous No. 1 in this week’s NFCA/GoRout Division Top 25 Coaches Poll. The Longhorns (11-0) swept through their own Bevo Classic, which included a pair of wins over then-No. 11 Texas Tech, and earned 30 of 31 first-place votes.
Making their way into the rankings this week are No. 20 Auburn, No. 21 South Carolina and No. 25 San Diego State. The Tigers (11-0) and Aztecs (8-2) went a combined 11-0 at the Shriners, while the Gamecocks have recorded six shutouts and outscored their opposition 81-13 during their 10-0 start. Auburn picked up wins over Oklahoma State, RV Liberty and then-RV Clemson, while SDSU knocked off Alabama, Mizzou and then-RV Wichita State.
Northwestern (5-5), Baylor (6-4) and then-No. 25 Washington (5-5) fell out of the rankings.
The 2025 NFCA/GoRout Division I Top 25 Coaches Poll is voted on by 31 NCAA Division I head coaches with one representing each of the NCAA’s Division I Conferences. Polls will be released Tuesdays at 10:00 a.m. throughout the regular season. Records reflect games played through Feb. 16, 2025.
2025 NFCA/GoRout Division I
Top 25 Coaches Poll – 2/18/25 (Week 2)
| Rank | School
(First Place Votes) |
Points | Record | Previous Ranking |
| 1 | Texas (30) | 774 | 11-0 | 1 |
| 2 | Oklahoma (1) | 730 | 10-0 | 3 |
| 3 | Florida | 718 | 13-1 | 2 |
| 4 | UCLA | 643 | 9-1 | 4 |
| 5 | Tennessee | 627 | 10-1 | 6 |
| 6 | LSU | 616 | 10-0 | 7 |
| 7 | Texas A&M | 603 | 9-1 | 5 |
| 8 | Florida State | 582 | 8-1 | 8 |
| 9 | Georgia | 498 | 9-0 | 10 |
| 10 | Arkansas | 441 | 10-0 | 13 |
| 11 | Duke | 415 | 7-3 | 12 |
| 12 | Texas Tech | 407 | 8-3 | 11 |
| 13 | Arizona | 397 | 10-1 | 15 |
| 14 | Oklahoma State | 388 | 5-4 | 9 |
| 15 | Virginia Tech | 306 | 8-2 | 17 |
| 16 | Nebraska | 304 | 8-2 | 18 |
| 17 | Mississippi State | 277 | 9-1 | 19 |
| 18 | Stanford | 246 | 9-0 | 20 |
| 19 | Oregon | 224 | 10-1 | 21 |
| 20 | Auburn | 208 | 11-0 | RV |
| 21 | South Carolina | 136 | 10-0 | RV |
| 22 | Missouri | 119 | 6-5 | 16 |
| 23 | Alabama | 116 | 5-6 | 14 |
| 24 | Kentucky | 60 | 6-4 | 23 |
| 25 | San Diego State | 40 | 8-2 |
New to Poll: No. 20 Auburn, No. 21 South Carolina, No. 25 San Diego State
Dropped Out: No. 22 Northwestern (5-5), No. 24 Baylor (6-4), No. 25 Washington (5-5)
Receiving Votes: Florida Atlantic (34), Baylor (32), Liberty (27), Virginia (24), Northwestern (23), Omaha (15), Indiana (13), Grand Canyon (8), California (7), Clemson (6), Washington (5), BYU (4), Ole Miss (2)
The 2025 NFCA/GoRout Division I Top 25 Coaches Poll is voted on by 31 NCAA Division I head coaches with one representing each of the NCAA’s Division I Conferences. The poll will be released on Tuesdays at 10:00 a.m. ET during the regular season. Records reflect games played through Feb. 16.