RJ Young
FOX Sports National College Football Analyst
This isn’t your average college football ranking.
My Ultimate 136 is a set of rankings that is fluid, but it’s my job to look ahead and make a claim for all FBS teams based on what I know and why I know it. Here are the three pressing questions I started by asking when putting together this list:
- Who do I think is good?
- Why do I think they’re good?
- What are the chances they will finish above or below my expectations?
Here’s a take a look at the place Purdue lands in my Final 136.
Purdue rating: 99
Final yr’s rating: 88
Prime participant: RB Devin Mockobee: Led Purdue with 138 rushes for 687 yards and 4 TDs; additionally caught 17 passes for 170 yards and 1 TD.
[Purdue’s 2025 schedule]
RJ’s take: Purdue will probably be higher, however that’s not saying rather a lot for a workforce that didn’t beat a single FBS workforce final yr. And after a yr like that, that you must bust this system all the way down to the studs and construct one thing completely new. So, Purdue employed a program builder in Barry Odom.
Odom flipped UNLV from a program that was trying like a longtime loser — eight straight dropping seasons earlier than he arrived — right into a School Soccer Playoff contender in 2024 with its first double-digit profitable season since 1984.
The wager right here is that Odom may have the ability to do what Curt Cignetti did at Indiana final yr, however that won’t be straightforward.
Purdue performs Notre Dame, Illinois, Ohio State, Michigan and Indiana in Odom’s first yr.
[Check out RJ Young’s Ultimate 136 College Football Rankings here]
Purdue Win Whole Odds: Over 3.5 (+194) Beneath 3.5 (-245)
Have a difficulty with my rankings? Assume your alma mater is just too low, or your faculty’s rival is just too excessive? Get at me on X, @RJ_Young, and I am going to choose my favourite tweets and reply to them in a future article.
RJ Younger is a nationwide school soccer author and analyst for FOX Sports activities. Comply with him at @RJ_Young.
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