Now that we are halfway through the college football regular season, it is time to publish the CFRA Midseason Poll. One interesting facet of the poll is that this is the third consecutive year the 7th ranked team in the CFRA preseason poll has dropped all the way out of the midseason top 25, in which now must be called “The Curse of the Preseason # 7”. In 2022, Oklahoma started the season ranked 7th in our poll and then dropped out by midseason and then Clemson did the same last year. This year, Michigan was our preseason # 7 that you will see now resides just outside our top 25 field.

Without further ado, here is this year’s midseason poll. Keep in mind that the 12 teams that would currently make up this year’s College Football Playoff field based on this poll are denoted by an asterik next to their name. In addition, the four conference champions that would get byes to the quarterfinals in that playoff based on this poll are represented by two asteriks next to their name.

1.  Texas (8)**– 272 points

2.  Oregon (2)**– 267 points

3.  Penn State*– 226 points  

4.  Miami-FL**– 221 points

5.  Ohio State*– 218 points

6.  Georgia*- 213 points

7.  Alabama*– 191 points

8.  Iowa State**– 189 points

9.  Clemson*- 160 points

10. LSU*- 159 points

11. BYU*– 156 points

12. Tennessee– 154 points

13. Indiana– 144 points

14. Texas A & M– 122 points

15. Notre Dame– 119 points

16. Pittsburgh– 111 points

17. Boise State*– 110 points

18. Kansas State– 77 points

19. Army– 73 points

20. Ole Miss– 65 points

21. Missouri– 56 points

22. SMU– 51 points

23. Illinois– 50 points

24. Navy– 45 points

25. Vanderbilt– 25 points

Others Receiving Votes: Michigan 20, Liberty 16, Colorado 9, Nebraska 9, Utah 8, UNLV 7, Arizona State 7, Syracuse 7, Washington State 6, Georgia Tech 5, Texas Tech 4, Oklahoma 2, Memphis 1

Dropped Out (since Preseason Poll): Michigan 7, Florida State 11, Utah 12, Oklahoma 16, Oklahoma State 17, Kansas 20, Southern Cal 22, NC State 23, Iowa 24, Liberty 25

Teams Ranked Higher in CFRA than AP and Coaches Polls: Miami-FL (4), Iowa State (8), BYU (11), Indiana (13), Pitt (16), Army (19), Navy (24), Vanderbilt (25).

Teams Ranked Lower in CFRA than AP and Coaches Polls: Georgia (6), LSU (10), Tennessee (12), Notre Dame (15), Kansas State (18), Ole Miss (20), Missouri (21), Illinois (23), Nebraska (NR), Michigan (NR).

Teams Ranked Exactly the Same in All 3 Major Human Polls (AP, CFRA, and Coaches): Texas (1), Oregon (2), Penn State (3), Alabama (7), Texas A & M (14).