Midnite Madness on On SI: Transfer Portal Madness Reshaping College Football Roster Building

The college football transfer portal has reshaped roster building and it is affecting TCU football.

Read Tom Burke's On SI Midnite Madness article about the transfer portal madness: here 

Read all of Tom Burke's On SI Midnite Madness articles: here 

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TCU 26th in Final 2025-26 USA TODAY Sports Ranking of all FBS Football Teams

Here is the final 2025-26 USA TODAY Sports ranking of all 136 Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) teams of the 2025 college football season:

 

 

 

 

TCU Football: 2026 Schedule Features a Game in Ireland and Seven Home Games

• Saturday, August 29: versus North Carolina; in Dublin, Ireland; 11 am (Central); ESPN
• Saturday, September 5: bye week 
• Saturday, September 12: versus Grambling State; in Fort Worth, Texas; 7 pm (Central); ESPN+
• Saturday, September 19: versus Arkansas State; in Fort Worth, Texas; (Family Weekend) 7 pm (Central); ESPNU
• Saturday, September 26: versus UCF; in Orlando, Florida
• Saturday, October 3: versus BYU; in Fort Worth, Texas
• Saturday, October 10: bye week
• Saturday, October 17: versus Baylor; in Waco, Texas
• Saturday, October 24: versus West Virginia; in Fort Worth, Texas; (Homecoming)
• Saturday, October 31: versus Kansas; in Fort Worth, Texas
• Friday, November 6: versus Arizona; in Tucson, Arizona; 9:15 pm (Central); ESPN
• Saturday, November 14: versus Kansas State; in Fort Worth, Texas
• Saturday, November 21: versus Utah; in Fort Worth, Texas
• Thursday, November 26 (Thanksgiving Day): versus Texas Tech; in Lubbock, Texas; 7 pm (Central); ESPN

 

 

 

TCU Football 31st in Final Coaches 2025-26 College Football Poll

Here is the final Coaches College Football Bowl Subdivision ranking for the 2025-26 college football season (first-place votes in parenthesis, followed by record and total poll points):

1	Indiana(62)	16-0	1550
2	Miami	13-3	1485
3	Ole Miss	13-2	1400
4	Oregon	13-2	1349
5	Georgia	12-2	1269
6	Ohio State	12-2	1265
7	Texas Tech	12-2	1142
8	Texas A&M	11-2	1091
9	Alabama	11-4	1050
10	Oklahoma	10-3	946
11	Notre Dame	10-2	901
12	BYU	12-2	868
13	Texas	10-3	840
14	Utah	11-2	772
15	Vanderbilt	10-3	602
16	Virginia	11-3	567
17	Iowa	9-4	410
18	Tulane	11-3	369
19	Houston	10-3	349
20	James Madison	12-2	342
21	USC	9-4	309
22	Michigan	9-4	276
23	Navy	11-2	164
24	Georgia Tech	9-4	126
25	Illinois	9-4	123

Others receiving votes: North Texas 107, Washington 92, SMU 89, Duke 82, Arizona 79, TCU 72, Tennessee 22, Louisville 13, Old Dominion 6, Wake Forest 6, Western Michigan 5, UConn 4, Missouri 3, Boise State 2, Army 1, Pittsburgh 1, East Carolina 1.

 

 

 

 

TCU Football 25th in Final AP 2025-26 College Football Top 25 Poll

  

Here is the final Associated Press (AP) College Football Bowl Subdivision ranking for the 2025-26 college football season (first-place votes in parenthesis, followed by record and total poll points):

1	Indiana(66)	16-0	1650
2	Miami	13-3	1584
3	Ole Miss	13-2	1492
4	Oregon	13-2	1429
5	Ohio State	12-2	1378
6	Georgia	12-2	1364
7	Texas Tech	12-2	1232
8	Texas A&M	11-2	1157
9	Alabama	11-4	1065
10	Notre Dame	10-2	1049
11	BYU	12-2	961
12	Texas	10-3	952
13	Oklahoma	10-3	941
14	Utah	11-2	812
15	Vanderbilt	10-3	623
16	Virginia	11-3	603
17	Iowa	9-4	430
18	Tulane	11-3	404
19	James Madison	12-2	399
20	USC	9-4	378
21	Michigan	9-4	276
22	Houston	10-3	270
23	Navy	11-2	227
24	North Texas	12-2	191
25	TCU	9-4	125

Others receiving votes: Illinois 123, Washington 76, SMU 69, Duke 58, Arizona 54, Georgia Tech 44, Tennessee 10, Missouri 8, Louisville 7, Old Dominion 3, Western Michigan 2, Wake Forest 2, Boise State 1, Hawai'i 1.