It's three weeks into the 2025 college football season, and we have had a lot of mixed results early in the season. Some teams entering the season with high expectations are not meeting them, while some teams are slowly rising up the ranks in the ACC.
It was another weekend with few conference games, but some non-conference results that are going to hurt the conference in the overall national picture. After Week 3, here are the latest ACC Football Power Rankings for 2025.
Week 3 ACC Football Power Rankings
Not much to say here. The Hokies are, without a doubt, the worst team in the ACC, and another loss to Old Dominion sums up the Brent Pry era in Blacksburg. Can they beat Wofford next weekend at home under interim coach Philip Montgomery after the school fired Pry on Sunday?
We thought the Cardinal was the worst team in the ACC, but after beating Boston College, 30-20, at home on Saturday night, the Cardinal has cemented the Hokies' spot at the bottom of the conference. It was Frank Reich's first win at Stanford.
The Demon Deacons blew a lead at home to NC State, but thanks to Virginia Tech and Stanford, Wake Forest remains in the same position they were in last week.
Sure, BC fans will blame the schedule or injuries or the 10:30 start time, but the truth is, the Eagles are what they are. They get a very interesting home game in two weeks against an upstart Cal team that is undefeated.
After surviving UConn last weekend at home in overtime last week, the Orange blew out Colgate and will open conference play at Clemson this upcoming weekend.
Don't look now, but the Cavaliers are rolling and are a couple of turnovers away against NC State last week from being 3-0. They blew out William & Mary with a 55-point effort on Saturday.
Virginia Tech's loss was the worst look of the week for the conference, but right behind them was Duke losing at Tulane.
Bill Belichick won his second game at UNC with a rout of Richmond at home. They close out non-conference play with a very interesting contest at Central Florida.
Leading by 10 points with under 10 minutes left in the game, the Panthers allowed 10 points and were forced to overtime before West Virginia won 31-24. This was the third-worst loss of the weekend for the ACC.
The Golden Bears are rising and rising fast in the ACC after taking down Minnesota at home on Saturday night behind three Jaron-Keawe Sagapolutele touchdown passes. Virginia Tech fans will get a close-up look at Cal's signal caller later next month in Blacksburg.
Another week with another ugly win for the Wolfpack, but they don't know, they ask if, and the answer has been yes three weeks in a row.
The Mustangs bounced back from their loss to Baylor with a win over Missouri State ahead of a road game this upcoming weekend at TCU.
Things are quickly trending in the wrong direction for the Tigers, who lost as time expired on a field goal at Georgia Tech. It'll be interesting to see how they respond to Syracuse at home.
It was an early bye week for the Cardinals with Bowling Green coming to town Saturday afternoon.
A 55-yard field goal from Aidan Birr as time expired gave the Yellow Jackets a huge win over Clemson. Georgia Tech is a team to watch this year in the ACC. They have a very doable conference schedule remaining to finish 8-0.
Like Louisville, the Seminoles had an early bye week with Kent State making a visit this upcoming weekend.
Miami blew out South Florida at home in a Top 25 matchup to claim the top spot this week. They get. visit from Florida this weekend in South Florida before another in-state battle, this time against FSU.