Cincinnati Bearcats FBS College Football Ratings & Rankings

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Cincinnati

Bearcats

Outstanding

B- Overall Grade 82

Ice Cold

Brutal Schedule

Punchless

Consistency King

Mid Pack Menace

Next Up:
vs Boston College, Sat Sep 5

Preseason Performance Rankings: FBS (National)

Cincinnati Bearcats has been rated by Versus for 19 seasons, from 2007-08 through 2025-26.

Winning season Losing season Current season Bars run from .500; # is the season-ending Versus rank

Versus divisional rankings begin in 2010-11; earlier seasons show the record only.

Season-by-season table

Season	Record	Win %	Versus Rank
2007-08	10-3	76.9%	—
2008-09	11-3	78.6%	—
2009-10	12-1	92.3%	—
2010-11	4-8	33.3%	#77
2011-12	10-3	76.9%	#30
2012-13	10-3	76.9%	#32
2013-14	9-4	69.2%	#72
2014-15	9-4	69.2%	#52
2015-16	7-6	53.8%	#71
2016-17	4-8	33.3%	#100
2017-18	4-8	33.3%	#88
2018-19	11-2	84.6%	#31
2019-20	11-3	78.6%	#20
2020-21	9-1	90.0%	#10
2021-22	13-1	92.9%	#9
2022-23	9-4	69.2%	#50
2023-24	3-9	25.0%	#101
2024-25	5-7	41.7%	#59
2025-26	7-6	53.8%	#53

Rank	Team	W	L	Change
7	Brigham Young	12	2
8	Texas Tech	12	2
12	Utah	11	2
23	TCU	9	4
27	Houston	10	3
30	Iowa St	8	4
31	Arizona	9	4
34	Arizona St	8	5	1
53	Kansas St	6	6	1
58	Cincinnati	7	6	1
84	Baylor	5	7
91	Kansas	5	7
92	West Virginia	4	8
105	Colorado	3	9
106	Central Florida	5	7
213	Oklahoma St	1	11	1

Date	Opponent	Outcome
Thu Aug 28	Nebraska (7-6) Big Ten	L17-20
Sat Sep 6	vs Bowling Green (4-8) Mid-American	W34-20
Sat Sep 13	vs Northwestern St (1-11) (FCS) Southland · FCS	W70-0
Sat Sep 27	at Kansas (5-7) Big 12	W37-34
Sat Oct 4	vs Iowa St (8-4) Big 12	W38-30
Sat Oct 11	vs Central Florida (5-7) Big 12	W20-11
Sat Oct 18	at Oklahoma St (1-11) Big 12	W49-17
Sat Oct 25	vs Baylor (5-7) Big 12	W41-20
Sat Nov 1	at #12 Utah (11-2) (#12 nationally) Big 12	L14-45
Sat Nov 15	vs Arizona (9-4) Big 12	L24-30
Sat Nov 22	vs #7 Brigham Young (12-2) (#7 nationally) Big 12	L14-26
Sat Nov 29	at #22 TCU (9-4) (#23 nationally) Big 12	L23-45
Fri Jan 2	#21 Navy (11-2) (#21 nationally) AAC	L13-35

Week	Date	Rank	W	L	Change
0	Aug 3	70	0	0
1	Sep 2	91	0	1	21
2	Sep 7	74	1	1	17
3	Sep 14	74	2	1
4	Sep 21	83	2	1	9
5	Sep 28	58	3	1	25
6	Oct 5	27	4	1	31
7	Oct 12	23	5	1	4
8	Oct 19	28	6	1	5
9	Oct 26	24	7	1	4
10	Nov 2	35	7	2	11
11	Nov 9	32	7	2	3
12	Nov 16	41	7	3	9
13	Nov 23	43	7	4	2
14	Nov 30	56	7	5	13
15	Dec 7	57	7	5	1
16	Dec 14	58	7	5	1
17	Dec 21	60	7	5	2
18	Dec 28	53	7	5	7
19	Jan 4	60	7	6	7
20	Jan 10	59	7	6	1
21	Jan 20	58	7	6	1

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