2025 Buffalo Football Predictions: Bulls Ranked 90th in RJ Young's Ultimate 136
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Aug. 10, 2025 9:02 p.m. ET
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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 is a look at where Buffalo lands in my Ultimate 136.
Buffalo ranking: 90
Last year's ranking: 120
Top player: LB Red Murdock: Finished second in FBS in total tackles last season with 156 and 14th in tackles for loss with 16.5.
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RJ's take: Pete Lembo's Bulls ought to be as lethal as a Gallardo bull galloping at a defenseless matador in a wet ring. Defenders Kobe Stewart, Dion Crawford and Murdock notched a total of 42.5 tackles for loss, including 20.0 sacks.
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If I'm bullish on the Bulls, it's because they're on war footing on defense, but former Penn State, UConn and Kansas State quarterback Ta'Quan Roberson has a lot to prove. It's not that he only threw for 2,075 yards with 12 touchdowns and six picks in his only year as a full-time starter at UConn; it's also that the Huskies went 3-9 with him as their starter and 9-4 the next year without him. I firmly believe that wins are a QB stat. Winning tends to follow good players around. They're exceptions, though. I invite Roberson to prove he's one.
[ Check out RJ Young's Ultimate 136 College Football Rankings here ]
Buffalo Win Total Odds: Over 7.5 (-122) Under 7.5 (+100)
Have an issue with my rankings? Think your alma mater is too low, or your school's rival is too high? Get at me on X, @RJ_Young , and I'll select my favorite tweets and respond to them in a future article.
RJ Young is a national college football writer and analyst for FOX Sports. Follow him at @RJ_Young.
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