When it comes to picking an EA Sports College Football 25 dynasty team, you could go with a rebuild, programs ready to win now, teams on the verge, or just take a look at where every team ranks overall and go from there. There are even more options than that, but the point is you can go a lot of different directions when there are 130+ teams (and Team Builder.
OS user thescoop has one last list of teams for you to think about, and that is a group of the top 10 “middle tier” teams. These are teams not quite ready to go for a title, but they’re also not a rebuild either. However, spoilers, it’s really 20 teams because he has split it up into a Power 5 grouping of 10 and a non-Power 5 grouping of 10 teams.
Top 10 Teams “In The Middle”
Power 5
10. Iowa State – Can you make a bigger team in the state of Iowa than the Hawkeyes?
9. Michigan State – Once in the fight, hard times have come. They could have been included as rebuild but I think they’re easy to get back to the middle.
8. Missouri – Always sniffing but always seem to be in the middle of the pack.
7. Oregon State – Left behind in a dead conference. Worth seeing what you can do here. (Does the Pac-12 still count as a Power 5?)
6. Washington State – See above.
5. Texas Tech – Time to see if you can take the Red Raiders to new heights with big brothers gone from the conference.
4. Purdue – Always average or bad these days. Would be fun to bring them up to higher heights and control the Big Ten.
3. UCLA – Fish out of water in their new conference. Time to see if you can put the program back on the map.
2. Mississippi State – Being from Mississippi, I’m always thinking of the state schools first. They could definitely fall in a lesser tier but I’m fine sticking them in the middle tier for now.
1. Kansas – The basketball program that wants to be a football power. I think taking them over and trying to grow could be a lot of fun.
Non-Power 5
10. South Alabama – Newer program. Seems to be trending in the right direction.
9. Louisiana Lafayette – Could be fun one to take in the Sun Belt and grow.
8. UAB – From shutdown to growing. Another school that could be fun to take and run with. Could have been in the rebuild section but didn’t make my cut.
7. LA Tech – Another one of those programs that could be a fun run in ’25 and beyond.
6. San Diego State – Always have liked their uniforms and recruiting in Cali could be a boost.
5. Fresno State – Another school that has been good in the past but never a true threat.
4. Northern Illinois – Just one I’ve enjoyed watching on nights the MAC is featured.
3. App State – Another school that made a name for themselves before moving up — and a great stadium.
2. Western Kentucky – Cool mascot and a one-time beast in C-USA.
1. Troy – has produced some great talent over the years. It would be fun to make them more than middle of the road.
