2025 Liberty Football Predictions: Flames Ranked 70th in RJ Young's Ultimate 136

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 Liberty lands in my Ultimate 136.

Liberty ranking: 70
Last year’s ranking: 42
Top player: LB Joseph Carter: All C-USA Second Team selection, led Liberty with 88 tackles last season.

[Liberty's 2025 schedule]

RJ's take: Jamey Chadwell has done a lot of winning over the past season. At Coastal Carolina and Liberty, he's not just gone 50-12 but has his teams in contention for the G6 spot in a New Year’s Six at both programs.

He's a winner. And Flames fans are going to need to trust that going into 2025 with unproven players at QB and RB.

[Check out RJ Young's Ultimate 136 College Football Rankings here]

Liberty Win Total Odds: Over 9.5 (-128), Under 9.5 (+104)

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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