Three weeks into the 2025 college football season (four if you count Week 0, which we do), we’re starting to understand who’s good and who isn’t. Some of the country’s top units are beginning to reveal themselves, and nowhere is this more apparent than the offensive line, where premier protection and magnificent hog mollies are asserting their dominance weekly.
Who are the best units heading into Week 4 of the season? Our college football offensive line rankings break down the top 10 groups in the nation while listing all 136 FBS teams as stacked up by our PFSN College Team OLi season grades.
10) Nebraska Cornhuskers
- PFSN College Team OLi Season Grade: 89.9 (B+)
- PFSN College Team OLi Week 3 Grade: 80.9 (B-)
For the second successive season, Matt Rhule’s Nebraska Cornhuskers are 3-0 to start the year. While a schedule featuring the Cincinnati Bearcats, Akron Zips, and Houston Baptist is one reason they’re off to a winning start, and the defense is another, a significant factor behind an offense averaging 49.0 points per game is a stellar offensive line featuring multiple juggernauts.
Led by Justin Evans, the 35th-ranked center so far this season, every starter on the Cornhuskers’ offensive line is within the top 75 at their position. As a unit, they’ve allowed pressure on just 15.1% of all true dropbacks, with just two quick pressure snaps all season. They’ve also allowed just two sacks, ranking 19th in the country for sack percentage on true dropbacks (2.3%).
9) Auburn Tigers
- PFSN College Team OLi Season Grade: 90.2 (A-)
- PFSN College Team OLi Week 3 Grade: 82.3 (B-)
The Auburn Tigers have yet to score fewer than 30 points in a game this season. Jackson Arnold looks like a completely different quarterback than he did a year ago, and you can credit an impressive 4.28 seconds before pressure per snap (12th in the nation) for renewed confidence. From center Connor Lew, through Dillon Wade to Xavier Chaplin, the left side of the line hasn’t allowed a single sack through three games.
While protection for Arnold has been stellar, the line’s performance in the ground game has been sensational. The Tigers are averaging 6.6 yards per carry heading into Week 4 of the season, with 1.87 yards before contact per designed rush. That ranks third in the country behind the Utah Utes and Air Force Falcons, significantly contributing to their high position in our college football offensive line rankings.
8) Oklahoma Sooners
- PFSN College Team OLi Season Grade: 90.3 (A-)
- PFSN College Team OLi Week 3 Grade: 78.3 (C+)
Coach Bill Bedenbaugh is widely regarded as one of the best positional coaches in the country, so it should be no surprise to find the Oklahoma Sooners stacked so highly in our college football offensive line rankings. He’s a premier producer of talent, as testified by Jake Maikkula, Luke Baklenko, and Febechi Nwaiwu, all ranking in the top 75 at their respective positions.
John Mateer is absolutely cooking during his first season in Norman, and with over four seconds (4.01) before pressure per dropback plus a 3.6% sack rate behind this offensive line, he could put up career-high numbers well before the end of the campaign. His line is a disciplined bunch too, with the six players who’ve earned a season grade allowing just four penalties on 889 snaps.
7) Texas A&M Aggies
- PFSN College Team OLi Season Grade: 90.7 (A-)
- PFSN College Team OLi Week 3 Grade: 79.5 (C+)
The Texas A&M Aggies are looking like one of the most dangerous teams in the country right now. The program has a long history of producing top-tier offensive linemen, but this unit is something else entirely. Led by Ar’maj Reed-Adams, a PFSN Top 100 player ahead of the season, all six qualifying players have a PFSN College Individual OLi score over 80.0.
The Aggies have allowed a sack on just 2.5% of true dropbacks and quick pressure on just 5.0%. While gashing open huge rushing lanes and allowing the running backs (and quarterback Marcel Reed) to average 1.45 yards before contact per designed rush, they’ve also allowed Reed 4.13 seconds before pressure each dropback. With 18 penalties between four players, they do need to play with more discipline as they get into SEC play.
6) Kentucky Wildcats
- PFSN College Team OLi Season Grade: 90.8 (A-)
- PFSN College Team OLi Week 3 Grade: 76.8 (C)
Through three games of the 2025 college football season, the Kentucky Wildcats are averaging 11.1 points per game more than last season. It’s early days, but the offense looks better than it did a year ago, and played the Ole Miss Rebels close in Week 2. A significant factor in the early-season success is an offensive line that is flourishing behind a mix of returning starters and portal additions.
Second-year Wildcat (and former Florida Gator) Jalen Farmer has been a behemoth at the heart of the line, with an 89.0 season grade that ranks 13th among all college football guards. While they’ve had to protect for the least dropback snaps among the top 10 of our college football offensive line rankings, the Kentucky unit has allowed just a 5.0% quick pressure and sack rate while allowing Zach Calzada 4.1 seconds before pressure.
5) Missouri Tigers
- PFSN College Team OLi Season Grade: 91.1 (A-)
- PFSN College Team OLi Week 3 Grade: 83.3 (B)
The Missouri Tigers are one of just seven teams that feature in the top 25 of all three of PFSN’s team metrics heading into Week 4 of the college football season. Eli Drinkwitz’s program is one of the most underrated teams in the country right now, and its offensive line is helping set the tone for another successful season.
You might not think that if you look at sack numbers, with six sacks and a 7.3% sack rate allowed through three games. They’ve also allowed 10 quick pressures (12.2% rate), which is more than any other team in the top 20 of our college football offensive line rankings.
However, they’ve been dominant in the ground game, carving out lanes and allowing the backs to average 6.8 yards per carry, 1.41 yards per designed run that has come before contact. Offensive tackle Keagen Trost has been instrumental in the run game and is PFSN’s highest-graded offensive tackle through three weeks.
4) Rutgers Scarlet Knights
- PFSN College Team OLi Season Grade: 91.4 (A-)
- PFSN College Team OLi Week 3 Grade: 80.0 (B-)
Led by center Gus Zilinskas, who is the fifth-highest-graded player at his position through Week 3, the Rutgers Scarlet Knights have a remarkable six offensive linemen with a PFSN College Individual OLi score over 84.0. All six rank within the top 100 offensive linemen in the country, setting an incredible base for quarterback Athan Kaliakmanis to work behind each week.
The group has been incredibly disciplined, giving away just two penalties through the opening quarter of the season. They’ve allowed just a 13.0% pressure rate when opponents don’t send the blitz, while allowing a 6.6% quick pressure rate and 5.3% sack rate. Big Ten play poses a different challenge than their out-of-conference schedule, but you can still expect the line to perform at a high level.
3) Florida Gators
- PFSN College Team OLi Season Grade: 94.5 (A)
- PFSN College Team OLi Week 3 Grade: 76.1 (C)
Heading into Week 4 of the college football season, the Florida Gators boast PFSN’s second-ranked offensive tackle (Austin Barber), fifth-ranked guard (Roderick Kearney), and third-ranked center (Jake Slaughter), powering the third-ranked unit in our college football offensive line rankings. DJ Lagway’s interception problems against the LSU Tigers can’t be attributed to poor protection.
Despite facing the hardest strength of schedule in the country through three weeks, they’ve allowed just a 5.2% sack rate, a 9.4% quick pressure rate, and 22.2% pressure rate on non-blitz dropbacks. Discipline has been an issue throughout Billy Napier’s tenure in Gainesville, and five of seven eligible offensive linemen have multiple penalties so far this year.
2) Utah Utes
- PFSN College Team OLi Season Grade: 95.5 (A)
- PFSN College Team OLi Week 3 Grade: 81.2 (B-)
After struggling offensively for two seasons, the Utah Utes have sprung back into life with a dangerous dual-threat quarterback and an innovative offensive coordinator. However, it’s the offensive line that should also be earmarked for praise because they’ve been dominant through three weeks of the campaign.
Only Air Force has had more yards before contact per designed run than the Utes (1.88), and there are obvious scheme advantages for the Falcons. As a result, the Utah ground game has averaged 6.1 yards per carry.
However, it’s in protection where they’ve really excelled relative to the rest of the college football landscape. Devon Dampier has had 4.48 seconds before pressure to operate in this fall, while the line has allowed just one sack (1.7% sack rate) and one quick pressure (1.7% quick pressure rate) in their three wins so far. No line has allowed less pressure in 2025 (15.0%).
1) Arkansas Razorbacks
- PFSN College Team OLi Season Grade: 98.8 (A+)
- PFSN College Team OLi Week 3 Grade: 88.7 (B+)
After opening the season with a 71.0 PFSN College Team OLi score (adjusted for opponent strength) against Alabama A&M, the Arkansas Razorbacks have been a constant presence in the upper echelons of our college football offensive line rankings. A consistent force, they finished in the top 10 of both Week 2 and Week 3, allowing Taylen Green to establish himself as one of the nation’s most dangerous passers.
The return of Fernando Carmona was a major boon for Sam Pittman, and he’s one of three Arkansas offensive linemen who rank in the top 10 at their position heading into Week 4. The same four (Carmona, Corey Robinson II, Kobe Branham, and E’Marion Harris) rank within the top 30 among all offensive linemen through three weeks.
Individual brilliance begets a dominant unit, and they’ve engineered 4.22 seconds per dropback before pressure for Green to work in. Although they’ve allowed some quick pressure (7.1% quick pressure rate), it has only resulted in a 2.0% sack rate. They’ve also been responsible for 1.48 yards before contact per designed run as a multiphase protection and wrecking crew.
College Football Offensive Line Rankings | Best of the Rest
11) TCU Horned Frogs: 89.8 (B+)
12) Ohio State Buckeyes: 89.7 (B+)
13) Mississippi State Bulldogs: 89.5 (B+)
14) Cincinnati Bearcats: 89.1 (B+)
15) Penn State Nittany Lions: 89.1 (B+)
16) USC Trojans: 88.4 (B+)
17) Oregon Ducks: 88.4 (B+)
18) Arizona Wildcats: 88.2 (B+)
19) Indiana Hoosiers: 88.2 (B+)
20) Vanderbilt Commodores: 88.1 (B+)
21) Iowa Hawkeyes: 87.8 (B+)
22) Baylor Bears: 87.8 (B+)
23) Alabama Crimson Tide: 87.6 (B+)
24) Miami (FL) Hurricanes: 87.2 (B+)
25) Arizona State Sun Devils: 87.2 (B+)
26) Virginia Cavaliers: 87.2 (B+)
27) Texas Tech Red Raiders: 86.4 (B)
28) LSU Tigers: 86.1 (B)
29) Washington Huskies: 85.9 (B)
30) Michigan Wolverines: 85.9 (B)
31) Georgia Bulldogs: 85.8 (B)
32) SMU Mustangs: 85.7 (B)
33) Florida State Seminoles: 85.7 (B)
34) Iowa State Cyclones: 85.4 (B)
35) Northwestern Wildcats: 85.3 (B)
36) Duke Blue Devils: 85.3 (B)
37) Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets: 85.0 (B)
38) Minnesota Golden Gophers: 85.0 (B)
39) Syracuse Orange: 84.6 (B)
40) Colorado Buffaloes: 84.3 (B)
41) Texas Longhorns: 84.1 (B)
42) Oklahoma State Cowboys: 83.9 (B)
43) South Carolina Gamecocks: 83.7 (B)
44) Michigan State Spartans: 83.4 (B)
45) Wisconsin Badgers: 83.1 (B)
46) BYU Cougars: 82.9 (B-)
47) Kansas Jayhawks: 82.9 (B-)
48) Kansas State Wildcats: 82.8 (B-)
49) UCF Knights: 82.4 (B-)
50) Boston College Eagles: 82.3 (B-)
51) Mississippi Rebels: 82.3 (B-)
52) Tennessee Volunteers: 81.7 (B-)
53) Notre Dame Fighting Irish: 81.7 (B-)
54) West Virginia Mountaineers: 81.4 (B-)
55) Clemson Tigers: 81.0 (B-)
56) Virginia Tech Hokies: 81.0 (B-)
57) Louisville Cardinals: 80.8 (B-)
58) Stanford Cardinal: 80.5 (B-)
59) Maryland Terrapins: 80.1 (B-)
60) North Carolina State Wolfpack: 79.8 (C+)
61) Pittsburgh Panthers: 79.7 (C+)
62) Wake Forest Demon Deacons: 79.1 (C+)
63) UCLA Bruins: 78.9 (C+)
64) Illinois Fighting Illini: 78.7 (C+)
65) Houston Cougars: 77.1 (C+)
66) California Golden Bears: 77.0 (C+)
67) Air Force Falcons: 76.5 (C)
68) Purdue Boilermakers: 76.3 (C)
69) Boise State Broncos: 76.3 (C)
70) Navy Midshipmen: 76.2 (C)
71) Florida Atlantic Owls: 74.0 (C)
72) Old Dominion Monarchs: 72.3 (C-)
73) Memphis Tigers: 72.2 (C-)
74) UTSA Roadrunners: 71.7 (C-)
75) North Carolina Tar Heels: 71.7 (C-)
76) Fresno State Bulldogs: 71.3 (C-)
77) Connecticut Huskies: 71.3 (C-)
78) UAB Blazers: 71.1 (C-)
79) Arkansas State Red Wolves: 71.1 (C-)
80) Oregon State Beavers: 70.9 (C-)
81) Wyoming Cowboys: 70.9 (C-)
82) Washington State Cougars: 70.6 (C-)
83) Georgia Southern Eagles: 70.3 (C-)
84) Colorado State Rams: 70.2 (C-)
85) Tulsa Golden Hurricane: 70.1 (C-)
86) Texas State Bobcats: 69.6 (D+)
87) Nevada Wolf Pack: 69.4 (D+)
88) Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns: 69.4 (D+)
89) Appalachian State Mountaineers: 69.0 (D+)
90) North Texas Mean Green: 69.0 (D+)
91) James Madison Dukes: 69.0 (D+)
92) Charlotte 49ers: 68.9 (D+)
93) Rice Owls: 68.7 (D+)
94) Hawaii Warriors: 68.7 (D+)
95) Army Black Knights: 68.5 (D+)
96) Tulane Green Wave: 68.4 (D+)
97) Temple Owls: 68.3 (D+)
98) Troy Trojans: 68.1 (D+)
99) Buffalo Bulls: 67.9 (D+)
100) East Carolina Pirates: 67.7 (D+)
101) New Mexico Lobos: 67.5 (D+)
102) Bowling Green Falcons: 67.3 (D+)
103) Delaware Fightin Blue Hens: 67.3 (D+)
104) Georgia State Panthers: 67.2 (D+)
105) Eastern Michigan Eagles: 67.0 (D+)
106) Utah State Aggies: 66.9 (D)
107) Sam Houston State Bearkats: 66.5 (D)
108) USF Bulls: 66.3 (D)
109) San Jose State Spartans: 66.3 (D)
110) Jacksonville State Gamecocks: 66.2 (D)
111) Toledo Rockets: 66.0 (D)
112) San Diego State Aztecs: 65.7 (D)
113) South Alabama Jaguars: 65.5 (D)
114) Louisiana-Monroe Warhawks: 65.3 (D)
115) Southern Miss Golden Eagles: 65.0 (D)
116) Coastal Carolina Chanticleers: 64.7 (D)
117) Massachusetts Minutemen: 64.2 (D)
118) Liberty Flames: 64.1 (D)
119) UTEP Miners: 64.0 (D)
120) Florida International Golden Panthers: 64.0 (D)
121) Kent State Golden Flashes: 63.8 (D)
122) UNLV Rebels: 63.3 (D)
123) Western Michigan Broncos: 63.0 (D)
124) Western Kentucky Hilltoppers: 62.8 (D-)
125) Northern Illinois Huskies: 62.5 (D-)
126) Kennesaw State Owls: 62.3 (D-)
127) Akron Zips: 62.2 (D-)
128) Ohio Bobcats: 61.7 (D-)
129) Marshall Thundering Herd: 61.4 (D-)
130) Louisiana Tech Bulldogs: 60.0 (D-)
131) Ball State Cardinals: 60.0 (D-)
132) Miami (OH) RedHawks: 57.5 (F)
133) New Mexico State Aggies: 56.8 (F)
134) Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders: 55.3 (F)
135) Missouri State Bears: 54.6 (F)
136) Central Michigan Chippewas: 49.1 (F)
