Army: 2025 Week 16 recap

Army sits at 7–6 after a heartbreaking 17–16 loss to Navy in Week 16, dropping them to a GIE rating of 0.8 and a ranking of 74th. The one-point defeat marks a brutal finish to what had been a competitive stretch, leaving the Black Knights in a precarious bowl-eligibility position heading into the final stretch. With no remaining games on the schedule, Army's season hinges on postseason selection—a narrow margin that reflects how tightly contested this campaign has been. The loss to their service-academy rival underscores the thin margins separating contention from disappointment in the American Athletic this year.