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MemeofMemeJTG999999 Ballot for 2025 Preseason

Ballot Type: Human

Submitted: Aug. 13, 2025, 9:30 p.m.

Overall Rationale: I use a methodology similar to that used by the voter polls that bases teams based primarily on wins/losses, but with other factors such as how those teams looked in their wins and losses, head to head, roster depth, etc, in play.

Rank Team Reason
1 Texas Longhorns End of Last Season: #5 (13-3) | Next Week: @ #2 Ohio State (JTGOTW) | Projected Bowl: Sugar Bowl vs LSU/Oregon
2 Ohio State Buckeyes End of Last Season: #1 (14-2) | Next Week: vs #1 Texas (JTGOTW) | Projected Bowl: Rose Bowl vs South Carolina/Clemson
3 Penn State Nittany Lions End of Last Season: #4 (13-3) | Next Week: vs Nevada | Projected Bowl: Orange Bowl vs Alabama/Arizona State
4 Notre Dame Fighting Irish End of Last Season: #2 (14-2) | Next Week: @ #12 Miami | Projected Bowl: Cotton Bowl vs Georgia/Boise State
5 Georgia Bulldogs End of Last Season: #6 (11-3) | Next Week: vs Marshall | Projected Bowl: Playoff R1 vs Boise State
6 Alabama Crimson Tide End of Last Season: #22 (9-4) | Next Week: @ Florida State | Projected Bowl: Playoff R1 vs Arizona State
7 South Carolina Gamecocks End of Last Season: #19 (9-4) | Next Week: vs Virginia Tech (in Atlanta) | Projected Bowl: Playoff R1 vs Clemson
8 LSU Tigers End of Last Season: #25 (9-4) | Next Week: @ #10 Clemson | Projected Bowl: Playoff R1 vs Oregon
9 Oregon Ducks End of Last Season: #3 (13-1) | Next Week: vs Montana State | Projected Bowl: Playoff R1 @ LSU
10 Clemson Tigers End of Last Season: #14 (10-4) | Next Week: vs #8 LSU | Projected Bowl: Playoff R1 @ South Carolina
11 Arizona State Sun Devils End of Last Season: #10 (11-3) | Next Week: vs Northern Arizona | Projected Bowl: Playoff R1 @ Alabama
12 Miami Hurricanes End of Last Season: #20 (10-3) | Next Week: vs #4 Notre Dame | Projected Bowl: Gator Bowl vs Tennessee
13 Illinois Fighting Illini End of Last Season: #16 (10-3) | Next Week: vs Western Illinois | Projected Bowl: ReliaQuest Bowl vs Ole Miss
14 Florida Gators End of Last Season: unranked (8-5) | Next Week: vs Long Island | Projected Bowl: Citrus Bowl vs Michigan
15 Kansas State Wildcats End of Last Season: #28 (9-4) | Next Weeks: vs #25 Iowa State (in Dublin), vs North Dakota | Projected Bowl: Alamo Bowl vs USC
16 Ole Miss Rebels End of Last Season: #7 (10-3) | Next Week: vs Georgia State | Projected Bowl: ReliaQuest Bowl vs Illinois
17 Michigan Wolverines End of Last Season: #30 (8-5) | Next Week: vs New Mexico | Projected Bowl: Citrus Bowl vs Florida
18 Indiana Hoosiers End of Last Season: #11 (11-2) | Next Week: vs Old Dominion | Projected Bowl: Music City Bowl vs Oklahoma
19 SMU Mustangs End of Last Season: #15 (11-3) | Next Week: vs East Texas A&M | Projected Bowl: Holiday Bowl vs Utah
20 Tennessee Volunteers End of Last Season: #9 (10-3) | Next Week: vs Syracuse (in Atlanta) | Projected Bowl: Gator Bowl vs Miami
21 Texas Tech Red Raiders End of Last Season: unranked (8-5) | Next Week: vs Arkansas-Pine Bluff | Projected Bowl: Pop Tarts Bowl vs Louisville
22 Texas A&M Aggies End of Last Season: unranked (8-5) | Next Week: vs UTSA | Projected Bowl: Texas Bowl vs Iowa State
23 Boise State Broncos End of Last Season: #12 (12-2) | Next Week: @ South Florida | Projected Bowl: Playoff R1 @ Georgia
24 Louisville Cardinals End of Last Season: #26 (9-4) | Next Week: vs Eastern Kentucky | Projected Bowl: Pop Tarts Bowl vs Texas Tech
25 Iowa State Cyclones End of Last Season: #13 (11-3) | Next Weeks: vs #15 Kansas State (in Dublin), vs South Dakota | Projected Bowl: Texas Bowl vs Texas A&M | Next 5: | #26: Oklahoma (End of Last Season: unranked (6-7)) | #27: BYU (End of Last Season: #8 (11-2)) | #28: Missouri (End of Last Season: #21 (10-3)) | #29: Baylor (End of Last Season: unranked (9-4)) | #30: Georgia Tech (End of Last Season: unranked (7-6))

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