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 |
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1 |
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End of Last Season: #5 (13-3) | Next Week: @ #2 Ohio State (JTGOTW) | Projected Bowl: Sugar Bowl vs LSU/Oregon |
2 |
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End of Last Season: #1 (14-2) | Next Week: vs #1 Texas (JTGOTW) | Projected Bowl: Rose Bowl vs South Carolina/Clemson |
3 |
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End of Last Season: #4 (13-3) | Next Week: vs Nevada | Projected Bowl: Orange Bowl vs Alabama/Arizona State |
4 |
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End of Last Season: #2 (14-2) | Next Week: @ #12 Miami | Projected Bowl: Cotton Bowl vs Georgia/Boise State |
5 |
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End of Last Season: #6 (11-3) | Next Week: vs Marshall | Projected Bowl: Playoff R1 vs Boise State |
6 |
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End of Last Season: #22 (9-4) | Next Week: @ Florida State | Projected Bowl: Playoff R1 vs Arizona State |
7 |
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End of Last Season: #19 (9-4) | Next Week: vs Virginia Tech (in Atlanta) | Projected Bowl: Playoff R1 vs Clemson |
8 |
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End of Last Season: #25 (9-4) | Next Week: @ #10 Clemson | Projected Bowl: Playoff R1 vs Oregon |
9 |
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End of Last Season: #3 (13-1) | Next Week: vs Montana State | Projected Bowl: Playoff R1 @ LSU |
10 |
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End of Last Season: #14 (10-4) | Next Week: vs #8 LSU | Projected Bowl: Playoff R1 @ South Carolina |
11 |
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End of Last Season: #10 (11-3) | Next Week: vs Northern Arizona | Projected Bowl: Playoff R1 @ Alabama |
12 |
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End of Last Season: #20 (10-3) | Next Week: vs #4 Notre Dame | Projected Bowl: Gator Bowl vs Tennessee |
13 |
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End of Last Season: #16 (10-3) | Next Week: vs Western Illinois | Projected Bowl: ReliaQuest Bowl vs Ole Miss |
14 |
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End of Last Season: unranked (8-5) | Next Week: vs Long Island | Projected Bowl: Citrus Bowl vs Michigan |
15 |
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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 |
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End of Last Season: #7 (10-3) | Next Week: vs Georgia State | Projected Bowl: ReliaQuest Bowl vs Illinois |
17 |
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End of Last Season: #30 (8-5) | Next Week: vs New Mexico | Projected Bowl: Citrus Bowl vs Florida |
18 |
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End of Last Season: #11 (11-2) | Next Week: vs Old Dominion | Projected Bowl: Music City Bowl vs Oklahoma |
19 |
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End of Last Season: #15 (11-3) | Next Week: vs East Texas A&M | Projected Bowl: Holiday Bowl vs Utah |
20 |
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End of Last Season: #9 (10-3) | Next Week: vs Syracuse (in Atlanta) | Projected Bowl: Gator Bowl vs Miami |
21 |
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End of Last Season: unranked (8-5) | Next Week: vs Arkansas-Pine Bluff | Projected Bowl: Pop Tarts Bowl vs Louisville |
22 |
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End of Last Season: unranked (8-5) | Next Week: vs UTSA | Projected Bowl: Texas Bowl vs Iowa State |
23 |
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End of Last Season: #12 (12-2) | Next Week: @ South Florida | Projected Bowl: Playoff R1 @ Georgia |
24 |
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End of Last Season: #26 (9-4) | Next Week: vs Eastern Kentucky | Projected Bowl: Pop Tarts Bowl vs Texas Tech |
25 |
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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)) |
Teams Ranked:
Rank | Team | Unusualness |
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1 |
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0.11 |
2 |
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0.00 |
3 |
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0.00 |
4 |
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0.00 |
5 |
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0.00 |
6 |
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0.02 |
7 |
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0.90 |
8 |
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0.13 |
9 |
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-0.28 |
10 |
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-0.08 |
11 |
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0.00 |
12 |
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0.00 |
13 |
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0.00 |
14 |
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0.22 |
15 |
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0.05 |
16 |
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0.00 |
17 |
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0.00 |
18 |
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0.00 |
19 |
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0.00 |
20 |
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0.00 |
21 |
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0.00 |
22 |
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0.00 |
23 |
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0.00 |
24 |
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0.00 |
25 |
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-0.30 |