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xX_GIGA_MAN_Xx Ballot for 2025 Preseason

Ballot Type: Human

Submitted: Aug. 14, 2025, 10:45 p.m.

Overall Rationale: Mind numbingly stupid. Never been wrong

Rank Team Reason
1 Texas Longhorns I am falling for the hype. Arch is the Lisan al Gaib
2 Ohio State Buckeyes Returning champions with lots of returning talent and great recruiting. Also because it should be a 1v2 match up week 1
3 Clemson Tigers I trust Dabo to bring Clemson back to the top rather then any other coach except maybe Kirby. Plus Klubnik should be very good. Favorites for the ACC and their playoff bid
4 Penn State Nittany Lions Good talent, plus returning Allar with hopefully a bump in production. People say that this should be the year they finally make it over the hump like they didn't just make the CFP semifinals last year. The narratives around Penn State are just really weird.
5 Notre Dame Fighting Irish I think that Marcus Freeman will be the guy to get Notre Dame their first championship in 30 years. Very good team. Relatively easy schedule. Additionally, now that the CFP bye isn't tied to a conference championship, they should have an easy path to a NY6 game. Just no NIU-style losses and this team makes another run in the playoffs. I really want to see them play Penn State again. National championship maybe?
6 Georgia Bulldogs Georgia will always have a good defense with Kirby at the helm. Really this all depends on how Gunner Stockton develops and plays. I feel like this is the exact thing that was said last year with Carson Beck
7 Oregon Ducks Oregon has a stacked roster of highly recruited talent. Will this be the year? Who knows. Same script as last 15 years
8 Miami Hurricanes Carson Beck hopefully doing what Cam Ward couldn't. Win an ACC championship. Will Miami ever be back? we may never know. Also why are they never talked about in realignment discussions? I feel like they're an important piece left in the puzzle, and everyone just ignores them. Strange.
9 LSU Tigers This year has to be it for Brian Kelly. So i'm predicting a early season loss to Florida, cause why not
10 Tennessee Volunteers I don't think this entire team was relying on Iamaleava, so I think them being #24 is a little harsh. We'll see how it develops. They have a couple of 4* QBs on the roster so they should be fine.
11 Alabama Crimson Tide it would be really funny if they lost to Vanderbilt again. Other then that I'm excited to see Ryan Williams develop more.
12 Texas Tech Red Raiders Texas Tech buying the best roster in the B12. I think McGuire is a good coach. I think this will be a very good team. Hopefully 11-0 going into Morgantown
13 Florida Gators If Lagway can stay healthy, Florida should be very good this year. Showed very good signs last year, almost upsetting (at the time) #2 Georgia.
14 Arizona State Sun Devils Losing Skattebo is bad, but Sam Leavitt should be a top 5 QB in the country. Really them and 5 other B12 teams in the fight for the bid to the CFP. I remember in 2022 when they fired their head coach in the endzone after a game, and everyone thought that it would take a decade until they got back to relevance. Kenny Dillingham may be a top 5 coach right now in the country. ASU should be very valuable to the B12 for the foreseeable future. But I also thought that Arizona would be too, so what do I know?
15 Kansas State Wildcats Avery Johnson had a decent first full season. Greatly appreciate him helping us fire Neal Brown. One of the top 5 teams in the B12 I think. Should be very good. Or 8-4. You never know
16 Texas A&M Aggies 9-3? I think Elko should be good, maybe beat Texas or something this season I don't know. That seems like the type of thing they'd be able to achieve
17 SMU Mustangs Billionaire money going crazy in Dallas. What does it say about the ACC that SMU was in it for one year and was able to put up an 11-3 season? Is the AAC a better conference then the ACC? many people are asking
18 Ole Miss Rebels The loss of Jaxson Dart will hurt this team, might be a rebuilding year for Kiffin. Or it could be a playoff year. Genuinely don't know. Preseason polls are kind of meaningless.
19 Iowa State Cyclones Genuinely why didn't Neal Brown recruit Rocco Becht? how has this happened? He is such a good quarterback. I am angry about this every time I think about this.
20 Boise State Broncos Probably should have a lock on the G5(6?) auto-bid. Thats good. Its always nice when Boise State is good. Hopefully they can reach the 2000s era Boise State and make a few playoff runs.
21 Illinois Fighting Illini Kinda weird how the B1G only has 4 teams here, yet they're all in the top 10 besides Illinois. Just a strangely top-stacked conference. If Illinois can just reach like 10-2/11-1 they should be in the playoffs. Only really difficult game on their schedule is Ohio State, and maybe if USC is good them too
22 South Carolina Gamecocks LaNorris Sellers should be a 1st round pick to some poor deluded NFL team who thinks he's going to become the next Cam Newton or something. Either way, he should help USC to a very good season
23 Louisville Cardinals Louisville really won out on that Purdue-Cinci-Louisville coach swap like 3 years ago. Unlucky to miss out on the ACC championship game, but should get another chance this year.
24 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets I really like this Georgia Tech team. Haynes King should make this team better and contend in the ACC. I think they would upset Georgia if that game was on campus but its not so who knows.
25 Baylor Bears Now that Baylor was able to win in Morgantown they are completely unleashed to destroy everyone else. Good luck Auburn! Thank you Neal Brown! Next 5 out: Syracuse (I like Fran Brown) BYU (Very good team beyond just their QB, should still be good) James Madison (Another G5 contender, Sun Belt playoff run when?) Duke (Honestly very underrated from last season. Only losses to ranked teams and a very good Georgia Tech team. Never really understood why they weren't even given a pity 25th place, even if some of their wins were a little close) Nebraska (THIS IS THEIR YEAR BABY! ITS 1997 ALL OVER AGAIN!!!)

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