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Zloggt Ballot for 2025 Preseason

Ballot Type: Human

Submitted: Aug. 21, 2025, 12:08 a.m.

Overall Rationale: These preseason polls kind of don't really mean anything much in the end of the day...so I've kind of just based on mainly on what the AP and Coaches Poll have already said...albeit deviating in regards to SOS (i.e. how confident I feel about each team earning their aforementioned preseason ranking within the first 3 weeks of the season), returning production (i.e. if this is still largely the "same team" as from last year), and honestly, a touch of my own personal bias.

Rank Team Reason
1 Texas Longhorns Prime beef, and for a reason!
2 Ohio State Buckeyes I REALLY don't get why the AP Poll doesn't just put the Buckeyes at #2. I mean, I don't really care (and roster and all that)...but like, since August rankings mean little by December, why not just bump 'em up a spot and make for some TRULY awesome ratings?
3 Penn State Nittany Lions Shall this be the year the Happy Valley Lions FINALLY become the B1G champions after years of playing second fiddle?
4 Notre Dame Fighting Irish I wonder what the next inexplicable home loss will motivate Marcus and Company into another strong finish...
5 Georgia Bulldogs Blah blah good recruiting, blah blah never count out Kirby, blah blah *insert driving joke here*...
6 Clemson Tigers I wonder which bubble team Dabo will give the kiss of death this go-around...
7 Oregon Ducks They're returning to the lemonade stand with a vengeance (and also some terror of playing against the Bobcats)...
8 LSU Tigers Playoff or bust in Baton Rouge, I suppose...
9 Miami Hurricanes Best not repeat the mistakes that the team in the top of Tallahassee had done prior...
10 Illinois Fighting Illini Is it TOO high? Yes! But this is MY Preseason Poll - I get lots of wiggle room to be biased, fr*ck you!
11 Arizona State Sun Devils The rapid rebuild has worked out for these Solar Satans!
12 Alabama Crimson Tide Yankee Kalen...perhaps like an elephant in a china shop?
13 Michigan Wolverines One must imagine how this team can play with...slightly bruised wrists...
14 South Carolina Gamecocks My other favorite SEC team (outside Mizzou)...arguably the most sympathetic (and perhaps overhated) of the non-playoff teams in the conference last season...hope things work out for them this time...
15 Kansas State Wildcats American Were...cats in Dublin...don't let the jet lag screw you over next game!
16 SMU Mustangs Can they keep it up this season? Well, at least the boosters are in no dire need of fundage to ensure so...
17 Florida Gators A new day for Sun Belt Billy (endearing)...
18 Texas A&M Aggies I'd usually flirt with the idea of WHEN (not if) the season will go wrong down in College Station...but hey, it's preseason! Positives...erm, nowhere to go but up?
19 Tennessee Volunteers Can the "at least we lost to the national champions!" vindication carry them into another Playoff ticket?
20 Iowa State Cyclones Can Campbell's dark magic work its...wonders once more? I'd bet yes (especially with Pop-Tart mascot in their bellies)...
21 Boise State Broncos No Jeanty? No problem! Hopefully, at least...
22 Indiana Hoosiers Rival you may be...I root for Cignetti and Company to confirm that this is, indeed, NOT a flash in the pan!
23 Ole Miss Rebels The STARK contrast of where the AP and Coaches have these Landsharks makes for quite an enigmatic ranking on my own end...
24 Oklahoma Sooners ...the same of which applies to the Sooners (albeit with far less margin for error here)...
25 Tulane Green Wave A "freebie" pick (sorta) at this point in the (pre)season...so fuck it, why not another G5? And here, we see a Green Wave squad that STILL persisted into being competitive and attention-grabbing at the national level...so it would not hurt to share some love in their way, no?

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