Ballot Type: Human
Submitted: Sept. 2, 2025, 2:16 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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(1-0) (up 1) | W: 14-7 vs #1 Texas (0-1) | Next Week: vs Grambling (1-0) | Projected Bowl: Rose vs Texas/Illinois |
2 |
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(1-0) (up 1) W: 46-11 vs Nevada (0-1) | Next Week: vs Florida International (1-0) | Projected Bowl: Cotton vs Oregon/Florida |
3 |
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(1-0) (up 5) | W: 17-10 @ #10 Clemson (0-1) | Next Week: vs Louisiana Tech (1-0) | Projected Bowl: Sugar vs South Carolina/Arizona State |
4 |
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(1-0) (up 8) | W: 27-24 vs #4 Notre Dame (0-1) | Next Week: vs Bethune-Cookman (0-1) | Projected Bowl: Orange vs Georgia/South Florida |
5 |
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(1-0) (no change) | W: 45-7 vs Marshall (0-1) | Next Week: vs Austin Peay (1-0) | Projected Bowl: Playoff R1 vs South Florida |
6 |
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(1-0) (up 1) | W: 24-11 vs Virginia Tech (0-1) (in Atlanta) | Next Week: vs South Carolina State (1-0) | Projected Bowl: Playoff R1 vs Arizona State |
7 |
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(1-0) (up 2) | W: 59-13 vs Montana State (0-1) | Next Week: vs Oklahoma State (1-0) | Projected Bowl: Playoff R1 vs Florida |
8 |
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(0-1) (down 7) | L: 7-14 @ Ohio State (0-1) | Next Week: vs San Jose State (0-1) | Projected Bowl: Playoff R1 vs Illinois |
9 |
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(1-0) (up 4) | W: 52-3 vs Western Illinois (1-0) | Next Week: @ Duke (1-0) | Projected Bowl: Playoff R1 @ Texas |
10 |
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(1-0) (up 4) | W: 55-0 vs Long Island (1-0) | Next Week: vs #30 South Florida (1-0) | Projected Bowl: Playoff R1 @ Oregon |
11 |
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(0-1) (down 7) | L: 24-27 @ #12 Miami (1-0) | Next Week: Bye | Projected Bowl: Pop-Tarts Bowl vs Texas Tech |
12 |
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(1-0) (down 1) | W: 38-19 vs Northern Arizona (0-1) | Next Week: @ Mississippi State (1-0) | Projected Bowl: Playoff R1 @ South Carolina |
13 |
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(1-0) (up 3) | W: 63-7 vs Georgia State (0-1) | Next Week: @ Kentucky (1-0) | Projected Bowl: Citrus Bowl vs Michigan |
14 |
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(0-1) (down 4) | L: 10-17 vs #8 LSU (1-0) | Next Week: vs Troy (1-0) | Projected Bowl: Holiday Bowl vs Utah |
15 |
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(1-0) (up 5) | W: 45-26 vs Syracuse (0-1) (in Atlanta) | Next Week: vs East Tennessee (1-0) | Projected Bowl: Gator Bowl vs Florida State |
16 |
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(1-0) (up 3) | W: 42-13 vs East Texas A&M (0-1) Next Week: vs Baylor (0-1) | Projected Bowl: Duke’s Mayo Bowl vs Alabama |
17 |
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(1-0) (was unranked) | W: 31-17 vs #6 Alabama (0-1) | Next Week: vs East Texas A&M (0-1) Projected Bowl: Gator Bowl vs Tennessee |
18 |
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(2-0) (up 7) W: 24-21 vs #15 Kansas State (0-1) (in Dublin) | W: 55-7 vs South Dakota (0-1) | Next Week: vs Iowa (1-0) | Projected Bowl: Alamo Bowl vs USC |
19 |
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(1-0) (down 2) | W: 34-17 vs New Mexico (0-1) | Next Week: @ #26 Oklahoma (1-0) | Projected Bowl: Citrus Bowl vs Ole Miss |
20 |
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(1-0) (up 1) | W: 67-7 vs Arkansas-Pine Bluff (0-1) | Next Week: vs Kent State (1-0) | Projected Bowl: Pop-Tarts Bowl vs Notre Dame |
21 |
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(1-0) (down 3) | W: 27-14 vs Old Dominion (0-1) | Next Week: vs Kennesaw State (0-1) | Projected Bowl: ReliaQuest Bowl vs Auburn |
22 |
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(0-1) (down 16) | L: 17-31 @ Florida State (0-1) | Next Week: vs Louisiana-Monroe (1-0) | Projected Bowl: Duke’s Mayo Bowl vs SMU |
23 |
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(1-0) (down 1) | W: 42-24 vs UTSA (0-1) | Next Week: vs Utah State (1-0) | Projected Bowl: Texas Bowl vs BYU |
24 |
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(1-0) (no change) | W: 51-17 vs Eastern Kentucky (0-1) | Next Week: vs James Madison (1-0) | Projected Bowl: Military Bowl vs Navy |
25 |
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(1-0) (was unranked) | W: 38-24 @ #29 Baylor (0-1) | Next Week: vs Ball State (1-0) | Projected Bowl: ReliaQuest Bowl vs Indiana | Next 5: | #26: Oklahoma (1-0) (no change) | #27: BYU (1-0) (no change) | #28: Missouri (1-0) (no change) (JTGOTW vs Kansas (2-0)) | #29: Georgia Tech (1-0) (up 1) | #30: South Florida (1-0) (was unranked) | Fell out of T30: Kansas State (1-1) (was #15); Boise State (0-1) (was #23); Baylor (0-1) (was #29) | Biggest Riser: Florida State (1-0) (UR -> #17) | Biggest Faller: Alabama (0-1) (#6 -> #22) |
Teams Ranked:
Rank | Team | Unusualness |
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1 |
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0.00 |
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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0.59 |
7 |
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0.00 |
8 |
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0.00 |
9 |
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0.35 |
10 |
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0.66 |
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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0.00 |
15 |
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0.00 |
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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0.00 |
Omissions:
Team | Unusualness |
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0.31 |
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0.28 |
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0.08 |
Total Score: 2.27