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xX_GIGA_MAN_Xx Ballot for 2025 Week 2

Ballot Type: Human

Submitted: Sept. 1, 2025, 11:40 p.m.

Overall Rationale: Another successful poll. They call me Mr Pollman

Rank Team Reason
1 Ohio State Buckeyes "Our brand new quarterback is better then your brand new quarterback!" can't really tell if both their/Texas' defenses are good or if their offenses are bad. Time will tell. #1 until they lose.
2 Penn State Nittany Lions 2 more cupcakes until they play Oregon. #2 by default.
3 LSU Tigers Devastating: Brian Kelly might have a good team and won't make a fool of himself
4 Miami Hurricanes Miami gets a big week 1 win with transfer QB, skyrockets up the rankings, thinks this is finally the year that they are back, only to fall apart in late october/november. This script is getting old, but I'm still gonna believe it
5 Georgia Bulldogs Yeah but that was just Marshall. We'll check back in 2 weeks to see how you face off against Tennessee
6 Texas Longhorns They'll be fine, maybe throwing your QB to the wolves in the #3 defending national champions was a bad idea? No, it wasn't because Arch had started games last year. The real issue was scheduling Ohio State in week 1, but please never fix "bad" scheduling like that
7 Oregon Ducks Oh yeah you played this week too. uhhh, another warm up game next week against Ok-State? We really don't know whats going on with them but Gundy has completely revamped the team. Either a 70-10 win or a close loss would not surprise me.
8 Texas Tech Red Raiders I still believe in them. Them+ASU are my favorites for the championship game.
9 Tennessee Volunteers I still believe in Tennessee being more then just Nico. Them beating Syracuse wasn't that big of a surprise. 2 weeks until Georgia and we see how good they really are.
10 Clemson Tigers Really unfortunate game. Returning QB being hyped up as a Heisman hopeful and you put up 10 points at home? Luckily you have plenty of time to recover and a relatively easy schedule in the ACC, but a very concerning start to the season.
11 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Disappointing, but not season ending. Carr looked decent, and Miami is a good team. They'll be fine. 2 weeks until A&M
12 Florida Gators Yeah they didn't play anyone meaningful. Going up by default
13 Arizona State Sun Devils NAU is good for an FCS team, but letting them get 19 is a bit concerning. I really don't have anything else to talk about for this. Probably gonna beat Mississippi State
14 Texas A&M Aggies This probably won't be the year they get over the hump and make the CFP, but it's nice to think it is.
15 Iowa State Cyclones K-State + South Dakota, very good start to the season. Rocco Becht looks great, this team should be disappointed if they don't make the B12 championship again.
16 Ole Miss Rebels Decent win over Georgia State, nothing really here to talk about. Probably gonna beat Kentucky too. Nothing really too difficult until LSU on the 27th, but maybe Tulane trap game?
17 SMU Mustangs Decent win over an FCS team. nothing really to talk about, Baylor game next week will be great.
18 Florida State Seminoles ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
19 Illinois Fighting Illini I think this team will be fine, I just am hesitant to rank them up in the high teens where they are in the AP poll until they start winning this year. If they keep winning, they'll keep climbing.
20 South Carolina Gamecocks Struggled for the first 3 quarters against a not very good VT team, but fourth quarter showed who was better. Fine win.
21 Louisville Cardinals Yeah you're losing to JMU. Can't explain why, but its just happening.
22 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets Haynes King looked good when he wasn't falling apart, how does that even happen its the start of a new season? has he just been getting pelted with dumbbells the entire offseason? or was there a bad hit I missed? I don't know. Good win, could probably make a run in the ACC.
23 Kansas State Wildcats Playoffs are probably out of the picture considering how you played against North Dakota (Not that one), but you can still dream of the Pop Tart bowl, and that's all anyone can ask for really
24 Alabama Crimson Tide If this is what a 2-10 FSU does to Bama, imagine what Rich "Hard Edge" Rod was going to do to them. They're scared of WVU
25 Auburn Tigers Could Hugh Freeze actually have it all figured out at Auburn? No, probably not, but its fun to think he did

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