Ballot Type: Human

Submitted: Sept. 1, 2025, 10:50 p.m.

Overall Rationale: Resume is important, but preseason polls/thoughts will hold weight simply because most teams played cupcakes

• Ballot
• Analysis

Rank	Team	Reason
1	Ohio State Buckeyes	I’ve seen enough, Back2Back champs incoming
2	Penn State Nittany Lions
3	LSU Tigers	They won their first game? On the road? Against Clemson?
4	Texas Longhorns	Not holding much against them
5	Georgia Bulldogs
6	Miami Hurricanes	Survived
7	Clemson Tigers	Not Death Valley
8	Oregon Ducks
9	Florida State Seminoles	Alabama was handled accordingly
10	Notre Dame Fighting Irish	Similar gritty team to last year, just need Carr to gain experience
11	South Carolina Gamecocks	Sellers still future Browns QB1 ✅
12	Iowa State Cyclones	Ugly game in Dublin but they won
13	Illinois Fighting Illini
14	Michigan Wolverines
15	Texas A&M Aggies
16	SMU Mustangs
17	Oklahoma Sooners
18	Tennessee Volunteers	Aguilar looks good enough
19	Ole Miss Rebels
20	Florida Gators
21	TCU Horned Frogs	Took their foot off the gas too early
22	Utah Utes	Blew out the Fightin’ Iamaleavas
23	Indiana Hoosiers
24	Arizona State Sun Devils
25	Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets

Teams Ranked:

Rank	Team	Unusualness
1	Ohio State Buckeyes	0.00
2	Penn State Nittany Lions	0.00
3	LSU Tigers	0.00
4	Texas Longhorns	0.57
5	Georgia Bulldogs	0.00
6	Miami Hurricanes	0.00
7	Clemson Tigers	0.62
8	Oregon Ducks	0.00
9	Florida State Seminoles	0.10
10	Notre Dame Fighting Irish	0.00
11	South Carolina Gamecocks	0.00
12	Iowa State Cyclones	0.00
13	Illinois Fighting Illini	0.00
14	Michigan Wolverines	0.00
15	Texas A&M Aggies	0.51
16	SMU Mustangs	0.00
17	Oklahoma Sooners	0.39
18	Tennessee Volunteers	0.00
19	Ole Miss Rebels	0.00
20	Florida Gators	0.00
21	TCU Horned Frogs	0.00
22	Utah Utes	0.00
23	Indiana Hoosiers	0.00
24	Arizona State Sun Devils	-0.81
25	Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets	0.00

Omissions:

Team	Unusualness
Texas Tech Red Raiders	0.16

Total Score: 3.16