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jimbobbypaul Ballot for 2025 Week 2

Ballot Type: Computer

Submitted: Sept. 2, 2025, 1:30 a.m.

Overall Rationale: The JB Rankings from https://www.reddit.com/r/CFB/comments/12nja3j/ranking_the_top_131_fbs_programs_of_the_last_40/ make their way to the r/CFB Poll! The JB Rankings are a computer model that, in a nutshell, gives you points for a win, takes away points for a loss, and divides your cumulative score by log(games played + 1). So every team starts out with 0 resume points which go up/down depending on how they play during the year. For each game, opponent record, opponent conference, at what point in the season the game was played, and scoring margin are taken into account. The model rewards you for playing a tough schedule. If you beat a great team, you get a lot of points. If you lose to a great team, you only lose a few points. If you beat a bad team, you only get a few points. If you lose to a bad team, you lose a lot of points. Please PM me with any questions or complaints! Side note: this algorithm needs some tweaking for 2024 and beyond. Some of the big names flocking to the SEC/Big Ten has messed up the strength of schedule ratings for each conference.

Rank Team Reason
1 Penn State Nittany Lions For week 2 I'm using (0.83 * last year's ranking) + (0.17 * this year's ranking) and sorting from smallest to largest. Penn State is #1 with 5.67 (0.83 * 5) + (0.17 * 9). Last year's ranking: 5. This year's ranking: 9
2 Georgia Bulldogs LY: 6 TY: 8
3 Ohio State Buckeyes LY: 1 TY: 36
4 Ole Miss Rebels LY: 8 TY: 6
5 Iowa State Cyclones LY: 13 TY: 1
6 Oregon Ducks LY 3 TY 55
7 BYU Cougars LY 7 TY 47
8 Indiana Hoosiers LY 12 TY 30
9 Notre Dame Fighting Irish LY 2 TY 92
10 Tennessee Volunteers LY 18 TY 20
11 Miami Hurricanes LY 14 TY 41
12 SMU Mustangs LY 9 TY 68
13 South Carolina Gamecocks LY 17 TY 30
14 Texas Longhorns LY 4 TY 95
15 Arizona State Sun Devils LY 11 TY 77
16 LSU Tigers LY 22 TY 36
17 UNLV Rebels LY 27 TY 12
18 Illinois Fighting Illini LY 19 TY 54
19 Michigan Wolverines LY 28 TY 23
20 Missouri Tigers LY 23 TY 50
21 Louisville Cardinals LY 20 TY 65
22 Boise State Broncos LY 10 TY 128
23 Alabama Crimson Tide LY 15 TY 106
24 Texas A&M Aggies LY 32 TY 22
25 Navy Midshipmen LY 25 TY 57

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