T-Thugs Ballot for 2025 Week 2
Ballot Type: Human
Submitted: Sept. 2, 2025, 10:03 a.m.
Overall Rationale: Each week, I rerank teams based on their resumes. Early in the season, I give extra weight towards beating a p4 opponent. I don't really care if teams win big against awful teams.
| Rank | Team | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Ohio State Buckeyes
|
The reigning champs started the season off strong with a win over AP #1 Texas. |
| 2 |
LSU Tigers
|
LSU got a very impressive win going on the road to Clemson. I debated putting them #1 but think that should still belong to Ohio State. |
| 3 |
Miami Hurricanes
|
Miami got a very nice win knocking off Notre Dame. |
| 4 |
Florida State Seminoles
|
Florida State looked impressive beating down Alabama. |
| 5 |
Iowa State Cyclones
|
Iowa State has a nice win over Kansas State. |
| 6 |
Tennessee Volunteers
|
Tennessee started off the season by dominating Syracuse. |
| 7 |
Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets
|
Georgia Tech went on the road to get a nice win over Colorado. |
| 8 |
South Carolina Gamecocks
|
South Carolina started the season off strong with a win over Virginia Tech. |
| 9 |
USF Bulls
|
USF is undefeated with a nice win over Boise State. |
| 10 |
TCU Horned Frogs
|
TCU totally dominated North Carolina. Not sure how good UNC is going to be but for now I think that's a top 10 win of the season. |
| 11 |
Utah Utes
|
Utah looked dominant in a win over UCLA. |
| 12 |
Auburn Tigers
|
Auburn got a nice win over Baylor. |
| 13 |
Nebraska Cornhuskers
|
Nebraska pulled out a win over Big 12 opponent Cincinnati. |
| 14 |
Arizona Wildcats
|
Arizona is the last of my teams with a "quality" win. I don't think it will remain a quality win but Hawaii was 1-0 with a win over ACC member Stanford. I'm counting this as better than beating some nobody, which all the rest of the teams in my ranking have done. |
| 15 |
Georgia Bulldogs
|
Georgia starts off my list of teams that stomped creampuffs. |
| 16 |
Penn State Nittany Lions
|
Penn State dominated a nobody |
| 17 |
USC Trojans
|
USC I gave a little bump to because they scored 70 points against their nobody. |
| 18 |
Illinois Fighting Illini
|
Illinois dominated. They play Duke next weekend and can prove they belong in the rankings. |
| 19 |
Oregon Ducks
|
Oregon stomped a nobody. |
| 20 |
Arizona State Sun Devils
|
ASU did what a good team should do against Northern Arizona |
| 21 |
SMU Mustangs
|
Stomped a nobody |
| 22 |
Florida Gators
|
Stomped a nobody |
| 23 |
Texas Tech Red Raiders
|
Stomped a nobody |
| 24 |
Texas A&M Aggies
|
Stomped a nobody |
| 25 |
Oklahoma Sooners
|
Stomped a nobody. |
Teams Ranked:
| Rank | Team | Unusualness |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Ohio State Buckeyes
|
0.00 |
| 2 |
LSU Tigers
|
0.00 |
| 3 |
Miami Hurricanes
|
0.11 |
| 4 |
Florida State Seminoles
|
0.83 |
| 5 |
Iowa State Cyclones
|
0.94 |
| 6 |
Tennessee Volunteers
|
1.00 |
| 7 |
Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets
|
2.85 |
| 8 |
South Carolina Gamecocks
|
0.15 |
| 9 |
USF Bulls
|
3.77 |
| 10 |
TCU Horned Frogs
|
1.61 |
| 11 |
Utah Utes
|
0.87 |
| 12 |
Auburn Tigers
|
2.43 |
| 13 |
Nebraska Cornhuskers
|
8.48 |
| 14 |
Arizona Wildcats
|
6.24 |
| 15 |
Georgia Bulldogs
|
-2.04 |
| 16 |
Penn State Nittany Lions
|
-2.45 |
| 17 |
USC Trojans
|
1.14 |
| 18 |
Illinois Fighting Illini
|
0.00 |
| 19 |
Oregon Ducks
|
-2.39 |
| 20 |
Arizona State Sun Devils
|
-0.13 |
| 21 |
SMU Mustangs
|
0.00 |
| 22 |
Florida Gators
|
-0.08 |
| 23 |
Texas Tech Red Raiders
|
0.00 |
| 24 |
Texas A&M Aggies
|
0.00 |
| 25 |
Oklahoma Sooners
|
-0.04 |
Omissions:
| Team | Unusualness |
|---|---|
Texas Longhorns
|
1.34 |
Notre Dame Fighting Irish
|
1.30 |
Clemson Tigers
|
1.06 |
Michigan Wolverines
|
1.03 |
Ole Miss Rebels
|
0.81 |
Indiana Hoosiers
|
0.31 |
Total Score: 43.41