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MemeofMemeJTG999999 Ballot for 2025 Week 3

Ballot Type: Human

Submitted: Sept. 7, 2025, 10:36 a.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
1 Ohio State Buckeyes (2-0) (no change) | W: 70-0 vs Grambling State (1-1) | Next Week: vs Ohio (1-1) | Projected Bowl: Rose Bowl vs Texas/Illinois
2 Penn State Nittany Lions (2-0) (no change) | W: 34-0 vs Florida International (1-1) | Next Week: vs Villanova (1-0) | Projected Bowl: Sugar Bowl vs South Carolina/Notre Dame
3 Oregon Ducks (2-0) (up 4) | W: 69-3 vs Oklahoma State (1-1) | Next Week: @ Northwestern (1-1) | Projected Bowl: Cotton Bowl vs Georgia/Iowa State
4 Miami Hurricanes (2-0) (no change) W: 45-3 vs Bethune-Cookman (0-2) | Next Week: vs #16 South Florida (2-0) (JTGOTW) | Projected Bowl: Orange Bowl vs LSU/South Florida
5 LSU Tigers (2-0) (down 2) | W: 23-7 vs Louisiana Tech (1-1) | Next Week: vs #29 Florida (1-1) | Projected Bowl: Playoff R1 vs South Florida
6 Georgia Bulldogs (2-0) (down 1) | W: 28-6 vs Austin Peay (1-1) | Next Week: @ #11 Tennessee (2-0) | Projected Bowl: Playoff R1 vs Iowa State
7 South Carolina Gamecocks (2-0) (down 1) | W: 38-10 vs South Carolina State (1-1) | Next Week: vs Vanderbilt (2-0) | Projected Bowl: Playoff R1 vs Notre Dame
8 Texas Longhorns (1-1) (no change) | W: 38-7 vs San José State (0-2) | Next Week: vs UTEP (1-1) | Projected Bowl: Playoff R1 vs Illinois
9 Illinois Fighting Illini (2-0) (no change) | W: 45-19 @ Duke (1-1) | Next Week: vs Western Michigan (0-2) | Projected Bowl: Playoff R1 @ Texas
10 Notre Dame Fighting Irish (0-1) (up 1) | Bye | Next Week: vs #22 Texas A&M (2-0) | Projected Bowl: Playoff R1 @ South Carolina
11 Tennessee Volunteers (2-0) (up 4) | W: 72-17 vs East Tennessee (1-1) | Next Week: vs #6 Georgia (2-0) | Projected Bowl: ReliaQuest Bowl vs Indiana
12 Florida State Seminoles (2-0) (up 5) | W: 77-3 vs East Texas A&M (0-2) | Next Week: Bye | Projected Bowl: Pop-Tarts Bowl vs BYU
13 Ole Miss Rebels (2-0) (no change) | W: 30-23 @ Kentucky (1-1) | Next Week: vs Arkansas (2-0) | Projected Bowl: Citrus Bowl vs Michigan
14 Iowa State Cyclones (3-0) (up 4) | W: 16-13 vs Iowa (1-1) | Next Week: @ Arkansas State (1-1) | Projected Bowl: Playoff R1 @ Georgia
15 Oklahoma Sooners (2-0) (up 11) | W: 24-13 vs #19 Michigan (1-1) | Next Week: @ Temple (2-0) | Projected Bowl: Texas Bowl vs TCU
16 USF Bulls (2-0) (up 14) | W: 18-16 @ #10 Florida (1-1) | Next Week: @ #4 Miami (2-0) (JTGOTW) | Projected Bowl: Playoff R1 @ LSU
17 Texas Tech Red Raiders (2-0) (up 3) | W: 62-14 vs Kent State (1-1) | Next Week: vs Oregon State (0-2) | Projected Bowl: Alamo Bowl vs USC
18 Clemson Tigers (1-1) (down 4) | W: 27-16 vs Troy (1-1) Next Week: @ #28 Georgia Tech (2-0) | Projected Bowl: Holiday Bowl vs Utah
19 Indiana Hoosiers (2-0) (up 2) | W: 56-9 vs Kennesaw State (0-2) | Next Week: vs Indiana State (2-0) | Projected Bowl: ReliaQuest Bowl vs Tennessee
20 Alabama Crimson Tide (1-1) (up 2) | W: 73-0 vs Louisiana-Monroe (1-1) | Next Week: vs Wisconsin (2-0) | Projected Bowl: Gator Bowl vs Louisville
21 Auburn Tigers (2-0) (up 4) | W: 42-3 vs Ball State (0-2) | Next Week: vs South Alabama (1-1) | Projected Bowl: Gasparilla Bowl vs Duke
22 Texas A&M Aggies (2-0) (up 1) | W: 44-22 vs Utah State (1-1) | Next Week: @ #10 Notre Dame (0-1) | Projected Bowl: Music City Bowl vs Nebraska
23 Mississippi State Bulldogs (2-0) (was unranked) | W: 24-20 vs #12 Arizona State (1-1) | Next Week: vs Alcorn State (0-2) | Projected Bowl: Liberty Bowl vs Baylor
24 BYU Cougars (2-0) (up 3) | W: 27-3 vs Stanford (0-2) | Next Week: Bye | Projected Bowl: Pop-Tarts Bowl vs Florida State
25 Michigan Wolverines (1-1) (down 6) | L: 24-13 @ #26 Oklahoma (1-1) | Next Week: vs Central Michigan (1-1) | Projected Bowl: Citrus Bowl vs Ole Miss | Next 5: | #26: Missouri (2-0) (up 2) | #27: Louisville (2-0) (down 3) | #28: Georgia Tech (2-0) (up 1) | #29: Florida (1-1) (down 19) | #30: Utah (2-0) (was unranked) | Fell out of T30: Arizona State (1-1) (was #12); SMU (1-1) (was #16) | Biggest Riser: South Florida (30 -> 16) | Biggest Faller(s): Florida (10 -> 29); Arizona State (12 -> UR)

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