Ballot Type: Human

Submitted: Sept. 7, 2025, 5:47 p.m.

Overall Rationale: Based on my poll from last week. Not looking at the AP poll before making my own this year.

• Ballot
• Analysis

Rank	Team	Reason
1	Ohio State Buckeyes	+0 Definitely #1 right now
2	LSU Tigers	+1 Their win gave them the upper hand over Penn State
3	Penn State Nittany Lions	-1 Ugly win, still think they're a good team
4	Oregon Ducks	+2 I think they're a better team than the two they jumped
5	Miami Hurricanes	+0
6	Georgia Bulldogs	-2
7	Florida State Seminoles	+13 Florida State is a good team
8	Texas Longhorns	-1
9	Tennessee Volunteers	+10
10	Notre Dame Fighting Irish	+0
11	Iowa State Cyclones	-2
12	USF Bulls	+UNR
13	South Carolina Gamecocks	-2
14	Texas Tech Red Raiders	+3
15	USC Trojans	+6
16	Ole Miss Rebels	-2
17	BYU Cougars	-1
18	Utah Utes	+0
19	Illinois Fighting Illini	-11
20	TCU Horned Frogs	+2
21	Clemson Tigers	-9 They should have lost
22	Auburn Tigers	+2
23	Oklahoma Sooners	+UNR
24	Indiana Hoosiers	+UNR
25	Alabama Crimson Tide	+UNR Dropped: #13 Michigan, #15 SMU, #23 Tulane, #25 Texas A&M

Teams Ranked:

Rank	Team	Unusualness
1	Ohio State Buckeyes	0.00
2	LSU Tigers	0.14
3	Penn State Nittany Lions	0.00
4	Oregon Ducks	0.00
5	Miami Hurricanes	0.00
6	Georgia Bulldogs	0.00
7	Florida State Seminoles	0.00
8	Texas Longhorns	0.02
9	Tennessee Volunteers	0.45
10	Notre Dame Fighting Irish	0.05
11	Iowa State Cyclones	0.00
12	USF Bulls	0.00
13	South Carolina Gamecocks	0.00
14	Texas Tech Red Raiders	0.70
15	USC Trojans	1.61
16	Ole Miss Rebels	0.00
17	BYU Cougars	0.81
18	Utah Utes	0.00
19	Illinois Fighting Illini	-0.76
20	TCU Horned Frogs	0.00
21	Clemson Tigers	0.00
22	Auburn Tigers	0.00
23	Oklahoma Sooners	-1.40
24	Indiana Hoosiers	-0.12
25	Alabama Crimson Tide	0.00

Omissions:

Team	Unusualness
Texas A&M Aggies	0.58
Missouri Tigers	0.18
Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets	0.13

Total Score: 6.95