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jimbobbypaul Ballot for 2025 Week 3

Ballot Type: Computer

Submitted: Sept. 7, 2025, 7:13 p.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 Oregon Ducks For week 3 I'm using (0.67 * last year's ranking) + (0.33 * this year's ranking) and sorting from smallest to largest. Oregon is #1 with 2.33 (0.67 * 3) + (0.33 * 1). Last year's ranking: 3. This year's ranking: 1
2 Ohio State Buckeyes LY 1 TY 21
3 Penn State Nittany Lions LY 5 TY 14
4 Ole Miss Rebels LY 8 TY 8
5 Iowa State Cyclones LY 13 TY 7
6 Indiana Hoosiers LY 12 TY 24
7 LSU Tigers LY 22 TY 4
8 Illinois Fighting Illini LY 19 TY 13
9 Missouri Tigers LY 23 TY 6
10 Tennessee Volunteers LY 18 TY 17
11 BYU Cougars LY 7 TY 40
12 Georgia Bulldogs LY 6 TY 45
13 Louisville Cardinals LY 20 TY 36
14 Texas Longhorns LY 4 TY 69
15 Miami Hurricanes LY 14 TY 52
16 TCU Horned Frogs LY 35 TY 10
17 Navy Midshipmen LY 25 TY 33
18 South Carolina Gamecocks LY 17 TY 51
19 Alabama Crimson Tide LY 15 TY 60
20 Texas A&M Aggies LY 32 TY 26
21 UNLV Rebels LY 27 TY 37
22 Tulane Green Wave LY 44 TY 3
23 Texas Tech Red Raiders LY 38 TY 25
24 Syracuse Orange LY 16 TY 70
25 Arizona State Sun Devils LY 11 TY 81

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