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MemeofMemeJTG999999 Ballot for 2025 Week 4

Ballot Type: Human

Submitted: Sept. 15, 2025, 8:16 p.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 (3-0) (no change) | W: 37-9 vs Ohio (1-2) | Next Week: Bye | Projected Bowl: Rose Bowl vs Texas A&M/Texas
2 Miami Hurricanes (3-0) (up 2) | W: 49-12 vs #16 South Florida (2-1) | Next Week: vs Florida (1-2) | Projected Bowl: Orange Bowl vs Illinois/Florida State
3 Oregon Ducks (3-0) (no change) | W: 34-14 @ Northwestern (1-2) | Next Week: vs Oregon State (0-3) | Projected Bowl: Cotton Bowl vs LSU/Texas Tech
4 Penn State Nittany Lions (3-0) (down 2) | W: 52-6 vs Villanova (2-1) | Next Week: Bye | Projected Bowl: Sugar Bowl vs Georgia/South Florida
5 Georgia Bulldogs (3-0) (up 1) | W: 44-41 @ #11 Tennessee (2-1) | Next Week: Bye | Projected Bowl: Playoff R1 vs South Florida
6 LSU Tigers (3-0) (down 1) | W: 20-10 vs #29 Florida (1-2) | Next Week: vs Southeast Louisiana (2-1) | Projected Bowl: Playoff R1 vs Texas Tech
7 Illinois Fighting Illini (3-0) (up 2) | W: 38-0 vs Western Michigan (0-3) | Next Week: @ #19 Indiana (3-0) (JTGOTW) | Projected Bowl: Playoff R1 vs Florida State
8 Texas A&M Aggies (3-0) (up 14) | W: 41-40 @ #10 Notre Dame (0-2) | Next Week: Bye | Projected Bowl: Playoff R1 vs Texas
9 Texas Longhorns (2-1) (down 1) | W: 27-10 vs UTEP (1-2) | Next Week: vs Sam Houston (0-3) | Projected Bowl: Playoff R1 @ Texas A&M
10 Florida State Seminoles (2-0) (up 2) | Bye | Next Week: vs Kent State (1-2) | Projected Bowl: Playoff R1 @ Illinois
11 Oklahoma Sooners (3-0) (up 4) | W: 42-3 @ Temple (2-1) | Next Week: vs #21 Auburn (3-0) | Projected Bowl: ReliaQuest Bowl vs Indiana
12 Texas Tech Red Raiders (3-0) (up 5) | W: 45-14 vs Oregon State (0-3) | Next Week: @ #25 Utah (3-0) | Projected Bowl: Playoff R1 @ Georgia
13 Ole Miss Rebels (3-0) (no change) | W: 41-35 vs Arkansas (2-1) | Next Week: vs #30 Tulane (3-0) | Projected Bowl: Citrus Bowl vs Michigan
14 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets (3-0) (up 14) W: 24-21 vs #18 Clemson (1-2) | Next Week: vs Temple (2-1) | Projected Bowl: Pop-Tarts Bowl vs BYU
15 Vanderbilt Commodores (3-0) (was unranked) | W: 31-7 @ #7 South Carolina (2-1) | Next Week: vs Georgia State (1-2) | Projected Bowl: Duke's Mayo Bowl vs NC State
16 Tennessee Volunteers (2-1) (down 5) | L: 41-44 vs #6 Georgia (3-0) | Next Week: vs UAB (2-1) Projected Bowl: Music City Bowl vs Nebraska
17 Iowa State Cyclones (4-0) (down 3) | W: 24-16 @ Arkansas State (1-2) | Next Week: Bye | Projected Bowl: Alamo Bowl vs USC
18 Alabama Crimson Tide (2-1) (up 2) | W: 38-14 vs Wisconsin (2-1) | Next Week: Bye | Projected Bowl: Gator Bowl vs Louisville
19 Indiana Hoosiers (3-0) (no change) | W: 73-0 vs Indiana State (2-1) | Next Week: vs #7 Illinois (3-0) (JTGOTW) | Projected Bowl: ReliaQuest Bowl vs Oklahoma
20 Mississippi State Bulldogs (3-0) (up 3) | W: 63-0 vs Alcorn State (0-3) | Next Week: vs Northern Illinois (1-1) | Projected Bowl: Gasparilla Bowl vs North Texas
21 Auburn Tigers (3-0) (no change) | W: 31-15 vs South Alabama (1-2) | Next Week: @ #11 Oklahoma (3-0) | Projected Bowl: Texas Bowl vs TCU
22 Missouri Tigers (3-0) (up 4) | W: 52-10 vs Louisiana (1-2) | Next Week: vs #26 South Carolina (2-1) | Projected Bowl: Liberty Bowl vs Houston
23 BYU Cougars (2-0) (up 1) | Bye | Next Week: @ East Carolina (2-1) | Projected Bowl: Pop-Tarts Bowl vs Georgia Tech
24 Michigan Wolverines (2-1) (up 1) | W: 63-3 vs Central Michigan (1-2) | Next Week: @ Nebraska (3-0) | Projected Bowl: Citrus Bowl vs Ole Miss
25 Utah Utes (3-0) (up 5) | W: 31-6 vs Wyoming (2-1) | Next Week: vs #12 Texas Tech (3-0) | Projected Bowl: Holiday Bowl vs Clemson | Next 5: | #26: South Carolina (2-1) (down 19) | #27: Louisville (2-0) (no change) | #28: Notre Dame (0-2) (down 18) | #29: South Florida (2-1) (down 13) | #30: Tulane (was unranked) | Fell Out of T30: Clemson (was #18), Florida (was #29) | Biggest Riser: Vanderbilt (UR -> #15) | Biggest Faller: South Carolina (#7 -> #26)

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