Ballot Type: Human

Submitted: Sept. 14, 2025, 12:03 a.m.

Overall Rationale: SEC:12 teams, ACC:4 teams, BigXll:4 teams, B1G:3 teams, American:2 teams

• Ballot
• Analysis

Rank	Team	Reason
1	Florida State Seminoles
2	Miami Hurricanes	Up 1
3	LSU Tigers	Up 1
4	Ohio State Buckeyes	Down 2 - Texas looks worse
5	Alabama Crimson Tide	Up 1
6	Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets	Up 11-2nd P4 win, even if Clemson drops out
7	Georgia Bulldogs	Up 11-good OT win
8	Oregon Ducks	Up 1
9	Texas Longhorns	Down 1 - quality loss keeping them here
10	Auburn Tigers	Up 1
11	Tennessee Volunteers	Up 1
12	Illinois Fighting Illini	Up 1
13	TCU Horned Frogs	Up 3
14	Utah Utes	Up 1
15	Iowa State Cyclones	Up 4 - four wins
16	Mississippi State Bulldogs	Up 4
17	NC State Wolfpack	Up 5-2nd P4 win
18	Missouri Tigers	Up 3
19	Oklahoma Sooners	Up 5 - blewout FBS team on road
20	USF Bulls	Down 13-was not competitive with Miami, UF and Boise could both be bad
21	Tulane Green Wave	Up 4
22	Vanderbilt Commodores	NR
23	Ole Miss Rebels	NR
24	Texas A&M Aggies	NR
25	Texas Tech Red Raiders	NR

Teams Ranked:

Rank	Team	Unusualness
1	Florida State Seminoles	0.98
2	Miami Hurricanes	0.00
3	LSU Tigers	0.13
4	Ohio State Buckeyes	0.00
5	Alabama Crimson Tide	2.31
6	Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets	1.31
7	Georgia Bulldogs	0.00
8	Oregon Ducks	-0.12
9	Texas Longhorns	0.41
10	Auburn Tigers	1.16
11	Tennessee Volunteers	0.78
12	Illinois Fighting Illini	0.00
13	TCU Horned Frogs	2.07
14	Utah Utes	0.00
15	Iowa State Cyclones	0.00
16	Mississippi State Bulldogs	1.22
17	NC State Wolfpack	1.85
18	Missouri Tigers	0.00
19	Oklahoma Sooners	-1.77
20	USF Bulls	2.40
21	Tulane Green Wave	0.00
22	Vanderbilt Commodores	-0.20
23	Ole Miss Rebels	-1.11
24	Texas A&M Aggies	-2.35
25	Texas Tech Red Raiders	-0.61

Omissions:

Team	Unusualness
Penn State Nittany Lions	3.24
Indiana Hoosiers	0.99
USC Trojans	0.17
Michigan Wolverines	0.11

Total Score: 25.30