Ballot Type: Human

Submitted: Sept. 15, 2025, 10:56 p.m.

Overall Rationale: Chaos reigns and I can no longer pretend to have even the faintest clue what I'm doing. Georgia and Miami impressed a whole lot more than Ohio State and Oregon this week, that much I'm pretty sure of. Oklahoma seems a lot more convincing now than they did a week ago, between their cupcake blowout and Michigan's. I am conditioned to mistrust any "program-defining" win from Texas A&M, but I will tentatively believe it this time on the grounds that Mike Elko's program deserves a fresh slate. Also on the grounds that despite falling to 0-2, Notre Dame is even more obviously good, considering just how spectacular Miami has looked since *barely* beating them at home. In other news, I have lost all faith that Texas and LSU are actually good, which frees up some top-ten spots for...TCU and Georgia Tech, why not? Tulane has grabbed the presumptive G5 playoff spot back from USF after this week, but both are very strong candidates (and way ahead of anybody else). I am tentatively giving Indiana a spot in the top 25 back, but only if they promise to be good and not immediately lose to Illinois by 30 at home. And I did tell you I was gonna rank Vanderbilt...just not where.

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Rank	Team	Reason
1	Georgia Bulldogs
2	Miami Hurricanes
3	Ohio State Buckeyes
4	Oregon Ducks
5	Florida State Seminoles
6	Oklahoma Sooners
7	Texas A&M Aggies
8	Penn State Nittany Lions
9	TCU Horned Frogs
10	Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets
11	Vanderbilt Commodores
12	Notre Dame Fighting Irish
13	Illinois Fighting Illini
14	Alabama Crimson Tide
15	Tennessee Volunteers
16	Texas Longhorns
17	Tulane Green Wave
18	LSU Tigers
19	Ole Miss Rebels
20	USF Bulls
21	Louisville Cardinals
22	BYU Cougars
23	Auburn Tigers
24	Utah Utes
25	Indiana Hoosiers

Teams Ranked:

Rank	Team	Unusualness
1	Georgia Bulldogs	0.38
2	Miami Hurricanes	0.00
3	Ohio State Buckeyes	0.00
4	Oregon Ducks	0.00
5	Florida State Seminoles	0.19
6	Oklahoma Sooners	0.27
7	Texas A&M Aggies	0.15
8	Penn State Nittany Lions	0.00
9	TCU Horned Frogs	3.17
10	Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets	0.50
11	Vanderbilt Commodores	0.60
12	Notre Dame Fighting Irish	8.71
13	Illinois Fighting Illini	0.00
14	Alabama Crimson Tide	0.47
15	Tennessee Volunteers	0.00
16	Texas Longhorns	0.00
17	Tulane Green Wave	1.14
18	LSU Tigers	-2.34
19	Ole Miss Rebels	-0.35
20	USF Bulls	2.40
21	Louisville Cardinals	1.71
22	BYU Cougars	0.00
23	Auburn Tigers	0.00
24	Utah Utes	-0.86
25	Indiana Hoosiers	-0.79

Omissions:

Team	Unusualness
Iowa State Cyclones	1.71
Texas Tech Red Raiders	0.83
Missouri Tigers	0.65
USC Trojans	0.17
Michigan Wolverines	0.11

Total Score: 27.51