Ballot Type: Human

Submitted: Sept. 14, 2025, 11:34 a.m.

Overall Rationale: Pretty happy with how my Week 2/3/whatever you want to call it poll mirrored results (had Vandy & GT tranked), other than South Carolina and ND. Surprisingly few changes for what was a pretty wild week. Dropped from last week: Notre Dame (15 - refuse to rank a two-loss this early, despite a close game), Clemson (21), USF (25). New this week: Texas A&M (12), Tulane (23), Arizona (24). Next few out, roughly in order: North Texas, BYU, USC, Mississippi State, Cal, Houston, TCU, UNLV, Arizona State, Michigan

• Ballot
• Analysis

Rank	Team	Reason
1	Ohio State Buckeyes	(-)
2	Penn State Nittany Lions	(-)
3	Oregon Ducks	(-)
4	Georgia Bulldogs	+2
5	Miami Hurricanes	-1 - Victim of UGA's very strong win
6	LSU Tigers	+2 - not necessarily inspiring but defense looks very strong and now have 2 decent to good wins
7	Florida State Seminoles	-2
8	Missouri Tigers	-1
9	Oklahoma Sooners	(-)
10	Texas Longhorns	(-)
11	Ole Miss Rebels	+5
12	Vanderbilt Commodores	+5 - Sellers or not, massive win
13	Texas A&M Aggies	+13 (NR) - Strong road win and a crazy offensive showing against what should have been a good defense. Since I may have been underrating them before, willing to go all the way up here
14	Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets	+10 - Also two decent to good wins now, at Colorado before playing a game is nothing to sneeze at
15	Tennessee Volunteers	-1 - No real punishment here, team is way better than expected
16	Alabama Crimson Tide	+4
17	Iowa State Cyclones	-5
18	Auburn Tigers	-5
19	Illinois Fighting Illini	(-)
20	Utah Utes	-2
21	Indiana Hoosiers	+1
22	Texas Tech Red Raiders	+1
23	Tulane Green Wave	+3 (NR)
24	Arizona Wildcats	+2 (NR)
25	South Carolina Gamecocks	-14 - Leaving ranked til we see what's happening with Sellers

Teams Ranked:

Rank	Team	Unusualness
1	Ohio State Buckeyes	0.00
2	Penn State Nittany Lions	0.07
3	Oregon Ducks	0.00
4	Georgia Bulldogs	0.00
5	Miami Hurricanes	0.00
6	LSU Tigers	0.00
7	Florida State Seminoles	0.00
8	Missouri Tigers	1.39
9	Oklahoma Sooners	0.00
10	Texas Longhorns	0.25
11	Ole Miss Rebels	0.00
12	Vanderbilt Commodores	0.39
13	Texas A&M Aggies	0.00
14	Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets	0.00
15	Tennessee Volunteers	0.00
16	Alabama Crimson Tide	0.07
17	Iowa State Cyclones	0.00
18	Auburn Tigers	0.00
19	Illinois Fighting Illini	-0.67
20	Utah Utes	0.00
21	Indiana Hoosiers	0.00
22	Texas Tech Red Raiders	0.00
23	Tulane Green Wave	0.00
24	Arizona Wildcats	0.14
25	South Carolina Gamecocks	0.00

Omissions:

Team	Unusualness
USC Trojans	0.17
Michigan Wolverines	0.11

Total Score: 3.26