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jimbobbypaul Ballot for 2025 Week 4

Ballot Type: Computer

Submitted: Sept. 14, 2025, 5:28 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 (0.5 * last year's ranking) + (0.5 * this year's ranking) and sorting from smallest to largest. Oregon is #1 with 4.50 (0.5 * 3) + (0.5 * 6). Last year's ranking: 3. This year's ranking: 6
2 Ole Miss Rebels LY 8 TY 2
3 Ohio State Buckeyes LY 1 TY 17
4 Penn State Nittany Lions LY 5 TY 16
5 Iowa State Cyclones LY 13 TY 12
6 LSU Tigers LY 22 TY 7
7 Georgia Bulldogs LY 6 TY 23
8 Indiana Hoosiers LY 12 TY 20
9 Missouri Tigers LY 23 TY 11
10 Miami Hurricanes LY 14 TY 22
11 BYU Cougars LY 7 TY 33
12 Alabama Crimson Tide LY 15 TY 27
13 USC Trojans LY 42 TY 5
14 Illinois Fighting Illini LY 19 TY 29
15 Navy Midshipmen LY 25 TY 26
16 Texas A&M Aggies LY 32 TY 21
17 Arizona State Sun Devils LY 11 TY 45
18 Tennessee Volunteers LY 18 TY 39
19 Texas Longhorns LY 4 TY 53
20 TCU Horned Frogs LY 35 TY 24
21 Louisville Cardinals LY 20 TY 40
22 Vanderbilt Commodores LY 54 TY 10
23 Memphis Tigers LY 29 TY 35
24 Michigan Wolverines LY 28 TY 38
25 Nebraska Cornhuskers LY 51 TY 15

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