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T-Thugs Ballot for 2025 Week 4

Ballot Type: Human

Submitted: Sept. 15, 2025, 1:41 p.m.

Overall Rationale: Each week, I re-rank all the teams based on their resumes. Early in the season I give extra weight to wins over p4 teams vs wins over g5 and I also assume that beating a team that was in the playoffs last year is generally a quality win. That will start to change as the records for teams can be used more to determine if they are a quality team or not instead of going on expectations. Early in the season my poll is generally in the odd group, but it looks more and more like average poll as the season goes on.

Rank Team Reason
1 Miami Hurricanes Miami is 3-0 with 2 good wins over South Florida (2-1) and Notre Dame (0-2). Currently my top team, shockingly largely because of their win over South Florida who I had at number 1 last week and who I still have ranked thanks to wins over Boise State and Florida
2 Ole Miss Rebels Ole Miss is 3-0 with wins over Kentucky (2-1) and Arkansas (2-1)
3 LSU Tigers LSU is 3-0 and has a couple nice wins over Clemson (1-2) and Florida (1-2). Not sure either of those teams are great teams but this is still quality wins for this early in the season and having 2 is a differentiator.
4 NC State Wolfpack NC State is 3-0 and has 2 p4 wins over Virginia (2-1) and Wake Forest (2-1).
5 Vanderbilt Commodores Vanderbilt is 3-0. Very nice win over South Carolina (2-1) and also a win over Virginia Tech (0-3). VT is another that is probably not a quality win, but early in the season its nice to just have p4 wins.
6 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets Georgia Tech is 3-0 and has wins over Clemson (1-2) and Colorado (1-2)
7 Florida State Seminoles Florida State is 2-0 with a very good win over Alabama, which looks better after Alabama demolished Wisconsin this weekend.
8 Oregon Ducks Oregon is 3-0 with wins over Northwestern (1-2) and Oklahoma State (1-1)
9 Auburn Tigers Auburn is 3-0. They have a nice win over Baylor (2-1, defeated SMU) and
10 Tulane Green Wave Tulane is 3-0 with wins over Northwestern (1-2) and Duke (1-2)
11 Georgia Bulldogs Georgia is 3-0 with a high quality win over Tennessee.
12 Ohio State Buckeyes Ohio State is undefeated and has a nice win over Texas.
13 Mississippi State Bulldogs Mississippi State is 3-0 with a very nice win over Arizona State (2-1)
14 Oklahoma Sooners Oklahoma is 3-0 with a nice win over Michigan (2-1)
15 Iowa State Cyclones Iowa State is 4-0 and has a nice win over Iowa (2-1). Also has a win over Kansas State (1-3). That KSU win is probably not really a quality win, but its still better than a lot of teams who have played FCS and garbage teams.
16 Missouri Tigers Missouri is 3-0 with a nice win over Kansas (2-1). Big matchup with South Carolina next week.
17 Texas A&M Aggies Texas A&M is 3-0 with a win over Notre Dame (0-2)
18 Nebraska Cornhuskers Nebraska is 3-0 with a win over Cincinnati (2-1)
19 USC Trojans USC is 3-0 with a win over Purdue (2-1)
20 USF Bulls USF is 2-1 and has wins over Boise State (1-1) and Florida (1-2)
21 Baylor Bears Baylor is 2-1 and has a nice win over SMU (2-1)
22 Alabama Crimson Tide Alabama is 2-1 and has a nice win over Wisconsin (2-1)
23 Illinois Fighting Illini Illinois is 3-0 with a win over Duke (1-2). Huge matchup with Indiana next week.
24 Michigan State Spartans Michigan State is 3-0 with a win over Boston College (1-2)
25 Houston Cougars Houston is 3-0 and has a win over Colorado (1-2)

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