Ballot Type: Computer

Submitted: Sept. 16, 2025, 6:32 a.m.

Overall Rationale: This doesn't really look like a computer ballot, but it is (technically)! This poll was seeded with the results of the r/CFB preseason poll, helping me separate teams much more easily this early on. Teams are graded on offensive and defensive scales, based on the quality of their opponent, point total, and whether they won or lost. The two scales are combined together to produce the final ranking. At the moment, the preseason poll does account for about 60% of the ranking value. This will diminish over the course of the season, and disappear entirely by November.

• Ballot
• Analysis

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

Teams Ranked:

Rank	Team	Unusualness
1	Georgia Bulldogs	0.38
2	Ohio State Buckeyes	0.00
3	LSU Tigers	0.13
4	Penn State Nittany Lions	0.00
5	Oregon Ducks	0.00
6	Oklahoma Sooners	0.27
7	Miami Hurricanes	0.00
8	Texas A&M Aggies	0.00
9	Ole Miss Rebels	0.06
10	Indiana Hoosiers	0.72
11	Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets	0.30
12	Missouri Tigers	0.61
13	Iowa State Cyclones	0.00
14	USC Trojans	0.39
15	Illinois Fighting Illini	0.00
16	Utah Utes	0.00
17	Louisville Cardinals	4.24
18	Tulane Green Wave	0.85
19	Alabama Crimson Tide	0.00
20	Texas Longhorns	0.00
21	Texas Tech Red Raiders	0.00
22	Auburn Tigers	0.00
23	BYU Cougars	0.00
24	Tennessee Volunteers	-0.28
25	Florida State Seminoles	-2.25

Omissions:

Team	Unusualness
Vanderbilt Commodores	1.03
Michigan Wolverines	0.11

Total Score: 11.63