jrluhn Ballot for 2025 Week 4
Ballot Type: Human
Submitted: Sept. 16, 2025, 7:34 a.m.
Overall Rationale: Based on my excessive CFB watching along with some help from the AP poll and notable computer models to help clean up anything that I might have missed. I'm bad about letting poll inertia affect my ranking too much, so I used this week as a reset and redid my rankings from the ground up. As a result, ASU got unranked and multiple teams dropped a few spots despite winning.
| Rank | Team | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Ohio State Buckeyes
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| 2 |
Miami Hurricanes
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| 3 |
Georgia Bulldogs
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| 4 |
LSU Tigers
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| 5 |
Oregon Ducks
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| 6 |
Penn State Nittany Lions
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| 7 |
Florida State Seminoles
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| 8 |
Texas A&M Aggies
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| 9 |
Oklahoma Sooners
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| 10 |
Illinois Fighting Illini
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| 11 |
Texas Longhorns
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Texas becoming southern Iowa was not what I expected this year. Probably won't have a good idea of how good Texas is until the Red River Shootout. |
| 12 |
Iowa State Cyclones
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| 13 |
Ole Miss Rebels
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| 14 |
Indiana Hoosiers
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| 15 |
Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets
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| 16 |
Vanderbilt Commodores
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| 17 |
Tennessee Volunteers
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| 18 |
Alabama Crimson Tide
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| 19 |
Utah Utes
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| 20 |
USC Trojans
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| 21 |
Auburn Tigers
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| 22 |
Texas Tech Red Raiders
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| 23 |
Michigan Wolverines
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| 24 |
Notre Dame Fighting Irish
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ND and SCar are hanging on by a thread. Starting 0-2 is rough, but both losses were to top 10 teams by a combined 4 points. For now, I'll give them the benefit of the doubt. Same applies to SCar since they lost Sellers to injury. |
| 25 |
South Carolina Gamecocks
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Dropped out: #12 Clemson, #18 USF, and #20 ASU* Next 5 in no particular order: ASU, Mizzou, BYU, TCU, and Tulane |
Teams Ranked:
| Rank | Team | Unusualness |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Ohio State Buckeyes
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0.00 |
| 2 |
Miami Hurricanes
|
0.00 |
| 3 |
Georgia Bulldogs
|
0.00 |
| 4 |
LSU Tigers
|
0.00 |
| 5 |
Oregon Ducks
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0.00 |
| 6 |
Penn State Nittany Lions
|
0.00 |
| 7 |
Florida State Seminoles
|
0.00 |
| 8 |
Texas A&M Aggies
|
0.00 |
| 9 |
Oklahoma Sooners
|
0.00 |
| 10 |
Illinois Fighting Illini
|
0.00 |
| 11 |
Texas Longhorns
|
0.08 |
| 12 |
Iowa State Cyclones
|
0.00 |
| 13 |
Ole Miss Rebels
|
0.00 |
| 14 |
Indiana Hoosiers
|
0.00 |
| 15 |
Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets
|
0.00 |
| 16 |
Vanderbilt Commodores
|
0.00 |
| 17 |
Tennessee Volunteers
|
0.00 |
| 18 |
Alabama Crimson Tide
|
0.00 |
| 19 |
Utah Utes
|
0.00 |
| 20 |
USC Trojans
|
0.00 |
| 21 |
Auburn Tigers
|
0.00 |
| 22 |
Texas Tech Red Raiders
|
0.00 |
| 23 |
Michigan Wolverines
|
0.00 |
| 24 |
Notre Dame Fighting Irish
|
0.10 |
| 25 |
South Carolina Gamecocks
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0.00 |
Missouri Tigers