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T-Thugs Ballot for 2025 Week 5

Ballot Type: Human

Submitted: Sept. 21, 2025, 10:04 a.m.

Overall Rationale: Each week, I re-rank teams based on their resumes so far this year. I start off the year with extra value on beating P4 teams and especially playoff teams from last year. Now we're getting to the point where we can see if teams are actually good based on their own resumes this year so that's a little less important. My poll usually starts off in the weirder ones early on because some teams that are probably pretty good haven't played anyone yet and I won't rank them based on expectations. It starts to look more like everyone else's as the season goes on and the games are all played.

Rank Team Reason
1 Oklahoma Sooners Oklahoma is 4-0 with very nice wins over Michigan (3-1) and Auburn (3-1)
2 Miami Hurricanes Miami is 4-0 with nice wins over South Florida (3-1), Notre Dame (1-2), and Florida (1-3)
3 Georgia Bulldogs Georgia is 4-0 and has a very nice win over Tennessee (3-1, defeated Syracuse). I've got Tennessee as one of my ranked 1 loss teams so this is an extra nice win.
4 Ohio State Buckeyes Ohio State is 3-0 and defeated Texas (3-1)
5 Florida State Seminoles Florida State is 3-0 and has a very nice win over Alabama (2-1)
6 Missouri Tigers Missouri is 4-0 and has nice wins over Kansas (3-1) and South Carolina (2-2)
7 Mississippi State Bulldogs Mississippi State is 4-0 and has a nice win over Arizona State (3-1)
8 Indiana Hoosiers Indiana is 4-0 and had a totally dominant win over Illinois (3-1)
9 Texas A&M Aggies Texas A&M is 3-0 and has a nice win over Notre Dame (1-2)
10 Ole Miss Rebels Ole Miss is 4-0 and has nice wins over Tulane (3-1), Kentucky (2-1), and Arkansas (2-2)
11 USC Trojans USC is 4-0 and has nice wins over Michigan State (3-1) and Purdue (2-2)
12 Iowa State Cyclones Iowa State is 4-0 and has a nice win over Iowa (3-1). Also beat Kansas State (1-3). They have a game with Arizona (3-0) next week that could push them up my rankings.
13 Texas Tech Red Raiders Texas Tech is 4-0 with a nice win over Utah (3-1)
14 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets Georgia Tech is 4-0 with wins over Colorado (2-2) and Clemson (1-3)
15 Vanderbilt Commodores Vanderbilt is 4-0 with wins over South Carolina (2-2) and Virginia Tech (1-3)
16 Tennessee Volunteers Tennessee is 3-1 with a very close loss to Georgia and also has a nice win over Syracuse (3-1)
17 Michigan Wolverines Michigan is 3-1 with a loss to Oklahoma but also has a win over Nebraska (3-1)
18 TCU Horned Frogs TCU is 3-0 with wins over North Carolina (2-2) and SMU (2-2)
19 LSU Tigers LSU is 4-0 and has wins over Clemson (1-3) and Florida (1-3)
20 Oregon Ducks Oregon is 4-0 with wins over Northwestern (1-2) and Oklahoma State (1-2). Big Matchup with Penn State next week could send them much higher in my rankings.
21 Maryland Terrapins Maryland is 4-0 with a win over Wisconsin (2-2)
22 Houston Cougars Houston is 3-0 with a win over Colorado (2-2)
23 Washington Huskies Washington is 3-0 and defeated Washington State (2-2)
24 Memphis Tigers Memphis is 4-0 and defeated Arkansas (2-2)
25 Kansas Jayhawks Kansas is 3-1 with a loss to Missouri. Have a nice win over Fresno State (4-1). Also defeated West Virginia (2-2). Tough to decide who belongs here. I also considered Alabama, Illinois, South Florida, UCF, and Arizona. .

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