Ballot Type: Hybrid

Submitted: Sept. 21, 2025, 3:59 p.m.

Overall Rationale: These rankings are a pure resume based points system. Teams are assigned a tier based on their rating (1-7). Points are gained for wins, subtracted for losses, based on the opponents tier. Small modifiers for game closeness (Win/Loss Bonuses/Penalties = WB, WP, LB, LP) and SOS based on Opponent's record. | If two teams are next to each other in the rankings, and have played head to head, the head to head winner will be ranked higher, regardless of points. | | | | Week 4 | Biggest Riser: Delaware (+41) | Biggest Drop: NC State (-54) | | | | | Note for early weeks: They are extremely volatile, teams that played week 0 get a big early season boost but it stabilizes around week 5. Early weeks any team with a loss will struggle to get ranked at all. As of Week 5, the highest ranked team with a loss is Kansas at 26. ||| || There are 5 undefeated teams not currently ranked, they are Arizona (28), Georgia Tech (29), Iowa State (30), North Texas (32), and UNLV (40) |||| The highest ranked 2 loss team is currently Notre Dame (47)

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Rank	Team	Reason
1	Indiana Hoosiers	Points: 80.18 | Wins: 2 T4, 1 T6, 1 T7 | 2 WB |
2	USC Trojans	Points: 64.06 | Wins: 1 T4, 1 T5, 2 T6 | 1 WB |
3	Oklahoma Sooners	Points: 63.33 | Wins: 1 T3, 1 T4, 1 T5, 1 T7 | 1 WP |
4	Texas A&M Aggies	Points: 52.55 | Wins: 2 T4, 1 T5 | 1 WB | 1 WP |
5	Missouri Tigers	Points: 49.5 | Wins: 1 T3, 1 T5, 2 T7 | 1 WP |
6	Mississippi State Bulldogs	Points: 44.82 | Wins: 1 T4, 2 T5, 1 T7 | 1 WP |
7	Ole Miss Rebels	Points: 44.47 | Wins: 1 T4, 2 T5, 1 T6 | 2 WP |
8	Texas Tech Red Raiders	Points: 42.67 | Wins: 1 T4, 3 T7 | 1 WB |
9	LSU Tigers	Points: 42.5 | Wins: 1 T4, 2 T6, 1 T7 | 1 WB | 1 WP |
10	Houston Cougars	Points: 40.63 | Wins: 2 T5, 1 T7 |
11	Maryland Terrapins	Points: 40.6 | Wins: 1 T5, 2 T6, 1 T7 |
12	Ohio State Buckeyes	Points: 37.38 | Wins: 1 T4, 1 T5, 1 T7 | 1 WP |
13	Vanderbilt Commodores	Points: 36 | Wins: 1 T5, 1 T6, 2 T7 |
14	Louisville Cardinals	Points: 31.43 | Wins: 1 T4, 1 T6, 1 T7 | 1 WP |
15	Washington Huskies	Points: 31.43 | Wins: 1 T5, 1 T6, 1 T7 |
16	Miami Hurricanes	Points: 29.09 | Wins: 1 T4, 1 T5, 1 T6, 1 T7 | 2 WP |
17	Oregon Ducks	Points: 28.8 | Wins: 2 T6, 2 T7 |
18	TCU Horned Frogs	Points: 28.5 | Wins: 2 T5, 1 T7 | 1 WP |
19	Navy Midshipmen	Points: 28.5 | Wins: 2 T6, 1 T7 |
20	BYU Cougars	Points: 27.5 | Wins: 1 T5, 2 T7 |
21	Georgia Bulldogs	Points: 26 | Wins: 1 T4, 1 T6, 1 T7 | 1 WP |
22	Florida State Seminoles	Points: 25.71 | Wins: 1 T4, 2 T7 | 1 WP |
23	Memphis Tigers	Points: 24.08 | Wins: 1 T5, 1 T6, 2 T7 | 1 WP |
24	Penn State Nittany Lions	Points: 23.38 | Wins: 1 T6, 2 T7 |
25	UCF Knights	Points: 22.5 | Wins: 2 T5, 1 T7 | 1 WP |

Teams Ranked:

Rank	Team	Unusualness
1	Indiana Hoosiers	1.27
2	USC Trojans	2.03
3	Oklahoma Sooners	0.52
4	Texas A&M Aggies	0.97
5	Missouri Tigers	1.59
6	Mississippi State Bulldogs	2.82
7	Ole Miss Rebels	0.27
8	Texas Tech Red Raiders	0.23
9	LSU Tigers	0.00
10	Houston Cougars	6.13
11	Maryland Terrapins	6.17
12	Ohio State Buckeyes	-1.55
13	Vanderbilt Commodores	0.02
14	Louisville Cardinals	3.14
15	Washington Huskies	5.06
16	Miami Hurricanes	-3.10
17	Oregon Ducks	-1.89
18	TCU Horned Frogs	0.02
19	Navy Midshipmen	5.97
20	BYU Cougars	0.00
21	Georgia Bulldogs	-3.56
22	Florida State Seminoles	-1.93
23	Memphis Tigers	0.00
24	Penn State Nittany Lions	-2.10
25	UCF Knights	0.00

Omissions:

Team	Unusualness
Iowa State Cyclones	1.74
Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets	1.68
Texas Longhorns	0.94
Tennessee Volunteers	1.15
Alabama Crimson Tide	0.53
Michigan Wolverines	0.61

Total Score: 56.98