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MemeofMemeJTG999999 Ballot for 2025 Week 5

Ballot Type: Human

Submitted: Sept. 22, 2025, 1:16 p.m.

Overall Rationale: I use a methodology similar to that used by the voter polls that bases teams based primarily on wins/losses, but with other factors such as how those teams looked in their wins and losses, head to head, roster depth, etc, in play.

Rank Team Reason
1 Ohio State Buckeyes (3-0) (no change) | Bye | Next Week: @ Washington (3-0) | Projected Bowl: Rose Bowl vs Oklahoma/Indiana
2 Miami Hurricanes (4-0) (no change) | W: 26-7 vs Florida (1-3) | Next Week: Bye Projected Bowl: Orange Bowl vs Texas A&M/Florida State
3 Oregon Ducks (4-0) (no change) W: 41-7 vs Oregon State (0-4) | Next Week: @ #4 Penn State (3-0) | Projected Bowl: Cotton Bowl vs LSU/Texas Tech
4 Penn State Nittany Lions (3-0) (no change) | Bye | Next Week: vs #3 Oregon (4-0) | Projected Bowl: Sugar Bowl vs Georgia/Memphis
5 Georgia Bulldogs (3-0) (no change) | Bye | Next Week: vs #18 Alabama (2-1) (JTGOTW) | Projected Bowl: Playoff R1 vs Memphis
6 LSU Tigers (4-0) (no change) | W: 56-10 vs Southeastern Louisiana (2-2) | Next Week: @ #13 Ole Miss (4-0) | Projected Bowl: Playoff R1 vs Texas Tech
7 Texas A&M Aggies (3-0) (up 1) | Bye | Next Week: vs #30 Auburn (3-1) | Projected Bowl: Playoff R1 vs Florida State
8 Oklahoma Sooners (4-0) (up 3) | W: 24-17 vs #21 Auburn (3-1) | Next Week: Bye | Projected Bowl: Playoff R1 vs Indiana
9 Indiana Hoosiers (4-0) (up 10) | W: 63-10 vs #7 Illinois (3-1) | Next Week: @ Iowa (3-1) | Projected Bowl: Playoff R1 @ Oklahoma
10 Florida State Seminoles (3-0) (no change) | W: 66-10 vs Kent State (1-3) | Next Week: @ Virginia (3-1) | Projected Bowl: Playoff R1 @ Texas A&M
11 Texas Tech Red Raiders (4-0) (up 1) | W: 34-10 @ #25 Utah (3-1) | Next Week: Bye | Projected Bowl: Playoff R1 @ LSU
12 Texas Longhorns (3-1) (down 3) | W: 55-0 vs Sam Houston (0-4) | Next Week: Bye | Projected Bowl: Citrus Bowl vs Michigan
13 Ole Miss Rebels (4-0) (no change) | W: 45-10 vs #30 Tulane (3-1) | Next Week: vs #6 LSU (4-0) | Projected Bowl: ReliaQuest Bowl vs Illinois
14 Vanderbilt Commodores (4-0) (up 1) | W: 70-21 vs Georgia State (1-3) | Next Week: vs Utah State (3-1) | Projected Bowl: Duke’s Mayo Bowl vs Syracuse
15 Tennessee Volunteers (3-1) (up 1) | W: 56-24 vs UAB (2-2) | Next Week: @ #20 Mississippi State (4-0) | Projected Bowl: Music City Bowl vs Maryland
16 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets (4-0) (down 2) | W: 45-24 vs Temple (2-2) | Next Week: @ Wake Forest (2-1) | Projected Bowl: Pop-Tarts Bowl vs BYU
17 Iowa State Cyclones (4-0) (no change) | Bye | Next Week: vs Arizona (3-0) | Projected Bowl: Alamo Bowl vs USC
18 Alabama Crimson Tide (2-1) (no change) | Bye | Next Week: @ #5 Georgia (3-0) (JTGOTW) | Projected Bowl: Gator Bowl vs Louisville
19 Missouri Tigers (4-0) (up 3) | W: 29-20 vs #26 South Carolina (2-2) | Next Week: vs Massachusetts (0-3) | Projected Bowl: Texas Bowl vs TCU
20 Mississippi State Bulldogs (4-0) (no change) | W: 38-10 vs Northern Illinois (1-2) | Next Week: vs Tennessee (3-1) | Projected Bowl: Liberty Bowl vs Houston
21 BYU Cougars (3-0) (up 2) | W: 34-13 @ East Carolina (2-2) | Next Week: @ Colorado (2-2) | Projected Bowl: Pop-Tarts Bowl vs Georgia Tech
22 TCU Horned Frogs (3-0) (was unranked) W: 35-24 vs SMU (2-2) | Next Week: @ Arizona State (3-1) | Projected Bowl: Texas Bowl vs Missouri
23 Michigan Wolverines (3-1) (up 1) | W: 30-27 @ Nebraska (3-1) | Next Week: Bye | Projected Bowl: Citrus Bowl vs Texas
24 USC Trojans (4-0) (was unranked) | W: 45-31 vs Michigan State (3-1) | Next Week: @ #27 Illinois (3-1) | Projected Bowl: Alamo Bowl vs Iowa State
25 Louisville Cardinals (3-0) (up 2) | W: 40-17 vs Bowling Green (2-2) | Next Week: @ Pittsburgh (2-1) | Projected Bowl: Gator Bowl vs Alabama | Next 5: | #26: Notre Dame (1-2) (up 1) | #27: Illinois (3-1) (down 20) | #28: Memphis (4-0) (was unranked) | #29: South Florida (3-1) (no change) | #30: Auburn (3-1) (down 9) | Fell out of T30: Utah (3-1) (was #25), South Carolina (2-2) (was #26), Tulane (3-1) (was #30) | Biggest Riser: Indiana (4-0) (19 -> 9) | Biggest Faller: Illinois (3-1) (7 -> 27)

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