Ballot Type: Computer

Submitted: Sept. 23, 2025, 1:45 a.m.

Overall Rationale: Computer poll that emphasizes W/L and SOS. It also aims to limit poll inertia, counting every game the same. No preseason rankings, only based on stats from the games. Teams are assigned a normalized score compared to the top team (which is 1000).

• Ballot
• Analysis

Rank	Team	Reason
1	Indiana Hoosiers	1000
2	Oklahoma Sooners	990
3	Houston Cougars	962
4	USC Trojans	957
5	Georgia Bulldogs	955
6	Ohio State Buckeyes	949
7	Ole Miss Rebels	945
8	Florida State Seminoles	922
9	Texas A&M Aggies	914
10	Missouri Tigers	910
11	Texas Tech Red Raiders	890
12	Louisville Cardinals	889
13	TCU Horned Frogs	887
14	Miami Hurricanes	884
15	Penn State Nittany Lions	883
16	Mississippi State Bulldogs	880
17	Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets	872
18	UCF Knights	863
19	BYU Cougars	862
20	Michigan Wolverines	851
21	Arizona Wildcats	849
22	LSU Tigers	847
23	Washington Huskies	847
24	Vanderbilt Commodores	839
25	Alabama Crimson Tide	837

Teams Ranked:

Rank	Team	Unusualness
1	Indiana Hoosiers	1.27
2	Oklahoma Sooners	0.78
3	Houston Cougars	9.43
4	USC Trojans	1.69
5	Georgia Bulldogs	0.00
6	Ohio State Buckeyes	-0.05
7	Ole Miss Rebels	0.27
8	Florida State Seminoles	0.00
9	Texas A&M Aggies	0.00
10	Missouri Tigers	0.56
11	Texas Tech Red Raiders	0.00
12	Louisville Cardinals	3.91
13	TCU Horned Frogs	1.21
14	Miami Hurricanes	-2.46
15	Penn State Nittany Lions	-0.52
16	Mississippi State Bulldogs	0.64
17	Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets	0.00
18	UCF Knights	6.77
19	BYU Cougars	0.06
20	Michigan Wolverines	0.00
21	Arizona Wildcats	3.88
22	LSU Tigers	-2.19
23	Washington Huskies	0.37
24	Vanderbilt Commodores	-1.40
25	Alabama Crimson Tide	-0.31

Omissions:

Team	Unusualness
Oregon Ducks	3.94
Iowa State Cyclones	1.74
Texas Longhorns	0.94
Tennessee Volunteers	1.15

Total Score: 45.53