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Muffinnnnnnn Ballot for 2025 Week 5

Ballot Type: Human

Submitted: Sept. 23, 2025, 4:48 a.m.

Overall Rationale: Wins and losses matter most. If you beat a team, you're gonna be ranked ahead of them at this stage in the season. A few teams jumped significantly due to impressive wins. Indiana and Texas Tech got big wins and both leap into the top 10. Ole Miss, a team I had unranked in the 26-30 range, thoroughly dismantled Tulane in a way I didn't expect, so they got a massive boost as well. I dropped Illinois and Tulane all the way out and brought in Ole Miss and Memphis (funnily the pair of teams that defeated Arkansas). Utah barely holds on at #25 and joins a collection of 1-loss teams near the #25 spot. Oklahoma's boost and Auburn's punishment are the first example of a game's effects that are somewhat dampened in my rankings due to the influence of the refs on the outcome. I still will keep Oklahoma above Auburn for now, but the reaction is less strong than it would've been. Other than the handful of ranked vs ranked matchups, the top 25 had an uneventful week last week, so I'll leave further analysis till the poll is published. As always, feel free to let me know how stupid I am!

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