Ballot Type: Human
Submitted: Sept. 28, 2025, 1:49 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 |
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1 |
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(5-0) (up 2) | W: 30-24 @ #4 Penn State (3-1) | Next Week: Bye | Projected Bowl: Rose Bowl vs Alabama/Texas Tech |
2 |
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(4-0) (down 1) | W: 24-6 @ Washington (3-1) | Next Week: vs Minnesota (3-1) | Projected Bowl: Cotton Bowl vs Indiana/Penn State |
3 |
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(4-0) (down 1) | Bye | Next Week: @ #21 Florida State (3-1) | Projected Bowl: Orange Bowl vs Texas A&M/Georgia |
4 |
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(5-0) (up 9) W: 24-19 vs #6 LSU (4-1) | Next Week: Bye | Projected Bowl: Sugar Bowl vs Oklahoma/Memphis |
5 |
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(4-0) (up 3) | Bye | Next Week: vs Kent State (1-3) | Projected Bowl: Playoff R1 vs Memphis |
6 |
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(4-0) (up 1) | W: 16-10 vs #30 Auburn (3-2) | Next Week: vs #26 Mississippi State (4-1) | Projected Bowl: Playoff R1 vs Georgia |
7 |
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(5-0) (up 2) | W: 20-15 @ Iowa (3-2) | Next Week: Bye | Projected Bowl: Playoff R1 vs Penn State |
8 |
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(3-1) (up 10) | W: 24-21 @ #5 Georgia (3-1) | Next Week: vs #15 Vanderbilt (5-0) (JTGOTW) | Projected Bowl: Playoff R1 vs Texas Tech |
9 |
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(4-0) (up 2) | Bye | Next Week: @ Houston (4-0) | Projected Bowl: Playoff R1 @ Alabama |
10 |
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(3-1) (down 6) | L: 24-30 vs #3 Oregon (5-0) | Next Week: @ UCLA (0-4) | Projected Bowl: Playoff R1 @ Indiana |
11 |
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(3-1) (down 6) | L: 21-24 @ #18 Alabama (3-1) | Next Week: vs Kentucky (2-2) | Projected Bowl: Playoff R1 @ Texas A&M |
12 |
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(3-1) (no change) | Bye | Next Week: @ Florida (1-3) | Projected Bowl: Citrus Bowl vs Michigan |
13 |
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(4-1) (down 7) | L: 19-24 @ #13 Ole Miss (5-0) | Next Week: Bye | Projected Bowl: Gator Bowl vs Florida State |
14 |
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(4-1) (up 1) | W: 41-34 @ #20 Mississippi State (4-1) | Next Week: Bye | Projected Bowl: ReliaQuest Bowl vs Illinois |
15 |
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(5-0) (down 1) | W: 55-35 vs Utah State (3-2) | Next Week: @ #8 Alabama (3-1) (JTGOTW) | Projected Bowl: Music City Bowl vs Maryland |
16 |
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(5-0) (up 1) | W: 39-14 vs Arizona (3-1) | Next Week: @ Cincinnati (3-1) | Projected Bowl: Alamo Bowl vs Utah |
17 |
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(5-0) (up 3) | W: 42-6 vs Massachusetts (0-4) | Next Week: Bye | Projected Bowl: Texas Bowl vs Houston |
18 |
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(5-0) (down 2) | W: 30-29 @ Wake Forest (2-2) | Next Week: vs Virginia Tech (2-3) | Projected Bowl: Pop-Tarts Bowl vs BYU |
19 |
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(4-0) (up 2) | W: 24-21 @ Colorado (2-3) | Next Week: vs West Virginia (2-3) | Projected Bowl: Pop-Tarts Bowl vs Georgia Tech |
20 |
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(4-1) (up 7) | W: 34-32 vs #24 USC (4-1) | Next Week: @ Purdue (2-2) | Projected Bowl: ReliaQuest Bowl vs Tennessee |
21 |
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(3-1) (down 11) | L: 38-46 @ Virginia (4-1) | Next Week: vs #3 Miami (4-0) | Projected Bowl: Gator Bowl vs LSU |
22 |
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(3-1) (up 1) | Bye | Next Week: vs Wisconsin (2-2) | Projected Bowl: Citrus Bowl vs Texas |
23 |
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(2-2) (up 3) | W: 56-13 @ Arkansas (2-3) | Next Week: vs Boise State (3-1) | Projected Bowl: Holiday Bowl vs Arizona State |
24 |
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(4-1) (was unranked) | W: 46-38 vs #10 Florida State (3-1) | Next Week: @ #25 Louisville (4-0) | Projected Bowl: Duke’s Mayo Bowl vs South Carolina |
25 |
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(4-0) (no change) | W: 34-27 @ Pittsburgh (2-2) | Next Week: vs #24 Virginia (4-1) | Projected Bowl: Pinstripe Bowl vs Michigan State | Next 5: | #26: Mississippi State (4-1) (down 6) | #27: Arizona State (4-1) (was unranked) | #28: Memphis (5-0) (no change) | #29: South Florida (3-1) (no change) | #30: Maryland (4-0) (no change) | Fell out of T30: TCU (3-1) (was #22); USC (4-1) (was #24); Auburn (3-2) (was #30) | Biggest Riser: Alabama (18 -> 8) | Biggest Faller: Florida State (10 -> 21) |
Teams Ranked:
Rank | Team | Unusualness |
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1 |
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0.00 |
2 |
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0.00 |
3 |
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0.00 |
4 |
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0.00 |
5 |
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0.00 |
6 |
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0.00 |
7 |
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0.00 |
8 |
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0.28 |
9 |
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0.00 |
10 |
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0.00 |
11 |
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0.08 |
12 |
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0.00 |
13 |
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0.25 |
14 |
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0.05 |
15 |
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0.00 |
16 |
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-0.25 |
17 |
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0.00 |
18 |
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0.00 |
19 |
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0.00 |
20 |
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0.00 |
21 |
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0.00 |
22 |
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0.00 |
23 |
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0.00 |
24 |
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0.00 |
25 |
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0.00 |