Ballot Type: Human

Submitted: Sept. 29, 2025, 10:44 a.m.

Overall Rationale: Intentionally adding in some slight recency bias (mainly bama and Texas) as I think some teams are showing more of their "true colors" now than they did at the beginning of the season.

• Ballot
• Analysis

Rank	Team	Reason
1	Oregon Ducks	+1
2	Ohio State Buckeyes	-1
3	Miami Hurricanes	+1
4	Oklahoma Sooners	+2
5	Penn State Nittany Lions
6	Alabama Crimson Tide	+10
7	Indiana Hoosiers	+3
8	Ole Miss Rebels	+9
9	Texas Longhorns	-1
10	Texas Tech Red Raiders	+1
11	Iowa State Cyclones	+2
12	Georgia Bulldogs	-9
13	Texas A&M Aggies	-1
14	LSU Tigers	-7
15	Michigan Wolverines
16	Tennessee Volunteers	+2
17	Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets	-3
18	Illinois Fighting Illini	+1
19	Vanderbilt Commodores	+1
20	Florida State Seminoles	-11
21	Notre Dame Fighting Irish	+3
22	Utah Utes
23	USF Bulls	+2
24	Missouri Tigers	+2
25	Memphis Tigers	+3 ----- 26. BYU 27. Arizona State 28. USC 29. Mississippi State 30. TCU 31. Maryland 32. Nebraska 33. Louisville 34. North Texas 35. Tulane 36. Virginia 37. Washington 38. Auburn 39. Boise State 40. Houston Dropped: USC (21), TCU (23)

Teams Ranked:

Rank	Team	Unusualness
1	Oregon Ducks	0.00
2	Ohio State Buckeyes	0.00
3	Miami Hurricanes	0.00
4	Oklahoma Sooners	0.04
5	Penn State Nittany Lions	0.65
6	Alabama Crimson Tide	0.71
7	Indiana Hoosiers	0.00
8	Ole Miss Rebels	-0.46
9	Texas Longhorns	0.38
10	Texas Tech Red Raiders	0.00
11	Iowa State Cyclones	0.00
12	Georgia Bulldogs	0.00
13	Texas A&M Aggies	-0.76
14	LSU Tigers	0.04
15	Michigan Wolverines	0.55
16	Tennessee Volunteers	0.00
17	Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets	0.00
18	Illinois Fighting Illini	0.48
19	Vanderbilt Commodores	-0.66
20	Florida State Seminoles	0.00
21	Notre Dame Fighting Irish	0.00
22	Utah Utes	2.23
23	USF Bulls	1.58
24	Missouri Tigers	-1.26
25	Memphis Tigers	0.00

Omissions:

Team	Unusualness
BYU Cougars	0.43
Louisville Cardinals	0.11
Virginia Cavaliers	0.08

Total Score: 10.42