Ballot Type: Computer

Submitted: Sept. 29, 2025, 7:23 p.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	Ohio State Buckeyes	986
3	Oklahoma Sooners	954
4	Ole Miss Rebels	934
5	Texas A&M Aggies	906
6	Vanderbilt Commodores	902
7	Missouri Tigers	901
8	Texas Tech Red Raiders	889
9	Miami Hurricanes	887
10	BYU Cougars	885
11	Oregon Ducks	879
12	Louisville Cardinals	873
13	Michigan Wolverines	859
14	Alabama Crimson Tide	843
15	Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets	842
16	Iowa State Cyclones	837
17	Houston Cougars	833
18	USC Trojans	831
19	Tennessee Volunteers	828
20	Maryland Terrapins	817
21	Arizona State Sun Devils	817
22	Illinois Fighting Illini	809
23	Virginia Cavaliers	807
24	Navy Midshipmen	793
25	Florida State Seminoles	784

Teams Ranked:

Rank	Team	Unusualness
1	Indiana Hoosiers	1.01
2	Ohio State Buckeyes	0.00
3	Oklahoma Sooners	0.34
4	Ole Miss Rebels	0.00
5	Texas A&M Aggies	0.00
6	Vanderbilt Commodores	0.75
7	Missouri Tigers	0.96
8	Texas Tech Red Raiders	0.00
9	Miami Hurricanes	-0.88
10	BYU Cougars	1.13
11	Oregon Ducks	-2.09
12	Louisville Cardinals	1.91
13	Michigan Wolverines	1.04
14	Alabama Crimson Tide	0.00
15	Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets	0.00
16	Iowa State Cyclones	-0.25
17	Houston Cougars	2.66
18	USC Trojans	2.93
19	Tennessee Volunteers	0.00
20	Maryland Terrapins	1.19
21	Arizona State Sun Devils	0.24
22	Illinois Fighting Illini	0.00
23	Virginia Cavaliers	0.00
24	Navy Midshipmen	0.00
25	Florida State Seminoles	-0.64

Omissions:

Team	Unusualness
Penn State Nittany Lions	1.26
Georgia Bulldogs	1.64
Texas Longhorns	0.91
LSU Tigers	1.02
Memphis Tigers	0.03

Total Score: 22.87