Ballot Type: Computer

Submitted: Oct. 5, 2025, 11:58 a.m.

Overall Rationale: I have made my own ELO-rating system (similar to chess) for college football. Only final scores are considered in the ratings. W-L records do not matter. Margin of victory matters. My code is on github here: https://github.com/kyleaforrester/cfb_elo Losing to a good team might actually improve your rating if you played them close enough. Beating a bad team with a slim margin might drop your rating if your margin of victory isn't good enough. I don't care about the end W-L result or the W-L team records, just how each team performs when compared to what was expected of them.

• Ballot
• Analysis

Rank	Team	Reason
1	Ohio State Buckeyes	445
2	Oregon Ducks	369
3	Miami Hurricanes	283
4	Indiana Hoosiers	280
5	Texas Longhorns	272
6	Alabama Crimson Tide	270
7	Notre Dame Fighting Irish	270
8	Georgia Bulldogs	259
9	Ole Miss Rebels	253
10	Vanderbilt Commodores	253
11	Texas Tech Red Raiders	249
12	LSU Tigers	231
13	Penn State Nittany Lions	229
14	Tennessee Volunteers	209
15	Oklahoma Sooners	203
16	Texas A&M Aggies	197
17	Missouri Tigers	179
18	TCU Horned Frogs	178
19	USC Trojans	175
20	Iowa Hawkeyes	173
21	BYU Cougars	172
22	Auburn Tigers	164
23	Florida Gators	162
24	Duke Blue Devils	154
25	South Carolina Gamecocks	153

Teams Ranked:

Rank	Team	Unusualness
1	Ohio State Buckeyes	0.00
2	Oregon Ducks	0.00
3	Miami Hurricanes	0.00
4	Indiana Hoosiers	0.00
5	Texas Longhorns	19.73
6	Alabama Crimson Tide	0.37
7	Notre Dame Fighting Irish	2.08
8	Georgia Bulldogs	0.41
9	Ole Miss Rebels	-1.45
10	Vanderbilt Commodores	1.71
11	Texas Tech Red Raiders	-0.18
12	LSU Tigers	0.08
13	Penn State Nittany Lions	11.86
14	Tennessee Volunteers	0.00
15	Oklahoma Sooners	-2.55
16	Texas A&M Aggies	-3.54
17	Missouri Tigers	-0.56
18	TCU Horned Frogs	6.75
19	USC Trojans	1.75
20	Iowa Hawkeyes	5.22
21	BYU Cougars	-0.31
22	Auburn Tigers	3.05
23	Florida Gators	2.22
24	Duke Blue Devils	1.11
25	South Carolina Gamecocks	0.25

Omissions:

Team	Unusualness
Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets	2.11
Michigan Wolverines	1.75
Illinois Fighting Illini	1.16
Virginia Cavaliers	0.99
Memphis Tigers	0.46
Arizona State Sun Devils	0.37
Iowa State Cyclones	0.33
Cincinnati Bearcats	0.17
North Texas Mean Green	0.02

Total Score: 72.52