Ballot Type: Computer

Submitted: Oct. 6, 2025, 10:07 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	972
3	Oklahoma Sooners	940
4	Texas A&M Aggies	912
5	Miami Hurricanes	912
6	Ole Miss Rebels	906
7	Texas Tech Red Raiders	903
8	Missouri Tigers	888
9	Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets	860
10	Oregon Ducks	856
11	Alabama Crimson Tide	849
12	BYU Cougars	846
13	Michigan Wolverines	841
14	Illinois Fighting Illini	832
15	Nebraska Cornhuskers	818
16	Virginia Cavaliers	816
17	USC Trojans	809
18	Georgia Bulldogs	806
19	Arizona State Sun Devils	800
20	Louisville Cardinals	799
21	Cincinnati Bearcats	798
22	Tennessee Volunteers	787
23	Washington Huskies	791
24	Vanderbilt Commodores	791
25	North Texas Mean Green	788

Teams Ranked:

Rank	Team	Unusualness
1	Indiana Hoosiers	1.20
2	Ohio State Buckeyes	0.00
3	Oklahoma Sooners	0.55
4	Texas A&M Aggies	0.09
5	Miami Hurricanes	-0.62
6	Ole Miss Rebels	0.00
7	Texas Tech Red Raiders	0.00
8	Missouri Tigers	0.54
9	Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets	0.26
10	Oregon Ducks	-1.17
11	Alabama Crimson Tide	0.00
12	BYU Cougars	0.19
13	Michigan Wolverines	0.21
14	Illinois Fighting Illini	0.31
15	Nebraska Cornhuskers	4.09
16	Virginia Cavaliers	0.00
17	USC Trojans	2.67
18	Georgia Bulldogs	-0.75
19	Arizona State Sun Devils	0.23
20	Louisville Cardinals	4.79
21	Cincinnati Bearcats	0.05
22	Tennessee Volunteers	-0.88
23	Washington Huskies	0.39
24	Vanderbilt Commodores	-0.51
25	North Texas Mean Green	0.00

Omissions:

Team	Unusualness
LSU Tigers	1.76
Memphis Tigers	0.46
Notre Dame Fighting Irish	0.25
Iowa State Cyclones	0.33

Total Score: 22.30