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Muffinnnnnnn Ballot for 2025 Week 7

Ballot Type: Human

Submitted: Oct. 7, 2025, 8:35 a.m.

Overall Rationale: Wins and losses matter most. If you beat a team and have the same or better record as them, you must be ahead of that team. A very chaotic week last week resulted in two AP top 10 teams going down to a 1-3 and 0-4 team. Of course, this didn't impact my rankings, because I had both Texas and Penn State unranked LAST week. Glad the rest of the world is catching up to what ball knowers already knew. Joining the rankings this week are Michigan, UNLV, and Navy, replacing Mississippi State, Florida State, and Iowa State. Iowa State in particular seems weird, as I had them high before and now they've cratered out of the top 25. It was somewhat of a chain reaction. I didn't wanna leave out Cincy if I kept Iowa State in, but if I put Cincy in, I didn't wanna leave Nebraska out, and if I put Nebraska in, I didn't wanna leave Michigan out. So Cincy's win over Iowa State actually was the push that allowed Michigan to join the rankings. Michigan got to #22 via their best win vs Nebraska now looking better than the best win among all of the teams below them. Nebraska, Cincy, and Iowa State would all be right on the outside looking in. This week, Texas Tech and Indiana vaulted above Ohio State and Oregon by virtue of Ohio State and Oregon's one-possession wins vs Texas and Penn State looking significantly worse now, while Texas Tech and Indiana have big blowouts over good teams. Virginia gets a boost with their win over Louisville, and stays ahead of Alabama via the common opponent of Florida State. With the additions of UNLV and Navy, every undefeated team has now entered the top 25. Alongside the previously mentioned Nebraska, Cincy, and Iowa State, Notre Dame and Florida State would be still knocking on the door of the top 25. In both cases, their losses are to two top 11 teams, so as long as they keep on winning, they'll be back in the top 25 in no time.

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