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IWieldTheFlameOfAnor Ballot for 2025 Week 8

Ballot Type: Computer

Submitted: Oct. 12, 2025, 10:16 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.

Rank Team Reason
1 Ohio State Buckeyes 440 Elo - Win against Illinois was about what was expected of them. -5 rating drop
2 Indiana Hoosiers 329 Elo - Win at Oregon was unexpectedly good and a big boost. 49 rating increase.
3 Oregon Ducks 320 Elo - Loss to Indiana dropped them a lot of points, but they had so many banked that it doesnt affect their ranking much. -49 rating drop.
4 Texas Longhorns 301 Elo - Dominant defense vs Oklahoma leads to a strong win and a good rating increase. 29 rating boost.
5 Miami Hurricanes 283 Elo - No change since Florida State game
6 Georgia Bulldogs 277 Elo - Win at Auburn was slightly better than expected. 18 rating increase.
7 Notre Dame Fighting Irish 275 Elo - Dominant performance vs NC State was already expected. 5 rating increase.
8 Alabama Crimson Tide 268 Elo - Win at Missouri was a little closer than expected. -3 rating drop.
9 Texas Tech Red Raiders 266 Elo - Win vs Kansas was more dominant than expected. 16 rating increase.
10 Vanderbilt Commodores 253 Elo - No change since Alabama game
11 LSU Tigers 235 Elo - Win vs South Carolina was about as expected. Only 4 rating increase.
12 Ole Miss Rebels 217 Elo - Win vs Washington State was way closer than expected. Sloppy win. -36 rating drop.
13 Texas A&M Aggies 212 Elo - Win vs Florida better than expected. 15 rating increase.
14 Iowa Hawkeyes 207 Elo - Win at Wisconsin was really really good. A shutout, which means they got as many points as this game was eligible for. 34 rating increase.
15 USC Trojans 201 Elo - Win vs Michigan a lot better than expected. 26 rating increase.
16 Utah Utes 190 Elo - Win vs Arizona State much better than expected. 49 rating increase.
17 Tennessee Volunteers 186 Elo - Win vs Arkansas was way too close. -23 rating drop.
18 Missouri Tigers 182 Elo - Loss vs Alabama was closer than expected. 3 rating increase.
19 Penn State Nittany Lions 179 Elo - Loss vs Northwestern was very close and could have gone either way. Unfortunately Northwestern is not a good team so Penn State loses a lot of points for a close game. -50 rating drop.
20 Oklahoma Sooners 170 Elo - Ugly loss vs Texas. -34 rating drop.
21 BYU Cougars 169 Elo - Win at Arizona was slightly closer than it should have been. -4 rating drop.
22 Washington Huskies 160 Elo - Win vs Rutgers better than expected. 15 rating increase.
23 Illinois Fighting Illini 156 Elo - Loss vs Ohio State was a little closer than expected. 4 rating increase.
24 Duke Blue Devils 154 Elo - No change since Cal game
25 Auburn Tigers 149 Elo - Loss vs Georgia was not good. Almost unranked now. -16 rating drop.

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