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Tarmacked Ballot for 2025 Week 8

Ballot Type: Hybrid

Submitted: Oct. 14, 2025, 3:40 a.m.

Overall Rationale: Sagarin, AOS, SOR, SP+ etc. aligned with more personal opinions (eye test)

Rank Team Reason
1 Ohio State Buckeyes Straightforward
2 Miami Hurricanes ^
3 Texas A&M Aggies ^
4 Indiana Hoosiers One thing I would want to address, I’ve seen Oregon parlayed into “best win” territory by some posters. I don’t think it’s a better win than Notre Dame which is why they’re fourth. Oregon lacks a top 50 win and their marquee point was Penn State who was quickly collapsing. At this stage I wouldn’t be shocked to see them drop to UW/USC at years end because they just seem young at multiple spots across the board.
5 Alabama Crimson Tide Probably over aggressive. This ranking relies on discounting FSU as a 2014 VT - Ohio State esque dud game opening the season. Three ranked opponents, all off byes, and now looking at the fourth so far. I’m going to reward three ranked wins and move them ahead of Ole Miss after the Wazzu game
6 Georgia Bulldogs Similar logic as above
7 Ole Miss Rebels Too many close games against subpar competition. I’m treating this poll closer to a college basketball mindset, I know they’re 6-0 but in good conscience I can’t rank them above Georgia. Especially when Georgia is the betting favorite
8 Tennessee Volunteers Defense is getting gashed and Miss State made it a fight. Hard to really say they’ve separated from Ole Miss when I’m seeing the same issues.
9 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Straightforward - look at their win margin and who they lost to/ loss margin
10 LSU Tigers Struggled with ducks versus LSU here. Leaned on SOR, 22 to 26.
11 Oregon Ducks See above
12 Texas Tech Red Raiders Common opponent in Kansas says they’re ahead of Mizzou. I’m just not sure what this team really is without the meat of their schedule so far
13 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets Straightforward - I do think they’re overranked relative to final landing spot
14 USC Trojans One point loss to Illinois, most explosive offense in the country. It’s closer to a flip between 14-16 here than any other spot
15 Missouri Tigers Straightforward - no marquee win but looked impressive on defense against Alabama
16 Oklahoma Sooners Michigan win doing some lifting here. Broader resume isn’t great
17 BYU Cougars I would have them higher; but the dud game limits that. Let’s hope Bear had a one off performance
18 Texas Longhorns Ultimately just feels like a solid team across the board with a blegh QB
19 Washington Huskies This is a new one - Probably over aggressive, but I like what I’m seeing from their QB. This tier is more chaos and close than the rest of the top 25
20 Vanderbilt Commodores Lacks a marquee win, iffy defense, I’d still say neck and neck with Nebraska
21 Nebraska Cornhuskers Not a big believer but they’re the least weak of the 21-25 range in terms of argument/resume. Still think they drop a few and this may be overtly high
22 Virginia Cavaliers FSU win doesn’t look great now - moved down a a result
23 Louisville Cardinals Analytics love them
24 Michigan Wolverines Still think there’s enough on this team to be better than they’ve been, especially with last years QB play
25 Utah Utes I hate the blowout loss. I hate the other options here. Best of the worst. Without leavett it’s hard to accurately gauge the ASU win, all I know is the defense looked abysmal for ASU.

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