Ballot Type: Computer

Submitted: Oct. 19, 2025, 1:06 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	Ohio State Buckeyes	1000
2	Indiana Hoosiers	992
3	Texas A&M Aggies	890
4	Alabama Crimson Tide	886
5	BYU Cougars	883
6	Louisville Cardinals	881
7	Georgia Bulldogs	880
8	Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets	874
9	Texas Tech Red Raiders	850
10	Miami Hurricanes	847
11	Oklahoma Sooners	834
12	Ole Miss Rebels	833
13	Oregon Ducks	826
14	Virginia Cavaliers	824
15	Notre Dame Fighting Irish	821
16	Vanderbilt Commodores	816
17	Michigan Wolverines	803
18	Missouri Tigers	800
19	Illinois Fighting Illini	794
20	Cincinnati Bearcats	794
21	USC Trojans	791
22	Utah Utes	788
23	USF Bulls	773
24	Tennessee Volunteers	762
25	Nebraska Cornhuskers	761

Teams Ranked:

Rank	Team	Unusualness
1	Ohio State Buckeyes	0.00
2	Indiana Hoosiers	0.00
3	Texas A&M Aggies	0.00
4	Alabama Crimson Tide	0.00
5	BYU Cougars	0.29
6	Louisville Cardinals	1.58
7	Georgia Bulldogs	0.00
8	Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets	0.00
9	Texas Tech Red Raiders	0.38
10	Miami Hurricanes	0.00
11	Oklahoma Sooners	0.04
12	Ole Miss Rebels	0.00
13	Oregon Ducks	-0.84
14	Virginia Cavaliers	0.00
15	Notre Dame Fighting Irish	0.00
16	Vanderbilt Commodores	-0.50
17	Michigan Wolverines	1.75
18	Missouri Tigers	-0.02
19	Illinois Fighting Illini	0.46
20	Cincinnati Bearcats	0.00
21	USC Trojans	0.19
22	Utah Utes	0.26
23	USF Bulls	-0.60
24	Tennessee Volunteers	-0.15
25	Nebraska Cornhuskers	0.21

Omissions:

Team	Unusualness
LSU Tigers	0.42
Texas Longhorns	0.12
Arizona State Sun Devils	0.15

Total Score: 7.97