Ballot Type: Hybrid
Submitted: Oct. 27, 2025, 9:40 a.m.
Overall Rationale: My methodology has a sort of BCS mentality of aggregating different polls and rankings to come up with an improvement over the AP. Relies heavily on SP+ metrics along with resume rankings and AP Poll. Team reasoning shows the formula's weighted average rating for the team. There were two ties at #8 and #18, the team with the higher resume metric gets the nod. This week I made no manual adjustments as I didn't have any major objections outside of what I felt were probably personal biases. Navy was close to being ranked but their predictive rating is weighing them down. Next 5 Teams: N. Texas [27.3] (I was close to manually moving them into top 25 but wasn't sure who to have them over), Virginia [29.7], LSU [31.3], USF [32.0], Houston [32.0]
| Rank | Team | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Indiana Hoosiers
|
[1.3] 1ndiana |
| 2 |
Ohio State Buckeyes
|
[1.7] |
| 3 |
Texas A&M Aggies
|
[3.7] 8 & 4 technically still on the table? Aggies having a huge year |
| 4 |
Oregon Ducks
|
[4.3] |
| 5 |
Texas Tech Red Raiders
|
[7.3] |
| 6 |
Alabama Crimson Tide
|
[8.0] |
| 7 |
Georgia Bulldogs
|
[8.3] |
| 8 |
Miami Hurricanes
|
[9.3] |
| 9 |
Notre Dame Fighting Irish
|
[9.3] Surprised the model has them in the top 10. |
| 10 |
Ole Miss Rebels
|
[10.3] |
| 11 |
BYU Cougars
|
[11.7] |
| 12 |
Vanderbilt Commodores
|
[12.0] Surprised the model doesn't have them in top 10. |
| 13 |
Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets
|
[14.0] |
| 14 |
Oklahoma Sooners
|
[14.3] |
| 15 |
Utah Utes
|
[14.7] |
| 16 |
Cincinnati Bearcats
|
[18.3] |
| 17 |
Tennessee Volunteers
|
[19.0] |
| 18 |
Louisville Cardinals
|
[19.3] |
| 19 |
USC Trojans
|
[19.3] |
| 20 |
Missouri Tigers
|
[19.7] As a Mizzou fan I felt the AP Poll was a little harsh on the Tigers and was curious to see where my model had them. Actually ended up being practically in agreement with the AP, at one spot lower. Their Resume ranking fell quite a bit from last week, which I wasn't expecting after a close road loss to a top 15 team. |
| 21 |
Texas Longhorns
|
[20.3] |
| 22 |
Iowa Hawkeyes
|
[22.3] |
| 23 |
Michigan Wolverines
|
[23.7] |
| 24 |
Washington Huskies
|
[24.3] |
| 25 |
Memphis Tigers
|
[25.3] |
Teams Ranked:
| Rank | Team | Unusualness |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Indiana Hoosiers
|
0.00 |
| 2 |
Ohio State Buckeyes
|
0.00 |
| 3 |
Texas A&M Aggies
|
0.00 |
| 4 |
Oregon Ducks
|
0.34 |
| 5 |
Texas Tech Red Raiders
|
1.62 |
| 6 |
Alabama Crimson Tide
|
0.00 |
| 7 |
Georgia Bulldogs
|
0.00 |
| 8 |
Miami Hurricanes
|
0.07 |
| 9 |
Notre Dame Fighting Irish
|
0.53 |
| 10 |
Ole Miss Rebels
|
0.00 |
| 11 |
BYU Cougars
|
-0.12 |
| 12 |
Vanderbilt Commodores
|
0.00 |
| 13 |
Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets
|
-0.90 |
| 14 |
Oklahoma Sooners
|
0.96 |
| 15 |
Utah Utes
|
1.10 |
| 16 |
Cincinnati Bearcats
|
0.00 |
| 17 |
Tennessee Volunteers
|
0.00 |
| 18 |
Louisville Cardinals
|
-0.04 |
| 19 |
USC Trojans
|
0.46 |
| 20 |
Missouri Tigers
|
0.00 |
| 21 |
Texas Longhorns
|
0.00 |
| 22 |
Iowa Hawkeyes
|
0.21 |
| 23 |
Michigan Wolverines
|
0.00 |
| 24 |
Washington Huskies
|
0.00 |
| 25 |
Memphis Tigers
|
0.00 |
Omissions:
| Team | Unusualness |
|---|---|
Virginia Cavaliers
|
1.80 |
Houston Cougars
|
0.75 |
Navy Midshipmen
|
0.08 |
Total Score: 8.99