Ballot Type: Computer

Submitted: Oct. 27, 2025, 5:40 p.m.

Overall Rationale: Caffeine Fowl's own BallMetrics formula primarily factors in a team's defensive efficiency, offensive yards, and effectiveness of the passing game, on top of typical metrics such as strength of record. It also automatically adjusts the ranks after scores have been calculated to respect head-to-head victories between teams within a certain score/record threshold of one another.

• Ballot
• Analysis

Rank	Team	Reason
1	Indiana Hoosiers
2	Ohio State Buckeyes
3	Texas A&M Aggies
4	Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets
5	BYU Cougars
6	Alabama Crimson Tide
7	Vanderbilt Commodores
8	Navy Midshipmen
9	USC Trojans	USC's score is inflated by the formula due to their high offensive output.
10	Texas Tech Red Raiders
11	Memphis Tigers
12	Virginia Cavaliers
13	Louisville Cardinals	Louisville (6-1)'s raw BM score of 0.568 would have placed them 35th, but their score is within the <0.135 differential threshold (and 1-loss record threshold) that allows for the computer to apply head-to-head override to their win over Miami (6-1, score 0.696).
14	Miami Hurricanes
15	Oregon Ducks
16	Cincinnati Bearcats
17	Utah Utes
18	Georgia Bulldogs
19	Ole Miss Rebels
20	Oklahoma Sooners	Oklahoma (6-2, score 0.669) still recorded a higher raw BM score than Ole Miss (7-1, 0.636), but the two teams are close enough for the system to apply Ole Miss' H2H victory.
21	North Texas Mean Green
22	Missouri Tigers
23	Michigan Wolverines	Despite a raw BM score of only 0.603, 28th overall, Michigan (6-2)'s win over Washington (6-2, score 0.661) was applied by the computer.
24	Washington Huskies
25	Tennessee Volunteers

Teams Ranked:

Rank	Team	Unusualness
1	Indiana Hoosiers	0.00
2	Ohio State Buckeyes	0.00
3	Texas A&M Aggies	0.00
4	Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets	0.28
5	BYU Cougars	0.16
6	Alabama Crimson Tide	0.00
7	Vanderbilt Commodores	0.50
8	Navy Midshipmen	2.06
9	USC Trojans	3.58
10	Texas Tech Red Raiders	0.00
11	Memphis Tigers	3.72
12	Virginia Cavaliers	0.33
13	Louisville Cardinals	0.00
14	Miami Hurricanes	-0.35
15	Oregon Ducks	-1.29
16	Cincinnati Bearcats	0.00
17	Utah Utes	0.59
18	Georgia Bulldogs	-3.76
19	Ole Miss Rebels	-3.15
20	Oklahoma Sooners	0.00
21	North Texas Mean Green	3.64
22	Missouri Tigers	0.00
23	Michigan Wolverines	0.00
24	Washington Huskies	0.00
25	Tennessee Volunteers	-0.83

Omissions:

Team	Unusualness
Notre Dame Fighting Irish	1.93
Houston Cougars	0.75
Texas Longhorns	0.29

Total Score: 27.20