Ballot Type: Computer

Submitted: Dec. 7, 2025, 6:44 p.m.

Overall Rationale: My ballot starts as a strict computer power ranking. Over the course of the season, it weights resume more and more against the power ranking in an attempt to predict or replicate how the committee may make their selections. It is normally pretty close in the past. This year we have a big disagreement on the "controversial" placement of Notre Dame. It also punishes conference championship losers more than it probably should (they are treated like any other game by my model) and that is something I can look into fixing with the resume calculation moving forward as Alabama took a large hit on my computer ballot.

• Ballot
• Analysis

Rank	Team	Reason
1	Indiana Hoosiers
2	Ohio State Buckeyes
3	Georgia Bulldogs
4	Oregon Ducks
5	Texas Tech Red Raiders
6	Texas A&M Aggies
7	Notre Dame Fighting Irish
8	Ole Miss Rebels
9	Oklahoma Sooners
10	BYU Cougars
11	Miami Hurricanes
12	Vanderbilt Commodores
13	Utah Utes
14	Alabama Crimson Tide
15	Texas Longhorns
16	USC Trojans
17	James Madison Dukes
18	Michigan Wolverines
19	North Texas Mean Green
20	USF Bulls
21	Arizona Wildcats
22	Iowa Hawkeyes
23	Tulane Green Wave
24	Missouri Tigers
25	Washington Huskies

Teams Ranked:

Rank	Team	Unusualness
1	Indiana Hoosiers	0.00
2	Ohio State Buckeyes	0.00
3	Georgia Bulldogs	0.00
4	Oregon Ducks	0.24
5	Texas Tech Red Raiders	-0.05
6	Texas A&M Aggies	0.00
7	Notre Dame Fighting Irish	0.28
8	Ole Miss Rebels	0.00
9	Oklahoma Sooners	0.00
10	BYU Cougars	0.00
11	Miami Hurricanes	0.00
12	Vanderbilt Commodores	0.00
13	Utah Utes	0.00
14	Alabama Crimson Tide	0.00
15	Texas Longhorns	0.00
16	USC Trojans	0.00
17	James Madison Dukes	0.00
18	Michigan Wolverines	0.00
19	North Texas Mean Green	0.05
20	USF Bulls	3.47
21	Arizona Wildcats	0.00
22	Iowa Hawkeyes	0.36
23	Tulane Green Wave	-0.88
24	Missouri Tigers	0.73
25	Washington Huskies	0.00

Omissions:

Team	Unusualness
Virginia Cavaliers	1.02
Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets	0.30
Navy Midshipmen	0.31

Total Score: 7.67