Ballot Type: Hybrid

Submitted: Dec. 9, 2025, 4:59 a.m.

Overall Rationale: Alright, this is rank optimized with full win-loss. Challenges were not completed as this saga itself took 8 hours. Wacky results, and I will list my hypothetical playoffs with #1 and #2. 4-loss teams were automatically deranked of which there were five per-challenge. Will likely have time to fix this all up in bowl season to give a reasonable Top 25 once my challenge infrastructure is back.

• Ballot
• Analysis

Rank	Team	Reason
1	Indiana Hoosiers	B1G champs, undefeated. Indiana, UGA, Texas Tech, Ohio State, BYU, Arizona, Miami (FL), Oklahoma, Texas, Oregon, Tulane, JMU. (hate this for rewarding 3 loss so without them...)
2	Georgia Bulldogs	SEC champs, undefeated (R). Indiana, UGA, Texas Tech, Ohio State, BYU, Miami (FL), Oklahoma, Oregon, Utah, UConn/Ole Miss (see philosophy on OT to decide), Tulane, JMU. (hate this for rewarding 3 loss so without them...)
3	Texas Tech Red Raiders	Big XII champs.
4	Ohio State Buckeyes	B1G runner up.
5	BYU Cougars	Big XII runner up.
6	Arizona Wildcats	At large ???
7	Miami Hurricanes	At large solid team.
8	Oklahoma Sooners	At large solid team.
9	Texas Longhorns	???
10	Oregon Ducks	At large solid team.
11	Utah Utes	At large solid team.
12	Connecticut Huskies	See previous weeks as to why I love the Huskies.
13	Ole Miss Rebels	I will never understand why my model hates the Rebels.
14	Tulane Green Wave	AAC champs.
15	North Texas Mean Green	AAC runner up.
16	James Madison Dukes	SBC champs.
17	Old Dominion Monarchs	SBC solid, should be here? Not sure.
18	USC Trojans	Yes.
19	USF Bulls	Meh.
20	Michigan Wolverines	Yes.
21	New Mexico Lobos	Debatable at best.
22	Texas A&M Aggies	Too low.
23	Notre Dame Fighting Irish	Too low.
24	Navy Midshipmen	Too low.
25	San Diego State Aztecs	About right.

Teams Ranked:

Rank	Team	Unusualness
1	Indiana Hoosiers	0.00
2	Georgia Bulldogs	0.16
3	Texas Tech Red Raiders	0.05
4	Ohio State Buckeyes	-0.59
5	BYU Cougars	1.36
6	Arizona Wildcats	5.04
7	Miami Hurricanes	0.78
8	Oklahoma Sooners	0.00
9	Texas Longhorns	1.29
10	Oregon Ducks	-3.39
11	Utah Utes	0.46
12	Connecticut Huskies	13.02
13	Ole Miss Rebels	-2.59
14	Tulane Green Wave	0.34
15	North Texas Mean Green	1.21
16	James Madison Dukes	0.00
17	Old Dominion Monarchs	8.18
18	USC Trojans	0.00
19	USF Bulls	4.28
20	Michigan Wolverines	0.00
21	New Mexico Lobos	4.16
22	Texas A&M Aggies	-6.95
23	Notre Dame Fighting Irish	-3.76
24	Navy Midshipmen	0.00
25	San Diego State Aztecs	0.24

Omissions:

Team	Unusualness
Alabama Crimson Tide	4.65
Vanderbilt Commodores	5.31
Virginia Cavaliers	1.02
Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets	0.30
Iowa Hawkeyes	0.03

Total Score: 69.17