Ballot Type: Computer

Submitted: Jan. 20, 2026, 1:54 a.m.

Overall Rationale: Using only results from this year, I compute a power rating, offensive rating and defensive rating. I use those ratings to compute a strength of record (SOR)/resume rating. The four ratings are normalized, and the final ranking is a weighted average which increasingly values the SOR component the further into the season. Dropped: Arizona (21 -> 28), USF (25 -> 31). Next 10: Houston (0.707), TCU (0.706), Arizona (0.699), Louisville (0.699), SMU (0.695), South Florida (0.694), Old Dominion (0.694), Georgia Tech (0.683), NC State (0.677), Iowa State (0.675), Missouri (0.671).

• Ballot
• Analysis

Rank	Team	Reason
1	Indiana Hoosiers	0.999, +0
2	Oregon Ducks	0.914, +0
3	Ohio State Buckeyes	0.881, +1
4	Miami Hurricanes	0.866, +6
5	Texas Tech Red Raiders	0.860, -2
6	Ole Miss Rebels	0.845, +2
7	BYU Cougars	0.840, +0
8	Georgia Bulldogs	0.836, -3
9	Notre Dame Fighting Irish	0.835, +0
10	Texas A&M Aggies	0.829, -4
11	Utah Utes	0.805, +1
12	Alabama Crimson Tide	0.802, +1
13	Texas Longhorns	0.793, +2
14	Oklahoma Sooners	0.776, -3
15	Vanderbilt Commodores	0.769, -1
16	James Madison Dukes	0.761, +2
17	Iowa Hawkeyes	0.756, +5
18	USC Trojans	0.751, -2
19	North Texas Mean Green	0.747, +0
20	Washington Huskies	0.738, +4
21	Illinois Fighting Illini	0.738, +5
22	Michigan Wolverines	0.736, -5
23	Navy Midshipmen	0.734, +0
24	Virginia Cavaliers	0.725, +6
25	Tulane Green Wave	0.719, -5

Teams Ranked:

Rank	Team	Unusualness
1	Indiana Hoosiers	0.00
2	Oregon Ducks	0.95
3	Ohio State Buckeyes	0.52
4	Miami Hurricanes	-0.89
5	Texas Tech Red Raiders	0.63
6	Ole Miss Rebels	-0.76
7	BYU Cougars	0.63
8	Georgia Bulldogs	-1.33
9	Notre Dame Fighting Irish	0.00
10	Texas A&M Aggies	0.00
11	Utah Utes	0.09
12	Alabama Crimson Tide	0.00
13	Texas Longhorns	0.00
14	Oklahoma Sooners	0.00
15	Vanderbilt Commodores	0.00
16	James Madison Dukes	0.00
17	Iowa Hawkeyes	0.00
18	USC Trojans	0.15
19	North Texas Mean Green	0.00
20	Washington Huskies	2.07
21	Illinois Fighting Illini	1.07
22	Michigan Wolverines	0.00
23	Navy Midshipmen	0.00
24	Virginia Cavaliers	-1.27
25	Tulane Green Wave	-0.91

Omissions:

Team	Unusualness
Houston Cougars	0.64
TCU Horned Frogs	0.03

Total Score: 11.94