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The original was posted on /r/cfb by /u/trumpet_23 on 2025-09-05 13:05:43+00:00.
Week 1 Power Rankings:
Week 1 is in the bag, and…well, things are kind of boring. There wasn’t a whole lot of movement, due to the fact that most teams did what we expected them to do. Maryland got a nice boost for beating Florida Atlantic, but October will be here in a month and that’s generally when they turn back into a pumpkin. I think some voters are thinking about that, as Maryland has the highest Variance by almost an entire point, which is pretty crazy. Meanwhile, UCLA’s pummeling from Utah sent them tumbling to next-to-last, but Northwestern will not be deterred from their birthright, solidly securing last place after a 23-3 loss to Tulane that wasn’t as close as the score indicates.
Friendly reminder that voting posts are put up every week over at /r/TheB1G on Sundays, sometimes Mondays if I forget. Work is crazy basically from now until the end of the year, so please be patient if the schedule gets off some weeks.
| Rank | Team | Points | Average Ranking | Last Week | Change | Variance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ohio State | 219(146) | 1.22 | 1 | 0 | 0.23 |
| 2 | Penn State | 346(32) | 1.92 | 2 | 0 | 0.31 |
| 3 | Oregon | 547(2) | 3.04 | 3 | 0 | 0.63 |
| 4 | Illinois | 840 | 4.67 | 4 | 0 | 1.13 |
| 5 | Michigan | 936 | 5.20 | 5 | 0 | 1.46 |
| 6 | USC | 1211 | 6.73 | 8 | 2 | 4.09 |
| 7 | Indiana | 1294 | 7.19 | 6 | -1 | 4.40 |
| 8 | Iowa | 1618 | 8.99 | 7 | -1 | 4.85 |
| 9 | Nebraska | 1715 | 9.53 | 9 | 0 | 5.59 |
| 10 | Washington | 1881 | 10.45 | 10 | 0 | 5.97 |
| 11 | Minnesota | 1928 | 10.71 | 11 | 0 | 4.34 |
| 12 | Michigan State | 2163 | 12.02 | 12 | 0 | 4.18 |
| 13 | Maryland | 2188 | 12.16 | 16 | 3 | 6.91 |
| 14 | Wisconsin | 2341 | 13.01 | 13 | -1 | 4.35 |
| 15 | Rutgers | 2596 | 14.42 | 15 | 0 | 3.09 |
| 16 | Purdue | 2817 | 15.65 | 18 | 2 | 2.77 |
| 17 | UCLA | 2978 | 16.54 | 14 | -3 | 1.84 |
| 18 | Northwestern | 3162 | 17.57 | 17 | -1 | 0.97 |
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Points are the summation of every voter’s ranking for that team, therefore lower scores are better. This works because unlike the AP, Coaches, or /r/cfb polls, every team is ranked in every vote. If x votes were counted, the best possible score is x and the worst possible score is 14x. #1 votes are in parentheses.
Average Rank is the points divided by the number of votes. This will allow for comparison from one week to the next.
Prev. is the Rank from the previous week.
Change is the change in average rank from the previous week.
Variance is a measure of how much agreement there was between voters. A zero means all voters ranked a team the same, and a higher number means a team’s ranking was more controversial.