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Versigot Ballot for 2026 Preseason

Ballot Type: Human

Submitted: Aug. 13, 2026, 2:58 p.m.

Rank Team Reason
1 Indiana Hoosiers 27-2 over the past two seasons, criminal to not have them preseason #1 even without Fernando
2 Texas Longhorns Arch Manning is the best quarterback in College Football and Texas are ready to roll
3 Georgia Bulldogs It's Kirby
4 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Carr is a lot better than people give him credit for and I don't think losing Love/Price will hurt them very much
5 Miami Hurricanes Cristobal has these Canes ready to go 10-2 and lose in a CFP semifinal for the foreseeable future
6 Ohio State Buckeyes Julian Sayin is going to really hit some people where it hurts
7 Oregon Ducks Dante Moore is not as good as people are saying, but Oregon will still be a top 10 team
8 LSU Tigers Kiffin is an asshole but he's a winning asshole
9 Alabama Crimson Tide Ryan Williams is going to be 19 this season!
10 Virginia Tech Hokies Franklin will have these Hokies hosting a Gameday this year, very well could win the ACC considering Miami's allergy to doing so
11 Texas A&M Aggies Elko is leading a really exciting program, not a national champion program but an exciting one nonetheless
12 Oklahoma Sooners If Brent Venables gets a working offense the Sooners can be national champs. If not, they'll win the Duke's Mayo Bowl.
13 Texas Tech Red Raiders No Sorsby, no party
14 California Golden Bears JKS is about to have a season that puts him #1 overall on every single 2028 draft board
15 Oklahoma State Cowboys Eric Morris was the best head coaching hire of the previous cycle, I'd expect him to immediately revive the program and have the Cowboys well in the fight for the Big 12
16 BYU Cougars Crumbl Cookies + Mormonism are ready to go 10-2 and miss the CFP one more time
17 Utah Utes Losing both starting tackles will surely hurt, but that wasn't the only thing that made Utah successful last year
18 Ole Miss Rebels I think Trinidad Chambliss is a bust of an NFL prospect and completely fraudulent, but I still have no actual proof of that so I have to rank Ole Miss as if he was good at football
19 Missouri Tigers Good ol' Eli Drinkwitz will go 8-4 or 9-3
20 USC Trojans Jayden Maiava is a damn good quarterback and I'm tired of pretending he isn't
21 Michigan Wolverines I really think Whittingham is going to struggle here. Entire program needs the type of coach who can hit the reset button on the culture but he is not that guy.
22 Penn State Nittany Lions Iowa State was a pretty half-good football team last year!
23 Vanderbilt Commodores Can Lea adapt without Pavia? I think way too many people got on the Pavia hate train at the end of last year when he really was a pretty good college QB, will be interesting to watch.
24 Tennessee Volunteers Honorable mention to Heupel here, forever destined to run a program in this range
25 North Carolina Tar Heels Sue me but I think Chapel Bill year 2 will be much more successful than year 1, especially if he surrounds himself with some better coaches.

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