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MemeofMemeJTG999999 Ballot for 2026 Week 2

Ballot Type: Human

Submitted: Sept. 8, 2026, 12:36 a.m.

Overall Rationale: I use a methodology similar to that used by the voter polls that bases teams based primarily on wins/losses, but with other factors such as how those teams looked in their wins and losses, head to head, roster depth, etc, in play.

Rank Team Reason
1 Ohio State Buckeyes (1-0) (no change)
W: 56-3 vs Ball State (0-1)
Next Week: @ #2 Texas (1-0)
Projected Bowl: Rose Bowl vs Oregon/Miami
2 Texas Longhorns (1-0) (no change)
W: 59-7 vs Texas State (0-1)
Next Week: vs #1 Ohio State (1-0)
Projected Bowl: Cotton Bowl vs Georgia/Alabama
3 Notre Dame Fighting Irish (1-0) (no change)
W: 41-13 vs Wisconsin (0-1) (in Green Bay)
Next Week: vs Rice (1-0)
Projected Bowl: Peach Bowl vs Ole Miss/Texas Tech
4 LSU Tigers (1-0) (up 5)
W: 51-10 vs #28 Clemson (0-1)
Next Week: vs Louisiana Tech (1-0)
Projected Bowl: Fiesta Bowl vs Indiana/Boise State
5 Indiana Hoosiers (1-0) (no change)
W: 52-16 vs North Texas (0-1)
Next Week: Howard (1-1)
Projected Bowl: Playoff R1 vs Boise State
6 Ole Miss Rebels (1-0) (up 1)
W: 41-38 vs #23 Louisville (0-1) (in Nashville)
Next Week: vs Charlotte (0-1)
Projected Bowl: Playoff R1 vs Texas Tech
7 Georgia Bulldogs (1-0) (down 1)
W: 63-3 vs Tennessee State (0-2)
Next Week: vs Western Kentucky (0-1)
Projected Bowl: Playoff R1 vs Alabama
8 Oregon Ducks (1-0) (down 4)
W: 34-27 vs #25 Boise State (0-1)
Next Week: Oklahoma State (0-1)
Projected Bowl: Playoff R1 vs Miami
9 Miami Hurricanes (1-0) (down 1)
W: 42-6 @ Stanford (1-1)
Next Week: vs Florida A&M (1-1)
Projected Bowl: Playoff R1 @ Oregon
10 Alabama Crimson Tide (1-0) (no change)
W: 48-10 vs East Carolina (0-1)
Next Week: @ Kentucky (1-0)
Projected Bowl: Playoff R1 @ Georgia
11 Texas A&M Aggies (1-0) (no change)
W: 50-0 vs Missouri State (0-1)
Next Week: vs Arizona State (1-0)
Projected Bowl: Citrus Bowl vs Penn State
12 Oklahoma Sooners (1-0) (up 1)
W: 51-0 vs UTEP (0-1)
Next Week: @ #26 Michigan (1-0) (JTGOTW)
Projected Bowl: Texas Bowl vs Kansas State
13 Texas Tech Red Raiders (1-0) (down 1)
W: 33-10 vs Abilene Christian (0-2)
Next Week: @ Oregon State (0-1)
Projected Bowl: Playoff R1 @ Ole Miss
14 BYU Cougars (1-0) (up 1)
W: 63-7 vs Utah Tech (0-2)
Next Week: vs Arizona (1-0)
Projected Bowl: Alamo Bowl vs Washington
15 USC Trojans (2-0) (up 2)
W: 42-26 vs San José State (1-1)
W: 39-0 vs Fresno State (0-1)
Next Week: vs Louisiana (1-0)
Projected Bowl: Holiday Bowl vs Clemson
16 Tennessee Volunteers (1-0) (no change)
W: 56-9 vs Furman (1-1)
Next Week: @ Georgia Tech (0-1)
Projected Bowl: ReliaQuest Bowl vs Michigan
17 Utah Utes (1-0) (up 1)
W: 66-14 vs Idaho (0-2)
Next Week: vs Arkansas (1-0)
Projected Bowl: Sun Bowl vs SMU
18 Washington Huskies (1-0) (up 1)
W: 24-10 vs Washington State (0-1) (JTGOTW)
Next Week: vs Utah State (0-1)
Projected Bowl: Alamo Bowl vs BYU
19 Penn State Nittany Lions (1-0) (up 1)
W: 45-0 vs Marshall (0-1)
Next Week: @ Temple (1-0)
Projected Bowl: Citrus Bowl vs Texas A&M
20 Iowa Hawkeyes (1-0) (up 1)
W: 40-0 vs Northern Illinois (0-1)
Next Week: vs Iowa State (1-0)
Projected Bowl: Mayo Bowl vs Pittsburgh
21 Virginia Cavaliers (1-0) (was unranked)
W: 34-8 vs NC State (0-1)
Next Week: vs Norfolk State (1-1)
Projected Bowl: Pop-Tarts Bowl vs Houston
22 SMU Mustangs (1-0) (no change)
W: 27-24 @ Florida State (1-1)
Next Week: vs UC Davis (2-0)
Projected Bowl: Sun Bowl vs Utah
23 Houston Cougars (1-0) (up 1)
W: 33-20 vs Oregon State (0-1)
Next Week: vs Southern (1-1)
Projected Bowl: Pop-Tarts Bowl vs Virginia
24 Missouri Tigers (1-0) (up 3)
W: 54-14 vs Arkansas-Pine Bluff (1-1)
Next Week: @ Kansas (1-0)
Projected Bowl: Las Vegas Bowl vs Arizona
25 Florida Gators (1-0) (was unranked)
W: 66-21 vs Florida Atlantic (0-1)
Next Week: vs Campbell (2-0)
Projected Bowl: Gator Bowl vs Louisville

Next 5:
#26: Michigan (1-0) (down 12)
#27: South Carolina (1-0) (was unranked)
#28: Louisville (0-1) (down 5)
#29: Vanderbilt (1-0) (no change)
#30: Boise State (0-1) (down 5)

Fell out of T30: TCU (0-1) (was #26); Clemson (0-1) (was #28); UNLV (1-1) (was #30)

Biggest Riser: Virginia (1-0) (unranked -> #21)
Biggest Faller: Michigan (1-0) (#14 -> #26)

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