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arbadak Ballot for 2026 Week 2

Ballot Type: Computer

Submitted: Sept. 8, 2026, 11:18 a.m.

Overall Rationale: Modified Colley Matrix with a win-weighted sigmoid margin transform and a fixed 2.8-point home-field advantage adjustment. Winning is the primary factor; margin of victory provides diminishing secondary differentiation, effectively soft-capping around three scores. It's still early so it looks very funny but I don't really care!

Rank Team Reason
1 North Dakota State Bison 0.7166 rating, 2-0, SOS 0.4687
2 USC Trojans 0.7009 rating, 2-0, SOS 0.4729
3 Memphis Tigers 0.6641 rating, 2-0, SOS 0.4699
4 Miami Hurricanes 0.6442 rating, 1-0, SOS 0.4418
5 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs 0.6249 rating, 1-0, SOS 0.3751
6 Kansas State Wildcats 0.6248 rating, 1-0, SOS 0.3752
7 UCF Knights 0.6248 rating, 1-0, SOS 0.3752
8 Virginia Tech Hokies 0.6248 rating, 1-0, SOS 0.3752
9 Arizona State Sun Devils 0.6246 rating, 1-0, SOS 0.3754
10 Maryland Terrapins 0.6246 rating, 1-0, SOS 0.3754
11 Syracuse Orange 0.6246 rating, 1-0, SOS 0.3754
12 Georgia Bulldogs 0.6245 rating, 1-0, SOS 0.3755
13 Army West Point 0.6243 rating, 1-0, SOS 0.3757
14 BYU Cougars 0.6243 rating, 1-0, SOS 0.3757
15 South Carolina Gamecocks 0.6243 rating, 1-0, SOS 0.3757
16 Ohio State Buckeyes 0.6240 rating, 1-0, SOS 0.3760
17 Minnesota Golden Gophers 0.6239 rating, 1-0, SOS 0.3761
18 Texas Longhorns 0.6239 rating, 1-0, SOS 0.3761
19 Appalachian State Mountaineers 0.6239 rating, 1-0, SOS .3761
20 Utah Utes 0.6239 rating, 1-0, SOS 0.3761
21 Oklahoma Sooners 0.6238 rating, 1-0, SOS 0.3762
22 Texas A&M Aggies 0.6237 rating, 1-0, SOS 0.3763
23 Georgia State Panthers 0.6235 rating, 1-0, SOS 0.3765
24 Mississippi State Bulldogs 0.6235 rating, 1-0, SOS 0.3765
25 Connecticut Huskies 0.6235 rating, 1-0, SOS .3765

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