Ballot Type: Human

Submitted: Sept. 8, 2026, 5:36 p.m.

Overall Rationale: Temporarily human for the first few weeks. My computer poll will resume once it's ready (and once there's enough data to make a computer poll useful).

• Ballot
• Analysis

Rank	Team	Reason
1	Notre Dame Fighting Irish
2	Ohio State Buckeyes
3	Indiana Hoosiers
4	Georgia Bulldogs
5	Oregon Ducks
6	Texas Longhorns
7	Miami Hurricanes
8	Ole Miss Rebels
9	Texas Tech Red Raiders
10	Alabama Crimson Tide
11	USC Trojans
12	Texas A&M Aggies
13	BYU Cougars
14	Oklahoma Sooners
15	Penn State Nittany Lions
16	Utah Utes
17	Iowa Hawkeyes
18	Tennessee Volunteers
19	Washington Huskies
20	SMU Mustangs
21	Illinois Fighting Illini
22	Memphis Tigers
23	Virginia Cavaliers
24	North Dakota State Bison
25	UMass Minutemen	Fire Ryan Bamford.

Teams Ranked:

Rank	Team	Unusualness
1	Notre Dame Fighting Irish	0.56
2	Ohio State Buckeyes	0.00
3	Indiana Hoosiers	0.00
4	Georgia Bulldogs	0.00
5	Oregon Ducks	0.00
6	Texas Longhorns	0.00
7	Miami Hurricanes	0.00
8	Ole Miss Rebels	0.00
9	Texas Tech Red Raiders	0.47
10	Alabama Crimson Tide	0.00
11	USC Trojans	0.00
12	Texas A&M Aggies	0.00
13	BYU Cougars	0.00
14	Oklahoma Sooners	0.00
15	Penn State Nittany Lions	0.00
16	Utah Utes	0.37
17	Iowa Hawkeyes	0.34
18	Tennessee Volunteers	0.00
19	Washington Huskies	0.00
20	SMU Mustangs	0.00
21	Illinois Fighting Illini	3.73
22	Memphis Tigers	0.00
23	Virginia Cavaliers	0.00
24	North Dakota State Bison	0.00
25	UMass Minutemen	0.00

Omissions:

Team	Unusualness
LSU Tigers	2.90
Houston Cougars	0.31
Louisville Cardinals	0.02

Total Score: 8.69