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Darth_Ra Ballot for 2026 Week 2

Ballot Type: Computer

Submitted: Sept. 9, 2026, 9:29 a.m.

Overall Rationale: Early season Computer Poll nonsense warning: The stats I use for my poll do not count FCS games. Because those stats are not counted, any team that has only played an FCS team so far this season is near the bottom in every "on the field" category besides wins, losses, and Margin of Victory. Despite heavily weighting to try to alleviate this, this has left teams like Georgia ranked outside the top 25. It should more than work itself out by next week, but for now... early season computer poll nonsense!

#[Average Ranking Rankings (ARR!)](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1fOVhqAt8hHoqqYzzNpxXHZIrPQxuwMgPiAekLwRdE8o/edit?usp=sharing)

For those who haven't seen my computer poll before, the general rundown is that it attempts to average an easily understandable "Master Ranking" number from all of the *rankings* of stats, power rankings, and other data I can get that includes all ~~130~~ ~~131~~ ~~133~~ ~~134~~ ~~136~~ 138 teams that fairly compare teams and coaches across systems and conferences. In other words, I want to end up with a master number that is easily grokkable (#1 tOSU avg ranking 22.96, #69 Arkansas avg ranking 70.16, & #138 Charlotte avg ranking 107.76) that will tell you what the average ranking of a team is across a large spectrum of criteria that hopefully encapsulates what makes a football team "good".

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