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SufferingfOrLife Ballot for 2026 Week 3

Ballot Type: Human

Submitted: Sept. 14, 2026, 9:40 p.m.

Overall Rationale: I do not know how to rank anyone anymore, and it's only been 2 weeks. On the one hand, it's still early; don't let a game or two determine too much about how you rank a team if you think they're good. And on the other hand, screw that, I had to watch Oregon play like shit for two games, so they are out after a good day of thinking it over. I mean, I still like them; I don't want to really talk about them much. Also, another team was Oklahoma. I like the defense, but the offense looked not so good, and Michigan is back, even though I think they have the same issues as Oklahoma, so it may not last long, but who cares. But enough rambling; here are my rankings.

Teams I dropped:
#1 Oregon
#13 Oklahoma
#24 Arizona

Teams new to the poll:
#16 Michigan
#22 Iowa
#25 North Dakota State

I didn't do reasoning this week and may not do it next week. I've been busy, so sadly I won't be mentioned in the comments as an "interesting ballot." Oh well.

Rank Team Reason
1 Texas Longhorns ↑1

Result: (W) 24-23 Ohio State
2 Notre Dame Fighting Irish ↑1

Result: (W) 52-0 Rice
3 Georgia Bulldogs ↑2

Result: (W) 70-20 Western Kentucky
4 Indiana Hoosiers ↑2

Result: (W) 55-0 Howard
5 Ohio State Buckeyes ↓1

Result: (L) 23-24 Texas
6 Miami Hurricanes ↑1

Result: (W) 77-7 Florida A&M
7 LSU Tigers ↑1

Result: (W) 45-14 Louisiana Tech
8 USC Trojans ↑1

Result: (W) 49-30 Louisiana
9 Ole Miss Rebels ↑2

Result: (W) 41-9 Charlotte
10 Texas A&M Aggies ↑2

Result: (W) 48-20 Arizona State
11 Alabama Crimson Tide ↑3

Result: (W) 45-17 Kentucky
12 Virginia Cavaliers ↑3

Result: (W) 59-3 Norfolk State
13 SMU Mustangs ↑3

Result: (W) 56-10 UC Davis
14 Texas Tech Red Raiders ↓4

Result: (W) 35-24 Oregon State
15 Houston Cougars ↑2

Result: (W) 77-6 Southern
16 Michigan Wolverines NEW

Result: (W) 17-10 Oklahoma
17 BYU Cougars ↑2

Result: (W) 28-17 Arizona
18 Penn State Nittany Lions —

Result: (W) 27-9 Temple
19 Utah Utes ↑1

Result: (W) 43-10 Arkansas
20 Missouri Tigers ↑1

Result: (W) 38-21 Kansas
21 Tennessee Volunteers ↑1

Result: (W) 45-24 Georgia Tech
22 Iowa Hawkeyes NEW

Result: (W) 16-13 Iowa State
23 Louisville Cardinals ↑2

Result: (W) 59-13 Villanova
24 Boise State Broncos ↓1

Result: (W) 38-20 Memphis
25 North Dakota State Bison NEW

Result: (W) 38-32 Air Force

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