Ballot Type: Human

Submitted: Sept. 13, 2026, 10:14 a.m.

Overall Rationale: Texas looked great, OSU not bad either. Top-5 great, LSU not as good this week. Bama, Tennessee and the Utah teams look solid. Mizzou, UVA, Louisville, Houston, KSU, UF get big bumps, looked pretty good. Oregon and Oklahoma get dropped completely. Washington looked even worse this week. And TTU, BSU take hits despite both winning. (SMU still hasn't quite impressed me yet)

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Rank	Team	Reason
1	Texas Longhorns	+1
2	Notre Dame Fighting Irish	+2
3	Miami Hurricanes	+2
4	Ohio State Buckeyes	-3
5	Georgia Bulldogs	+1
6	LSU Tigers	-3
7	Indiana Hoosiers
8	Ole Miss Rebels	+2
9	Texas A&M Aggies	+2
10	Alabama Crimson Tide	+3
11	USC Trojans	+1
12	BYU Cougars	+2
13	Tennessee Volunteers	+5
14	Utah Utes	+6
15	Penn State Nittany Lions
16	Missouri Tigers	+13
17	Virginia Cavaliers	+4
18	Iowa Hawkeyes	+1
19	Louisville Cardinals	+4
20	Houston Cougars	+6
21	Texas Tech Red Raiders	-4
22	Kansas State Wildcats	+11
23	Virginia Tech Hokies	-1
24	Florida Gators	+12
25	Western Michigan Broncos	- 26. Washington 27. SMU 28. Cincinnati 29. Maryland 30. Duke

Teams Ranked:

Rank	Team	Unusualness
1	Texas Longhorns	0.00
2	Notre Dame Fighting Irish	0.15
3	Miami Hurricanes	0.00
4	Ohio State Buckeyes	0.24
5	Georgia Bulldogs	0.00
6	LSU Tigers	0.00
7	Indiana Hoosiers	0.00
8	Ole Miss Rebels	0.00
9	Texas A&M Aggies	0.00
10	Alabama Crimson Tide	0.00
11	USC Trojans	0.00
12	BYU Cougars	0.00
13	Tennessee Volunteers	0.00
14	Utah Utes	0.00
15	Penn State Nittany Lions	0.00
16	Missouri Tigers	0.77
17	Virginia Cavaliers	0.00
18	Iowa Hawkeyes	0.00
19	Louisville Cardinals	0.67
20	Houston Cougars	0.00
21	Texas Tech Red Raiders	-0.29
22	Kansas State Wildcats	0.69
23	Virginia Tech Hokies	0.65
24	Florida Gators	0.00
25	Western Michigan Broncos	0.00

Omissions:

Team	Unusualness
SMU Mustangs	1.14
Michigan Wolverines	0.16
Oregon Ducks	0.06

Total Score: 4.83