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jtchr33 Ballot for 2026 Week 3

Ballot Type: Human

Submitted: Sept. 13, 2026, 8:30 p.m.

Overall Rationale: Michigan is 1-1, no I will not rank them
Finally some of the interesting upsets happened, excited to see this continue.
Drops:
Oregon: I was concerned with them already with the Boise St game, but this proved they are not as good as perceived.
Oklahoma: What the hell was that. On second thought, just how good is WMU, may want to keep an eye on them.

Lots of good games next week that will clear up some of these rankings.

Next few
Virginia Tech: Solid play already, want to keep an eye to see how this team continues
Kansas State: No idea how the big 12 will play out, probably won't know until near the end. KSU could surprise someone.
James Madison: Another interesting G5 team that could easily walk/fall into a playoff spot like last year.

Rank Team Reason
1 Texas Longhorns Wow, the game is never over until it is. I don't fully believe Texas is back, but this is a good start.
2 Indiana Hoosiers
3 Miami Hurricanes
4 Ole Miss Rebels Great game coming up. Expect this one to be interestingly close. Winner will do very well in the SEC.
5 Georgia Bulldogs
6 BYU Cougars Everyone on the BYU train now, finally.
7 LSU Tigers
8 Notre Dame Fighting Irish
9 Ohio State Buckeyes you had it...until you didn't. I don't know how to rank you now. Going to throw them is the top of a secondary grouping of good teams (playoff likely, but not natty contender). Wonder what this game will do to this team.
10 Penn State Nittany Lions Quietly keep winning and you will steadily move up...then get to a big game and figure it out there. You can move all the players and coaches, but you cannot take the Iowa Stateness out of this team.
11 Texas A&M Aggies Interesting game, that first half could have been way worse.
12 Utah Utes
13 Louisville Cardinals May be to high, but winner of LU/SMU will stay around this area.
14 Houston Cougars Jump on the Houston train while you still can. Houston/BYU big 12 champ would be interesting
15 SMU Mustangs
16 Tennessee Volunteers
17 Texas Tech Red Raiders Seems like the high everyone had for this team early is starting to wear off
18 Alabama Crimson Tide Another odd game. Very similar to TAM's game. Don't know what to think yet.
19 Virginia Cavaliers Still looking good.
20 North Dakota State Bison Best G5 school so far, I don't think many have seen them yet. May take 5 or 6 wins in a row for them to get the attention they deserve.
21 Iowa Hawkeyes Cyhawk always brings the weird out in both teams. I am reluctant to drop them now, but Iowa fans shouldn't be happy after that result. Would and am very concerned of this team going forward.
22 Auburn Tigers
23 Missouri Tigers Ok, you look good enough for now.
24 USC Trojans Not convinced, but don't know who else to put in.
25 Boise State Broncos Big win to try and grab the G5 spot

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