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MemeofMemeJTG999999 Ballot for 2026 Week 3

Ballot Type: Human

Submitted: Sept. 13, 2026, 10:04 p.m.

Overall Rationale: I use a methodology similar to that used by the voter polls that bases teams based primarily on wins/losses, but with other factors such as how those teams looked in their wins and losses, head to head, roster depth, etc, in play.

Rank Team Reason
1 Texas Longhorns (2-0) (up 1)
W: 24-23 vs #1 Ohio State (1-1)
Next Week: vs UTSA (2-0)
Projected Bowl: Cotton Bowl vs Miami/Alabama
2 Notre Dame Fighting Irish (2-0) (up 1)
W: 52-0 vs Rice (1-1)
Next Week: vs Michigan State (2-0)
Projected Bowl: Peach Bowl vs Georgia/Texas A&M
3 Indiana Hoosiers (2-0) (up 2)
W: 55-0 vs Howard (1-2)
Next Week: vs Western Kentucky (0-2)
Projected Bowl: Rose Bowl vs Ole Miss/BYU
4 Ohio State Buckeyes (1-1) (down 3)
L: 23-24 @ #2 Texas (2-0)
Next Week: vs Kent State (1-1)
Projected Bowl: Fiesta Bowl vs LSU/Tulsa
5 LSU Tigers (2-0) (down 1)
W: 45-14 vs Louisiana Tech (1-1)
Next Week: @ #6 Ole Miss (2-0)
Projected Bowl: Playoff R1 vs Tulsa
6 Ole Miss Rebels (2-0) (no change)
W: 41-9 vs Charlotte (0-2)
Next Week: vs #5 LSU (2-0)
Projected Bowl: Playoff R1 vs BYU
7 Georgia Bulldogs (2-0) (no change)
W: 70-20 vs Western Kentucky (0-2)
Next Week: @ Arkansas (1-1)
Projected Bowl: Playoff R1 vs Texas A&M
8 Miami Hurricanes (2-0) (up 1)
W: 77-7 vs Florida A&M (1-2)
Next Week: @ Wake Forest (2-0)
Projected Bowl: Playoff R1 vs Alabama
9 Alabama Crimson Tide (2-0) (up 1)
W: 45-17 @ Kentucky (1-1)
Next Week: vs Florida State (1-1)
Projected Bowl: Playoff R1 @ Miami
10 Texas A&M Aggies (2-0) (up 1)
W: 48-20 vs Arizona State (1-1)
Next Week: vs Kentucky (1-1)
Projected Bowl: Playoff R1 @ Georgia
11 BYU Cougars (2-0) (up 3)
W: 28-17 vs Arizona (1-1)
Next Week: @ Colorado State (2-0)
Projected Bowl: Playoff R1 @ Ole Miss
12 Texas Tech Red Raiders (2-0) (up 1)
W: 35-24 @ Oregon State (0-2)
Next Week: vs #21 Houston (2-0) (JTGOTW)
Projected Bowl: Alamo Bowl vs Utah
13 Tennessee Volunteers (2-0) (up 3)
W: 45-24 @ Georgia Tech (0-2)
Next Week: vs Kennesaw State (1-1)
Projected Bowl: Citrus Bowl vs Iowa
14 Utah Utes (2-0) (up 3)
W: 43-10 vs Arkansas (1-1)
Next Week: vs Utah State (0-2)
Projected Bowl: Alamo Bowl vs Utah
15 USC Trojans (3-0) (no change)
W: 49-30 vs Louisiana (1-1)
Next Week: @ Rutgers (0-2)
Projected Bowl: Holiday Bowl vs Clemson
16 Michigan Wolverines (2-0) (up 10)
W: 17-10 vs #12 Oklahoma (1-1)
Next Week: vs UTEP (1-1)
Projected Bowl: Music City Bowl vs South Carolina
17 Penn State Nittany Lions (2-0) (up 2)
W: 27-9 @ Temple (1-1)
Next Week: vs Buffalo (1-1)
Projected Bowl: ReliaQuest Bowl vs Missouri
18 Virginia Cavaliers (2-0) (up 3)
W: 59-3 vs Norfolk State (1-2)
Next Week: vs West Virginia (2-0) (in Charlotte)
Projected Bowl: Pop-Tarts Bowl vs Houston
19 Iowa Hawkeyes (2-0) (up 1)
W: 16-13 vs Iowa State (1-1)
Next Week: vs Northern Iowa (1-1)
Projected Bowl: Citrus Bowl vs Tennessee
20 SMU Mustangs (2-0) (up 2)
W: 56-10 vs UC Davis (2-1)
Next Week: @ #28 Louisville (1-1)
Projected Bowl: Sun Bowl vs Oregon
21 Houston Cougars (2-0) (up 2)
W: 77-6 vs Southern (1-2)
Next Week: @ #12 Texas Tech (2-0) (JTGOTW)
Projected Bowl: Pop-Tarts Bowl vs Virginia
22 Missouri Tigers (2-0) (up 2)
W: 38-21 @ Kansas (1-1)
Next Week: vs Troy (2-0)
Projected Bowl: ReliaQuest Bowl vs Penn State
23 Florida Gators (2-0) (up 2)
W: 52-3 vs Campbell (2-1)
Next Week: @ Auburn (2-0)
Projected Bowl: Gator Bowl vs Louisville
24 Oklahoma Sooners (1-1) (down 12)
L: 10-17 vs #26 Michigan (2-0)
Next Week: vs New Mexico (2-0)
Projected Bowl: Texas Bowl vs Kansas State
25 Washington Huskies (2-0) (down 7)
W: 16-14 vs Utah State (0-2)
Next Week: vs Eastern Washington (1-2)
Projected Bowl: Las Vegas Bowl vs Illinois

Next 5:
#26: Oregon (1-1) (down 18)
#27: South Carolina (2-0) (no change)
#28: Louisville (1-1) (no change)
#29: Tulsa (2-0) (was unranked)
#30: Boise State (1-1) (no change)

Fell out of T30: Vanderbilt (2-0) (was #29)

Biggest Riser: Michigan (#26 -> #16)
Biggest Faller: Oregon (#8 -> #26)

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