Ballot Type: Hybrid

Submitted: Sept. 20, 2026, 12:06 p.m.

Overall Rationale: Tiered power ratings with final human sorting within tiers. Human override for complete disagreements

• Ballot
• Analysis

Rank	Team	Reason
1	Texas Longhorns
2	Notre Dame Fighting Irish
3	Miami Hurricanes
4	Ohio State Buckeyes
5	Georgia Bulldogs
6	Ole Miss Rebels
7	Indiana Hoosiers
8	Alabama Crimson Tide
9	Texas Tech Red Raiders
10	Tennessee Volunteers
11	USC Trojans	Ugly showing against Rutgers, but mild allowance for the cross-country flight.
12	LSU Tigers	Teetering on a larger drop, but the numbers support their position for now. Beat a bad Clemson team with a lot of help from the home crowd, struggled with La Tech for a half and Sam Leavitt simply not looking like the guy.
13	Penn State Nittany Lions
14	BYU Cougars
15	Texas A&M Aggies	Human element believes they should fall below Kentucky, but the numbers to not put them in the same tier yet.
16	Utah Utes
17	Florida Gators
18	Arizona Wildcats
19	Louisville Cardinals	Given the edge over Kentucky given the quality loss to Ole Miss strengthening over the weekend.
20	Kentucky Wildcats
21	Kansas State Wildcats
22	SMU Mustangs
23	Missouri Tigers
24	Houston Cougars
25	Duke Blue Devils	New Entry: Blue Devils have won seven consecutive games dating back to last year, Nate Sheppard looking like one of the best backs in the nation.

Teams Ranked:

Rank	Team	Unusualness
1	Texas Longhorns	0.00
2	Notre Dame Fighting Irish	0.29
3	Miami Hurricanes	0.01
4	Ohio State Buckeyes	0.29
5	Georgia Bulldogs	0.00
6	Ole Miss Rebels	0.00
7	Indiana Hoosiers	0.00
8	Alabama Crimson Tide	0.00
9	Texas Tech Red Raiders	0.04
10	Tennessee Volunteers	0.36
11	USC Trojans	0.00
12	LSU Tigers	0.00
13	Penn State Nittany Lions	0.00
14	BYU Cougars	-0.01
15	Texas A&M Aggies	3.37
16	Utah Utes	0.00
17	Florida Gators	0.00
18	Arizona Wildcats	7.10
19	Louisville Cardinals	0.00
20	Kentucky Wildcats	1.74
21	Kansas State Wildcats	0.78
22	SMU Mustangs	0.00
23	Missouri Tigers	0.00
24	Houston Cougars	0.00
25	Duke Blue Devils	0.00

Omissions:

Team	Unusualness
Iowa Hawkeyes	1.29
Mississippi State Bulldogs	0.44
Michigan Wolverines	0.34
Oregon Ducks	0.21
West Virginia Mountaineers	0.10
Virginia Tech Hokies	0.01

Total Score: 16.39