Ballot Type: Hybrid

Submitted: Sept. 20, 2026, 3:22 p.m.

Overall Rationale: Combo of 2 parts CPU, 2 parts personal, 1 part AP Poll to help tame outliers. CPU is a combo of Win/Loss weight based on FBS/FCS/D2, the number of wins of your opponents, score difference. This lets the early season (when all you can really count on is how bad you beat someone) have something while evening out the more games are played. It also means losses are critical. They can work themselves back in as long as the teams they lost to start winning, but early season will kick them out entirely.

• Ballot
• Analysis

Rank	Team	Reason
1	Texas Longhorns
2	Notre Dame Fighting Irish
3	Miami Hurricanes
4	Ole Miss Rebels
5	Alabama Crimson Tide
6	Penn State Nittany Lions
7	Georgia Bulldogs
8	Indiana Hoosiers
9	BYU Cougars
10	Florida Gators
11	USC Trojans
12	Mississippi State Bulldogs
13	Tennessee Volunteers
14	Michigan Wolverines
15	Texas Tech Red Raiders
16	Iowa Hawkeyes
17	Virginia Tech Hokies
18	UCLA Bruins
19	Utah Utes
20	Missouri Tigers
21	West Virginia Mountaineers
22	Ohio State Buckeyes
23	LSU Tigers
24	North Dakota State Bison
25	Duke Blue Devils

Teams Ranked:

Rank	Team	Unusualness
1	Texas Longhorns	0.00
2	Notre Dame Fighting Irish	0.29
3	Miami Hurricanes	0.01
4	Ole Miss Rebels	0.00
5	Alabama Crimson Tide	0.27
6	Penn State Nittany Lions	1.13
7	Georgia Bulldogs	0.00
8	Indiana Hoosiers	0.00
9	BYU Cougars	0.00
10	Florida Gators	0.73
11	USC Trojans	0.00
12	Mississippi State Bulldogs	0.42
13	Tennessee Volunteers	0.00
14	Michigan Wolverines	0.39
15	Texas Tech Red Raiders	0.00
16	Iowa Hawkeyes	0.00
17	Virginia Tech Hokies	1.04
18	UCLA Bruins	0.76
19	Utah Utes	-0.16
20	Missouri Tigers	0.00
21	West Virginia Mountaineers	0.00
22	Ohio State Buckeyes	-1.55
23	LSU Tigers	-0.92
24	North Dakota State Bison	0.00
25	Duke Blue Devils	0.00

Omissions:

Team	Unusualness
Louisville Cardinals	0.87
Oregon Ducks	0.21

Total Score: 8.76