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ArlyntheAwesome Ballot for 2026 Week 5

Ballot Type: Human

Submitted: Sept. 27, 2026, 9:12 a.m.

Rank Team Reason
1 Texas Longhorns
2 Miami Hurricanes
3 Georgia Bulldogs
4 Ohio State Buckeyes
5 Notre Dame Fighting Irish
6 Indiana Hoosiers I'm Arlyn and I was wrong, i'm singing the Arlyn wrong song
7 BYU Cougars
8 Alabama Crimson Tide moved them up to the spot the masses tend to have them, they've got better wins than TTU and Utah as much as I still like those teams more
9 Texas Tech Red Raiders
10 Utah Utes I still believe in you bb you'll win the XII
11 Florida Gators I can't wait to see them go from the low 20s to 8th or higher in the AP, definitely won't bring the two teams below here up there with them to push all the XII contenders out of the CFP at-large window, definitely.
12 Ole Miss Rebels
13 LSU Tigers still suspect, and the Louisville win no longer looks as nice, subject to further falling if other teams start to look good
14 Iowa Hawkeyes thank you for letting me drop Michigan again I love you
15 Mississippi State Bulldogs thank you for letting me drop Missouri I love you
16 Oklahoma State Cowboys that Oregon win is only gonna look better as the season goes on, if the XII schedule wasn't preset to make 3 12-0 teams that aren't OkSt I'd have grandiose thoughts of the playoffs for them
17 Oregon Ducks I know the masses kept them ranked so this looks like they only went up 3 or so spots for a win against #12, but I'll plead my case that I didn't have them ranked after the OkSt loss and USC showed some really poor coaching in the Oregon game and last week that I'm hesitant to scream Oregon is back. Would also mean I'd have to put OkSt even higher and that's just egregious
18 Wake Forest Demon Deacons SNEAKY good resume rn with the win against Louisville and being the only team to give Miami fits so far, this and any team below them are shots in the dark that I honestly don't know how to judge, but I like the idea of Wake being good so here they are :)
19 UCLA Bruins UCLA, Duke, and Cinci fall into the beloved category of "undefeated with a hint of a quality win", far from genuine top 25 teams but nobody is outside of the top 15 rn
20 Duke Blue Devils
21 Cincinnati Bearcats
22 UTSA Roadrunners FUCK IT, their only loss is to the #1 team in the nation and they're putting up hella points in all their other games, normally that would put you just outside the 25 and on my watch list but who cares this week, give em their flowers!
23 Tennessee Volunteers giving Texas fits with very little actual production warrants staying ranked, I expected this game to be a blowout and it to be the same old Tennessee and as such didn't have them ranked, I see the error of my ways.
24 Houston Cougars my XII bias is strong, this should probably be another ACC team since i've only got 3 of them in here but I just don't like any of the options there as much as I like Houston.
25 Boise State Broncos don't know how to finish off your top 25? just rank Boise!

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