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Isthmus11 Ballot for 2026 Week 5

Ballot Type: Human

Submitted: Sept. 27, 2026, 12:20 p.m.

Overall Rationale: Most deserving, best SoR

Rank Team Reason
1 Texas Longhorns 4-0, best SoR in the country in my opinion
2 Georgia Bulldogs 4-0, continues to beat up on not very good teams but absolutely smoked Oklahoma
3 Indiana Hoosiers 4-0, close win over a Northwestern team that I think is better than people think and will end in the top half of the B10
4 Miami Hurricanes 4-0, continues to crush bad teams
5 Notre Dame Fighting Irish 4-0, another huge win against a pretty bad B10 team
6 Ohio State Buckeyes 3-1, only a close loss to the best looking team in the country, smoked an Illinois team that I think will finish top half of the B10
7 Texas Tech Red Raiders 4-0, continues to smoke bad teams with not a lot of good teams in sight until the end of their schedule. They might be overrated but its hard to tell
8 Alabama Crimson Tide 4-0, win over SCar is nice but I think the wheels are coming off and that team might finish last in the SEC this year, or very close to it. I think MSST might beat them next week
9 LSU Tigers 3-1, crushing win over TA&M is nice but TA&M is not a top 25 team
10 Iowa Hawkeyes 4-0, win over Michigan is nice but Michigan is not a top 25 team in my opinion, or if they are they will be a fringe one. They are still easily in the top half of the B10 and winning in the Big House is never easy, still not convinced the offense will be enough to win against any other Top 10 caliber teams but they can handle lower ranked teams I think
11 BYU Cougars 3-0, bye week
12 Oregon Ducks 3-1, huge win against USC with Dante Moore out for most of the game. I am back to believing maybe the OK State game was a fluke and they might be pretty good again this year
13 Florida Gators 4-0, admittedly they took a huge jump here but I am ok with doing that early in the season, maybe Auburn is better than I am giving them credit for but they totally dismantled Ole Miss who I truly believe is a top 15 caliber team at the very least. Florida looks good
14 Ole Miss Rebels 3-1, disappointing big loss to Florida but I still think this team is one of the best in the SEC
15 Utah Utes 4-0, big win against ISU who I think is surprisingly decent this year
16 Mississippi State Bulldogs 4-0, won against a Mizzou team I don't believe in and I think isnt that great but they still are not a terrible team. This team is good enough to upset some of the top SEC teams this year even if they probably won't win most of those bigger games
17 SMU Mustangs 3-1, won against a bad team this week I still think this team can do damage in the ACC but probably is not elite
18 Kentucky Wildcats 3-1, beat up on a terrible team but I still think this team is better than the other SEC teams I have unranked right now, maybe not better than any of the ranked teams though
19 Virginia Tech Hokies 4-0, won a game in terrible weather against Boston College. I don't think this team is great but they can probably beat other teams who are just good
20 USC Trojans 4-1, kind of shocked they lost to Oregon the way they did with no Dante Moore. This team clearly has a ton of talent but is undisciplined, I think this is going to be another year where they are competitive against teams like OSU/Indiana but they might find a way to lose games against UCLA, PSU, Washington despite pretty clearly being more talented
21 Duke Blue Devils 4-0, beat up on a bad team again, still defending ACC champs and I think they will cruise through most of conference play
22 Houston Cougars 3-1, another win against a bad team
23 Wake Forest Demon Deacons 3-1, maybe I am overreacting but I still think Louisville is good and they were within the realm of possibility against Miami. I think WF is better than people think this year
24 UCLA Bruins 4-1, completely destroyed 2 of the worst B10 teams. I think they almost assuredly lose to Oregon next week but I see this team beating most of the worse B10 teams on their schedule and finishing the year ranked
25 Nebraska Cornhuskers 4-0, not sure if I really believe in this team but I thought the MSU game would at least be closer than it was. They probably crush Maryland this week but then I don't think I see them winning any of the next 3 games. We will see

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