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budget_um Ballot for 2026 Week 5

Ballot Type: Human

Submitted: Sept. 27, 2026, 6:06 p.m.

Overall Rationale: Head-to-head prevails.

Rank Team Reason
1 Texas Longhorns A little tight but won
2 Florida Gators Statement win against Number 11. Best win of the season other than Texas's
3 Notre Dame Fighting Irish MSU looks more like an aberration. Doing well though
4 Georgia Bulldogs Oklahoma looks bad, so this isn't as exciting as it would've otherwise been. Still a great team
5 Miami Hurricanes CMU rolled, unsurprisingly
6 Ohio State Buckeyes Making mincemeat of the B1G west, unlike some teams no longer on this list
7 Alabama Crimson Tide Defense did what Mississippi State's couldn't, but nice win for the Tide. Kentucky getting ranked also helped
8 BYU Cougars Move up in an idle week
9 Indiana Hoosiers Too close with now-unranked Northwestern to stay in the top 5
10 Tennessee Volunteers Hung tight with the Longhorns
11 Ole Miss Rebels Beat down by the Gators
12 LSU Tigers A&M is really bad. LSU handled them accordingly
13 Mississippi State Bulldogs Mizzou is unranked, but clanga has brought down two ranked teams now
14 Iowa Hawkeyes Move up one, but that's no thanks to Michigan
15 Utah Utes Two possessions on Iowa State
16 Texas Tech Red Raiders SHSU doesn't move the needle
17 UCLA Bruins Whoa. 4-0 unexpected
18 Oklahoma State Cowboys Rank the Pokes! Smashed the Mountaineers
19 Oregon Ducks Ranking OSU and trouncing USC brings the Ducks back into the poll
20 Houston Cougars Moved up for reasons unrelated to Georgia Southern
21 Kentucky Wildcats South Al is whatever, but if LSU gets to stay in, they deserve to come up
22 Virginia Tech Hokies 4-0!
23 Pittsburgh Panthers Bucknell, lol
24 Duke Blue Devils 4-0, why not?
25 Nebraska Cornhuskers They share ND's best win lol

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