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MemeofMemeJTG999999 Ballot for 2026 Week 5

Ballot Type: Human

Submitted: Sept. 27, 2026, 8:19 p.m.

Overall Rationale: I use a methodology similar to that used by the voter polls that bases teams based primarily on wins/losses, but with other factors such as how those teams looked in their wins and losses, head to head, roster depth, etc, in play.

Rank Team Reason
1 Texas Longhorns (4-0) (no change)
W: 20-17 @ #11 Tennessee (3-1)
Next Week: Bye
Projected Bowl: Cotton Bowl vs Florida/Texas Tech
2 Notre Dame Fighting Irish (4-0) (up 1)
W: 49-10 @ Purdue (1-3)
Next Week: @ North Carolina (2-1)
Projected Bowl: Peach Bowl vs Alabama/BYU
3 Georgia Bulldogs (4-0) (up 3)
W: 41-13 vs #28 Oklahoma (2-2)
Next Week: vs Vanderbilt (3-1)
Projected Bowl: Fiesta Bowl vs Miami/Ole Miss
4 Indiana Hoosiers (4-0) (no change)
W: 29-23 vs Northwestern (2-1)
Next Week: @ Rutgers (1-3)
Projected Bowl: Rose Bowl vs Ohio State/Boise State
5 Ohio State Buckeyes (3-1) (no change)
W: 42-19 vs Illinois (2-2)
Next Week: @ #13 Iowa (4-0)
Projected Bowl: Playoff R1 vs Boise State
6 Miami Hurricanes (4-0) (up 1)
W: 52-3 vs Central Michigan (2-2)
Next Week: @ Clemson (3-1)
Projected Bowl: Playoff R1 vs Ole Miss
7 Alabama Crimson Tide (4-0) (up 1)
W: 49-18 vs South Carolina (2-2)
Next Week: @ #14 Mississippi State (4-0) (JTGOTW)
Projected Bowl: Playoff R1 vs BYU
8 Florida Gators (4-0) (up 11)
W: 52-28 vs #2 Ole Miss (3-1)
Next Week: @ Missouri (3-1)
Projected Bowl: Playoff R1 vs Texas Tech
9 Texas Tech Red Raiders (4-0) (no change)
W: 49-14 vs Sam Houston (1-3)
Next Week: @ Colorado (2-2)
Projected Bowl: Playoff R1 @ Florida
10 BYU Cougars (3-0) (no change)
Bye
Next Week: @ TCU (2-2)
Projected Bowl: Playoff R1 @ Alabama
11 Ole Miss Rebels (3-1) (down 9)
L: 28-52 @ #19 Florida (4-0)
Next Week: Bye
Projected Bowl: Playoff R1 @ Miami
12 LSU Tigers (3-1) (no change)
W: 35-6 vs #23 Texas A&M (2-2)
Next Week: vs McNeese (2-3)
Projected Bowl: Citrus Bowl vs Iowa
13 Iowa Hawkeyes (4-0) (up 3)
W: 20-19 @ #15 Michigan (3-1)
Next Week: vs #5 Ohio State (3-1)
Projected Bowl: Citrus Bowl vs LSU
14 Mississippi State Bulldogs (4-0) (up 6)
W: 31-24 vs #25 Missouri (3-1)
Next Week: vs #7 Alabama (4-0) (JTGOTW)
Projected Bowl: ReliaQuest Bowl vs Nebraska
15 Utah Utes (4-0) (down 2)
W: 31-17 @ Iowa State (2-2)
Next Week: Bye
Projected Bowl: Alamo Bowl vs Oklahoma State
16 Oregon Ducks (3-1) (up 6)
W: 41-27 @ #17 USC (4-1)
Next Week: Bye
Projected Bowl: Las Vegas Bowl vs Wisconsin
17 Tennessee Volunteers (3-1) (down 6)
L: 17-20 vs #1 Texas (4-0)
Next Week: vs Auburn (3-1)
Projected Bowl: Gator Bowl vs Virginia Tech
18 UCLA Bruins (4-0) (was unranked)
W: 54-3 @ Maryland (2-2)
Next Week: Bye
Projected Bowl: Holiday Bowl vs Pittsburgh
19 Nebraska Cornhuskers (4-0) (was unranked)
W: 31-13 @ Michigan State (2-2)
Next Week: vs Maryland (2-2)
Projected Bowl: ReliaQuest Bowl vs Mississippi State
20 Oklahoma State Cowboys (3-1) (was unranked)
W: 41-24 @ #29 West Virginia (3-1)
Next Week: Bye
Projected Bowl: Alamo Bowl vs Utah
21 Duke Blue Devils (4-0) (was unranked)
W: 62-7 vs William & Mary (2-3)
Next Week: Bye
Projected Bowl: Pop-Tarts Bowl vs Cincinnati
22 Kentucky Wildcats (3-1) (down 1)
W: 45-21 vs South Alabama (2-2)
Next Week: @ South Carolina (2-2)
Projected Bowl: Music City Bowl vs Michigan
23 Boise State Broncos (3-1) (was unranked)
W: 32-7 @ Western Michigan (2-2)
Next Week: vs Utah State (1-3)
Projected Bowl: Playoff R1 @ Ohio State
24 Cincinnati Bearcats (4-0) (was unranked)
W: 31-26 vs Kansas State (3-1)
Next Week: @ Arizona (3-1)
Projected Bowl: Pop-Tarts Bowl vs Duke
25 Michigan Wolverines (3-1) (down 10)
L: 19-20 vs #16 Iowa (4-0)
Next Week: @ Minnesota (3-1)
Projected Bowl: Music City Bowl vs Kentucky

Next 5:
#26: USC (4-1) (down 9)
#27: Houston (3-1) (no change)
#28: Wisconsin (3-1) (was unranked)
#29: Penn State (3-1) (down 15)
#30: Virginia Tech (4-0) (was unranked)

Fell out of T30: Louisville (2-2) (was #18); Texas A&M (2-2) (was #23); Tulsa (3-1) (was #24); Missouri (3-1) (was #25); Washington (3-1) (was #26); Oklahoma (2-2) (was #28); West Virginia (3-1) (was #29); SMU (3-1) (was #30)

Biggest Riser: UCLA (UR -> #18)
Biggest Faller: Penn State (#14 -> #29)

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