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jtchr33 Ballot for 2026 Week 5

Ballot Type: Human

Submitted: Sept. 28, 2026, 10:59 a.m.

Overall Rationale: More fun overreaction to every game played. Conference tiers are starting to show, but in those tiers are just a giant mess now.

Drops
Texas A&M: obvious reasons
Tennessee: I read a stat that both Tennessee and Missouri haven't beaten a team that finished over .500 in over a year. I think that is more than enough reasoning to un rank both and not really consider them until it is proven they are capable of doing that.
Missouri: The middle pack of the SEC really needs to figure itself out. I do not want to reward the middling teams as of now.
USC: said the loser wouldn't be ranked and here they are


Next few
JMU
Duke: another odd team making a good run again.
Minnesota: Interesting team that could surprise someone.

Rank Team Reason
1 Texas Longhorns
2 Miami Hurricanes
3 Georgia Bulldogs
4 Indiana Hoosiers More of an adjustment for now. Still in top tier of teams, just maybe not a high as we think.
5 BYU Cougars Just want to make a note, damn they rose quickly it feels like.
6 Notre Dame Fighting Irish
7 LSU Tigers Keeping ranking and rational from last week. Nothing much to change as of now, likely won't move up until someone above them loses.
8 Ohio State Buckeyes Iowa game should be interesting. Revenge possibility against a solid team. I think they should have it, but it is hard to tell.
9 Utah Utes Tale of to halves. Hard to say they fully controlled this game, but it was never really out of their hands (coming from and Iowa State fan btw)
10 Texas Tech Red Raiders Lots of movement around them, keep winning and will see where you land.
11 Ole Miss Rebels Every week so far there has been a team or two I just ask wtf was that. There were multiple this week including them. I think there is a huge overreaction nationally with this team, they are still solid and have a better resume than all but maybe Texas as of now. As said before, win and you will move up as others do their wtf games, maybe that and the hangover from LSU is what caused it, or maybe they just cannot win on the road. No idea at this point, but want to keep them high because of their already great previous results.
12 Iowa Hawkeyes Oh god, Iowa fans are getting bad in my area. They look solid of course, but I just know they are going to drop a game they shouldn't and miss out on the playoffs or something. OSU is going to be tough on both sides, not saying they cannot do it, but this is going to be the toughest Offence they have and likely will play all year. I don't think they get out of this one unscathed, the rest of the schedule may look good, but I see a lot of possible traps (Washington, Minnesota, and Wisconsin specifically).
13 Florida Gators Time will tell, but I didn't expect Florida to be a borderline tier 1/2 SEC team this year. Still not fully convinced and thing reality is going to hit like a truck (or maybe like a shoe) soon. Don't see them as top 10 like other media and polls show so far, but will at least give credit to a solid start.
14 Houston Cougars
15 Alabama Crimson Tide SEC tier 2 team still, need a convincing win to go up much more imo, could be next week's game.
16 SMU Mustangs Odd game for anyone who kept an eye on it. This team could go either way.
17 Mississippi State Bulldogs Didn't this they would be here, but welcome back to the rankings. Will admit that I haven't watched this team enough to get a good idea on them, but will watch their game next week for sure.
18 Louisville Cardinals another wtf result. Where is this team going.
19 UCLA Bruins I joke about the middle of the SEC being hard to rank, but how about the B1G. Just as hard right now. A good start put them here and they could sneak up.
20 Penn State Nittany Lions Penn State finally gets to experience the Matt Campbell experience, it's like the James Franklin experience, but the losses are way worse. Wisconsin is also better than we give them credit for (maybe Abu gave Wisconsin enough to have an edge, no idea but possible)
21 North Dakota State Bison I bet next week is when everyone else figures out NDSU is good.
22 Oregon Ducks Welcome back, I don't think you will be here for long.
23 Boise State Broncos Was not expecting the blowout, G5 is getting interesting again.
24 Virginia Tech Hokies Speaking of James Franklin, here we go. Big W or L is coming soon.
25 Wisconsin Badgers Underrated team overrated based on the result so far, why not rank them now.

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