Ballot Type: Human

Submitted: Sept. 28, 2026, 10:39 p.m.

Overall Rationale: SEC:8 teams, B1G:6 teams, BigXll:5 teams, ACC:4 teams, Independent:1 team, MAC: 1 team

• Ballot
• Analysis

Rank	Team	Reason
1	Texas Longhorns	Up 2
2	Notre Dame Fighting Irish	Up 3 - blown out multiple P5
3	Indiana Hoosiers	Down 1 - crappy OOC
4	Miami Hurricanes
5	Georgia Bulldogs	Up 2
6	Ohio State Buckeyes	Up 4 - good win, along with loss getting better
7	Utah Utes	Down 1 - struggled
8	Iowa Hawkeyes	Up 3
9	Florida Gators	Up 15 - blew out good team
10	Alabama Crimson Tide	Up 2
11	Mississippi State Bulldogs	Up 5 - three P5 wins
12	UCLA Bruins	Up 6 - blow out win
13	Tennessee Volunteers	Up 4 - quality loss to #1
14	Ole Miss Rebels	Down 13 - early wins look worse, got blown out
15	Duke Blue Devils	Down 1 - steady besides UF
16	BYU Cougars	Down 3 - BYE week
17	Texas Tech Red Raiders	Down 2 - played cupcake
18	Pittsburgh Panthers
19	Northwestern Wildcats	Up 5 - tough loss at #3
20	Wake Forest Demon Deacons	NR - only loss is at #4
21	Oklahoma State Cowboys	NR
22	LSU Tigers	Down 13 - their loss looks much worse, and wins arent proven to be great
23	Cincinnati Bearcats	NR
24	Oregon Ducks	NR
25	UMass Minutemen	NR

Teams Ranked:

Rank	Team	Unusualness
1	Texas Longhorns	0.00
2	Notre Dame Fighting Irish	0.12
3	Indiana Hoosiers	0.12
4	Miami Hurricanes	0.00
5	Georgia Bulldogs	0.00
6	Ohio State Buckeyes	0.00
7	Utah Utes	0.54
8	Iowa Hawkeyes	0.84
9	Florida Gators	0.00
10	Alabama Crimson Tide	-0.60
11	Mississippi State Bulldogs	0.00
12	UCLA Bruins	0.52
13	Tennessee Volunteers	0.78
14	Ole Miss Rebels	0.00
15	Duke Blue Devils	0.47
16	BYU Cougars	-0.26
17	Texas Tech Red Raiders	-0.64
18	Pittsburgh Panthers	0.28
19	Northwestern Wildcats	5.91
20	Wake Forest Demon Deacons	2.32
21	Oklahoma State Cowboys	0.00
22	LSU Tigers	-0.97
23	Cincinnati Bearcats	0.00
24	Oregon Ducks	-0.92
25	UMass Minutemen	0.00

Omissions:

Team	Unusualness
USC Trojans	0.32
Nebraska Cornhuskers	0.11
Houston Cougars	0.32
Virginia Tech Hokies	0.06

Total Score: 16.11