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bwburke94 Ballot for 2026 Week 5

Ballot Type: Computer

Submitted: Sept. 29, 2026, 3:55 a.m.

Overall Rationale: After missing all of 2025, my wins-only computer poll is back, and it's even more wins-only than before! Although this algorithm only uses wins and losses, and this is not a predictive metric, values given are converted to a projected point spread vs. an average FBS team.

Stanford (naturally #24) was manually excluded from the list, because leaving Indiana out for a 2-2 team would be silly. Other than the Cardinal, first 5 out are FIU, North Dakota State, Fresno State, UCF, and Utah. Bottom 10 (best to worst) are Kennesaw State, Coastal Carolina, Nevada, Kansas, UTEP, Syracuse, Georgia Tech, Northern Illinois, Charlotte, and Bowling Green.

Rank Team Reason
1 Texas Longhorns +26.7708095 (LW: #6)
2 UTSA Roadrunners +17.6622209 (LW: #36)
3 Alabama Crimson Tide +17.4224794 (LW: #5)
4 Ohio State Buckeyes +16.7063572 (LW: #15)
5 Texas State Bobcats +16.1368156 (LW: #27)
6 Duke Blue Devils +13.8764257 (LW: #4)
7 USF Bulls +12.2972432 (LW: #47)
8 Mississippi State Bulldogs +12.1686397 (LW: #14)
9 Miami Hurricanes +11.3179241 (LW: #35)
10 Florida Gators +10.6427337 (LW: #34)
11 Texas Tech Red Raiders +10.5579694 (LW: #30)
12 FAU Owls +10.336726 (LW: #40)
13 Boise State Broncos +10.1351361 (LW: #11)
14 Notre Dame Fighting Irish +9.7580927 (LW: #20)
15 USC Trojans +9.5131038 (LW: #22)
16 Kentucky Wildcats +9.4664926 (LW: #17)
17 Oregon Ducks +9.1882996 (LW: #3)
18 Georgia Bulldogs +8.9357569 (LW: #92)
19 Memphis Tigers +8.8402074 (LW: #37)
20 Pittsburgh Panthers +8.6476616 (LW: #19)
21 North Texas Mean Green +8.2515857 (LW: #100)
22 BYU Cougars +7.8401009 (LW: #25)
23 Oklahoma State Cowboys +7.762939 (LW: #1)
24 UCLA Bruins +7.4861536 (LW: #16)
25 Indiana Hoosiers +7.4549543 (LW: #58)

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