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bladefencer Ballot for 2026 Week 6

Ballot Type: Computer

Submitted: Oct. 4, 2026, 4:29 a.m.

Overall Rationale: Using only results from this year, I compute 1) a power rating, 2) an offensive rating, 3) a defensive rating and 4) a rating from the difference of the offensive and defensive ratings. I use the power rating to compute 5) a strength of record (SOR)/resume rating and 6) a rating that gives very small merits and demerits for particular results (e.g merits for postseason wins or beating a top 15 power rating team; demerits for getting blown out by a team with a similar power rating).

I normalize the six ratings and combine them in a weighted average to determine the final rating which increasingly values the SOR component the further into the season. The weights for the other ratings are static during the season. The result is not normalized, so the best possible final rating is 1.000 if a team is #1 in all six ratings.

Dropped: Iowa (13 -> 26), Ole Miss (15 -> 28), Auburn (25 -> 36)

Next 10: Iowa (0.728), Boise State (0.726), Ole Miss (0.726), UTSA (0.718), Wake Forest (0.715), North Dakota State (0.710), USC (0.707), Baylor (0.693), Arizona (0.685), Toledo (0.673)

Ranking violation % (% of played games with winner ranked below loser): 8.49%
Top 25 ranking violation %: 3.33%

Rank Team Reason
1 Alabama Crimson Tide 0.959, +2, Pow: 1, Off: 1, Def: 8, SOR: 2
2 Texas Longhorns 0.947, -1, Pow: 3, Off: 21, Def: 1, SOR: 1
3 Notre Dame Fighting Irish 0.916, -1, Pow: 2, Off: 5, Def: 3, SOR: 3
4 Texas Tech Red Raiders 0.835, +10, Pow: 7, Off: 24, Def: 27, SOR: 4
5 Miami Hurricanes 0.823, +7, Pow: 8, Off: 11, Def: 11, SOR: 9
6 Indiana Hoosiers 0.819, +3, Pow: 14, Off: 25, Def: 6, SOR: 7
7 Ohio State Buckeyes 0.818, +0, Pow: 4, Off: 3, Def: 9, SOR: 18
8 Mississippi State Bulldogs 0.814, +3, Pow: 17, Off: 12, Def: 35, SOR: 6
9 Utah Utes 0.813, -3, Pow: 9, Off: 14, Def: 5, SOR: 12
10 Georgia Bulldogs 0.805, -2, Pow: 11, Off: 2, Def: 65, SOR: 15
11 Kentucky Wildcats 0.805, +9, Pow: 15, Off: 27, Def: 20, SOR: 8
12 UCLA Bruins 0.803, -2, Pow: 10, Off: 8, Def: 36, SOR: 11
13 Nebraska Cornhuskers 0.803, -8, Pow: 5, Off: 10, Def: 58, SOR: 10
14 BYU Cougars 0.789, +5, Pow: 23, Off: 67, Def: 10, SOR: 5
15 Wisconsin Badgers 0.779, +8, Pow: 20, Off: 30, Def: 25, SOR: 14
16 Northwestern Wildcats 0.773, +13, Pow: 6, Off: 13, Def: 18, SOR: 26
17 Florida Gators 0.766, -13, Pow: 19, Off: 4, Def: 66, SOR: 22
18 Houston Cougars 0.766, +16, Pow: 21, Off: 15, Def: 51, SOR: 19
19 Missouri Tigers 0.763, +29, Pow: 12, Off: 39, Def: 16, SOR: 23
20 Tennessee Volunteers 0.760, +2, Pow: 16, Off: 9, Def: 34, SOR: 25
21 Pittsburgh Panthers 0.757, -5, Pow: 43, Off: 35, Def: 28, SOR: 13
22 LSU Tigers 0.747, -4, Pow: 13, Off: 6, Def: 15, SOR: 32
23 Oregon Ducks 0.742, -6, Pow: 24, Off: 7, Def: 37, SOR: 29
24 James Madison Dukes 0.741, +0, Pow: 35, Off: 31, Def: 72, SOR: 17
25 Duke Blue Devils 0.730, -4, Pow: 49, Off: 62, Def: 31, SOR: 16

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