Ballot Type: Computer

Submitted: Oct. 4, 2026, 10:34 a.m.

Overall Rationale: Bradley-Terry rankings for the expected end-of-season win totals; Pr[A beats B] = 0.5+0.5*tanh(rA-rB). Prediction model is a hybrid Kalman filter, driven by the win margin of each game.

• Ballot
• Analysis

Rank	Team	Reason
1	Alabama Crimson Tide	2.701 [10.64-1.36]
2	Georgia Bulldogs	2.476 [10.33-1.67]
3	Texas Longhorns	2.459 [10.08-1.92]
4	Notre Dame Fighting Irish	2.389 [11.21-0.79]
5	Miami Hurricanes	2.235 [10.90-1.10]
6	LSU Tigers	2.046 [8.26-3.74]
7	Indiana Hoosiers	2.035 [10.87-1.13]
8	Utah Utes	1.959 [10.86-1.14]
9	Ohio State Buckeyes	1.925 [9.54-2.46]
10	Tennessee Volunteers	1.858 [8.01-3.99]
11	Ole Miss Rebels	1.849 [7.40-4.60]
12	Mississippi State Bulldogs	1.789 [7.34-4.66]
13	Florida Gators	1.773 [7.45-4.55]
14	Kentucky Wildcats	1.733 [7.41-4.59]
15	Missouri Tigers	1.715 [7.19-4.81]
16	Texas Tech Red Raiders	1.604 [10.45-1.55]
17	Auburn Tigers	1.579 [6.17-5.83]
18	Texas A&M Aggies	1.578 [6.73-5.27]
19	BYU Cougars	1.525 [8.80-3.20]
20	Oregon Ducks	1.445 [9.09-2.91]
21	Vanderbilt Commodores	1.431 [5.77-6.23]
22	Oklahoma Sooners	1.414 [5.63-6.37]
23	Iowa Hawkeyes	1.340 [8.72-3.28]
24	Pittsburgh Panthers	1.292 [9.49-2.51]
25	Northwestern Wildcats	1.241 [8.10-3.90]

Teams Ranked:

Rank	Team	Unusualness
1	Alabama Crimson Tide	0.72
2	Georgia Bulldogs	0.00
3	Texas Longhorns	0.00
4	Notre Dame Fighting Irish	0.00
5	Miami Hurricanes	0.00
6	LSU Tigers	0.99
7	Indiana Hoosiers	0.00
8	Utah Utes	0.06
9	Ohio State Buckeyes	0.00
10	Tennessee Volunteers	0.94
11	Ole Miss Rebels	0.14
12	Mississippi State Bulldogs	0.37
13	Florida Gators	0.25
14	Kentucky Wildcats	2.67
15	Missouri Tigers	0.00
16	Texas Tech Red Raiders	-1.09
17	Auburn Tigers	8.20
18	Texas A&M Aggies	6.94
19	BYU Cougars	-1.90
20	Oregon Ducks	-0.11
21	Vanderbilt Commodores	4.23
22	Oklahoma Sooners	3.18
23	Iowa Hawkeyes	0.00
24	Pittsburgh Panthers	-0.09
25	Northwestern Wildcats	0.00

Omissions:

Team	Unusualness
UCLA Bruins	0.99
Nebraska Cornhuskers	0.22
Oklahoma State Cowboys	0.48
USC Trojans	0.25
Duke Blue Devils	0.16
Houston Cougars	0.25

Total Score: 34.22