Ballot Type: Human

Submitted: Oct. 4, 2026, 11:20 a.m.

Overall Rationale: Trying to judge on-field performance at this point, with results first and foremost.

• Ballot
• Analysis

Rank	Team	Reason
1	Texas Longhorns	Idle, no movement
2	Georgia Bulldogs	Move up as ND/UF suffer
3	Miami Hurricanes	Ditto
4	Alabama Crimson Tide	Rolled a seemingly good Mississippi State time. Rest of the SEC falls out, though. That may change as time goes on and more cross-conference and intra-conference play continues
5	Notre Dame Fighting Irish	Still playing with their food, but still undefeated
6	Indiana Hoosiers	More like we expected against Rutgers, and Northwestern looks good for a change
7	Ohio State Buckeyes	Really good game against a good Iowa team. Would be higher without the Texas loss
8	BYU Cougars	Way too close against a bad TCU team but still undefeated
9	Utah Utes	Idle
10	Texas Tech Red Raiders	Move up a few places thanks to an eventually good win and others' downfall
11	UCLA Bruins	Undefeated
12	Wake Forest Demon Deacons	Only loss to Miami gets them a good ranking
13	Oklahoma State Cowboys	Idle
14	Mississippi State Bulldogs	Only loss to Bama gets them a good ranking, too
15	Oregon Ducks	Ducks move up on an idle week
16	Arizona Wildcats	Beating previously unbeaten Cincinnati launches them into the poll with the only loss being BYU
17	Houston Cougars	A close loss to TT keeps them high, too
18	USC Trojans	Oregon loss still haunts, but continuing a winning stretch
19	Boise State Broncos	Ditto but worse competition
20	Pittsburgh Panthers	Your undefeated Panthers
21	Virginia Tech Hokies	Only loss is by 2 to Pitt
22	Duke Blue Devils	Still undefeated lol
23	Nebraska Cornhuskers	Looked a little scary for a bit but did what's expected against October Maryland
24	James Madison Dukes	Undefeated
25	North Dakota State Bison	And undefeated.

Teams Ranked:

Rank	Team	Unusualness
1	Texas Longhorns	0.00
2	Georgia Bulldogs	0.00
3	Miami Hurricanes	0.00
4	Alabama Crimson Tide	0.00
5	Notre Dame Fighting Irish	0.00
6	Indiana Hoosiers	0.00
7	Ohio State Buckeyes	0.00
8	BYU Cougars	0.00
9	Utah Utes	0.00
10	Texas Tech Red Raiders	0.00
11	UCLA Bruins	0.45
12	Wake Forest Demon Deacons	4.10
13	Oklahoma State Cowboys	1.30
14	Mississippi State Bulldogs	0.01
15	Oregon Ducks	0.00
16	Arizona Wildcats	8.65
17	Houston Cougars	0.92
18	USC Trojans	0.00
19	Boise State Broncos	0.86
20	Pittsburgh Panthers	0.00
21	Virginia Tech Hokies	3.93
22	Duke Blue Devils	0.00
23	Nebraska Cornhuskers	0.00
24	James Madison Dukes	0.00
25	North Dakota State Bison	0.00

Omissions:

Team	Unusualness
LSU Tigers	1.57
Ole Miss Rebels	1.19
Missouri Tigers	1.56
Florida Gators	1.31
Tennessee Volunteers	0.90
Iowa Hawkeyes	0.47

Total Score: 27.22