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MemeofMemeJTG999999 Ballot for 2026 Week 6

Ballot Type: Human

Submitted: Oct. 4, 2026, 8:51 p.m.

Overall Rationale: I use a methodology similar to that used by the voter polls that bases teams based primarily on wins/losses, but with other factors such as how those teams looked in their wins and losses, head to head, roster depth, etc, in play.

Rank Team Reason
1 Texas Longhorns (4-0) (no change)
Bye
Next Week: vs Oklahoma (2-2) (in Dallas)
Projected Bowl: Cotton Bowl vs Texas Tech/Utah
2 Georgia Bulldogs (5-0) (up 1)
W: 38-14 vs Vanderbilt (3-2)
Next Week: @ #3 Alabama (5-0)
Projected Bowl: Peach Bowl vs Indiana/BYU
3 Alabama Crimson Tide (5-0) (up 4)
W: 56-23 @ #14 Mississippi State (4-1) (JTGOTW)
Next Week: vs #2 Georgia (5-0)
Projected Bowl: Fiesta Bowl vs Miami/Oregon
4 Notre Dame Fighting Irish (5-0) (down 2)
W: 37-26 @ North Carolina (2-2)
Next Week: vs Stanford (2-3)
Projected Bowl: Rose Bowl vs Ohio State/Boise State
5 Ohio State Buckeyes (4-1) (no change)
W: 31-14 @ #13 Iowa (4-1)
Next Week: vs Maryland (2-3)
Projected Bowl: Playoff R1 vs Boise State
6 Miami Hurricanes (5-0) (no change)
W: 41-13 @ Clemson (3-2)
Next Week: Bye
Projected Bowl: Playoff R1 vs Oregon
7 Indiana Hoosiers (5-0) (down 3)
W: 47-15 @ Rutgers (1-4)
Next Week: @ #16 Nebraska (5-0) (JTGOTW)
Projected Bowl: Playoff R1 vs BYU
8 Texas Tech Red Raiders (5-0) (up 1)
W: 29-7 @ Colorado (2-3)
Next Week: Bye
Projected Bowl: Playoff R1 vs Utah
9 Utah Utes (4-0) (up 6)
Bye
Next Week: vs Kansas (2-2)
Projected Bowl: Playoff R1 @ Texas Tech
10 BYU Cougars (4-0) (no change)
W: 17-10 @ TCU (2-3)
Next Week: vs Iowa State (3-2)
Projected Bowl: Playoff R1 @ Indiana
11 Oregon Ducks (3-1) (up 5)
Bye
Next Week: vs #15 UCLA (4-0)
Projected Bowl: Playoff R1 @ Miami
12 Ole Miss Rebels (3-1) (down 1)
Bye
Next Week: @ Vanderbilt (3-2)
Projected Bowl: ReliaQuest Bowl vs Nebraska
13 LSU Tigers (4-1) (down 1)
W: 63-14 vs McNeese (2-4)
Next Week: @ #25 Kentucky (4-1)
Projected Bowl: Citrus Bowl vs Iowa
14 Tennessee Volunteers (4-1) (up 3)
W: 24-14 vs Auburn (3-2)
Next Week: @ Arkansas (2-3)
Projected Bowl: Gator Bowl vs Pittsburgh
15 UCLA Bruins (4-0) (up 3)
Bye
Next Week: @ #11 Oregon (3-1)
Projected Bowl: Alamo Bowl vs Oklahoma State
16 Nebraska Cornhuskers (5-0) (up 3)
W: 48-23 vs Maryland (2-3)
Next Week: vs #7 Indiana (5-0) (JTGOTW)
Projected Bowl: ReliaQuest Bowl vs Ole Miss
17 Missouri Tigers (4-1) (was unranked)
W: 45-17 vs #8 Florida (4-1)
Next Week: vs Texas A&M (3-2)
Projected Bowl: Texas Bowl vs Baylor
18 Florida Gators (4-1) (down 10)
L: 17-45 @ Missouri (4-1)
Next Week: vs South Carolina (2-3)
Projected Bowl: Music City Bowl vs Wisconsin
19 Oklahoma State Cowboys (3-1) (up 1)
Bye
Next Week: vs UCF (3-2)
Projected Bowl: Alamo Bowl vs UCLA
20 Duke Blue Devils (4-0) (up 1)
Bye
Next Week: @ Georgia Tech (1-3)
Projected Bowl: Pop-Tarts Bowl vs Houston
21 Mississippi State Bulldogs (4-1) (down 7)
L: 23-56 vs #7 Alabama (5-0) (JTGOTW)
Next Week: Bye
Projected Bowl: Liberty Bowl vs Kansas State
22 Pittsburgh Panthers (5-0) (was unranked)
W: 35-33 @ #30 Virginia Tech (4-1)
Next Week: vs North Carolina (2-2)
Projected Bowl: Gator Bowl vs Tennessee
23 Boise State Broncos (4-1) (no change)
W: 37-18 vs Utah State (1-4)
Next Week: @ Fresno State (4-1)
Projected Bowl: Playoff R1 @ Ohio State
24 Iowa Hawkeyes (4-1) (down 11)
L: 14-31 vs #5 Ohio State (4-1)
Next Week: @ Washington (3-2)
Projected Bowl: Citrus Bowl vs LSU
25 Kentucky Wildcats (4-1) (down 3)
W: 35-34 @ South Carolina (2-3)
Next Week: vs #13 LSU (4-1)
Projected Bowl: Duke's Mayo Bowl vs Virginia Tech

Next 5:
#26: USC (5-1) (no change)
#27: Wisconsin (4-1) (up 1)
#28: Minnesota (4-1) (was unranked)
#29: Houston (4-1) (down 2)
#30: Wake Forest (4-1) (was unranked)

Fell out of T30: Cincinnati (4-1) (was #24); Michigan (3-2) (was #25); Penn State (3-2) (was #29); Virginia Tech (4-1) (was #30)

Biggest Riser: Missouri (UR -> #17)
Biggest Faller: Iowa (#13 -> #24)

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