Ballot Type: Human

Submitted: Oct. 6, 2026, 12:11 a.m.

Overall Rationale: SEC:9 teams, B1G:7 teams, BigXll:4 teams, ACC:4 teams, Independent:1 team

• Ballot
• Analysis

Rank	Team	Reason
1	Texas Longhorns
2	Notre Dame Fighting Irish
3	Indiana Hoosiers
4	Miami Hurricanes
5	Georgia Bulldogs
6	Ohio State Buckeyes
7	Alabama Crimson Tide	Up 3 - good win
8	Utah Utes	Down 1 - Alabama passed
9	UCLA Bruins	Up 3
10	Tennessee Volunteers	Up 3
11	Northwestern Wildcats	Up 8 - proving that the Indiana game was not a fluke
12	Texas Tech Red Raiders	Up 5 - blowout win
13	Iowa Hawkeyes	Down 5 - decent loss to #6
14	Mississippi State Bulldogs	Down 3 - got blown out, but beat #15 Missouri
15	Missouri Tigers	NR - blew out #16 Florida
16	Florida Gators	Down 7 - got blown out by #16 Missouri, but blew out #17 Ole Miss
17	Ole Miss Rebels	Down 3 - Florida loss looks worse, but still beat #23 LSU
18	Pittsburgh Panthers
19	Wake Forest Demon Deacons	Up 1
20	Duke Blue Devils	Down 5 - haven't played anyone
21	BYU Cougars	Down 5 - their only good game was a month ago
22	Oklahoma State Cowboys	Down 1 - hopped by teams without bad loss
23	LSU Tigers	Down 1 - best game was week 1
24	Oregon Ducks
25	Nebraska Cornhuskers	NR

Teams Ranked:

Rank	Team	Unusualness
1	Texas Longhorns	0.00
2	Notre Dame Fighting Irish	0.40
3	Indiana Hoosiers	0.25
4	Miami Hurricanes	0.00
5	Georgia Bulldogs	0.00
6	Ohio State Buckeyes	0.00
7	Alabama Crimson Tide	-0.45
8	Utah Utes	0.06
9	UCLA Bruins	0.85
10	Tennessee Volunteers	0.94
11	Northwestern Wildcats	2.89
12	Texas Tech Red Raiders	0.00
13	Iowa Hawkeyes	1.17
14	Mississippi State Bulldogs	0.01
15	Missouri Tigers	0.00
16	Florida Gators	0.00
17	Ole Miss Rebels	0.00
18	Pittsburgh Panthers	0.00
19	Wake Forest Demon Deacons	1.29
20	Duke Blue Devils	0.00
21	BYU Cougars	-2.50
22	Oklahoma State Cowboys	0.00
23	LSU Tigers	-0.96
24	Oregon Ducks	-0.93
25	Nebraska Cornhuskers	-0.04

Omissions:

Team	Unusualness
USC Trojans	0.25
Houston Cougars	0.25

Total Score: 13.23