Ballot Type: Human

Submitted: Oct. 11, 2026, 12:24 p.m.

Overall Rationale: Teams are broken into tiers: Undefeated Bluechip Ratio, One-Loss BCR, Undefeated Power 2, One-Loss P2, Undefeated Next 2, One-Loss N2, Undefeated Group of 6, Two-Loss BCR, Two-Loss P2, Two-Loss N2, One-Loss G6, Three-Loss BCR, Three-Loss P2, Three-Loss N2, Two-Loss G6, Four-Loss BCR.

Then teams are ranked within their tiers by my subjective judgement.

• Ballot
• Analysis

Rank	Team	Reason
1	Georgia Bulldogs	Undefeated BCR has the best win out of the three against Alabama.
2	Notre Dame Fighting Irish	Undefeated BCR and looked better against common opponent with Miami: Stanford.
3	Miami Hurricanes	Undefeated BCR and didn’t look as good against Stanford as ND.
4	Alabama Crimson Tide	One-Loss BCR only loss is to the #1 team.
5	Texas Longhorns	One-Loss BCR owns head to head against Ohio State.
6	Ohio State Buckeyes	One-Loss BCR lost to Texas.
7	USC Trojans	One-Loss BCR worst looking in their tier.
8	Indiana Hoosiers	Undefeated P2 wins against Northwestern and Nebraska more impressive than close win over Oregon.
9	UCLA Bruins	Undefeated P2 win against down Oregon not as impressive as wins against greatly improved Nebraska and Northwestern.
10	Wisconsin Badgers	One-Loss P2 Loss was to #2 Notre Dame.
11	Kentucky Wildcats	One-Loss P2 Loss was to #4 Alabama and looked better in it than Mississippi State did.
12	Mississippi State Bulldogs	One-Loss P2 Loss was to #4 Alabama and looked worse in it than Kentucky did.
13	Tennessee Volunteers	One-Loss P2 Loss was to #5 Texas
14	Iowa Hawkeyes	One-Loss P2 Loss was to #6 Ohio State
15	Northwestern Wildcats	One-Loss P2 Loss was to #8 Indiana and schedule has been harder compared to Nebraska.
16	Nebraska Cornhuskers	One-Loss P2 Loss was to #8 Indiana and schedule has been easier compared to Northwestern.
17	Missouri Tigers	One-Loss P2 Loss was to Mississippi State who is ranked ahead of them.
18	Ole Miss Rebels	One-Loss P2 Loss was to Florida who Missouri soundly defeated.
19	BYU Cougars	Undefeated N2 has the best win the tier over #23 Arizona.
20	Texas Tech Red Raiders	Undefeated N2 seems pretty even with Utah resume wise, so giving them higher rank because of talent.
21	Utah Utes	Undefeated N2 seems pretty even with Texas Tech resume wise, so giving them the lower rank because of talent.
22	Wake Forest Demon Deacons	One-Loss N2 only loss is to #3 Miami.
23	Arizona Wildcats	One-Loss N2 only loss is to #19 BYU.
24	Baylor Bears	One-Loss N2. Only loss was a Week 1 loss to Auburn.
25	Oklahoma State Cowboys	One-Loss N2. Only loss was a Week 1 loss to Tulsa.

Teams Ranked:

Rank	Team	Unusualness
1	Georgia Bulldogs	0.00
2	Notre Dame Fighting Irish	0.00
3	Miami Hurricanes	0.00
4	Alabama Crimson Tide	0.00
5	Texas Longhorns	0.33
6	Ohio State Buckeyes	0.00
7	USC Trojans	2.02
8	Indiana Hoosiers	-0.76
9	UCLA Bruins	0.00
10	Wisconsin Badgers	5.96
11	Kentucky Wildcats	0.54
12	Mississippi State Bulldogs	0.37
13	Tennessee Volunteers	0.42
14	Iowa Hawkeyes	0.06
15	Northwestern Wildcats	0.88
16	Nebraska Cornhuskers	0.78
17	Missouri Tigers	-0.01
18	Ole Miss Rebels	0.00
19	BYU Cougars	-2.70
20	Texas Tech Red Raiders	-2.81
21	Utah Utes	-2.66
22	Wake Forest Demon Deacons	0.00
23	Arizona Wildcats	0.00
24	Baylor Bears	1.01
25	Oklahoma State Cowboys	-0.56

Omissions:

Team	Unusualness
Houston Cougars	1.09
Boise State Broncos	0.33

Total Score: 23.28