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MemeofMemeJTG999999 Ballot for 2026 Week 7

Ballot Type: Human

Submitted: Oct. 11, 2026, 7:45 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 Georgia Bulldogs (6-0) (up 1)
W: 20-17 @ #3 Alabama (5-1)
Next Week: vs Auburn (3-2)
Projected Bowl: Peach Bowl vs Texas Tech/Utah
2 Notre Dame Fighting Irish (6-0) (up 2)
W: 58-7 vs Stanford (2-4)
Next Week: @ #11 BYU (5-0)
Projected Bowl: Cotton Bowl vs Alabama/UCLA
3 Miami Hurricanes (5-0) (up 3)
Bye
Next Week: vs Florida State (3-3)
Projected Bowl: Fiesta Bowl vs Indiana/BYU
4 Ohio State Buckeyes (5-1) (up 1)
W: 45-16 vs Maryland (2-4)
Next Week: @ #6 Indiana (6-0)
Projected Bowl: Rose Bowl vs Texas/Boise State
5 Texas Longhorns (4-1) (down 4)
L: 24-27 vs Oklahoma (3-2) (in Dallas)
Next Week: vs Florida (4-2)
Projected Bowl: Playoff R1 vs Boise State
6 Indiana Hoosiers (6-0) (up 1)
W: 20-17 @ #16 Nebraska (5-1) (JTGOTW)
Next Week: vs #4 Ohio State (5-1)
Projected Bowl: Playoff R1 vs BYU
7 Alabama Crimson Tide (5-1) (down 4)
L: 17-20 vs #2 Georgia (6-0)
Next Week: @ #16 Tennessee (5-1)
Projected Bowl: Playoff R1 vs UCLA
8 Texas Tech Red Raiders (5-0) (no change)
Bye
Next Week: vs Arizona State (3-2)
Projected Bowl: Playoff R1 vs Utah
9 Utah Utes (5-0) (no change)
W: 41-24 vs Kansas (2-3)
Next Week: @ Colorado (2-3)
Projected Bowl: Playoff R1 @ Texas Tech
10 UCLA Bruins (5-0) (up 5)
W: 17-15 @ #11 Oregon (3-2)
Next Week: vs #23 Wisconsin (4-1)
Projected Bowl: Playoff R1 @ Alabama
11 BYU Cougars (5-0) (down 1)
W: 24-10 vs Iowa State (3-3)
Next Week: vs #2 Notre Dame (6-0)
Projected Bowl: Playoff R1 @ Indiana
12 Ole Miss Rebels (4-1) (no change)
W: 52-17 @ Vanderbilt (3-3)
Next Week: vs #15 Missouri (5-1) (JTGOTW)
Projected Bowl: Citrus Bowl vs Iowa
13 Mississippi State Bulldogs (4-1) (up 8)
Bye
Next Week: @ #26 LSU (4-2)
Projected Bowl: Gator Bowl vs SMU
14 Kentucky Wildcats (5-1) (up 11)
W: 35-34 vs #13 LSU (4-2)
Next Week: @ Oklahoma (3-2)
Projected Bowl: Music City Bowl vs Wisconsin
15 Missouri Tigers (5-1) (up 2)
W: 27-6 vs Texas A&M (3-3)
Next Week: @ #12 Ole Miss (4-1) (JTGOTW)
Projected Bowl: Texas Bowl vs Baylor
16 Tennessee Volunteers (5-1) (down 2)
W: 24-17 @ Arkansas (2-4)
Next Week: vs #7 Alabama (5-1)
Projected Bowl: ReliaQuest Bowl vs Nebraska
17 Oklahoma State Cowboys (4-1) (up 2)
W: 42-28 vs UCF (3-3)
Next Week: @ #20 Houston (5-1)
Projected Bowl: Pop-Tarts Bowl vs Wake Forest
18 Iowa Hawkeyes (5-1) (up 6)
W: 41-24 @ Washington (3-3)
Next Week: Bye
Projected Bowl: Citrus Bowl vs Ole Miss
19 USC Trojans (6-1) (up 7)
W: 31-23 @ Penn State (3-3)
Next Week: Bye
Projected Bowl: Holiday Bowl vs Pittsburgh
20 Houston Cougars (5-1) (up 9)
W: 35-16 @ Kansas State (3-2)
Next Week: vs #17 Oklahoma State (4-1)
Projected Bowl: Alamo Bowl vs Oregon
21 Boise State Broncos (5-1) (up 2)
W: 38-31 @ Fresno State (4-2)
Next Week: Bye
Projected Bowl: Playoff R1 @ Texas
22 Wake Forest Demon Deacons (5-1) (up 8)
W: 38-14 @ NC State (3-3)
Next Week: @ California (3-3)
Projected Bowl: Pop-Tarts Bowl vs Oklahoma State
23 Wisconsin Badgers (4-1) (up 4)
Bye
Next Week: @ #10 UCLA (5-0)
Projected Bowl: Music City Bowl vs Kentucky
24 Oregon Ducks (3-2) (down 13)
L: 15-17 vs #15 UCLA (5-0)
Next Week: vs #25 Nebraska (5-1)
Projected Bowl: Alamo Bowl vs Houston
25 Nebraska Cornhuskers (5-1) (down 9)
L: 17-20 vs #6 Indiana (6-0) (JTGOTW)
Next Week: @ #24 Oregon (3-2)
Projected Bowl: ReliaQuest Bowl vs Tennessee

Next 5:
#26: LSU (4-2) (down 13)
#27: Northwestern (4-1) (was unranked)
#28: James Madison (6-0) (was unranked)
#29: SMU (4-1) (was unranked)
#30: Oklahoma (3-2) (was unranked)

Fell out of T30: Florida (4-2) (was #18); Duke (4-1) (was #20); Pittsburgh (5-1) (was #22); Minnesota (4-2) (was #28)

Biggest Riser: Kentucky (5-1) (#25 -> #14)
Biggest Fallers: Oregon (3-2) (#11 -> #24); LSU (4-2) (#13 -> #26); Florida (4-2) (#18 -> UR)

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