Ballot Type: Human

Submitted: Oct. 12, 2026, 10:54 p.m.

Overall Rationale: SEC:9 teams, B1G:7 teams, BigXll:6 teams, ACC:2 teams, Independent:1 team

• Ballot
• Analysis

Rank	Team	Reason
1	Notre Dame Fighting Irish	Up 1
2	Miami Hurricanes	Up 2
3	Georgia Bulldogs	Up 2
4	Indiana Hoosiers	Down 1 - another close win
5	UCLA Bruins	Up 4 - they rolling
6	Texas Longhorns	Down 5 - lost close game to rival, still beat #7
7	Ohio State Buckeyes	Down 1 - UCLA passed
8	Alabama Crimson Tide	Down 1 - UCLA passed
9	Utah Utes	Down 1 - UCLA passed
10	Texas Tech Red Raiders	Up 2
11	Northwestern Wildcats
12	Iowa Hawkeyes	Up 1
13	Tennessee Volunteers	Down 3 - Texas loss looks worse, played a bad Arkansas team close
14	Mississippi State Bulldogs
15	Missouri Tigers
16	Oklahoma State Cowboys	Up 6 - consistently good wins, Tulsa loss looks like a fluke
17	Wake Forest Demon Deacons	Up 2
18	BYU Cougars	Up 3
19	Ole Miss Rebels	Down 2 - Florida loss looks worse
20	Nebraska Cornhuskers	Up 5 - came closer to beating Indiana than anyone else
21	Houston Cougars	NR
22	Oregon Ducks	Up 2 - they lost close to #5 and at #16, beat Boise State and USC who would otherwise be ranked
23	Arizona Wildcats	NR
24	Kentucky Wildcats	NR - personally dont feel they deserve to be ranked, but they beat LSU, and the other choices were more flawed
25	LSU Tigers	Down 2 - two close road losses at #19 and #24, they have otherwise blown out every other team including two decent P5

Teams Ranked:

Rank	Team	Unusualness
1	Notre Dame Fighting Irish	0.37
2	Miami Hurricanes	0.07
3	Georgia Bulldogs	-0.61
4	Indiana Hoosiers	0.00
5	UCLA Bruins	0.75
6	Texas Longhorns	0.05
7	Ohio State Buckeyes	0.00
8	Alabama Crimson Tide	0.00
9	Utah Utes	0.00
10	Texas Tech Red Raiders	0.00
11	Northwestern Wildcats	1.90
12	Iowa Hawkeyes	0.58
13	Tennessee Volunteers	0.42
14	Mississippi State Bulldogs	0.00
15	Missouri Tigers	0.00
16	Oklahoma State Cowboys	0.19
17	Wake Forest Demon Deacons	0.10
18	BYU Cougars	-2.37
19	Ole Miss Rebels	-0.14
20	Nebraska Cornhuskers	0.00
21	Houston Cougars	0.00
22	Oregon Ducks	0.20
23	Arizona Wildcats	0.00
24	Kentucky Wildcats	-0.88
25	LSU Tigers	0.00

Omissions:

Team	Unusualness
USC Trojans	0.67
Boise State Broncos	0.33

Total Score: 9.62