Ballot Type: Computer

Submitted: Oct. 13, 2026, 9:38 a.m.

Overall Rationale: Ranking system built based on the transitive property. Teams are ranked based on the following tiebreakers:

1. Transitivity Score: [total unique teams included in transitive win chains - total unique of teams in transitive loss chains] (FBS teams only)

2. SOR [total transitive wins - total transitive losses] (only looks at one step of transitive property)

3. Score Differential: [total points scored - total points given up]

Plots: https://imgur.com/a/ed9aBGL Data: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vQS0XIOuh_Um4mbWqRrpl4_TIw66nd50MhYcyC_gDIAMbWc7Igu66WgkxlY59FGUGH1PJcG3kVvHIVd/pubhtml?gid=639957593&single=true

Team Example (2026 week 4):
#24 Oregon has wins over [Boise State] 34-27 and Portland State (FCS teams excluded from data). Boise State has a win over [Memphis] who has wins over [UNLV] and [Arkansas State] who have wins over [Hawaii] who has a win over [New Mexico State]. Oregon has a loss to [Oklahoma State] 31-39 who has a loss to [Tulane].

1. Oregon’s Transitivity Score is 4 (6 teams - 2 teams)

2. Oregon’s SOR score is 0 (Boise has 1 win - Oklahoma State has 1 loss)

3. Oregon’s differential is -1 (7 point win and 8 point loss)

• Ballot
• Analysis

Rank	Team	Reason
1	Georgia Bulldogs	118 | 12 | 133
2	Alabama Crimson Tide	116 | 14 | 141
3	Mississippi State Bulldogs	113 | 8 | 55
4	Miami Hurricanes	110 | 12 | 129
5	Notre Dame Fighting Irish	109 | 11 | 198
6	UCLA Bruins	106 | 8 | 106
7	Wake Forest Demon Deacons	105 | 8 | 92
8	Kentucky Wildcats	101 | 10 | 8
9	Purdue Boilermakers	101 | 4 | -20
10	Missouri Tigers	99 | 8 | 69
11	South Carolina Gamecocks	98 | 1 | 37
12	Minnesota Golden Gophers	96 | 1 | -10
13	Florida Gators	95 | 6 | 27
14	Texas Tech Red Raiders	91 | 8 | 70
15	Texas Longhorns	90 | 12 | 77
16	Ohio State Buckeyes	90 | 7 | 177
17	Iowa Hawkeyes	90 | 6 | 44
18	Oklahoma Sooners	90 | 5 | 27
19	Michigan Wolverines	90 | 3 | 36
20	Indiana Hoosiers	89 | 11 | 115
21	BYU Cougars	86 | 8 | 50
22	Northwestern Wildcats	86 | 4 | 80
23	Utah Utes	84 | 6 | 97
24	Ole Miss Rebels	84 | 5 | 54
25	Houston Cougars	83 | 8 | 54

Teams Ranked:

Rank	Team	Unusualness
1	Georgia Bulldogs	0.00
2	Alabama Crimson Tide	0.64
3	Mississippi State Bulldogs	2.34
4	Miami Hurricanes	0.00
5	Notre Dame Fighting Irish	-0.38
6	UCLA Bruins	0.47
7	Wake Forest Demon Deacons	2.65
8	Kentucky Wildcats	1.21
9	Purdue Boilermakers	16.17
10	Missouri Tigers	0.61
11	South Carolina Gamecocks	14.10
12	Minnesota Golden Gophers	13.20
13	Florida Gators	11.92
14	Texas Tech Red Raiders	-0.82
15	Texas Longhorns	-0.94
16	Ohio State Buckeyes	-1.79
17	Iowa Hawkeyes	0.00
18	Oklahoma Sooners	6.74
19	Michigan Wolverines	6.23
20	Indiana Hoosiers	-5.83
21	BYU Cougars	-3.36
22	Northwestern Wildcats	0.00
23	Utah Utes	-3.26
24	Ole Miss Rebels	-1.15
25	Houston Cougars	-0.84

Omissions:

Team	Unusualness
Tennessee Volunteers	1.01
USC Trojans	0.67
Oklahoma State Cowboys	0.81
Boise State Broncos	0.33
Nebraska Cornhuskers	0.15

Total Score: 97.59