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MemeofMemeJTG999999 Ballot for 2026 Week 8

Ballot Type: Human

Submitted: Oct. 18, 2026, 8:48 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 BYU Cougars (6-0) (up 10)
W: 28-24 vs #2 Notre Dame (6-1)
Next Week: @ UCF (3-3)
Projected Bowl: Fiesta Bowl vs Utah/Tennessee
2 Ohio State Buckeyes (6-1) (up 1)
W: 19-15 @ #6 Indiana (6-1)
Next Week: Bye
Projected Bowl: Rose Bowl vs Notre Dame/Georgia
3 Miami Hurricanes (6-0) (no change)
W: 43-35 vs Florida State (3-3)
Next Week: vs Pittsburgh (5-2)
Projected Bowl: Peach Bowl vs UCLA/Indiana
4 Texas Tech Red Raiders (6-0) (up 4)
W: 53-25 vs Arizona State (3-3)
Next Week: @ Cincinnati (4-2)
Projected Bowl: Cotton Bowl vs Ole Miss/Boise State
5 Ole Miss Rebels (5-1) (up 7)
W: 31-3 vs #15 Missouri (5-2) (JTGOTW)
Next Week: @ #21 Texas (4-2)
Projected Bowl: Playoff R1 vs Boise State
6 UCLA Bruins (6-0) (up 4)
W: 17-7 vs #23 Wisconsin (4-2)
Next Week: vs Michigan State (2-5)
Projected Bowl: Playoff R1 vs Indiana
7 Notre Dame Fighting Irish (6-1) (down 5)
L: 24-28 @ #11 BYU (6-0)
Next Week: Bye
Projected Bowl: Playoff R1 vs Georgia
8 Utah Utes (6-0) (up 1)
W: 27-24 @ Colorado (2-4)
Next Week: vs #13 Houston (6-1)
Projected Bowl: Playoff R1 vs Tennessee
9 Tennessee Volunteers (6-1) (up 7)
W: 26-10 vs #7 Alabama (5-2)
Next Week: @ South Carolina (3-3)
Projected Bowl: Playoff R1 @ Utah
10 Georgia Bulldogs (6-1) (down 9)
L: 24-27 vs Auburn (3-2)
Next Week: Bye
Projected Bowl: Playoff R1 @ Notre Dame
11 Indiana Hoosiers (6-1) (down 5)
L: 15-19 vs #4 Ohio State (6-1)
Next Week: @ Michigan (4-2)
Projected Bowl: Playoff R1 @ UCLA
12 Kentucky Wildcats (6-1) (up 2)
W: 21-13 @ #30 Oklahoma (3-3)
Next Week: vs Vanderbilt (3-4)
Projected Bowl: ReliaQuest Bowl vs Northwestern
13 Houston Cougars (6-1) (up 7)
W: 35-32 vs #17 Oklahoma State (4-2)
Next Week: @ #8 Utah (6-0)
Projected Bowl: Alamo Bowl vs Oregon
14 Iowa Hawkeyes (5-1) (up 4)
Bye
Next Week: @ Minnesota (4-2)
Projected Bowl: Citrus Bowl vs Alabama
15 Alabama Crimson Tide (5-2) (down 8)
L: 10-26 @ #16 Tennessee (6-1)
Next Week: vs Texas A&M (4-3)
Projected Bowl: Citrus Bowl vs Iowa
16 USC Trojans (6-1) (up 3)
Bye
Next Week: @ Wisconsin (4-2)
Projected Bowl: Holiday Bowl vs Clemson
17 Wake Forest Demon Deacons (6-1) (up 5)
W: 41-7 @ California (3-4)
Next Week: Bye
Projected Bowl: Pop-Tarts Bowl vs Oklahoma State
18 LSU Tigers (5-2) (up 8)
W: 31-0 vs #13 Mississippi State (4-2)
Next Week: @ #24 Auburn (4-2) (JTGOTW)
Projected Bowl: Music City Bowl vs Wisconsin
19 Boise State Broncos (5-1) (up 2)
Bye
Next Week: @ Washington State (1-6)
Projected Bowl: Playoff R1 @ Ole Miss
20 Florida Gators (5-2) (was unranked)
W: 27-24 @ #5 Texas (4-2)
Next Week: Bye
Projected Bowl: Gator Bowl vs SMU
21 Texas Longhorns (4-2) (down 16)
L: 24-27 vs Florida (5-2)
Next Week: vs #5 Ole Miss (6-1)
Projected Bowl: Texas Bowl vs Baylor
22 Oregon Ducks (4-2) (up 2)
W: 17-14 vs #25 Nebraska (5-2)
Next Week: @ Illinois (3-3)
Projected Bowl: Alamo Bowl vs Houston
23 James Madison Dukes (7-0) (up 5)
W: 49-22 vs Georgia State (4-2)
Next Week: @ Appalachian State (4-2)
Projected Bowl: New Orleans Bowl vs Jacksonville State
24 Auburn Tigers (4-2) (was unranked)
W: 27-24 @ #1 Georgia (6-1)
Next Week: vs #18 LSU (5-2) (JTGOTW)
Projected Bowl: Liberty Bowl vs Kansas State
25 SMU Mustangs (5-1) (up 4)
W: 23-13 vs Virginia (4-3)
Next Week: vs California (3-4)
Projected Bowl: Gator Bowl vs Florida

Next 5:
#26: Northwestern (5-1) (up 1)
#27: Oklahoma State (4-2) (down 10)
#28: Missouri (5-2) (down 13)
#29: Arizona (5-1) (was unranked)
#30: Mississippi State (4-2) (down 17)

Fell out of T30: Wisconsin (4-2) (was #23); Nebraska (5-2) (was #25); Oklahoma (3-3) (was #30)

Biggest Riser: Florida (5-2) (UR -> #20)
Biggest Faller: Mississippi State (4-2) (#13 -> #30)

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