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jtchr33 Ballot for 2026 Week 8

Ballot Type: Human

Submitted: Oct. 19, 2026, 10:30 a.m.

Overall Rationale: fun week, lots of top movement. Figuring out way more about a lot of the top team earlier than normal.

3 bid Big XII is a likely scenario right now. All the chaos is helping them.

The SEC is...confusing to an extent this year. Lots of middle good teams now. I don't care what their out of conference record is. Not many of their teams look like title contenders yet. This week showed a lot of flaws. To many rankings have way to many SEC teams ranked and the justification is faulty at best.

24 team playoff is dumb. Most years there are about or less than 10 teams who could realistically win the natty (especially this year)

Dropped
Wisconsin: Figured they wouldn't be on here long, but still a solid team that can surprise a good team
Mississippi State: cannot get blanked by LSU and still expect to make the cut
Missouri: weird team, still not sure how good they are

Next Few
Wisconsin
Oregon
Auburn
USC

Rank Team Reason
1 BYU Cougars What a game. They controlled most of if not the entire game. Big chaptalization on ND's mistakes. Only big question was what the heck was that fake punt call.
2 Miami Hurricanes Dumb ending. Did joke during the game on the last two plays that it would be fitting for FSU to get the hail mary twice.
3 Ohio State Buckeyes Great game, but keep in mind that was a foot width away from getting away from them.
4 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Not going to punish to much for the great game. They still look great and with less flaws then the teams below them.
5 Ole Miss Rebels Probably the biggest winner of the week with all the other SEC teams shitting the bed.
6 Georgia Bulldogs hahahahahahahahahaha
7 Indiana Hoosiers great game, resilience shown again. This is not the same as last year's team, but it is still as good.
8 Texas Tech Red Raiders Great game, another team benefiting from the chaos ahead of them.
9 UCLA Bruins solid win, keep the momentum and they will keep moving up.
10 Utah Utes That game was, odd and rough.
11 Iowa Hawkeyes Still not convinced they are a playoff team, but I am more convinced than some of the other teams on this list.
12 Houston Cougars
13 Boise State Broncos I did not expect them to be this high, but with everything else, why not.
14 LSU Tigers don't know if you are the gatekeeper of the upper part of the SEC or the chaos demon.
15 Tennessee Volunteers I will now recognize and rank you accordingly after finally beating a top 25 team. (similar rational as Missouri from a few weeks ago)
16 Wake Forest Demon Deacons Silently played a great game and will move up accordingly.
17 Alabama Crimson Tide lmao
18 James Madison Dukes keep winning and sneak into the playoff again.
May be harder when they join the American.
19 Northwestern Wildcats
20 SMU Mustangs
21 Florida Gators Weird team, hard to justify a rank.
I am more salty AP still ranked both them and texas and put them behind them.
22 Arizona Wildcats Another silently good big XII that can make a run
23 Texas Longhorns This is going to get bad quick.
24 Oklahoma State Cowboys Still looking good, even in the loss
25 New Mexico Lobos Gameday should have gone to you instead.

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