Ballot Type: Human

Submitted: Oct. 19, 2026, 3:44 p.m.

Overall Rationale: This is based on vibes and it may be awful.

I rank every FBS conference individually from top to bottom each week.

The rankings are rebuilt from scratch every week. Last week’s poll does not carry over and has no effect on the new rankings. I will still include +/- and which teams went UNR under reasonings because I think it's still interesting to see the change from week to week.

The top five teams from each Power Four conference automatically make the Top 25 pool.

I also rank the Group of Six teams and independents together in one separate list. The top 15 are ranked in that pool, and the top five from it also make the Top 25.

This makes up our top 25:
5 SEC + 5 B1G + 5 ACC + 5 Big 12 + 5 G6/Independent.

Then, I rank those 25 teams nationally. I preserve the order already established within each group. If one SEC team was ranked ahead of another in the SEC rankings, that order cannot flip in the final Top 25. The same applies to every other group. All 5 SEC teams can be right next to each so long as that conference ranking order is preserved.

• Ballot
• Analysis

Rank	Team	Reason
1	BYU Cougars	+7
2	Miami Hurricanes	+0
3	Ohio State Buckeyes	+2
4	Notre Dame Fighting Irish	-1
5	UCLA Bruins	+1
6	Texas Tech Red Raiders	+4
7	Indiana Hoosiers	+0
8	Georgia Bulldogs	-7
9	Tennessee Volunteers	+UNR
10	Utah Utes	-1
11	Wake Forest Demon Deacons	+2
12	Houston Cougars	+0
13	Ole Miss Rebels	+UNR
14	Iowa Hawkeyes	+2
15	Alabama Crimson Tide	-11
16	Kentucky Wildcats	+UNR
17	Boise State Broncos	-2
18	Arizona Wildcats	+UNR
19	Northwestern Wildcats	-5
20	James Madison Dukes	-3
21	North Dakota State Bison	+UNR
22	Louisville Cardinals	+UNR
23	SMU Mustangs	+UNR
24	Western Michigan Broncos	+UNR
25	Clemson Tigers	+UNR Dropped: #11 Texas, #18 Miss State, #19 Missouri, #20 Oklahoma State, #21 Duke, #22 New Mexico, #23 UTSA, #24 UNC, #25 Pitt

Teams Ranked:

Rank	Team	Unusualness
1	BYU Cougars	0.00
2	Miami Hurricanes	0.00
3	Ohio State Buckeyes	0.00
4	Notre Dame Fighting Irish	0.09
5	UCLA Bruins	0.00
6	Texas Tech Red Raiders	0.00
7	Indiana Hoosiers	0.00
8	Georgia Bulldogs	0.00
9	Tennessee Volunteers	0.00
10	Utah Utes	0.00
11	Wake Forest Demon Deacons	0.66
12	Houston Cougars	0.00
13	Ole Miss Rebels	-0.04
14	Iowa Hawkeyes	0.00
15	Alabama Crimson Tide	0.00
16	Kentucky Wildcats	0.00
17	Boise State Broncos	0.38
18	Arizona Wildcats	0.20
19	Northwestern Wildcats	0.00
20	James Madison Dukes	0.00
21	North Dakota State Bison	3.79
22	Louisville Cardinals	3.21
23	SMU Mustangs	0.00
24	Western Michigan Broncos	1.23
25	Clemson Tigers	0.21

Omissions:

Team	Unusualness
USC Trojans	1.46
LSU Tigers	0.57
Texas Longhorns	0.42
Florida Gators	0.42

Total Score: 12.68