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galacticdude7 Ballot for 2026 Week 9

Ballot Type: Human

Submitted: Oct. 25, 2026, 9:14 p.m.

Overall Rationale: based on current results plus my predictions for the remainder of the season

The website fucked up this morning and logged me out while I was filling out my reasons section and thus nothing saved. I am writing them again, but will lose the "Submitted Before AP poll" status that I normally have. Not that you have any reason to believe me or even care about it, I did not adjust my rankings in response to the AP poll.

Rank Team Reason
1 Ohio State Buckeyes Predicted Record: 11-1

Losses: @Texas (23-24)

Comment: I have no idea who the best team in the country is right now, I'm not particularly confident in Ohio State with Sayin out indefinitely, but I still like them to win out
2 Georgia Bulldogs Predicted Record: 11-1

Losses: Auburn (24-27)

Comment: They fall behind Ohio State by virtue of their loss looking worse than Ohio State's
3 Indiana Hoosiers Predicted Record: 11-1

Losses: Ohio State (15-19)

Comment: A hallmark of a great team is the ability to win even when you aren't playing your best, and the Hoosiers showed that Saturday. Still, they should probably Jason Beck a fruit basket as thanks for being a colossal idiot
4 UCLA Bruins Predicted Record: 12-0

Comment: My undefeated prediction for the Bruins has more to do with their remaining schedule than with the quality of their team. Nico Iamaleava is out, but who's going to beat them? Bipolar Minnesota? A subpar Illinois? A Michigan team incapable of running an offense? A lackluster USC?
5 BYU Cougars Predicted Record: 11-1

Losses: @UCF (31-39)

Comment: Their fall due to a bad loss is cushioned by their head to head win against Notre Dame
6 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Predicted Record: 11-1

Losses: @BYU (24-28)
7 Miami Hurricanes Predicted Record: 11-1

Losses: @Notre Dame

Comment: This is a big deviation from the consensus that Miami is #1, but this is the reason I do the predictive stuff for my ballot, because if I truly believe that Miami is going to lose to Notre Dame, then it makes absolutely no sense to rank Miami #1
8 Utah Utes Predicted Record: 11-1

Losses: BYU
9 Tennessee Volunteers Predicted Record: 10-2

Losses: Texas (17-20), @South Carolina (24-27)

Comment: Their fall for the South Carolina loss gets cushioned by their head to head win against Alabama
10 Alabama Crimson Tide Predicted Record: 10-2

Losses: Georgia (17-20), @Tennessee (10-26)
11 Kentucky Wildcats Predicted Record: 10-2

Losses: Alabama (17-45), @Tennessee
12 Texas Tech Red Raiders Predicted Record: 11-1

Losses: @Cincinnati (24-37)

Comment: While I had been predicting that Texas Tech would go undefeated prior to this week, that was more because I doubted anyone could beat them than because I thought highly of the Red Raiders, and that upset loss finally hit.
13 Texas Longhorns Predicted Record: 9-3

Losses: Oklahoma (24-27), Florida (24-27), @LSU

Comment: Texas is a tough one to rank, because they have bad losses and I have serious doubts about them, but at the same time they got W's against Ohio State, Tennessee, and Ole Miss
14 Ole Miss Rebels Predicted Record: 9-3

Losses: @Florida (28-52), @Texas (27-34), Georgia
15 Northwestern Wildcats Predicted Record: 10-2

Losses: @Indiana (23-29), @Ohio State
16 Houston Cougars Predicted Record: 10-2

Losses: @Texas Tech (26-28), @Utah (13-21)
17 Wisconsin Badgers Predicted Record: 9-3

Losses: Notre Dame (13-41), @UCLA (7-17), @Iowa

Comment: Win over USC really helps them shoot up
18 LSU Tigers Predicted Record: 8-4

Losses: @Ole Miss (24-32), @Kentucky (34-35), Alabama, @Tennessee
19 SMU Mustangs Predicted Record: 10-2

Losses: @Louisville (31-41), @Notre Dame
20 Florida Gators Predicted Record: 8-4

Losses: @Missouri (17-45), South Carolina (19-38), Georgia, @Kentucky

Comment: The wins against Texas and Ole Miss are doing a lot of heavy lifting here
21 Arizona Wildcats Predicted Record: 9-3

Losses: @BYU (17-28), @Texas Tech, Utah
22 Oklahoma State Cowboys Predicted Record: 9-3

Losses: @Tulsa (10-24), @Houston (32-35), Texas Tech
23 Iowa Hawkeyes Predicted Record: 9-3

Losses: Ohio State (14-31), @Minnesota (10-13)

Comment: Losing to Minnesota was a tough blow, but I'm still otherwise fairly high on Iowa
24 Boise State Broncos Predicted Record: 11-1

Losses: @Oregon (27-34)

Comment: That Oregon loss is looking less forgivable now, but I like them better than the rest of the G6 still, though UTSA and New Mexico are on their heels
25 Wake Forest Demon Deacons Predicted Record: 10-2

Losses: Miami (20-33), @SMU

Comment: I'm late to the part on this one, but I'm still not all that confident in Wake Forest, they haven't really impressed me in a conference I'm not impressed with either.

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