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tbraptors Ballot for 2026 Week 9

Ballot Type: Human

Submitted: Oct. 25, 2026, 9:08 a.m.

Overall Rationale: General priority is: 1. Overall Resume 2. head to head 3. performance

Rank Team Reason
1 Miami Hurricanes There's really nothing to separate teams 1-4, and their resumes all could justify being #1. I'll be boring then and give Miami the top spot, with their 1 top 25 win and good performance throughout the season (w the exception of their game against FSU)
2 Ohio State Buckeyes
3 UCLA Bruins
4 Utah Utes
5 BYU Cougars BYU proves the rule that teams usually follow their best performance with their worst. Their win over ND still keeps them top 5, as weel as their win against Arizona
6 Notre Dame Fighting Irish ND's resume is not great, and are lucky the teams below them are not the best
7 Texas Longhorns Last week I was surprised to only drop Texas to 8, and they stay in the same area after beating Ole Miss. They have two bad close losses, but no other team has better wins (against Texas, Tennessee, and Ole Miss)
8 Georgia Bulldogs
9 Indiana Hoosiers
10 Alabama Crimson Tide Alabama breaks the H2H with Tennessee with their win over Kentucky and by beating the team that beat Tennessee
11 Kentucky Wildcats Kentucky has one good win, against LSU, but they keep winning, so unclear how good they are
12 Tennessee Volunteers Tennessee are bolstered by their win against Alabama, but not much margin for error after a bad loss
13 Ole Miss Rebels
14 Arizona Wildcats Arizona have a much better resume than their AP poll ranking would show. Their sole loss is to BYU and they have a top 25 win against Cincinnati, after the Bearcats beat Texas Tech.
15 LSU Tigers LSU are lacking a signature win, with solid wins against Miss St, Auburn, and A&M, and won't climb much higher without one
16 Texas Tech Red Raiders Texas Tech are held up by their win against Houston, but drop 12 spots after a miserable performance vs Cincinnati
17 Missouri Tigers Mizzou have just 1 top 25 win after Miss St dropped out, so they need to be better than their recent blowout loss to Ole Miss
18 Florida Gators
19 Houston Cougars Houston has two losses to two top Big 12 teams (Texas Tech, Utah), and 2 solid wins (Oklahoma St and Oregon St)
20 Northwestern Wildcats Northwestern have only lost to Indiana, but don't have many good wins
21 Wake Forest Demon Deacons Same story as Northwestern, only one loss to a top 10 team, with a lacking resume outside of that
22 Wisconsin Badgers Wisconsin are back in the top 25 after beating USC. They have two top 6 losses, and now a solid win
23 Cincinnati Bearcats Cincinnati are in the top 25 after securing a top 25 win against Texas Tech, though they are held back by a heavy loss to Arizona and a shootout loss to West Virginia
24 Oklahoma State Cowboys
25 Boise State Broncos Boise State and SMU have very similar resumes, but I'll opt for Boise St, with a better loss than the Mustangs, and a solid win against Memphis

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