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bladefencer Ballot for 2026 Week 9

Ballot Type: Computer

Submitted: Oct. 25, 2026, 1:37 p.m.

Overall Rationale: Using only results from this year, I compute 1) a power rating, 2) an offensive rating, 3) a defensive rating and 4) a rating from the difference of the offensive and defensive ratings. I use the power rating to compute 5) a strength of record (SOR)/resume rating and 6) a rating that gives very small merits and demerits for particular results (e.g merits for postseason wins or beating a top 15 power rating team; demerits for getting blown out by a team with a similar power rating).

I normalize the six ratings and combine them in a weighted average to determine the final rating which increasingly values the SOR component the further into the season. The weights for the other ratings are static during the season. The result is not normalized, so the best possible final rating is 1.000 if a team is #1 in all six ratings.

Dropped: Oregon (18 -> 28), James Madison (22 -> 35), USC (23 -> 27), Iowa (24 -> 36), Mississippi State (25 -> 33)

Next 10: SMU (0.795), USC (0.791), Oregon (0.790), New Mexico (0.783), South Carolina (0.780), Oklahoma State (0.779), Oklahoma (0.776), Mississippi State (0.774), Auburn (0.773), James Madison (0.769)

Ranking violation % (% of played games with winner ranked below loser): 18.47%
Top 25 ranking violation %: 12.77%

Rank Team Reason
1 Miami Hurricanes 0.958, +2, Pow: 5, Off: 1, Def: 27, SOR: 3
2 UCLA Bruins 0.956, +0, Pow: 8, Off: 22, Def: 9, SOR: 1
3 Kentucky Wildcats 0.940, +2, Pow: 16, Off: 15, Def: 25, SOR: 2
4 Ohio State Buckeyes 0.938, +2, Pow: 4, Off: 7, Def: 7, SOR: 6
5 Notre Dame Fighting Irish 0.935, +2, Pow: 1, Off: 5, Def: 5, SOR: 8
6 Indiana Hoosiers 0.933, +2, Pow: 7, Off: 36, Def: 1, SOR: 4
7 Utah Utes 0.922, +4, Pow: 13, Off: 13, Def: 20, SOR: 5
8 Alabama Crimson Tide 0.913, +2, Pow: 2, Off: 4, Def: 8, SOR: 9
9 BYU Cougars 0.903, -8, Pow: 18, Off: 33, Def: 17, SOR: 7
10 Texas Longhorns 0.902, +5, Pow: 6, Off: 16, Def: 2, SOR: 10
11 Georgia Bulldogs 0.890, +2, Pow: 9, Off: 2, Def: 28, SOR: 12
12 LSU Tigers 0.885, +5, Pow: 3, Off: 3, Def: 10, SOR: 21
13 Ole Miss Rebels 0.876, -1, Pow: 12, Off: 9, Def: 26, SOR: 11
14 Wake Forest Demon Deacons 0.866, +6, Pow: 21, Off: 35, Def: 13, SOR: 13
15 Northwestern Wildcats 0.866, +1, Pow: 11, Off: 21, Def: 24, SOR: 15
16 Florida Gators 0.857, +3, Pow: 23, Off: 6, Def: 51, SOR: 18
17 Tennessee Volunteers 0.855, -8, Pow: 17, Off: 25, Def: 15, SOR: 23
18 Arizona Wildcats 0.849, +8, Pow: 14, Off: 38, Def: 19, SOR: 20
19 Boise State Broncos 0.846, +2, Pow: 15, Off: 28, Def: 49, SOR: 17
20 Texas Tech Red Raiders 0.846, -16, Pow: 19, Off: 27, Def: 36, SOR: 14
21 Houston Cougars 0.845, -7, Pow: 20, Off: 23, Def: 23, SOR: 19
22 Wisconsin Badgers 0.834, +8, Pow: 22, Off: 55, Def: 6, SOR: 22
23 UTSA Roadrunners 0.808, +8, Pow: 49, Off: 49, Def: 82, SOR: 16
24 Nebraska Cornhuskers 0.807, +3, Pow: 10, Off: 19, Def: 21, SOR: 34
25 Missouri Tigers 0.799, +4, Pow: 25, Off: 48, Def: 16, SOR: 27

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