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MemeofMemeJTG999999 Ballot for 2026 Week 9

Ballot Type: Human

Submitted: Oct. 25, 2026, 9:03 p.m.

Overall Rationale: I use a methodology similar to that used by the voter polls that bases teams based primarily on wins/losses, but with other factors such as how those teams looked in their wins and losses, head to head, roster depth, etc, in play.

Rank Team Reason
1 Miami Hurricanes (7-0) (up 2)
W: 52-23 vs Pittsburgh (5-3)
Next Week: @ North Carolina (4-3)
Projected Bowl: Peach Bowl vs Kentucky/Indiana
2 Ohio State Buckeyes (6-1) (no change)
Bye
Next Week: @ #28 USC (6-2)
Projected Bowl: Rose Bowl vs BYU/Texas Tech
3 Utah Utes (7-0) (up 5)
W: 21-13 vs #13 Houston (6-2)
Next Week: @ #27 Cincinnati (5-2)
Projected Bowl: Fiesta Bowl vs Notre Dame/Alabama
4 UCLA Bruins (7-0) (up 2)
W: 28-10 vs Michigan State (2-6)
Next Week: vs Nevada (3-4)
Projected Bowl: Cotton Bowl vs Georgia/Boise State
5 Georgia Bulldogs (6-1) (up 5)
Bye
Next Week: vs #14 Florida (5-2) (in Atlanta) (JTGOTW)
Projected Bowl: Playoff R1 vs Boise State
6 Notre Dame Fighting Irish (6-1) (up 1)
Bye
Next Week: vs Navy (2-5) (in Foxborough)
Projected Bowl: Playoff R1 vs Alabama
7 BYU Cougars (6-1) (down 6)
L: 31-39 @ UCF (4-3)
Next Week: vs Arizona State (4-3)
Projected Bowl: Playoff R1 vs Texas Tech
8 Kentucky Wildcats (7-1) (up 4)
W: 34-17 vs Vanderbilt (3-5)
Next Week: Bye
Projected Bowl: Playoff R1 vs Indiana
9 Indiana Hoosiers (7-1) (up 2)
W: 13-6 @ Michigan (4-3)
Next Week: vs Minnesota (5-2)
Projected Bowl: Playoff R1 @ Kentucky
10 Texas Tech Red Raiders (6-1) (down 6)
L: 24-37 @ Cincinnati (5-2)
Next Week: vs #21 Arizona (6-1)
Projected Bowl: Playoff R1 @ BYU
11 Alabama Crimson Tide (6-2) (up 4)
W: 31-20 vs Texas A&M (4-4)
Next Week: Bye
Projected Bowl: Playoff R1 @ Notre Dame
12 Texas Longhorns (5-2) (up 9)
W: 34-27 vs #5 Ole Miss (5-2)
Next Week: vs Mississippi State (4-3)
Projected Bowl: ReliaQuest Bowl vs Wisconsin
13 Wake Forest Demon Deacons (6-1) (up 4)
Bye
Next Week: vs Virginia (4-4)
Projected Bowl: Gator Bowl vs Tennessee
14 Florida Gators (5-2) (up 6)
Bye
Next Week: vs #5 Georgia (6-1) (in Atlanta) (JTGOTW)
Projected Bowl: Citrus Bowl vs Northwestern
15 Ole Miss Rebels (5-2) (down 10)
L: 27-34 @ #21 Texas (5-2)
Next Week: vs Auburn (4-3)
Projected Bowl: Texas Bowl vs Cincinnati
16 LSU Tigers (6-2) (up 2)
W: 38-17 @ #24 Auburn (4-3) (JTGOTW)
Next Week: Bye
Projected Bowl: Music City Bowl vs Iowa
17 Tennessee Volunteers (6-2) (down 8)
L: 24-27 @ South Carolina (4-3)
Next Week: Bye
Projected Bowl: Gator Bowl vs Wake Forest
18 SMU Mustangs (6-1) (up 7)
W: 59-20 vs California (3-5)
Next Week: vs Syracuse (3-4)
Projected Bowl: Pop-Tarts Bowl vs Oklahoma State
19 Northwestern Wildcats (6-1) (up 7)
W: 42-14 vs Rutgers (2-5)
Next Week: @ Oregon (4-3)
Projected Bowl: Citrus Bowl vs Florida
20 Houston Cougars (6-2) (down 7)
L: 13-21 @ #8 Utah (7-0)
Next Week: Bye
Projected Bowl: Alamo Bowl vs Arizona
21 Arizona Wildcats (6-1) (up 8)
W: 39-3 vs Iowa State (3-4)
Next Week: @ #10 Texas Tech (6-1)
Projected Bowl: Alamo Bowl vs Texas Tech
22 Boise State Broncos (6-1) (down 3)
W: 31-10 @ Washington State (1-7)
Next Week: vs Texas State (4-3)
Projected Bowl: Playoff R1 @ Georgia
23 Wisconsin Badgers (5-2) (was unranked)
W: 24-7 vs #16 USC (6-2)
Next Week: @ #24 Iowa (5-2)
Projected Bowl: ReliaQuest Bowl vs Texas
24 Iowa Hawkeyes (5-2) (down 10)
L: 10-13 @ Minnesota (5-2)
Next Week: vs #23 Wisconsin (5-2)
Projected Bowl: Music City Bowl vs LSU
25 Oklahoma State Cowboys (5-2) (up 2)
W: 57-24 vs Colorado (2-5)
Next Week: @ Iowa State (3-4)
Projected Bowl: Pop-Tarts Bowl vs SMU

Next 5:
#26: Missouri (5-2) (up 2)
#27: Cincinnati (5-2) (was unranked)
#28: USC (6-2) (down 12)
#29: New Mexico (6-1) (was unranked)
#30: UTSA (7-1) (was unranked)

Fell out of T30: Oregon (4-3) (was #22); James Madison (7-1) (was #23); Auburn (4-3) (was #24), Mississippi State (4-3) (was #30)

Biggest Riser: Texas (5-2) (#21 -> #12)
Biggest Faller: USC (6-2) (#16 -> #28)

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