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Zloggt Ballot for 2026 Week 9

Ballot Type: Human

Submitted: Oct. 27, 2026, 10:21 a.m.

Overall Rationale: Every five teams make up one tier, for a total of five tiers overall. Last ballot of the month, so let's make it count (even if it was a bit tricky here hahaha)!

Rank Team Reason
1 Miami Hurricanes Ok, fine...Miami (kinda sorta maybe) deserves #1 after last week...
2 Ohio State Buckeyes ...but then again, the Top Five (or Ten!) are a bit interchangeable at this point lol
3 Indiana Hoosiers Am I being too forgiving here? Maybe I am, but at least there are reasons why I could take this route...
4 Notre Dame Fighting Irish BYU loss does look a bit worse now, alas...
5 Georgia Bulldogs I know I shouldn't put TOO much on a single loss, but dang...losing at home to Auburn, especially after what the War Eagling Tigers did AFTER that...no bueno...
6 BYU Cougars Cougars...I truly believed you had the better overall resume than the Hurricanes (even with my reservations about a H2H), enough for me to pick you over them...why you do this to me? :'(
7 Utah Utes This year! This could be the year! The Year of the Ute! Cope and sneed about it, Pat McAfee!
8 UCLA Bruins A good chance that the Bruins could be a lock for the CFP...woof...
9 Kentucky Wildcats Ditto for Kentucky...
10 Alabama Crimson Tide Seems a bit stupid to have Bama below Kentucky this close (especially as someone who values H2H when applicable, as in here)...but hey, there are other things to consider as well...
11 Ole Miss Rebels
12 Texas Tech Red Raiders Probably should be down more (especially with how bad they looked), but alas, I am forgiving (and also bound to inertia)...
13 Wake Forest Demon Deacons Here come the Deacs!
14 Texas Longhorns I think Texas DID earn their right to be a Top 15 team again...but unlike the AP/Coaches Polls, I think they just BARELY make it in...
15 Boise State Broncos I like the smurf turf ponies (like I did back in 2024), I can't help it!
16 Tennessee Volunteers The Alabama win does a lot to keep the Vols from sliding further...
17 LSU Tigers Neither of their two ranked wins (TAMU + Miss State) are aging well, which combined with the losses, means they shouldn't be in the Top 15 as of now...unless if they win again, sigh...
18 Houston Cougars The losses are...not great, but at least they aren't too bad either...
19 Northwestern Wildcats Hmph...I guess 6-1 (and almost beating Indiana) should deserve more credit from me...
20 Missouri Tigers Heh...maybe not as good of a resume as Florida, but H2H still matters (and also a bit of bias hahaha)...
21 Florida Gators Maybe something fun will happen versus Georgia on the Halloween Cocktail Party (that should still be in Jacksonville)?
22 SMU Mustangs Is there any other team like SMU that is just...THERE? Like, all season long, they've been hovering around the #18-23 range...just chugging along without any stress on them...
23 Arizona Wildcats I've been keeping Arizona out of the ballot for FAR too long...that's on me, I was unenlightened...
24 Wisconsin Badgers The Badgers quickly entered and left the Top 25 like Grandpa Abe in that one meme...only for them to re-reverse and come back inside a second time!
25 New Mexico Lobos Yo Mr. White, the Lobos are doing pretty dang good!

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