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ManiacalBlazer Ballot for 2026 Week 10

Ballot Type: Computer

Submitted: Nov. 1, 2026, 2:08 a.m.

Overall Rationale: See Week 7 for a rundown on this poll.

Dropped: #18 Northwestern, #21 Nebraska, #24 Oklahoma State, #25 Florida
First ten out: Northwestern, Boise State, North Dakota State, Nebraska, Duke, Florida, Pittsburgh, South Carolina, Memphis, Baylor

Conference Rankings (average team rating)
1. SEC 70.994 (8 schools ranked)
2. Big Ten 68.056 (6 schools ranked)
3. Big XII 67.326 (5 schools ranked)
4. ACC 61.976 (2 schools ranked)
5. Pac-12 52.351 (0 schools ranked)
6. American 51.989 (0 schools ranked)
7. SBC 50.284 (1 school ranked)
8. MWC 48.658 (1 school ranked)
9. CUSA 45.305 (1 school ranked)
10. MAC 41.368 (0 schools ranked)
(Independents ranked 1 school)

Points Added Per Game [PAPG] (against average opponent):
1. Miami +19.3
2. Alabama +14.1
3. North Texas +14.0
4. Notre Dame +12.5
5. LSU +12.4

Points Erased Per Game [PEPG] (from average opponent):
1. Indiana -14.6
2. Texas -13.4
3. TCU -12.8
4. UCLA -11.7
5. North Dakota State -11.5

Shootout Specialists (points added to both teams per game):
1. Colorado State +22.2 (#28 PAPG, #138 PEPG)
2. North Texas +18.1
3. FAU +16.3
4. West Virginia +13.2
5. Oklahoma State +12.1

Punt Fest Professionals (points erased from both teams per game):
1. Utah State -17.5 (#137 PAPG, #38 PEPG)
2. TCU -16.8
3. FIU -12.5
4. Wyoming -11.5
5. Michigan -10.6

I decided to change the names of the last two categories above since the Sickos Committee tends to celebrate any kind of football futility, and both of these qualify in their own way.

Game that went under the radar: Utah State 31, Colorado State 14 - My top-rated Punt Fest Professional (see above) beat out my top-rated Shootout Specialist, and even held a 31-6 lead at one point. Colorado State is so much of a sieve that not even Utah State could avoid scoring on them. This had the "unfortunate" effect of bumping Utah State one spot out of last place in the FBS for my PAPG rating. Meanwhile the Rams couldn't handle the Aggies' point erasing powers, so in this experiment of which is better for football success, Punt Fest-style football notched itself another victory.

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