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galacticdude7 Ballot for 2026 Week 10

Ballot Type: Human

Submitted: Nov. 1, 2026, 8:23 a.m.

Overall Rationale: based on current results plus my predictions for the remainder of the season

Rank Team Reason
1 Georgia Bulldogs Predicted Record: 11-1

Losses: Auburn (24-27)

Comment: Strong performance against Florida helps them secure the top spot this week
2 Indiana Hoosiers Predicted Record: 11-1

Losses: Ohio State (15-19)

Comment: While Back to Back Overtime wins against teams they should have beaten handily in regulation does raise an eyebrow for me, a win is still a win
3 UCLA Bruins Predicted Record: 12-0
4 BYU Cougars Predicted Record: 11-1

Losses: @UCF (31-39)

Comment: Honestly this whole grouping between BYU, Notre Dame, Miami, and Utah is incredibly close and only being separated right now by BYU's win over Notre Dame and me thinking that BYU will beat Utah and that Notre Dame will beat Miami. This could be a huge shake up next week if I'm wrong about either result
5 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Predicted Record: 11-1

Losses: @BYU (24-28)
6 Miami Hurricanes Predicted Record: 11-1

Losses: @Notre Dame

Comment: Being challenged this hard by North Carolina doesn't exactly fill me with confidence, but I'm willing to write it off as looking ahead to the Notre Dame game
7 Utah Utes Predicted Record: 11-1

Losses: BYU
8 Tennessee Volunteers Predicted Record: 10-2

Losses: Texas (17-20), @South Carolina (24-27)
9 Alabama Crimson Tide Predicted Record: 10-2

Losses: Georgia (17-20), @Tennessee (10-26)
10 Kentucky Wildcats Predicted Record: 10-2

Losses: Alabama (17-45), @Tennessee
11 Texas Tech Red Raiders Predicted Record: 11-1

Losses: @Cincinnati (24-37)
12 Texas Longhorns Predicted Record: 9-3

Losses: Oklahoma (24-27), Florida (24-27), @LSU
13 Ohio State Buckeyes Predicted Record: 10-2

Losses: @Texas (23-24), @USC (18-30)

Comment: I'm not all that high on USC right now, so this loss really lowers my perception of Ohio State. Not enough to predict that they'll lose any further games this regular season though, but enough to drop them around the same level of Texas, which due to head to head results required me to rank them below Texas.
14 Ole Miss Rebels Predicted Record: 9-3

Losses: @Florida (28-52), @Texas (27-34), Georgia
15 Wake Forest Demon Deacons Predicted Record: 11-1

Losses: Miami (20-33)

Comment: Back to back blowout wins and SMU falling off catapults them as my #2 ACC team, and as a result they shoot up my rankings.
16 Iowa Hawkeyes Predicted Record: 10-2

Losses: Ohio State (14-31), @Minnesota (10-13)

Comment: Holy shit, what a dominant shut out win against Wisconsin. This is a case where even though I predicted Iowa to win, my perception of them shot way up because they won in a much more dominant fashion than I initially thought.
17 Houston Cougars Predicted Record: 10-2

Losses: @Texas Tech (26-28), @Utah (13-21)
18 LSU Tigers Predicted Record: 8-4

Losses: @Ole Miss (24-32), @Kentucky (34-35), Alabama, @Tennessee
19 Florida Gators Predicted Record: 8-4

Losses: @Missouri (17-45), South Carolina (19-38), Georgia (8-27), @Kentucky

Comment: That loss to Georgia's got to sting, but it doesn't really hurt my perception of Florida at all. The wins against Ole Miss and Texas are still huge in keeping them up in my rankings
20 Arizona Wildcats Predicted Record: 9-3

Losses: @BYU (17-28), @Texas Tech (26-34), Utah

Comment: They lost a game I thought they were going to lose and it was a 1 score game, my perception hasn't changed on them
21 Wisconsin Badgers Predicted Record: 9-3

Losses: Notre Dame (13-41), @UCLA (7-17), @Iowa (0-30)

Comment: I though they were going to lose to Iowa but not that badly. Certainly hurts my perception of them and the only thing keeping them in my rankings right now is a lack of compelling teams to rank ahead of them
22 South Carolina Gamecocks Predicted Record: 8-4

Losses: Mississippi State (34-41), @Alabama (18-49), Kentucky (34-35), Georgia

Comment: The win over Oklahoma doesn't actually move the needle much for me, but losses by teams that were ahead of them like SMU, Oklahoma State, and Northwestern helped catapult them back into my rankings.
23 Oregon Ducks Predicted Record: 8-4

Losses: @Oklahoma State (31-39), UCLA (15-17), @Illinois (10-21), @Ohio State

Comment: The win against Northwestern moved them up in my mind, but I'm really not quite sure what to make of this team right now, the USC and Boise State wins are big for them, but that Illinois loss is bad and that loss to Oklahoma State looks worse given the Cowboys loss to Iowa State this weekend.
24 USC Trojans Predicted Record: 8-4

Losses: Oregon (27-41), @Wisconsin (7-24), @Indiana, @UCLA

Comment: Big win over Ohio State shoots them back into my rankings, but I'm still somewhat skeptical of this team, that Wisconsin loss is looking a lot less forgivable this week, and being on par with Oregon means they are limited in their rise due to the head to head loss against them.
25 Boise State Broncos Predicted Record: 11-1

Losses: @Oregon (27-34)

Comment: Still my top G6 team after that scare against Texas State. For them, that was a survive and advance type of game. Keep an eye out of UTSA or New Mexico here if they ever do drop a game.

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