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MemeofMemeJTG999999 Ballot for 2026 Week 10

Ballot Type: Human

Submitted: Nov. 1, 2026, 9:35 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 (8-0) (no change)
W: 38-35 @ North Carolina (4-4)
Next Week: @ #7 Notre Dame (7-1)
Projected Bowl: Peach Bowl vs Texas Tech/Alabama
2 Utah Utes (8-0) (up 1)
W: 49-25 @ #27 Cincinnati (5-3)
Next Week: vs #6 BYU (7-1) (JTGOTW)
Projected Bowl: Fiesta Bowl vs Notre Dame/Indiana
3 Georgia Bulldogs (7-1) (up 2)
W: 27-8 vs #14 Florida (5-3) (in Atlanta) (JTGOTW)
Next Week: @ #14 Ole Miss (6-2)
Projected Bowl: Cotton Bowl vs BYU/Texas
4 UCLA Bruins (8-0) (no change)
W: 27-0 vs Nevada (3-5)
Next Week: @ Minnesota (5-3)
Projected Bowl: Rose Bowl vs Kentucky/Boise State
5 Kentucky Wildcats (7-1) (up 3)
Bye
Next Week: @ #16 Tennessee (6-2)
Projected Bowl: Playoff R1 vs Boise State
6 BYU Cougars (7-1) (up 1)
W: 27-20 vs Arizona State (4-4)
Next Week: @ #2 Utah (8-0)
Projected Bowl: Playoff R1 vs Texas
7 Notre Dame Fighting Irish (7-1) (down 1)
W: 35-13 vs Navy (2-6) (in Foxborough)
Next Week: vs #1 Miami (8-0)
Projected Bowl: Playoff R1 vs Indiana
8 Texas Tech Red Raiders (7-1) (up 2)
W: 34-26 vs #21 Arizona (6-2)
Next Week: vs West Virginia (5-3)
Projected Bowl: Playoff R1 vs Alabama
9 Alabama Crimson Tide (6-2) (up 2)
Bye
Next Week: @ #15 LSU (6-2)
Projected Bowl: Playoff R1 @ Texas Tech
10 Indiana Hoosiers (8-1) (down 1)
W: 23-16 vs Minnesota (5-3)
Next Week: Bye
Projected Bowl: Playoff R1 @ Notre Dame
11 Texas Longhorns (6-2) (up 1)
W: 31-3 vs Mississippi State (4-4)
Next Week: @ #20 Missouri (6-2)
Projected Bowl: Playoff R1 @ BYU
12 Wake Forest Demon Deacons (7-1) (up 1)
W: 51-7 vs Virginia (4-5)
Next Week: vs Merrimack (4-5)
Projected Bowl: Gator Bowl vs Tennessee
13 Ohio State Buckeyes (6-2) (down 11)
L: 18-30 @ #28 USC (7-2)
Next Week: vs #28 Oregon (5-3)
Projected Bowl: ReliaQuest Bowl vs LSU
14 Ole Miss Rebels (6-2) (up 1)
W: 45-15 vs Auburn (4-4)
Next Week: vs #3 Georgia (7-1)
Projected Bowl: Citrus Bowl vs Iowa
15 LSU Tigers (6-2) (up 1)
Bye
Next Week: vs #9 Alabama (6-2)
Projected Bowl: ReliaQuest Bowl vs Ohio State
16 Tennessee Volunteers (6-2) (up 1)
Bye
Next Week: vs #5 Kentucky (7-1)
Projected Bowl: Gator Bowl vs Wake Forest
17 USC Trojans (7-2) (up 11)
W: 30-18 vs #2 Ohio State (6-2)
Next Week: Bye
Projected Bowl: Holiday Bowl vs Virginia Tech
18 Iowa Hawkeyes (6-2) (up 6)
W: 30-0 vs #23 Wisconsin (5-3)
Next Week: @ #27 Northwestern (6-2)
Projected Bowl: Citrus Bowl vs Ole Miss
19 Houston Cougars (6-2) (up 1)
Bye
Next Week: vs Cincinnati (5-3)
Projected Bowl: Alamo Bowl vs Arizona
20 Missouri Tigers (6-2) (up 6)
W: 34-10 @ Arkansas (3-5)
Next Week: vs #11 Texas (6-2)
Projected Bowl: Texas Bowl vs Baylor
21 Boise State Broncos (7-1) (up 1)
W: 46-45 vs Texas State (4-4)
Next Week: @ Colorado State (3-5)
Projected Bowl: Playoff R1 @ Kentucky
22 South Carolina Gamecocks (5-3) (was unranked)
W: 42-25 @ Oklahoma (4-4)
Next Week: vs Texas A&M (4-4)
Projected Bowl: Music City Bowl vs Northwestern
23 New Mexico Lobos (7-1) (up 6)
W: 21-16 @ San José State (4-5)
Next Week: @ Nevada (3-5)
Projected Bowl: Armed Forces Bowl vs Texas A&M
24 Arizona Wildcats (6-2) (down 3)
L: 26-34 @ #10 Texas Tech (7-1)
Next Week: vs TCU (4-4)
Projected Bowl: Alamo Bowl vs Houston
25 UTSA Roadrunners (7-1) (up 5)
Bye
Next Week: @ Florida Atlantic (5-3)
Projected Bowl: Fenway Bowl vs Pittsburgh

Next 5:
#26: Florida (5-3) (down 12)
#27: Northwestern (6-2) (down 8)
#28: Oregon (5-3) (was unranked)
#29: Duke (6-2) (was unranked)
#30: SMU (6-2) (down 12)

Fell out of T30: Wisconsin (5-3) (was #23); Oklahoma State (5-3) (was #25); Cincinnati (5-3) (was #27)

Biggest Riser: USC (7-2) (#28 -> #17)
Biggest Fallers: Florida (5-3) (#14 -> #26), SMU (6-2) (#18 -> #30)

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