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Tarmacked Ballot for 2026 Week 11

Ballot Type: Hybrid

Submitted: Nov. 8, 2026, 1:13 p.m.

Overall Rationale: Mix of eye test, Sagarin, and other metrics (+/-, etc.).

Rank Team Reason
1 Georgia Bulldogs Very obviously the best team currently. Sure, Utah is undefeated but the Ole Miss game was an absolute throttling.
2 Utah Utes BYU, undefeated, clear path forward.
3 Alabama Crimson Tide Here's where we diverge a bit. 4-2 record against top 30 in Sagarin, FPI at 3, i'm leaning towards the injuries playing a big part at Tennessee as well as giving them the Oregon/OSU 2024 treatment given how tight that game was.
4 Texas Longhorns Also 4-2, running on full throttle on a top SOS.
5 UCLA Bruins It's really just Oregon here for me, and it was a two point win with a +6 turnover differential that a walk-on almost erased. Average QB play and they're 8-1.
6 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Of the three teams following, they've been the most consistent. Miami was a huge win given their schedule doesn't have much meat remaining outside of SMU (who is a dark horse for the playoff IMO).
7 Miami Hurricanes Head to head. Top 30 record here is pretty... suspect. It's really just Wake Forest as a win and Wake has one win over a .500 ACC team. I might slide them further.
8 Indiana Hoosiers They've struggled more than Miami and lack the same resume item. Both have a close loss to a high ranked team (it's OSU with Sayin, lets be honest it's not the current OSU).
9 Tennessee Volunteers "Why aren't they ahead of Alabama" - Resume isn't equal. Tennessee plays A&M and LSU, both top 30 teams Alabama has played already. I think we'll see a flip due to pod structuring either next week or the week after. Right now it's 2-2 top 30 versus 4-2 for Alabama.
10 Kentucky Wildcats I mean, they've been consistent. LSU also had a very strong offensive showing so I won't ding that OT win much more than I have.
11 BYU Cougars *Loud sobbing into chocolate milk noises*

Bear looked horrendous and they had multiple chances to seize this game but couldn't.
12 Oregon Ducks Big win over OSU, not sure what's going on with this team but to be honest I feel more confident on them than others.
13 USC Trojans Head to head dings them here and OSU doesn't help the common opponent case.
14 Ohio State Buckeyes Man I just don't know what is going on with this team.
15 Ole Miss Rebels Head to head here, but I don't feel they're operating as well as LSU. If LSU wins against Texas then that will vault them over.
16 LSU Tigers Offense showed, defense ehh. It was a very tight game and I think they're fairly ranked here.
17 Texas Tech Red Raiders What in the world did I watch Saturday night. This is a playoff team? Yeah, no.
18 Houston Cougars I would have them higher up but the Tech loss is really aggravating and just drags them down as Tech looks sloppier every week.
19 Wake Forest Demon Deacons As said above, what wins do they have? I just don't know what i'm supposed to do with the resume here.
20 Missouri Tigers Tight loss to Texas, shame.
21 SMU Mustangs I think they can move up significantly if they can beat ND here. The team still has that shaky missouri state and early slate, but I can forgive them if they keep moving past it.
22 Arizona Wildcats Tough tough tough escape from TCU
23 South Carolina Gamecocks They're alive! If Lanorris can't play, this is trouble moving forward.
24 Iowa Hawkeyes Rest in peace nerds, the corn has taken over the library
25 Boise State Broncos With Oregon's ceiling showing, I think i'll lean on them as my G5 leader.

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