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ninjatown23 Ballot for 2026 Week 11

Ballot Type: Human

Submitted: Nov. 8, 2026, 6:55 p.m.

Overall Rationale: Viewer judgment, prior poll position

Rank Team Reason
1 Utah Utes Utah moves up to #1 with a win in the Holy War rivalry game. They are the top ranked undefeated team remaining. Due to their win over common opponent BYU, they hurdle Notre Dame for the top spot.
2 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Notre Dame dethrones Miami and moves up to #2 this week.
3 Georgia Bulldogs The SEC continues to be the most perplexing conference in the nation. Georgia stomps Ole Miss and moves up 1 spot due to Miami loss.
4 UCLA Bruins One of two undefeated teams remaining, UCLA moves up to #4 with Miami loss.
5 Indiana Hoosiers Time for me to finally take some medicine. While they are a 1 loss team towards top of Big Ten, their best win is Northwestern. They have not passed the eye test in their performances, I’m adjusting their rank to round out the top 5.
6 Miami Hurricanes This was a few weeks in the making. Miami has had some close calls go their way and is finally on the receiving end of one (to clarify, it was not a catch). Miami drops just outside of my top 5.
7 Texas Tech Red Raiders Texas Tech wins a shootout and moves to #7 with BYU loss.
8 Texas Longhorns Texas moves to #8 with UK and BYU losses. They pickup a quality win over Mizzou to be the top ranked 2 loss team.
9 Tennessee Volunteers Like Texas, UT has slowly crept their way back into my top 10. The dismantling of Kentucky puts them just behind Texas at #9.
10 Wake Forest Demon Deacons Wake Forest moves up with UK and BYU losses. With a tough stretch the next three weeks (SMU, Georgia Tech, Duke), we’ll get to see how serious the Demon Deacons are this season.
11 Alabama Crimson Tide Alabama took care of business against LSU and moves up just outside the top 10.
12 BYU Cougars While it was a competitive game, other teams did enough this week to move up ahead of BYU. They drop to #12.
13 Kentucky Wildcats UK drops to #13 after getting manhandled by the Volunteers.
14 Boise State Broncos Boise State holds onto a top 15 spot, dropping one spot due to Alabama’s big win.
15 Houston Cougars Houston holds onto a top 15 spot, dropping one spot due to Alabama’s big win.
16 USC Trojans USC gets bye week boost after LSU and Ole Miss losses.
17 Arizona Wildcats Arizona survives the upset scare against TCU and moves up due to LSU, Ole Miss, and UTSA losses.
18 New Mexico Lobos How about them Lobos? At 8-1, New Mexico moves into my top 20 after losses taken by multiple teams I had ranked above them last week.
19 Liberty Flames Liberty jumps to #19 with an 8-1 record.
20 Iowa Hawkeyes Iowa jumps to #20 with a massive win over Northwestern this week.
21 SMU Mustangs SMU picks up their best win of the season to move back into the top 25.
22 Ole Miss Rebels Ole Miss remains in top 25 after thrashing from Georgia due to okay wins against Mizzou and LSU.
23 Oregon Ducks Oregon picks up a big time road win at Ohio State to move back into my top 25.
24 Duke Blue Devils Duke is 7-2 coming off two blowout wins. They jump back into the top 25 this week as very few two loss, Power 4 teams remain.
25 Ohio State Buckeyes Their win against Indiana is doing some heavy lifting to hold them here. OSU is on the brink of collapse this season, but they hold onto a top 25 spot due to all 3 losses to teams ranked in top 25.

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