Ballot Type: Computer

Submitted: Nov. 8, 2026, 12:49 p.m.

Overall Rationale: Ranking system built based on the transitive property. Teams are ranked based on the following tiebreakers:

1. Transitivity Score: [total unique teams included in transitive win chains - total unique of teams in transitive loss chains] (FBS teams only)

2. SOR [total transitive wins - total transitive losses] (only looks at one step of transitive property)

3. Score Differential: [total points scored - total points given up]

Plots: https://imgur.com/a/qwTYE4p

Data: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vQS0XIOuh_Um4mbWqRrpl4_TIw66nd50MhYcyC_gDIAMbWc7Igu66WgkxlY59FGUGH1PJcG3kVvHIVd/pubhtml?gid=787259039&single=true

Team Example (2026 week 4):
#24 Oregon has wins over [Boise State] 34-27 and Portland State (FCS teams excluded from data). Boise State has a win over [Memphis] who has wins over [UNLV] and [Arkansas State] who have wins over [Hawaii] who has a win over [New Mexico State]. Oregon has a loss to [Oklahoma State] 31-39 who has a loss to [Tulane].

1. Oregon’s Transitivity Score is 4 (6 teams - 2 teams)

2. Oregon’s SOR score is 0 (Boise has 1 win - Oklahoma State has 1 loss)

3. Oregon’s differential is -1 (7 point win and 8 point loss)

• Ballot
• Analysis

Rank	Team	Reason
1	UCLA Bruins	136 | 29 | 175
2	Utah Utes	136 | 29 | 140
3	Miami Hurricanes	4 | 29 | 162
4	Texas Longhorns	4 | 29 | 123
5	Alabama Crimson Tide	4 | 27 | 154
6	Georgia Bulldogs	4 | 25 | 184
7	Notre Dame Fighting Irish	4 | 24 | 223
8	Indiana Hoosiers	4 | 24 | 125
9	USC Trojans	4 | 24 | 74
10	Boise State Broncos	4 | 23 | 110
11	Houston Cougars	4 | 23 | 56
12	Oregon Ducks	4 | 23 | 24
13	Texas Tech Red Raiders	4 | 22 | 98
14	BYU Cougars	4 | 22 | 45
15	Kentucky Wildcats	4 | 20 | 5
16	Tennessee Volunteers	4 | 18 | 109
17	Wake Forest Demon Deacons	4 | 17 | 170
18	Ohio State Buckeyes	4 | 17 | 156
19	New Mexico Lobos	4 | 17 | 150
20	James Madison Dukes	4 | 17 | 129
21	Ole Miss Rebels	4 | 17 | 70
22	LSU Tigers	4 | 16 | 126
23	North Dakota State Bison	4 | 16 | 108
24	Wisconsin Badgers	4 | 16 | 46
25	Memphis Tigers	4 | 15 | 102

Teams Ranked:

Rank	Team	Unusualness
1	UCLA Bruins	0.17
2	Utah Utes	0.00
3	Miami Hurricanes	0.63
4	Texas Longhorns	1.00
5	Alabama Crimson Tide	0.26
6	Georgia Bulldogs	-1.56
7	Notre Dame Fighting Irish	-1.23
8	Indiana Hoosiers	0.00
9	USC Trojans	1.33
10	Boise State Broncos	0.76
11	Houston Cougars	0.65
12	Oregon Ducks	1.16
13	Texas Tech Red Raiders	-0.07
14	BYU Cougars	0.00
15	Kentucky Wildcats	0.00
16	Tennessee Volunteers	-1.29
17	Wake Forest Demon Deacons	-1.62
18	Ohio State Buckeyes	0.00
19	New Mexico Lobos	0.00
20	James Madison Dukes	4.72
21	Ole Miss Rebels	0.00
22	LSU Tigers	0.00
23	North Dakota State Bison	2.04
24	Wisconsin Badgers	0.89
25	Memphis Tigers	0.20

Omissions:

Team	Unusualness
Iowa Hawkeyes	2.33
Arizona Wildcats	1.11
South Carolina Gamecocks	0.49
SMU Mustangs	0.17

Total Score: 23.68