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placid_salad Ballot for 2026 Week 11

Ballot Type: Computer

Submitted: Nov. 10, 2026, 9:12 a.m.

Overall Rationale: Resume-based ranking recalculated weekly considering a team’s opponent, margin of victory/loss, and home/away/neutral site. Teams earn positive or negative points every game and are ranked by average ranking points per game played so far. Dropped from last week: Arizona #22 -> 27, Missouri #24 -> 42, Northwestern #25 -> 35; Biggest rise: Florida Atlantic #87 -> 59 (+28); Biggest drop: Purdue #80 -> 102 (-22)

Rank Team Reason
1 Miami Hurricanes LW: #1 Still standing tall even after a close loss against Notre Dame. Miami still has arguably the best win of the top five by beating #14 Wake Forest on the road by 13, and the only team to go 4-1 or better against top 50 teams (#44 UNC, #47 Pitt, #48 Clemson)
2 Georgia Bulldogs LW: #6 Moving up with a convincing win over Ole Miss
3 Notre Dame Fighting Irish LW: #7 Extremely close to #2 this week, could have been higher with a larger MOV against Miami or if BYU would have beat Utah
4 Utah Utes LW: #2 Their slip in my ranking has little to do with their game against BYU and more to do with how impressive Notre Dame and Georgia looked
5 UCLA Bruins LW: #5 The undefeated Bruins stay level after a 14-point win over #81 Minnesota. They fail to move up because the Gophers were the third highest ranked team they beat, after Oregon and #33 Wisconsin, and 5 of their 9 wins come against teams outside the top 100. UCLA’s next games against #52 Illinois and #74 Michigan probably won’t move the needle much even if they win, but they have opportunities agains USC and a potential Big Ten Championship game to prove they’re not paper tigers (or paper bears, I guess)
6 Alabama Crimson Tide LW: #12 Leaping up the rankings after a rout of LSU, all 7 of their wins are against top 80 teams but they’re still 0-2 against the current top 10.
7 Texas Longhorns LW: #10 Same record as Alabama, but with losses to #51 Oklahoma and #54 Florida. Also missing a double-digit win over a top 25 team.
8 Boise State Broncos LW: #9 Holding serve against #112 Colorado State, the Broncos are still 0-1 against top 25 competition without a ranked future opponent in the regular season. #32 Memphis or #38 Texas State could move into the top 25 if they keep winning
9 Indiana Hoosiers LW: #8 Slipping in the rankings as 4 of their 5 best wins (#35 Northwestern, #40 Nebraska, #74 Michigan, and #81 Minnesota) and the one team to beat them all took losses this week.
10 Tennessee Volunteers LW: #21 Leaping ahead with a solid win over #37 Kentucky and with wins from Alabama, Texas, and #34 South Carolina bolstering their resume
11 North Dakota State Bison LW: #15 On a bye, leapfrogging teams that lost and buoyed by wins from New Mexico, #36 Jax State, and #41 Air Force.
12 Ohio State Buckeyes LW: #3 Not hurt too much yet because they haven't been blown out (at least on the scoreboard), and have 2 wins against top 25 teams.
13 New Mexico Lobos LW: #18 Moving up with a win over #118 Nevada, their fifth win against teams outside the FBS Top 100. This soft schedule will keep them from moving to the top during the regular season.
14 Wake Forest Demon Deacons LW: #16 Hurt more than helped by playing a FCS game, their resume is very similar to New Mexico. The lobos have a better top win (#11 NDSU vs #26 Louisville), a worse loss (#51 Oklahoma vs #1 Miami), a scare against an underperforming team (#98 SJSU and #102 Purdue), and lots of fluff filling out the rest of the resume so far. The Deacs have a better chance of moving up with games against #29 SMU and #30 Duke outclassing the Lobos’ remaining opponents
15 James Madison Dukes LW: #20 Moving up after beating #123 Southern Miss, losses to #95 App State and #103 Troy stand out like sore thumbs.
16 LSU Tigers LW: #4 Now 0-3 against their top 3 opponents, kept in the rankings thanks to dominant wins over 5 teams in the upper middle of FBS, from #48 Clemson to #76 Mississippi State
17 Texas Tech Red Raiders LW: #14 Slipping after a scare against #71 West Virginia, the Raiders’ best 2-score win is only against #68 Oregon State
18 Houston Cougars LW: #17 Not much movement after a 7-point win over #57 Cincinnati, bolstered by their solid schedule as their worst FBS opponent is #89 L State
19 Liberty Flames LW: #23 Gardner-Webb aside, the best thing Liberty can say about their wins is that they are beating their opponents by multiple scores, but #120 NMSU is the fifth FBS opponent outside the top 100, with their best win coming against #75 FIU
20 BYU Cougars LW: #11 Dropping after a loss to Utah, wins over Notre Dame and #27 Arizona keep them up
21 USC Trojans LW: #19 Sliding on their bye week as their marquee win Ohio State lost again
22 Oregon Ducks LW: #30 Cracking the top 25 with a win over Ohio State, the 6-3 Ducks have played probably the toughest schedule of anyone above them, except maybe Texas. Their worst FBS opponent is #52 Illinois, who also beat them, explaining why they’re so low
23 Iowa Hawkeyes LW: #28 Also breaking into the rankings with a win over #35 Northwestern, multi-score wins over #33 Wisconsin and #69 Washington are positives, but single score wins over #74 Michigan and #84 Iowa State along with their loss to #81 Minnesota have kept them down until now
24 Oklahoma State Cowboys LW: #31 Entering the rankings after a trouncing of #89 Kansas State. A two-score loss to #63 Tulsa and a lack of large wins over highly ranked teams had held them back
25 Ole Miss Rebels LW: #13 Plummeting after a loss to the Dawgs, strong wins over #42 Missouri and #67 Auburn plus close wins over LSU and #26 Louisville were just enough to keep the Rebels in the rankings

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