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Jakesnake42 Ballot for 2026 Week 11

Ballot Type: Human

Submitted: Nov. 8, 2026, 9:05 p.m.

Overall Rationale: I believe we have enough data points to go for an entirely resume based ranking. Overall Record, SOS, Quality Wins, and who you lost to are going to be what factor in here. We DO start from scratch every week which can lead to some funny results as you will see below

Rank Team Reason
1 Utah Utes Wins over BYU and Houston makes Utah's #1 case pretty clear to me. Last Week: #3
2 UCLA Bruins The Oregon win keeps aging better and better but they don't have depth of resume Utah does. Last Week: #2
3 Notre Dame Fighting Irish ND FINALLY GOT ITS BIG WIN. I looked at ND vs UGA for a while but the Auburn loss just kept sticking out to me in this comparison as the biggest difference. Last Week; #11
4 Georgia Bulldogs It does feel odd for UGA to not move up after DEMOLISHING Ole Miss yes i know but they didn't have much room to go with 2 undefeated teams above them and ND getting an even better win. Last Week: #4
5 Texas Tech Red Raiders TTU survives against WVU thankfully for them. Houston and Arizona remain a very good pair of Top wins. Last Week: #6
6 Miami Hurricanes Tough first loss of the year for Miami, they HAVE to pray that Wake Forest keeps on winning cause if that win gets worse....its not great for Miami. Last Week: #1
7 Texas Longhorns Texas dropped after beating Missouri yes....but the rest of their resume just looks worse now from OSU continuing to lose to Florida losing yet again and Ole Miss getting demolished. Last Week: #5
8 Tennessee Volunteers Tennessee demolished UK and gets to move up as reward as part of this SEC H2H Sandwich. Last Week: #13
9 Alabama Crimson Tide Alabama picks up a nice win over LSU to move up in pair with Tennessee who they lose to. Last Week: #14
10 BYU Cougars Tough loss to Utah but this is why you play good OOC as the ND win keeps them Top 10. Last Week: #7
11 Indiana Hoosiers Now to our 2 1 loss P4 teams who haven't really beaten anyone...idk if either of these teams can afford another regular season loss with the lack of SOS. Indiana has a marginally? better SOS so far. Last Week: #10
12 Wake Forest Demon Deacons Read above. Last Week: #12
13 Oregon Ducks I LOVE Oregon's wins over Boise, USC, and now Ohio St. And all of the losses are kinda aging well...even the Illinois loss. Last Week: #16
14 Kentucky Wildcats Yes...Kentucky *did* move up after getting demolished by Tennessee. Mostly due to the fact of two loss teams ahead of them picking up 3rd losses they couldn't afford plus not being restrained by the H2H loss to Alabama. It IS weird but it happens. Last Week: #15
15 Houston Cougars Okay resume with a win over OkSt. Not much else to speak on here. Last Week: E21
16 USC Trojans USC is now back in the playoff hunt but now its showtime. Two Road games against playoff contenders left in Indiana and UCLA. Put up or shut up time. Last Week: #17
17 Ohio State Buckeyes This can happen when you play an absurd SOS. They've arguably played 6 Top 30 teams this year. The wheels aren't ALL off the bus yet but the Margin of Error is completely gone. Last Week: #8
18 Iowa Hawkeyes I feel like Iowa every year is the most #15-25 team to ever exist. They blow out teams worse than them and just die against all top teams. If only you didn't lose to Minnesota. Last Week : #22
19 South Carolina Gamecocks A win is a win! Just get past Arkansas and the Georgia game will be the biggest game for SCar football in at least a decade? Last Week: #23
20 Wisconsin Badgers Wisconsin has looked uncompetitive in all 3 losses which isn't great but hey you beat USC and didn't lose to anyone bad! Last Week: NR
21 Ole Miss Rebels Don't think we need to talk about that game.... Last Week: #9
22 Boise State Broncos Boise State's offense has kinda been going nuts this year. Kinda think they could hang in the playoffs. Last Week: #25
23 Arizona Wildcats Don't like that Cincinnati is your best wins but you haven't done anything too stupid yet. Last Week: #20
24 Oklahoma State Cowboys Oregon win is carrying this resume HARD. Last Week: NR
25 New Mexico Lobos Someone had to be #25 might as well be the 8-1 team. Last Week: NR

Dropped: #18 LSU, #19 Missouri, #24 Florida

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