Ballot Type: Human

Submitted: Nov. 9, 2026, 11 a.m.

Overall Rationale: Top three teams all had good/great wins. Hard to keep shuffling them around, but I'll default to giving the no-loss Utah the top spot. I'm sure I'm forgetting about something in the middle (But but... #13 beat #8 six three weeks ago by 4! And you ranked them like that??) but there's a lot of SEC cannibalism and no one has looked amazing. You could plus/minus a few spots for most of them.

New Mexico is my hard one. I love their season, but realistically are they really better than Ohio State? I can't say they are. Sad to see UTSA drop.

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Rank	Team	Reason
1	Utah Utes
2	Georgia Bulldogs
3	Notre Dame Fighting Irish
4	UCLA Bruins
5	Indiana Hoosiers
6	Miami Hurricanes
7	Texas Tech Red Raiders
8	Wake Forest Demon Deacons
9	Texas Longhorns
10	Alabama Crimson Tide
11	BYU Cougars
12	Tennessee Volunteers
13	Kentucky Wildcats
14	Houston Cougars
15	USC Trojans
16	Boise State Broncos
17	Ole Miss Rebels
18	Iowa Hawkeyes
19	Oregon Ducks
20	Arizona Wildcats
21	South Carolina Gamecocks
22	Ohio State Buckeyes
23	New Mexico Lobos
24	LSU Tigers
25	Duke Blue Devils

Teams Ranked:

Rank	Team	Unusualness
1	Utah Utes	0.00
2	Georgia Bulldogs	0.00
3	Notre Dame Fighting Irish	0.00
4	UCLA Bruins	0.00
5	Indiana Hoosiers	0.00
6	Miami Hurricanes	0.00
7	Texas Tech Red Raiders	0.22
8	Wake Forest Demon Deacons	0.00
9	Texas Longhorns	0.00
10	Alabama Crimson Tide	0.00
11	BYU Cougars	0.00
12	Tennessee Volunteers	0.00
13	Kentucky Wildcats	0.00
14	Houston Cougars	0.00
15	USC Trojans	0.00
16	Boise State Broncos	0.00
17	Ole Miss Rebels	0.18
18	Iowa Hawkeyes	0.00
19	Oregon Ducks	0.00
20	Arizona Wildcats	0.00
21	South Carolina Gamecocks	0.00
22	Ohio State Buckeyes	0.00
23	New Mexico Lobos	0.00
24	LSU Tigers	0.00
25	Duke Blue Devils	0.00

Omissions:

Team	Unusualness
SMU Mustangs	0.17

Total Score: 0.58