Ballot Type: Human

Submitted: Nov. 10, 2026, 2:09 a.m.

Overall Rationale: Wins and losses matter most. If you have the same record as a team and beat them head-to-head, you must be ahead of that team. The 3-loss circle of Oregon-Ohio State-Illinois makes this impossible once again, so I'm forced to ignore the Oregon road loss at Illinois.

Another night where I'm writing this quite late at night and don't have a ton of time to explain, so I will elaborate any controversial picks in the reddit thread.

• Ballot
• Analysis

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

Teams Ranked:

Rank	Team	Unusualness
1	Utah Utes	0.00
2	Georgia Bulldogs	0.00
3	UCLA Bruins	0.00
4	Notre Dame Fighting Irish	0.00
5	Miami Hurricanes	0.00
6	Wake Forest Demon Deacons	0.44
7	Indiana Hoosiers	0.00
8	Texas Tech Red Raiders	0.00
9	BYU Cougars	0.23
10	Houston Cougars	0.96
11	Texas Longhorns	0.00
12	Tennessee Volunteers	0.00
13	Alabama Crimson Tide	-0.92
14	USC Trojans	0.00
15	Kentucky Wildcats	0.00
16	Arizona Wildcats	0.41
17	Duke Blue Devils	2.06
18	New Mexico Lobos	0.11
19	Boise State Broncos	0.00
20	Iowa Hawkeyes	-0.38
21	SMU Mustangs	0.01
22	Liberty Flames	2.08
23	Oklahoma State Cowboys	1.42
24	Oregon Ducks	-0.72
25	Ole Miss Rebels	-0.37

Omissions:

Team	Unusualness
Ohio State Buckeyes	0.52
LSU Tigers	0.11
South Carolina Gamecocks	0.49

Total Score: 11.24