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It's a bit early to have some serious data, but I do what I can with what I've seen. \r\n\r\nTeams that dropped out this week:\r\nMichigan\r\nVirginia\r\n\r\nNew Teams In:\r\nKentucky\r\nWVU", "entries": [ { "rank": 1, "team": { "id": 22, "handle": "texas", "name": "Texas Longhorns" }, "rationale": "Not much change from last week. UT got up early against UTSA and never looked back. Final result, 30-6. " }, { "rank": 2, "team": { "id": 7, "handle": "miami", "name": "Miami Hurricanes" }, "rationale": "Miami is very good - great, even - offensively, probably better than last year. Mensah is a savant on the college football field. Mensah and Toney are a scary good combo and both legit Heisman candidates. They said they weren't going to force feed Toney and then he went 12/12 so I think they went back on that promise. Defensively, I had a feeling this one would be technically closer than their last few games (shocking take, I know), and it was, technically, but in practice, it wasn't. Wake did score a few touchdowns on this defense, which I expected, but the game was fully controlled by Miami. " }, { "rank": 3, "team": { "id": 34, "handle": "ohiostate", "name": "Ohio State Buckeyes" }, "rationale": "Not much to say here. They moved up 1 from last week since LSU dropped, but they definitely deserve to be top 5 at this point." }, { "rank": 4, "team": { "id": 55, "handle": "georgia", "name": "Georgia Bulldogs" }, "rationale": "The bulldogs steamrolled Arkansas. Held them to 17 yards on the ground, forced a fumble, and won 45-17. Unfortunately, the dawgs are looking good. They play Oklahoma next week and, barring a miracle for the Sooners, I doubt UGA will have much trouble stopping their offense. " }, { "rank": 5, "team": { "id": 60, "handle": "olemiss", "name": "Ole Miss Rebels" }, "rationale": "I can only imagine how euphoric that win was for Ole Miss. The go-for-two decision was quite funny, considering it was likely done specifically because the coaching staff knows Lane's tendencies and that Lane would go for 2 if LSU had scored a touchdown on their last drive. Chambliss looked like everything you would want in a college QB, throwing for 363 yards, 2 TD, and an INT, and running for an additional touchdown as well. Ole Miss did not have much in the way of a rushing attack though, only running for 63 yards. Receivers Traylon Ray, Caleb Odom, Deuce Alexander, and Horatio Fields all had good days, with Ray having 7 catches for 115 yards and a touchdown. " }, { "rank": 6, "team": { "id": 26, "handle": "indiana", "name": "Indiana Hoosiers" }, "rationale": "Another clean sheet. This marks the end of Indiana's tune ups and they play a powerhouse in Northwestern this weekend. On a more serious note, Northwestern has been somewhat impressive on offense in their last 2 games. I doubt they'll pose too much trouble, but I would enjoy watching that. " }, { "rank": 7, "team": { "id": 67, "handle": "notredame", "name": "Notre Dame Fighting Irish" }, "rationale": "I am curious as to what is being built in East Lansing, but Michigan State had a tough time in Notre Dame stadium. While the first half was competitive, ending 17-10 in favor of the Irish, Notre Dame took control in the second half, scoring 10 more and allowing 0 points against. ND play Purdue this weekend, and I doubt there will be too much spoilermaking during that game. " }, { "rank": 8, "team": { "id": 57, "handle": "lsu", "name": "LSU Tigers" }, "rationale": "I feel like Leavitt's first instinct is to run, rather than to throw. Maybe I'm looking too much into it, but it felt like he scrambled as often as he could. He was 16/27 for 158 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT, but had 17 carries for 63 yards and 1 TD as well. Dillon Jones also had a good day, 106 yards and 1 TD over 23 carries." }, { "rank": 9, "team": { "id": 66, "handle": "byu", "name": "BYU Cougars" }, "rationale": "This game was not as close as the scoreline indicates, but BYU's depth leaves some concerns. BYU went up 27-7 in the first quarter, scored an additional 17 points through the second and third, and then CSU finally scored again in Q4, effectively garbage time. There were also some penalties that helped lead to CSU's scores. CSU did lose their starting QB early in the day, which didn't help the Ram's chances. \r\nBYU RB LJ Martin had 176 yards on the day across 15 carries, scoring 3TDs. Legend Glasker had 131 yards on 5 receptions and a rushing TD. " }, { "rank": 10, "team": { "id": 51, "handle": "alabama", "name": "Alabama Crimson Tide" }, "rationale": "FSU came to play in Tuscaloosa, and they played fairly well. Alabama was down big midway through the 2nd, and continued to hang around as Alabama rallied and took the lead. Alabama was beat on the deep ball several times this game, which was well planned by FSU, who probably knew they weren't going to get much going on the ground. And they didn't - Alabama only let up 94 rushing yards. But they did let up 377 passing yards. While Alabama's defense played well against Kentucky, this was definitely more of an offensive showing, putting up 567 total yards of offense and no turnovers. They may have started slow, but they got hot and showed out. If Alabama can play a complete game on both sides of the ball, they will be an impressive team. " }, { "rank": 11, "team": { "id": 23, "handle": "texastech", "name": "Texas Tech Red Raiders" }, "rationale": "Tough home win over a good Houston team. I was a bit concerned with TTech's defense towards the end, but they came up with the stop on that 2-Point Conversion. Got away with this one, and I don't think they'll have anyone who, on paper, challenges them this much for the rest of the season. Would not be surprised to see TTech in the Big 12 title game. " }, { "rank": 12, "team": { "id": 62, "handle": "tennessee", "name": "Tennessee Volunteers" }, "rationale": "In a blowout win over Kennesaw St, Tennessee took the lead and never looked back. Not much to say here. Looking forward to seeing who the real UT is this upcoming week as Texas comes to Knoxville for a noon game. " }, { "rank": 13, "team": { "id": 48, "handle": "utah", "name": "Utah Utes" }, "rationale": "Utah dominates the teams that they are bigger than, and they did that this past Saturday. It's rare for a team to out-physical them (idk if that's a term). By comparison, Washington beat this team by 2 last week. Given what I saw across both those games, Utah State actually has a decent defense, and I think that the Utah vs Washington games goes to show the wide gaps that can occur between borderline playoff team and a team that rounds out the top 25. Pretty confident Utah is a fringe playoff team with the potential to sneak in there. Curious to see how they do in conference play this year. " }, { "rank": 14, "team": { "id": 47, "handle": "usc", "name": "USC Trojans" }, "rationale": "What is defense?\r\n\r\nI shouldn't be joking (especially because a pick 6 was the difference in this game) because my own team and a few others here definitely did basically the same thing where big leads let up points at the end that make the game look closer than it is. But let's not act like Rutgers is good so it makes a bit more sense for Florida to allow Auburn back in or Miss St let SCAR back in over USC letting Rutgers back in, especially when USC is so much further up the rankings. And I feel like this has been a recurring problem for USC every year? Correct me if I'm wrong. \r\n\r\nUSC stays in 14 for me. I don't know if I should move them down yet, but I know I shouldn't move them up yet. " }, { "rank": 15, "team": { "id": 27, "handle": "iowa", "name": "Iowa Hawkeyes" }, "rationale": "Blowout win & clean sheet against Northern Iowa. Good performance. They were tested last week against Iowa State, and may be tested again against Michigan this week. They've moved up a few spots for me, from 19 to 15, but this is mainly due to a couple teams ahead of them having moved down. Nice to see them with a functional offense though, unlike the Ferentz days. " }, { "rank": 16, "team": { "id": 6, "handle": "louisville", "name": "Louisville Cardinals" }, "rationale": "I've been saying Louisville is a good team, I just don't think SMU is (at least not yet). I've moved them from 20 to 16, which is a bump up, but not too far, and is helped partially by the fact that I've moved other teams down. Louisville made some big plays, but also gave up a couple. Kienholz did well avoiding pressure and turning those moments into plays, with that 2nd touchdown in the 1st quarter being especially fun to watch. They benefited from 3 turnoevers (2 INTs, 1 FUM, and a TOD too to boot), two of them in the 4th to help seal the game with their 10 point advantage. That 50 something yard run by Brown to go up 17-14 was magnifique as well, with that stiff arm to keep the safety off him icing on the cake. Louisville's remaining schedule is comparatively easy, so, barring any blunders, they should end up doing fairly well this season and, if it goes that well, will likely be playing Miami in the ACCCG. There's some potential traps, but they've acquitted themselves well so far, playing very close with a Good Ole Miss, beating out SMU, and we'll see how things go. " }, { "rank": 17, "team": { "id": 73, "handle": "houston", "name": "Houston Cougars" }, "rationale": "That game was wonderful to watch. I really thought Houston had that game going into OT, but they came up just short. I've been relatively high on Houston from the start, believing that the 13-22 ranking gap between them and Texas Tech was much too wide. I had them at 17 last week, they lost to Texas Tech by 2 in the last minute in Lubbock. I can't really fault them for that. Keeping them at 17. " }, { "rank": 18, "team": { "id": 35, "handle": "pennstate", "name": "Penn State Nittany Lions" }, "rationale": "Penn State hasn't really played anyone yet, but they are 3-0 with 3 blowout wins. I've come to the conclusion that I erred in moving them up from 17 to 16 last week, even if it was a case of other teams that moved down that resulted in it. Other teams have started to get into their conference schedules and play important opponents. Penn State does play Wisconsin this week, which shouldn't bee too hard, but it will be their first conference game and we can possibly start to see where they may actually be at following this. This past Saturday, while it was a thorough win, PSU was a bit sloppy on penalties and went 2/9 on 3rd downs, which isn't too great. Koby Howard looked great out there though, with 2 touchdowns, one via receiving and one via rushing. " }, { "rank": 19, "team": { "id": 59, "handle": "missouri", "name": "Missouri Tigers" }, "rationale": "Mizzou looked quite shaky against Troy, going down 10-0 in the 1st, but coming back to win 27-17. Dropped from 18 to 19 from last week to this week for me. No turnovers or anything, were just unable to get moving early. They will need to build consistency if they want to keep in the hunt. They have a road trip to Starkville this weekend. " }, { "rank": 20, "team": { "id": 58, "handle": "mississippistate", "name": "Mississippi State Bulldogs" }, "rationale": "The Bulldogs started slow, letting South Carolina get out to a 16 point lead early (albeit over 4 scoring drives), but responded massively with a 41-7 run with some 10 points put up by the Gamecocks in the last few minutes of the game. Kamario Taylor might be straight up good, with Miss St being right there with him. Threw 18/26, 4TD, 1INT, and another 33 yards on the ground. We're gonna keep that \"good\" at a lower case \"g\" for now though. Big test next week vs Mizzou, but it's at home. That being said, Mizzou is just the start of the gauntlet, with Alabama, @LSU, and @Texas being 3 of the next 4 games after that. Curious to see if they can keep this up, but I like what's going down in Starkville right now. " }, { "rank": 21, "team": { "id": 54, "handle": "florida", "name": "Florida Gators" }, "rationale": "Offense looks fantastic. Jaden Baugh is HIM. The play that created Baugh's 50ish yard touchdown run was one of the best-executed plays I've seen the Gators run all season. That block by the TE was buenisimo, look up Richard Johnson's breakdown of it for a good explanation. Defensive front can bring pressure (7 or 8 sacks, IIRC) but that secondary is cheeks. Booty. Ass. Say what you want about the officiating, cuz I think it was egregious, but the fact that the score got as close as it did was due to that secondary and the decision to take the foot off the gas pedal in the 4th. At one point, UF was up 3 scores (41-24). Would have liked to see the Gator Boys really put it away. They will need to shore some things up for when Ole Miss comes to Gainesville this weekend. " }, { "rank": 22, "team": { "id": 24, "handle": "westvirginia", "name": "West Virginia Mountaineers" }, "rationale": "A two score win over what I think could be a decent to good Virginia team in a neutral site game - the Duke's Mayo Classic in Charlotte. West Virginia enters the rankings for the first time for me, coming in at 3-0 and a win over the team I had ranked at 21 last week. Although playing to catch up in the first quarter, West Virginia took the lead in Q2 just before half and never really looked back, answering Virginia's tying TD by going ahead late in the 3rd, then stretching the lead in the 4th with Virginia scoring a garbage time TD (21 seconds left) to make it a bit closer. Final score of 38-27. QB Michael Hawkins Jr didn't throw too much, but was 10/17 for 2 TDs and 190 yards, looked pretty decent, especially when combined with WVU's running attack which rushed for 247 yards on the day. Defense is gaining consistency as well, but still open to being hit by some big plays. Let's see how things play out for the Mountaineers. " }, { "rank": 23, "team": { "id": 56, "handle": "kentucky", "name": "Kentucky Wildcats" }, "rationale": "Great rebound after that thrashing that was handed to them by Alabama. Kentucky handled this game and were, without a doubt, the better team out there. Make the jokes you want about Kyle Field and the 12th Man, but College Station is a hard place to play, and Kentucky were in control the whole time. TAMU scored 14 points in the 4th quarter to make it look reasonably close, but were down 28-7 at the end of the 3rd. Both teams had over 400 yards of offense, but Kentucky made the most of it. Kenny Michey was good out there, 14/18 for 252 yards, 2 TDs, no INTs. Compare that to the fact that Marcel Reed threw for almost 50 passes this game while attempting to make up the deficit, but completed 26 passes for 236 yards, 1 TD, 2 INT, and 4.8 YPC. He did also have a rushing TD and 80 yards on the ground, averaging 8 YPC, so there's that. But, all that to say, Kentucky was physically dominant and stopped that offense. Kentucky didn't steal this one, they straight up won. Say what you want about TAMU being overrated, cuz they were, but credit to what Will Stein is building in Lexington. Elko even said that there was nothing positive about that game. That was impressive. " }, { "rank": 24, "team": { "id": 29, "handle": "michigan", "name": "Michigan Wolverines" }, "rationale": "After a slow start, Michigan took control, but UTEP's only TDs were off of a scripted first drive and a short field due to a fumble. There's probably a lot Michigan can clean up here, as that first half was sloppy and they were down 17-14 at the halfway mark, but they did have the game under control in the second half, so there's that. Not entirely sure Michigan will enjoy playing actually good competition, and Iowa comes to Ann Arbor this weekend to kick off that section of the Wolverines' schedule. But we will see how they do this weekend and go from there. " }, { "rank": 25, "team": { "id": 63, "handle": "texasam", "name": "Texas A&M Aggies" }, "rationale": "Battered Aggie Syndrome is a real thing and should be taken seriously in the field of psychiatry. " } ] }, { "id": 75187, "username": "_Vita_", "ballot_type": "Computer", "submission_date": "2026-09-21T17:25:37.266705+00:00", "overall_rationale": "PageRank algorithm. Teams gain and lose rating based on the average margin of lead during the game, with a 3 point home field advantage factored in. Even if a team has a negative average margin of lead, they still gain rating since their is a minimum floor from winning the game. Their is diminishing returns so if a team's average lead in a given game is about 20 points than there is no further gains. Preseason which consists of last year's end of year ratings end after week 4. Rankings look funky, but once conference play starts and we have more connections they should sort themselves out. There is no time component to the rankings, recent games have no added emphasis.", "entries": [ { "rank": 1, "team": { "id": 60, "handle": "olemiss", "name": "Ole Miss Rebels" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 2, "team": { "id": 26, "handle": "indiana", "name": "Indiana Hoosiers" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 3, "team": { "id": 54, "handle": "florida", "name": "Florida Gators" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 4, "team": { "id": 67, "handle": "notredame", "name": "Notre Dame Fighting Irish" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 5, "team": { "id": 7, "handle": "miami", "name": "Miami Hurricanes" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 6, "team": { "id": 47, "handle": "usc", "name": "USC Trojans" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 7, "team": { "id": 66, "handle": "byu", "name": "BYU Cougars" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 8, "team": { "id": 23, "handle": "texastech", "name": "Texas Tech Red Raiders" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 9, "team": { "id": 13, "handle": "virginiatech", "name": "Virginia Tech 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best of the 3 XII contenders rn" }, { "rank": 10, "team": { "id": 48, "handle": "utah", "name": "Utah Utes" }, "rationale": "absurdly odd feeling to have 3 XII teams in the top 10 but i'm not complaining, it's time for the XII to get multiple playoff bids." }, { "rank": 11, "team": { "id": 35, "handle": "pennstate", "name": "Penn State Nittany Lions" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 12, "team": { "id": 51, "handle": "alabama", "name": "Alabama Crimson Tide" }, "rationale": "played with food" }, { "rank": 13, "team": { "id": 57, "handle": "lsu", "name": "LSU Tigers" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 14, "team": { "id": 47, "handle": "usc", "name": "USC Trojans" }, "rationale": "Played with their food to the degree of a toddler with uncanny ability to lift those bowls specially made for babies to not lift. What the hell man." }, { "rank": 15, "team": { "id": 6, "handle": "louisville", "name": "Louisville Cardinals" }, "rationale": "I still don't feel like this is the 2nd best team in the ACC like the ranking shows but their resume backs it up and if you asked me who's playing better than them I couldn't give an answer. " }, { "rank": 16, "team": { "id": 27, "handle": "iowa", "name": "Iowa Hawkeyes" }, "rationale": "congrats! You get to go from unranked to 16th because everyone else is too unproven or untrustworthy to be ranked here! 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Tulsa inherits the throne and reps the G6 alone. Boise unfortunately is playing with their food as i'm typing this and the Oregon/Memphis games only look worse as time goes on." }, { "rank": 25, "team": { "id": 20, "handle": "oklahomastate", "name": "Oklahoma State Cowboys" }, "rationale": "" } ] }, { "id": 75012, "username": "beckett929", "ballot_type": "Human", "submission_date": "2026-09-20T17:33:51.912720+00:00", "overall_rationale": "Texas stays at #1, but Top 12 are not in any super specific order but would be my playoff teams today after 3 games and what they've shown and against who. \r\n\r\nLouisville's loss to Ole Miss doesn't look that different than Ohio State's to Texas, and says a lot more about Ole Miss. \r\n\r\nI was a late arrival to Florida, but they've got something I was missing. Not sure what to make of Tennessee. Feel good about the rest of the teens so far this year. \r\n\r\nUSC can't be screwing around with Rutgers and not expect to get dinged for it. Good wins by State, Kentucky, and some of the old Big East. I was shy on A&M the first few polls, and my concerns came to life this week, but they've got talent. \r\n\r\nI'm still not rewarding Michigan, or giving Oregon any grace just because they ran it up on Portland State.\r\n", "entries": [ { "rank": 1, "team": { "id": 22, "handle": "texas", "name": "Texas Longhorns" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 2, "team": { "id": 67, "handle": "notredame", "name": "Notre Dame Fighting Irish" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 3, "team": { "id": 55, "handle": "georgia", "name": "Georgia Bulldogs" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 4, "team": { "id": 7, "handle": "miami", "name": "Miami Hurricanes" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 5, "team": { "id": 26, "handle": "indiana", "name": "Indiana Hoosiers" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 6, "team": { "id": 60, "handle": "olemiss", "name": "Ole Miss Rebels" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 7, "team": { "id": 34, "handle": "ohiostate", "name": "Ohio State Buckeyes" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 8, "team": { "id": 23, "handle": "texastech", "name": "Texas Tech Red Raiders" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 9, "team": { "id": 51, "handle": "alabama", "name": "Alabama Crimson Tide" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 10, "team": { "id": 66, "handle": "byu", "name": "BYU Cougars" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 11, "team": { "id": 6, "handle": "louisville", "name": "Louisville Cardinals" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 12, "team": { "id": 54, "handle": "florida", "name": "Florida Gators" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 13, "team": { "id": 62, "handle": "tennessee", "name": "Tennessee Volunteers" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 14, "team": { "id": 76, "handle": "smu", "name": "SMU Mustangs" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 15, "team": { "id": 73, "handle": "houston", "name": "Houston Cougars" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 16, "team": { "id": 48, "handle": "utah", "name": "Utah Utes" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 17, "team": { "id": 35, "handle": "pennstate", "name": "Penn State Nittany Lions" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 18, "team": { "id": 27, "handle": "iowa", "name": "Iowa Hawkeyes" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 19, "team": { "id": 58, "handle": "mississippistate", "name": "Mississippi State Bulldogs" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 20, "team": { "id": 47, "handle": "usc", "name": "USC Trojans" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 21, "team": { "id": 56, "handle": "kentucky", "name": "Kentucky Wildcats" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 22, "team": { "id": 63, "handle": "texasam", "name": "Texas A&M Aggies" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 23, "team": { "id": 24, "handle": "westvirginia", "name": "West Virginia Mountaineers" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 24, "team": { "id": 10, "handle": "pittsburgh", "name": "Pittsburgh Panthers" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 25, "team": { "id": 13, "handle": "virginiatech", "name": "Virginia Tech Hokies" }, "rationale": "" } ] }, { "id": 75096, "username": "BeyondLiesTheWub", "ballot_type": "Computer", "submission_date": "2026-09-20T23:56:33.816100+00:00", "overall_rationale": "I have two predictive models - one that predicts how many points a team will score and one that predicts if they will win or lose. I simulate every FBS team against each other in each model and average the ranks based on who wins the most and who scores the most/allows the fewest points. Occasionally if there's a team that doesn't make sense based on the eye test I'll adjust or replace them (see notes for details).", "entries": [ { "rank": 1, "team": { "id": 26, "handle": "indiana", "name": "Indiana Hoosiers" }, "rationale": "change from last week: 0" }, { "rank": 2, "team": { "id": 55, "handle": "georgia", "name": "Georgia Bulldogs" }, "rationale": "change from last week: +5" }, { "rank": 3, "team": { "id": 48, "handle": "utah", "name": "Utah Utes" }, "rationale": "change from last week: +2" }, { "rank": 4, "team": { "id": 34, "handle": "ohiostate", "name": "Ohio State Buckeyes" }, "rationale": "change from last week: +2" }, { "rank": 5, "team": { "id": 62, "handle": "tennessee", "name": "Tennessee Volunteers" }, "rationale": "change from last week: +10" }, { "rank": 6, "team": { "id": 7, "handle": "miami", "name": "Miami Hurricanes" }, "rationale": "change from last week: +2" }, { "rank": 7, "team": { "id": 51, "handle": "alabama", "name": "Alabama Crimson Tide" }, "rationale": "change from last week: +4" }, { "rank": 8, "team": { "id": 35, "handle": "pennstate", "name": "Penn State Nittany Lions" }, "rationale": "change from last week: +1" }, { "rank": 9, "team": { "id": 22, "handle": "texas", "name": "Texas Longhorns" }, "rationale": "change from last week: -7" }, { "rank": 10, "team": { "id": 67, "handle": "notredame", "name": "Notre Dame Fighting Irish" }, "rationale": "change from last week: -7" }, { "rank": 11, "team": { "id": 60, "handle": "olemiss", "name": "Ole Miss Rebels" }, "rationale": "change from last week: -1" }, { "rank": 12, "team": { "id": 57, "handle": "lsu", "name": "LSU Tigers" }, "rationale": "change from last week: 0" }, { "rank": 13, "team": { "id": 23, "handle": "texastech", "name": "Texas Tech Red Raiders" }, "rationale": "change from last week: +1" }, { "rank": 14, "team": { "id": 18, "handle": "kansasstate", "name": "Kansas State Wildcats" }, "rationale": "change from last week: +2" }, { "rank": 15, "team": { "id": 47, "handle": "usc", "name": "USC Trojans" }, "rationale": "change from last week: +4" }, { "rank": 16, "team": { "id": 27, "handle": "iowa", "name": "Iowa Hawkeyes" }, "rationale": "change from last week: +6" }, { "rank": 17, "team": { "id": 54, "handle": "florida", "name": "Florida Gators" }, "rationale": "change from last week: +9" }, { "rank": 18, "team": { "id": 49, "handle": "washington", "name": "Washington Huskies" }, "rationale": "change from last week: +9" }, { "rank": 19, "team": { "id": 153, "handle": "jamesmadison", "name": "James Madison Dukes" }, "rationale": "change from last week: +12" }, { "rank": 20, "team": { "id": 43, "handle": "oregon", "name": "Oregon Ducks" }, "rationale": "change from last week: +12" }, { "rank": 21, "team": { "id": 76, "handle": "smu", "name": "SMU Mustangs" }, "rationale": "change from last week: +7" }, { "rank": 22, "team": { "id": 63, "handle": "texasam", "name": "Texas A&M Aggies" }, "rationale": "change from last week: -18" }, { "rank": 23, "team": { "id": 32, "handle": "nebraska", "name": "Nebraska Cornhuskers" }, "rationale": "change from last week: 0" }, { "rank": 24, "team": { "id": 58, "handle": "mississippistate", "name": "Mississippi State Bulldogs" }, "rationale": "change from last week: +12" }, { "rank": 25, "team": { "id": 59, "handle": "missouri", "name": "Missouri Tigers" }, "rationale": "was #27, added in over #24 Virginia and #26 South Carolina. Change from last week: -9" } ] }, { "id": 75277, "username": "bigian52", "ballot_type": "Human", "submission_date": "2026-09-22T14:28:00.786541+00:00", "overall_rationale": "", "entries": [ { "rank": 1, "team": { "id": 22, "handle": "texas", "name": "Texas Longhorns" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 2, "team": { "id": 34, "handle": "ohiostate", "name": "Ohio State Buckeyes" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 3, "team": { "id": 55, "handle": "georgia", "name": "Georgia Bulldogs" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 4, "team": { "id": 67, "handle": "notredame", "name": "Notre Dame Fighting Irish" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 5, "team": { "id": 26, "handle": "indiana", "name": "Indiana Hoosiers" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 6, "team": { "id": 7, "handle": "miami", "name": "Miami Hurricanes" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 7, "team": { "id": 23, "handle": "texastech", "name": "Texas Tech Red Raiders" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 8, "team": { "id": 66, "handle": "byu", "name": "BYU Cougars" 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"handle": "missouri", "name": "Missouri Tigers" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 19, "team": { "id": 54, "handle": "florida", "name": "Florida Gators" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 20, "team": { "id": 76, "handle": "smu", "name": "SMU Mustangs" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 21, "team": { "id": 73, "handle": "houston", "name": "Houston Cougars" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 22, "team": { "id": 49, "handle": "washington", "name": "Washington Huskies" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 23, "team": { "id": 56, "handle": "kentucky", "name": "Kentucky Wildcats" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 24, "team": { "id": 20, "handle": "oklahomastate", "name": "Oklahoma State Cowboys" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 25, "team": { "id": 109, "handle": "boisestate", "name": "Boise State Broncos" }, "rationale": "" } ] }, { "id": 75178, "username": "bigred91224", "ballot_type": "Human", "submission_date": "2026-09-21T16:03:58.574693+00:00", "overall_rationale": "", "entries": [ { "rank": 1, "team": { 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offense fare against the opponent defense rating? How did your defense fare against the opponent offense rating?\r\n\r\nAll games are opponent adjusted using SP+ Off and Def ratings, and compared to season averages. If you scored twice the amount of points that an opponent defense has been letting up all year, that\u2019s a good bonus. But if your defense allowed the opponent offense to score more than they usually do per year. That\u2019s a slight negative. It all relatively compares and boils down to a game score for each team. Reduced scores against FCS teams.\r\n\r\nEARLY SEASON RANKINGS ARE NOT THE MOST ACCURATE. Early season shutout's seem to cause issues as well as beating up weak competition. I've found the first 4-5 weeks can be pretty sporadic, but I guess that's how computer polls go sometimes. Once conference play hits, things look more normal.", "entries": [ { "rank": 1, "team": { "id": 22, "handle": "texas", "name": "Texas Longhorns" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 2, "team": { "id": 58, "handle": "mississippistate", "name": "Mississippi State Bulldogs" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 3, "team": { "id": 67, "handle": "notredame", "name": "Notre Dame Fighting Irish" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 4, "team": { "id": 10, "handle": "pittsburgh", "name": "Pittsburgh Panthers" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 5, "team": { "id": 60, "handle": "olemiss", "name": "Ole Miss Rebels" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 6, "team": { "id": 29, "handle": "michigan", "name": "Michigan Wolverines" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 7, "team": { "id": 51, "handle": "alabama", "name": "Alabama Crimson Tide" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 8, "team": { "id": 24, "handle": "westvirginia", "name": "West Virginia Mountaineers" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 9, "team": { "id": 46, "handle": "ucla", "name": "UCLA Bruins" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 10, "team": { "id": 3, "handle": "duke", "name": "Duke Blue Devils" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 11, "team": { "id": 79, "handle": "tulsa", "name": "Tulsa Golden Hurricane" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 12, "team": { "id": 33, "handle": "northwestern", "name": "Northwestern Wildcats" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 13, "team": { "id": 27, "handle": "iowa", "name": "Iowa Hawkeyes" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 14, "team": { "id": 47, "handle": "usc", "name": "USC Trojans" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 15, "team": { "id": 35, "handle": "pennstate", "name": "Penn State Nittany Lions" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 16, "team": { "id": 23, "handle": "texastech", "name": "Texas Tech Red Raiders" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 17, "team": { "id": 64, "handle": "vanderbilt", "name": "Vanderbilt Commodores" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 18, "team": { "id": 184, "handle": "northdakotastate", "name": "North Dakota State Bison" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 19, "team": { "id": 13, "handle": "virginiatech", "name": "Virginia Tech Hokies" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 20, "team": { "id": 62, "handle": "tennessee", "name": "Tennessee Volunteers" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 21, "team": { "id": 48, "handle": "utah", "name": "Utah Utes" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 22, "team": { "id": 81, "handle": "usf", "name": "USF Bulls" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 23, "team": { "id": 54, "handle": "florida", "name": "Florida Gators" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 24, "team": { "id": 66, "handle": "byu", "name": "BYU Cougars" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 25, "team": { "id": 153, "handle": "jamesmadison", "name": "James Madison Dukes" }, "rationale": "" } ] }, { "id": 74914, "username": "Blazemaster77", "ballot_type": "Human", "submission_date": "2026-09-20T12:39:26.633852+00:00", "overall_rationale": "Done in a vaccuum. 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Quality losses can and often are better than wins, and early on it doesn't make sense to view losses more harshly. As the season goes on and more teams lose, the value of a loss against your ranking increases, but for now a 2-1 team can very well be better than a 3-0 team.\r\n\r\nThere are a few notable exceptions for teams that have not played much of anyone so far, so their rankings are still heavily preseason weighted. I will acknowledge those teams here: ***\r\n#7 Georgia: Yes, Georgia played Arkansas. But then again, its also Arkansas. This ranking is heavily preseason weighted and the Oklahoma game will give me a good grasp on the team.\r\n#8 Indiana: With 3 non power 4 teams played, Indiana is also letting its preseason ranking do some heavy lifting. Next week against Northwestern is a sneaky good opponent, and that will tell me a lot about their ranking.\r\n#21 Utah: Same thing with Georgia, you play Arkansas you might as well have played Arkansas State. Iowa State will be a good test for Week 4. ***\r\n\r\nOn another note, in Week 2 I thought my ballot submitted but it didn't, and in Week 3 I had food poisoning and forgot to even do a ballot. So sorry about that lol.", "entries": [ { "rank": 1, "team": { "id": 60, "handle": "olemiss", "name": "Ole Miss Rebels" }, "rationale": "Ole Miss holds the best resume in CFB at the moment with their wins over Louisville and LSU, both very good looking teams. Ole Miss has shown very few weaknesses, and the few that there may be can be attributed to the quality of opponent they are playing." }, { "rank": 2, "team": { "id": 22, "handle": "texas", "name": "Texas Longhorns" }, "rationale": "Texas has looked dominant thus far, save for the first 3 quarters against Ohio State. Of course, you can't forget the money quarter, the one in which they made a miraculous comeback to win. Without that comeback Texas is many spots lower, but winners win, and that's what Texas did." }, { "rank": 3, "team": { "id": 34, "handle": "ohiostate", "name": "Ohio State Buckeyes" }, "rationale": "Ohio State is likely the most talented team in the country, and they've looked the part so far. Against Texas they dominated, showing why they were number 1 in most polls, but their collapse was untimely, though not enough to truly penalize them for the loss." }, { "rank": 4, "team": { "id": 7, "handle": "miami", "name": "Miami Hurricanes" }, "rationale": "Miami has played poor competition thus far, however they've done exactly what they needed to do. Controlling the game at Wake and dominating at Stanford make their offense electric, and while they were slow to end vs Wake, they look like a national title favorite thus far." }, { "rank": 5, "team": { "id": 6, "handle": "louisville", "name": "Louisville Cardinals" }, "rationale": "Louisville went blow for blow with Ole Miss, losing on a walk off field goal. While their offense struggled out the gate, they got it together and showed what they were capable of vs a very good SMU team. While their defense seems questionable, they have played 2 of the best offenses in the nation, and based on the on field results, they could be a team to watch not just for the ACC title, but the whole thing." }, { "rank": 6, "team": { "id": 67, "handle": "notredame", "name": "Notre Dame Fighting Irish" }, "rationale": "Notre Dame, like Miami, has played weaker competition. But they proved me wrong against Wisconsin by running away with it in the second half, before handling business vs Michigan State and establishing a good run game. The schedule isn't great thus far, but the performance warrants a high ranking." }, { "rank": 7, "team": { "id": 55, "handle": "georgia", "name": "Georgia Bulldogs" }, "rationale": "*** See above reasoning ***" }, { "rank": 8, "team": { "id": 26, "handle": "indiana", "name": "Indiana Hoosiers" }, "rationale": "*** See above reasoning ***" }, { "rank": 9, "team": { "id": 66, "handle": "byu", "name": "BYU Cougars" }, "rationale": "BYU has looked great in just about every aspect of the game. Bear Bachmeier is a better thrower of the ball, the run game may be the best in the nation, the defense is stout, gritty and disciplined, and for that reason BYU is my top team in the Big 12. The only concern thus far however is in defensive depth, which showed weakness against CSU. But until BYU starts losing starters, this team is lined up for a playoff run." }, { "rank": 10, "team": { "id": 57, "handle": "lsu", "name": "LSU Tigers" }, "rationale": "LSU has had a rollercoaster ride this season, with the beatdown of a sorry Clemson, the slow start against La Tech and the wild Ole Miss return game for Kiffin. But what we've learned is that Sam Leavitt just isn't quite as good of a passer as Kiffin may hope, but he makes up for it with his underrated legs. It was a pretty good game vs Ole Miss, but the Rebels were in control from start to finish, something that can't be said about the Louisville game." }, { "rank": 11, "team": { "id": 23, "handle": "texastech", "name": "Texas Tech Red Raiders" }, "rationale": "Texas Tech absolved some of my worries of the previous 2 weeks by beating Houston. Their offense looked much improved as well as being more well balanced. What is concerning is the defense, which still faced issues like the prior 2 weeks. We will have to wait and see on Tech, but for now their win over Houston is one of the best in the nation." }, { "rank": 12, "team": { "id": 62, "handle": "tennessee", "name": "Tennessee Volunteers" }, "rationale": "Tennessee is looking great to start the season despite their starting of a true freshman quarterback. The run game is elite, which has allowed Faizon Brandon to pass without much pressure. However, this week they host Texas on college gameday, so this ranking will be put to the test against another team looking to reaffirm their ranking." }, { "rank": 13, "team": { "id": 51, "handle": "alabama", "name": "Alabama Crimson Tide" }, "rationale": "Alabama has been a weird football team, but definitely a good one. They rolled East Carolina, but then struggled in the first half vs Kentucky. They ended up rolling Kentucky, only for the exact same scenario to play out the following week vs FSU to a worse degree. Alabama can not continue these slow starts, because better teams will take major advantage of what they give them." }, { "rank": 14, "team": { "id": 24, "handle": "westvirginia", "name": "West Virginia Mountaineers" }, "rationale": "West Virginia has quietly risen to 3-0, and they've looked impressive doing it. The offensive duo of Michael Hawkins and Cam Cook are reigniting the old Rich Rod style and look to be a big threat in the Big 12. As for their resume, UVA was a top 4 team in the ACC and maybe still is, and despite being 10.5 point dogs, WVU won handily by 11." }, { "rank": 15, "team": { "id": 73, "handle": "houston", "name": "Houston Cougars" }, "rationale": "Houston lost by inches on a 2 point conversion to Texas Tech, and will be treated similarly to Louisville. Their offense is electric while their defense could use some work. Granted, they have a much weaker resume, but the close loss still keeps them right in the thick of the Big 12 title race. With a tougher schedule, any 3+ team tie favors Houston." }, { "rank": 16, "team": { "id": 76, "handle": "smu", "name": "SMU Mustangs" }, "rationale": "SMU is looking just as we expected this year, having an electric offense that can rack up points and an improved defense that will help in those 1 score games that sank them last year. The biggest issue SMU faces is their turnover issue, which can be directly attributed to very poor decisions by Kevin Jennings and Rhett Lashlee. If SMU never turns over the ball again, SMU might win out this year." }, { "rank": 17, "team": { "id": 58, "handle": "mississippistate", "name": "Mississippi State Bulldogs" }, "rationale": "Miss State has become another upstart team with a high powered offense running through their electric quarterback, Kamario Taylor. 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It was too much ground to make up, as Leavitt threw an interception on 4th & goal. There were long stretches in this game where Leavitt seemed to depend on his legs too much, and missing his wide open TE in the end zone was a stark contrast to the excellent QB on the other team. Kiffin now moves to 1-9 in games versus top 10 opponents on the road. " }, { "rank": 12, "team": { "id": 47, "handle": "usc", "name": "USC Trojans" }, "rationale": "This game had all the makings of a trap game, as USC had to travel cross country and face Oregon next week, but it was Rutgers who have struggled immensely so far this year. However, Rutgers put up a fight and the \u201cdefense\u201d of USC continues to look suspect. " }, { "rank": 13, "team": { "id": 62, "handle": "tennessee", "name": "Tennessee Volunteers" }, "rationale": "Tennessee made short work of Kennesaw St. and will move their attention to Alabama as they make their way to Rocky Top next week. " }, { "rank": 14, "team": { "id": 27, "handle": "iowa", "name": "Iowa Hawkeyes" }, "rationale": "Iowa won 55-0 over Northern Iowa, while rushing for 422 yards and 10.3 yards per carry. I\u2019m not certain what to make of the Iowa offense, as they have trounced the 2 non P-4 opponents and scraped by Iowa State. " }, { "rank": 15, "team": { "id": 29, "handle": "michigan", "name": "Michigan Wolverines" }, "rationale": "Despite trailing early in this game, Michigan\u2019s offense settled into a rhythm and won by an easy margin of 35. They now host Iowa, in a game that profiles as similar to the Oklahoma game in that it features 2 good defenses. It will simply be a question of what offense can capitalize and who turns the ball over, something the Wolverines have struggled with. " }, { "rank": 16, "team": { "id": 35, "handle": "pennstate", "name": "Penn State Nittany Lions" }, "rationale": "Penn State beat Buffalo soundly by a margin of 55-13. 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Especially after Missouri\u2019s atrocious showing against Troy, where they narrowly escaped and benefited from multiple turnovers. Luckily, the two teams will get to settle it next week, when they face each other. " }, { "rank": 22, "team": { "id": 73, "handle": "houston", "name": "Houston Cougars" }, "rationale": "Houston played extremely well for a majority of the game against Texas Tech. The offense sputtered a bit early in the 4th Quarter with consecutive drives of 4 plays. A close game, in Lubbock against a top contender that came down to a 2 point conversion attempt. " }, { "rank": 23, "team": { "id": 79, "handle": "tulsa", "name": "Tulsa Golden Hurricane" }, "rationale": "Tulsa handled East Texas A&M 42-0, and perhaps more importantly for their resume Oklahoma State won 59-0 over Murray State. Tulsa faces Arkansas next week, and if they want to have any hope of fighting for the G6 bid they need to show they can beat another P4 team. 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They played a terrible FCS school." }, { "rank": 8, "team": { "id": 23, "handle": "texastech", "name": "Texas Tech Red Raiders" }, "rationale": "(+1) here's your \"I Beat a Ranked Team\" bonus points" }, { "rank": 9, "team": { "id": 60, "handle": "olemiss", "name": "Ole Miss Rebels" }, "rationale": "(+3) bro beat the lane" }, { "rank": 10, "team": { "id": 27, "handle": "iowa", "name": "Iowa Hawkeyes" }, "rationale": "(+3) just kind of got here because no one else made sense" }, { "rank": 11, "team": { "id": 47, "handle": "usc", "name": "USC Trojans" }, "rationale": "(-) only 1 touchdown ahead of probably the worst team in the B1G? what is wrong with you" }, { "rank": 12, "team": { "id": 57, "handle": "lsu", "name": "LSU Tigers" }, "rationale": "(-2) the lane got beat" }, { "rank": 13, "team": { "id": 63, "handle": "texasam", "name": "Texas A&M Aggies" }, "rationale": "(-5) losing to KENTUCKY is just plain sad" }, { "rank": 14, "team": { "id": 66, "handle": "byu", "name": "BYU Cougars" }, "rationale": "(-)" }, { "rank": 15, "team": { "id": 29, "handle": "michigan", "name": "Michigan Wolverines" }, "rationale": "(-) not letting them move up because it was 14-7 UTEP at one point" }, { "rank": 16, "team": { "id": 51, "handle": "alabama", "name": "Alabama Crimson Tide" }, "rationale": "(+2) nice save there" }, { "rank": 17, "team": { "id": 19, "handle": "oklahoma", "name": "Oklahoma Sooners" }, "rationale": "(-1) only 8 point win over new mexico??" }, { "rank": 18, "team": { "id": 64, "handle": "vanderbilt", "name": "Vanderbilt Commodores" }, "rationale": "(+1) nice save" }, { "rank": 19, "team": { "id": 73, "handle": "houston", "name": "Houston Cougars" }, "rationale": "(-1)" }, { "rank": 20, "team": { "id": 3, "handle": "duke", "name": "Duke Blue Devils" }, "rationale": "(-)" }, { "rank": 21, "team": { "id": 48, "handle": "utah", "name": "Utah Utes" }, "rationale": "(-)" }, { "rank": 22, "team": { "id": 25, "handle": "illinois", "name": "Illinois Fighting Illini" }, "rationale": "(-)" }, { "rank": 23, "team": { "id": 49, "handle": "washington", "name": "Washington Huskies" }, "rationale": "(+1)" }, { "rank": 24, "team": { "id": 109, "handle": "boisestate", "name": "Boise State Broncos" }, "rationale": "(+1) a little scary but no other G6 team is that good (NDSU is still in the cupcake zone) so they stay" }, { "rank": 25, "team": { "id": 35, "handle": "pennstate", "name": "Penn State Nittany Lions" }, "rationale": "(NEW!) finally caved" } ] }, { "id": 75130, "username": "Intelligent_Fix_6972", "ballot_type": "Human", "submission_date": "2026-09-21T05:53:28.301769+00:00", "overall_rationale": "My own (very stupid) way of going about it. 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This is going entirely based on record vs FBS opponents and then vibes. I\u2019ll have a better poll for you guys next week.", "entries": [ { "rank": 1, "team": { "id": 22, "handle": "texas", "name": "Texas Longhorns" }, "rationale": "It\u2019s hard to argue that Ohio State isn\u2019t the best win in the country right now." }, { "rank": 2, "team": { "id": 60, "handle": "olemiss", "name": "Ole Miss Rebels" }, "rationale": "That had to feel incredible. 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Don\u2019t look any further into it." }, { "rank": 8, "team": { "id": 46, "handle": "ucla", "name": "UCLA Bruins" }, "rationale": "UCLA has played 2 games so far against in-state opponents. They should really make a conference with teams from their state, they could call it something like the \u201cPacific Conference.\u201d Nah, that\u2019s stupid." }, { "rank": 9, "team": { "id": 47, "handle": "usc", "name": "USC Trojans" }, "rationale": "I cannot, in good faith, put them any higher after giving up 35 points to Rutgers." }, { "rank": 10, "team": { "id": 35, "handle": "pennstate", "name": "Penn State Nittany Lions" }, "rationale": "Penn State is 3-0 against FBS opponents, that much is true. Just don\u2019t give too much mind to who those 3 opponents are." }, { "rank": 11, "team": { "id": 29, "handle": "michigan", "name": "Michigan Wolverines" }, "rationale": "Yeah, they\u2019re 3-0 in the record books. But we all know, Michigan. We all saw." }, { "rank": 12, "team": { "id": 7, "handle": "miami", "name": "Miami Hurricanes" }, "rationale": "Here\u2019s the 2-0 against FBS line. Yeah, this offense is something else. Bump in the road against Wake but they\u2019re still electric." }, { "rank": 13, "team": { "id": 55, "handle": "georgia", "name": "Georgia Bulldogs" }, "rationale": "UGA is, in fact, still UGA." }, { "rank": 14, "team": { "id": 48, "handle": "utah", "name": "Utah Utes" }, "rationale": "Utah\u2019s got the pillowcase full of doorknobs, watch out Big XII" }, { "rank": 15, "team": { "id": 18, "handle": "kansasstate", "name": "Kansas State Wildcats" }, "rationale": "That\u2019s 2-1 in their 3-game series against Tulane, defeating that New Orleans voodoo. 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Rich Rod might be back." }, { "rank": 19, "team": { "id": 32, "handle": "nebraska", "name": "Nebraska Cornhuskers" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 20, "team": { "id": 66, "handle": "byu", "name": "BYU Cougars" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 21, "team": { "id": 54, "handle": "florida", "name": "Florida Gators" }, "rationale": "Tulane defeats USF, as is tradition." }, { "rank": 22, "team": { "id": 23, "handle": "texastech", "name": "Texas Tech Red Raiders" }, "rationale": "This is not the same Texas Tech team as last year. They\u2019re still 2-0 though." }, { "rank": 23, "team": { "id": 184, "handle": "northdakotastate", "name": "North Dakota State Bison" }, "rationale": "Welcome to FBS, NDSU! They\u2019re not trapped in here with us, we\u2019re trapped in here with them." }, { "rank": 24, "team": { "id": 13, "handle": "virginiatech", "name": "Virginia Tech Hokies" }, "rationale": "I have no idea what to make of this VT team. 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Lots of little changes and moves. The picture is becoming a bit clearer.\r\n\r\nDrops\r\nAuburn; obvious\r\nVirginia; what happened here?\r\n\r\nNext few\r\nOregon; not convinced to put them back in yet, but they are close again.\r\nArizona State: odd game, but they did it in the end\r\nJMU; keep them eyes on the G5", "entries": [ { "rank": 1, "team": { "id": 22, "handle": "texas", "name": "Texas Longhorns" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 2, "team": { "id": 60, "handle": "olemiss", "name": "Ole Miss Rebels" }, "rationale": "Wow, what a game and win. Going to reward this and see where it takes them. 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That schedule is tough, expect this team to move a lot, I think it will be a bumpy path. " }, { "rank": 9, "team": { "id": 34, "handle": "ohiostate", "name": "Ohio State Buckeyes" }, "rationale": "Still look good, don't want to move them up yet, but will expect them to win and move because others lose. That Iowa game is going to be a big trap if they are not prepared for it." }, { "rank": 10, "team": { "id": 35, "handle": "pennstate", "name": "Penn State Nittany Lions" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 11, "team": { "id": 6, "handle": "louisville", "name": "Louisville Cardinals" }, "rationale": "Another amazing game, but they were in full control of. " }, { "rank": 12, "team": { "id": 48, "handle": "utah", "name": "Utah Utes" }, "rationale": "I don't know how good or bad this team is yet. Next week will tell me, Iowa State could roll them over defensively and it could be bad or they survive and still look good for the big 12 championship game." }, { "rank": 13, "team": { "id": 23, "handle": "texastech", "name": "Texas Tech Red Raiders" }, "rationale": "Another amazing game this week. Both teams looked good in different ways. " }, { "rank": 14, "team": { "id": 62, "handle": "tennessee", "name": "Tennessee Volunteers" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 15, "team": { "id": 73, "handle": "houston", "name": "Houston Cougars" }, "rationale": "Not punishing much for controlling and almost having a chance to go to OT. They will have more chances. " }, { "rank": 16, "team": { "id": 76, "handle": "smu", "name": "SMU Mustangs" }, "rationale": "Similar to Houston, but didn't look as good as them.\r\n" }, { "rank": 17, "team": { "id": 27, "handle": "iowa", "name": "Iowa Hawkeyes" }, "rationale": "Ok fine, I will give you some respect, next two games are really interesting. 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{ "rank": 4, "team": { "id": 34, "handle": "ohiostate", "name": "Ohio State Buckeyes" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 5, "team": { "id": 7, "handle": "miami", "name": "Miami Hurricanes" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 6, "team": { "id": 35, "handle": "pennstate", "name": "Penn State Nittany Lions" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 7, "team": { "id": 67, "handle": "notredame", "name": "Notre Dame Fighting Irish" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 8, "team": { "id": 60, "handle": "olemiss", "name": "Ole Miss Rebels" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 9, "team": { "id": 48, "handle": "utah", "name": "Utah Utes" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 10, "team": { "id": 66, "handle": "byu", "name": "BYU Cougars" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 11, "team": { "id": 51, "handle": "alabama", "name": "Alabama Crimson Tide" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 12, "team": { "id": 62, "handle": "tennessee", "name": "Tennessee Volunteers" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 13, "team": { "id": 23, "handle": "texastech", "name": "Texas Tech Red Raiders" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 14, "team": { "id": 47, "handle": "usc", "name": "USC Trojans" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 15, "team": { "id": 13, "handle": "virginiatech", "name": "Virginia Tech Hokies" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 16, "team": { "id": 6, "handle": "louisville", "name": "Louisville Cardinals" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 17, "team": { "id": 27, "handle": "iowa", "name": "Iowa Hawkeyes" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 18, "team": { "id": 57, "handle": "lsu", "name": "LSU Tigers" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 19, "team": { "id": 29, "handle": "michigan", "name": "Michigan Wolverines" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 20, "team": { "id": 59, "handle": "missouri", "name": "Missouri Tigers" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 21, "team": { "id": 58, "handle": "mississippistate", "name": "Mississippi State Bulldogs" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 22, "team": { "id": 73, "handle": "houston", "name": "Houston Cougars" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 23, "team": { "id": 76, "handle": "smu", "name": "SMU Mustangs" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 24, "team": { "id": 109, "handle": "boisestate", "name": "Boise State Broncos" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 25, "team": { "id": 43, "handle": "oregon", "name": "Oregon Ducks" }, "rationale": "" } ] }, { "id": 74945, "username": "National-Sundae9427", "ballot_type": "Human", "submission_date": "2026-09-21T14:38:56.103014+00:00", "overall_rationale": "", "entries": [ { "rank": 1, "team": { "id": 22, "handle": "texas", "name": "Texas Longhorns" }, "rationale": "Best win in the country" }, { "rank": 2, "team": { "id": 60, "handle": "olemiss", "name": "Ole Miss Rebels" }, "rationale": "Wins against LSU and Louisville. Best resume." }, { "rank": 3, "team": { "id": 55, "handle": "georgia", "name": "Georgia Bulldogs" }, "rationale": "Consistent, dominant wins over teams they should be dominant against. " }, { "rank": 4, "team": { "id": 67, "handle": "notredame", "name": "Notre Dame Fighting Irish" }, "rationale": "Run game is iffy but they\u2019ve handled their opponents. 2 P4 wins and a dominant win against a G6 team." }, { "rank": 5, "team": { "id": 7, "handle": "miami", "name": "Miami Hurricanes" }, "rationale": "Dominant in their games up until this week. Still played well, ranking them below ND for playing FAMU instead of a G6 team. " }, { "rank": 6, "team": { "id": 34, "handle": "ohiostate", "name": "Ohio State Buckeyes" }, "rationale": "Dominant wins over teams they should beat. 1 point loss in a pick em against Texas. Not gonna knock them too much over that." }, { "rank": 7, "team": { "id": 23, "handle": "texastech", "name": "Texas Tech Red Raiders" }, "rationale": "They look suspect. Houston is a good team, but that Oregon State game looks alarming." }, { "rank": 8, "team": { "id": 47, "handle": "usc", "name": "USC Trojans" }, "rationale": "Defense is trash. But they\u2019ve can score with the best of them. " }, { "rank": 9, "team": { "id": 57, "handle": "lsu", "name": "LSU Tigers" }, "rationale": "Good win against Clemson but they dropped because of the Ole Miss loss. " }, { "rank": 10, "team": { "id": 26, "handle": "indiana", "name": "Indiana Hoosiers" }, "rationale": "Should really be knocking them down a little for playing three straight G6 teams but they\u2019ve been dominant in those games so ranking them here. " }, { "rank": 11, "team": { "id": 48, "handle": "utah", "name": "Utah Utes" }, "rationale": "Blowing out teams they should be. " }, { "rank": 12, "team": { "id": 6, "handle": "louisville", "name": "Louisville Cardinals" }, "rationale": "Very underrated resume. Close loss to Ole Miss, who just beat LSU. Win over SMU who is definitely a top team in the ACC." }, { "rank": 13, "team": { "id": 66, "handle": "byu", "name": "BYU Cougars" }, "rationale": "Good wins, not great but good " }, { "rank": 14, "team": { "id": 54, "handle": "florida", "name": "Florida Gators" }, "rationale": "Very good win over Auburn. Only test on their schedule though. " }, { "rank": 15, "team": { "id": 27, "handle": "iowa", "name": "Iowa Hawkeyes" }, "rationale": "Their defense is incredible. Offense is still up in the air like always." }, { "rank": 16, "team": { "id": 58, "handle": "mississippistate", "name": "Mississippi State Bulldogs" }, "rationale": "Dominant win over a good Minnesota team. Great win over SC. Very underrated team. " }, { "rank": 17, "team": { "id": 51, "handle": "alabama", "name": "Alabama Crimson Tide" }, "rationale": "Game against FSU is alarming but they escaped. " }, { "rank": 18, "team": { "id": 35, "handle": "pennstate", "name": "Penn State Nittany Lions" }, "rationale": "Similar to Indiana, played cupcakes." }, { "rank": 19, "team": { "id": 10, "handle": "pittsburgh", "name": "Pittsburgh Panthers" }, "rationale": "Good wins, not great but good wins." }, { "rank": 20, "team": { "id": 62, "handle": "tennessee", "name": "Tennessee Volunteers" }, "rationale": "Only real win was against GT who lost to Colorado. So average looking resume" }, { "rank": 21, "team": { "id": 29, "handle": "michigan", "name": "Michigan Wolverines" }, "rationale": "Oklahoma is helping them tremendously. They did what they needed to against UTEP. " }, { "rank": 22, "team": { "id": 59, "handle": "missouri", "name": "Missouri Tigers" }, "rationale": "Troy is a good G6 team. Kansas is average. Missouri is decent" }, { "rank": 23, "team": { "id": 76, "handle": "smu", "name": "SMU Mustangs" }, "rationale": "That FSU win looks better considering how FSU played against Bama. Loss in a banger of a game with Lville whose only loss is to Ole Miss. That loss isn\u2019t that big of a deal at the moment. " }, { "rank": 24, "team": { "id": 49, "handle": "washington", "name": "Washington Huskies" }, "rationale": "Apple Cup is always tough so I won\u2019t knock them too much for not winning by more. One of the better QBs in the nation, beating Minnesota can make them jump a bit" }, { "rank": 25, "team": { "id": 19, "handle": "oklahoma", "name": "Oklahoma Sooners" }, "rationale": "Loss to Michigan hurts but it doesn\u2019t hurt that much. Barely beating New Mexico is eye opening." } ] }, { "id": 74870, "username": "NebraskaPlainsman", "ballot_type": "Human", "submission_date": "2026-09-20T23:15:33.131443+00:00", "overall_rationale": "", "entries": [ { "rank": 1, "team": { "id": 26, "handle": "indiana", "name": "Indiana Hoosiers" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 2, "team": { "id": 22, "handle": "texas", "name": "Texas Longhorns" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 3, "team": { "id": 7, "handle": "miami", "name": "Miami Hurricanes" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 4, "team": { "id": 34, "handle": "ohiostate", "name": "Ohio State Buckeyes" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 5, "team": { "id": 55, "handle": "georgia", "name": "Georgia Bulldogs" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 6, "team": { "id": 67, "handle": "notredame", "name": "Notre Dame Fighting Irish" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 7, "team": { "id": 60, "handle": "olemiss", "name": "Ole Miss Rebels" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 8, "team": { "id": 51, "handle": "alabama", "name": "Alabama Crimson Tide" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 9, "team": { "id": 57, "handle": "lsu", "name": "LSU Tigers" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 10, "team": { "id": 23, "handle": "texastech", "name": "Texas Tech Red Raiders" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 11, "team": { "id": 66, "handle": "byu", "name": "BYU Cougars" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 12, "team": { "id": 48, "handle": "utah", "name": "Utah Utes" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 13, "team": { "id": 47, "handle": "usc", "name": "USC Trojans" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 14, "team": { "id": 35, "handle": "pennstate", "name": "Penn State Nittany Lions" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 15, "team": { "id": 27, "handle": "iowa", "name": "Iowa Hawkeyes" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 16, "team": { "id": 62, "handle": "tennessee", "name": "Tennessee Volunteers" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 17, "team": { "id": 54, "handle": "florida", "name": "Florida Gators" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 18, "team": { "id": 59, "handle": "missouri", "name": "Missouri Tigers" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 19, "team": { "id": 13, "handle": "virginiatech", "name": "Virginia Tech Hokies" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 20, "team": { "id": 6, "handle": "louisville", "name": "Louisville Cardinals" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 21, "team": { "id": 49, "handle": "washington", "name": "Washington Huskies" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 22, "team": { "id": 46, "handle": "ucla", "name": "UCLA Bruins" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 23, "team": { "id": 58, "handle": "mississippistate", "name": "Mississippi State Bulldogs" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 24, "team": { "id": 29, "handle": "michigan", "name": "Michigan Wolverines" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 25, "team": { "id": 3, "handle": "duke", "name": "Duke Blue Devils" }, "rationale": "" } ] }, { "id": 74919, "username": "Nervous_Metal_9445", "ballot_type": "Hybrid", "submission_date": "2026-09-20T12:31:23.168439+00:00", "overall_rationale": "Roughly same as last year. More losses you have the farther down you go, however not fully up to that standard and head to head with same amount of losses maters a lot.\r\n\r\nI'm adding the Plus or Minus numbers from last week's positions this week", "entries": [ { "rank": 1, "team": { "id": 22, "handle": "texas", "name": "Texas Longhorns" }, "rationale": "+0" }, { "rank": 2, "team": { "id": 26, "handle": "indiana", "name": "Indiana Hoosiers" }, "rationale": "+0" }, { "rank": 3, "team": { "id": 67, "handle": "notredame", "name": "Notre Dame Fighting Irish" }, "rationale": "+0" }, { "rank": 4, "team": { "id": 60, "handle": "olemiss", "name": "Ole Miss Rebels" }, "rationale": "+3" }, { "rank": 5, "team": { "id": 55, "handle": "georgia", "name": "Georgia Bulldogs" }, "rationale": "-1" }, { "rank": 6, "team": { "id": 7, "handle": "miami", "name": "Miami Hurricanes" }, "rationale": "+1" }, { "rank": 7, "team": { "id": 51, "handle": "alabama", "name": "Alabama Crimson Tide" }, "rationale": "+2" }, { "rank": 8, "team": { "id": 34, "handle": "ohiostate", "name": "Ohio State Buckeyes" }, "rationale": "+2" }, { "rank": 9, "team": { "id": 57, "handle": "lsu", "name": "LSU Tigers" }, "rationale": "-3" }, { "rank": 10, "team": { "id": 66, "handle": "byu", "name": "BYU Cougars" }, "rationale": "+1" }, { "rank": 11, "team": { "id": 27, "handle": "iowa", "name": "Iowa Hawkeyes" }, "rationale": "+1" }, { "rank": 12, "team": { "id": 59, "handle": "missouri", "name": "Missouri Tigers" }, "rationale": "+1" }, { "rank": 13, "team": { "id": 6, "handle": "louisville", "name": "Louisville Cardinals" }, "rationale": "+6" }, { "rank": 14, "team": { "id": 48, "handle": "utah", "name": "Utah Utes" }, "rationale": "+1" }, { "rank": 15, "team": { "id": 35, "handle": "pennstate", "name": "Penn State Nittany Lions" }, "rationale": "+2" }, { "rank": 16, "team": { "id": 54, "handle": "florida", "name": "Florida Gators" }, "rationale": "+4" }, { "rank": 17, "team": { "id": 13, "handle": "virginiatech", "name": "Virginia Tech Hokies" }, "rationale": "+4" }, { "rank": 18, "team": { "id": 76, "handle": "smu", "name": "SMU Mustangs" }, "rationale": "-4" }, { "rank": 19, "team": { "id": 23, "handle": "texastech", "name": "Texas Tech Red Raiders" }, "rationale": "+3" }, { "rank": 20, "team": { "id": 29, "handle": "michigan", "name": "Michigan Wolverines" }, "rationale": "+3" }, { "rank": 21, "team": { "id": 47, "handle": "usc", "name": "USC Trojans" }, "rationale": "-3" }, { "rank": 22, "team": { "id": 73, "handle": "houston", "name": "Houston Cougars" }, "rationale": "-8" }, { "rank": 23, "team": { "id": 62, "handle": "tennessee", "name": "Tennessee Volunteers" }, "rationale": "NR" }, { "rank": 24, "team": { "id": 49, "handle": "washington", "name": "Washington Huskies" }, "rationale": "NR" }, { "rank": 25, "team": { "id": 107, "handle": "westernmichigan", "name": "Western Michigan Broncos" }, "rationale": "NR (2nd best G6 Team) Best G6 Team, but the Boise State game may settle that one again " } ] }, { "id": 75026, "username": "NNul", "ballot_type": "Human", "submission_date": "2026-09-20T18:50:40.406794+00:00", "overall_rationale": "Over the past few weeks, I've been making my own poll, starting with the AP preseason poll and changing teams by feel week by week in a Notepad file. This early on, I rank teams based off certainty of how good they are, so P4-P4 games factor in quite a bit. I also use quite a few mini-rankings to help making these (e.g. Tex > Ind > Mia).", "entries": [ { "rank": 1, "team": { "id": 55, "handle": "georgia", "name": "Georgia Bulldogs" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 2, "team": { "id": 22, "handle": "texas", "name": "Texas Longhorns" }, "rationale": "Tex > Ind > Mia, IMO." }, { "rank": 3, "team": { "id": 26, "handle": "indiana", "name": "Indiana Hoosiers" }, "rationale": "Still looking for a reason to doubt Cignetti." }, { "rank": 4, "team": { "id": 7, "handle": "miami", "name": "Miami Hurricanes" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 5, "team": { "id": 67, "handle": "notredame", "name": "Notre Dame Fighting Irish" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 6, "team": { "id": 34, "handle": "ohiostate", "name": "Ohio State Buckeyes" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 7, "team": { "id": 60, "handle": "olemiss", "name": "Ole Miss Rebels" }, "rationale": "Miss > LSU on head-to-head." }, { "rank": 8, "team": { "id": 51, "handle": "alabama", "name": "Alabama Crimson Tide" }, "rationale": "My SEC rankings are Miss > Ala > LSU > TxA&M." }, { "rank": 9, "team": { "id": 66, "handle": "byu", "name": "BYU Cougars" }, "rationale": "BYU > TTU since they both each played 1 FCS, 1 G6, and 1 B12 team, and BYU had better scoring and yardage differentials than TTU." }, { "rank": 10, "team": { "id": 23, "handle": "texastech", "name": "Texas Tech Red Raiders" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 11, "team": { "id": 57, "handle": "lsu", "name": "LSU Tigers" }, "rationale": "LSU > TxA&M, based off LSU losing at a great and hostile team, while TxA&M lost at home to a bottomfeeder." }, { "rank": 12, "team": { "id": 27, "handle": "iowa", "name": "Iowa Hawkeyes" }, "rationale": "Second blanking of a team with initials containing, I, N, and U." }, { "rank": 13, "team": { "id": 63, "handle": "texasam", "name": "Texas A&M Aggies" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 14, "team": { "id": 6, "handle": "louisville", "name": "Louisville Cardinals" }, "rationale": "Miss > Lou > SMU, IMO." }, { "rank": 15, "team": { "id": 35, "handle": "pennstate", "name": "Penn State Nittany Lions" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 16, "team": { "id": 47, "handle": "usc", "name": "USC Trojans" }, "rationale": "Really? Outgaining a team that got blown out by UMass by a yard?" }, { "rank": 17, "team": { "id": 73, "handle": "houston", "name": "Houston Cougars" }, "rationale": "I am crazy for having this team unranked earlier this year." }, { "rank": 18, "team": { "id": 62, "handle": "tennessee", "name": "Tennessee Volunteers" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 19, "team": { "id": 48, "handle": "utah", "name": "Utah Utes" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 20, "team": { "id": 58, "handle": "mississippistate", "name": "Mississippi State Bulldogs" }, "rationale": "MsSt > Fla since MsSt has 2 P4 wins with higher margins of victory compared to Fla's 1." }, { "rank": 21, "team": { "id": 54, "handle": "florida", "name": "Florida Gators" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 22, "team": { "id": 76, "handle": "smu", "name": "SMU Mustangs" }, "rationale": "I'm a bit uncertain with this team." }, { "rank": 23, "team": { "id": 43, "handle": "oregon", "name": "Oregon Ducks" }, "rationale": "And a bit more uncertain with this one." }, { "rank": 24, "team": { "id": 3, "handle": "duke", "name": "Duke Blue Devils" }, "rationale": "3-0 (2-0 vs P4 teams), the certainty index at this point in the season is strong with Duke!" }, { "rank": 25, "team": { "id": 59, "handle": "missouri", "name": "Missouri Tigers" }, "rationale": "3-0 with a preseason ranking is good. Getting outgained and falling down 10-0 to Troy isn't." } ] }, { "id": 74862, "username": "noah_divine", "ballot_type": "Human", "submission_date": "2026-09-22T01:15:42.496331+00:00", "overall_rationale": "Evaluating teams with a mix of both resume and the eye test, rewarding teams for scheduling top tier opponents, and as long as you keep it close, I don't punish you too harshly. If you play a bunch of nobodies you had better blow them out though.\r\n\r\nAlso, for transparency, I am still treating the WMU-Michigan game as a win for Western Michigan, and will treat it that way throughout the season.", "entries": [ { "rank": 1, "team": { "id": 60, "handle": "olemiss", "name": "Ole Miss Rebels" }, "rationale": "As of right now, taking into account both resume and the eye test, I believe Ole Miss is the best team in college football. They have the best quarterback in the sport in Trinidad Chambliss, one of the most underrated coaches in the sport in Pete Golding, and two fantastic wins over Louisville and LSU. This team is now my pick to win the national championship and will remain so until they prove me otherwise." }, { "rank": 2, "team": { "id": 22, "handle": "texas", "name": "Texas Longhorns" }, "rationale": "It makes sense for Texas to have a sluggish performance after that dramatic win last week, so it doesn't change how I view them as a team. The reason why I have them ranked below Ole Miss is because I think the Rebels have the advantage in a few of the most important metrics: resume, quarterback, and coaching." }, { "rank": 3, "team": { "id": 55, "handle": "georgia", "name": "Georgia Bulldogs" }, "rationale": "As stated earlier, teams that have only played inferior competition so far have to blow them out for me to respect them, and Georgia has done just that, winning decisively over Tennessee State, Western Kentucky, and Arkansas. Gunner Stockton is starting to turn me into a believer, and Kirby Smart is still Kirby Smart. However, I don't think we'll get a real opportunity to evaluate them until they face Alabama on October 10th. (Yes, this is me saying Oklahoma sucks.)" }, { "rank": 4, "team": { "id": 7, "handle": "miami", "name": "Miami Hurricanes" }, "rationale": "An alarming second half performance has made me rethink my national champion pick. I'm not yet worried about Miami, considering Darian Mensah was nearly perfect, Malachi Toney still exists, and Wake Forest is actually a really good team. However, I can't help but think what would have happened if they had been playing Louisville or Notre Dame." }, { "rank": 5, "team": { "id": 26, "handle": "indiana", "name": "Indiana Hoosiers" }, "rationale": "They did not score as many points as I would have hoped, but Indiana has still taken care of business against a weak non-conference schedule. I believe this team can reach the same heights they did last year, but we will not know how good this team really is until they face Ohio State on October 17th." }, { "rank": 6, "team": { "id": 34, "handle": "ohiostate", "name": "Ohio State Buckeyes" }, "rationale": "Ohio State took care of business in a get-right game against Kent State, but I have some serious, serious concerns with the Buckeyes' offense, particularly with Julian Sayin. From what we have seen so far, if Jeremiah Smith is taken away, Sayin cannot operate the offense. I don't know if it's the yips, if Ohio State doesn't have a WR2 they truly trust yet, or if Sayin just isn't that great, but whatever it is, they need to address it soon." }, { "rank": 7, "team": { "id": 6, "handle": "louisville", "name": "Louisville Cardinals" }, "rationale": "Yes, this is absurdly high for Louisville, but I'm absurdly high on Louisville. As an Ohio State fan, Lincoln Kienholz's play over three weeks is really making me wish he was back in Columbus. They have a close loss to Ole Miss and a big win over a good SMU team, and I don't think it's crazy to think they have a legit shot to win the ACC outright." }, { "rank": 8, "team": { "id": 57, "handle": "lsu", "name": "LSU Tigers" }, "rationale": "If LSU had not made proper halftime adjustments, they would have been dropped much further, but I was impressed with their comeback effort despite the loss. I think this is still a great team, but they just don't stack up to the teams above them just yet, and that Clemson win isn't looking as great as it did before." }, { "rank": 9, "team": { "id": 67, "handle": "notredame", "name": "Notre Dame Fighting Irish" }, "rationale": "I have not been impressed with Notre Dame so far this season, and I think they have been massively overrated. Wisconsin and Michigan State are not cupcake opponents that I would expect the Irish to blow out, but I expect them to put up more than 24 and 27 points, respectively. I cannot rank Notre Dame any higher until I see more dominant performances from them regardless of their opponent." }, { "rank": 10, "team": { "id": 62, "handle": "tennessee", "name": "Tennessee Volunteers" }, "rationale": "Faizon Brandon has looked fantastic especially for a true freshman, but they haven't faced anyone noteworthy yet. 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By the end of the season, rankings are based entirely on resume. I lean heavily into head to head results and results against common opponents. I also sort teams into 6 tiers based on championship/playoff likelihood. Tier 1: Championship Frontrunners who are highly likely to make the playoffs, Tier 2: Playoff Teams who could conceivably win the championship but are behind Tier 1, Tier 3: Playoff Possibilities who are unlikely to compete for a championship, Tier 4: Teams with an outside shot at making the playoffs, Tier 5: Teams that can't make the playoffs except for winning conference or unprecedented chaos Tier 6: Teams that are eliminated from playoff contention. Tiers 5 and 6 don't enter into the top 25 until very late in the year. 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Close loss to #7 on road and a solid win against #23 at home means Louisville is here." }, { "rank": 14, "team": { "id": 48, "handle": "utah", "name": "Utah Utes" }, "rationale": "Tier 3. Impressive win against USU team that gave Washington trouble." }, { "rank": 15, "team": { "id": 57, "handle": "lsu", "name": "LSU Tigers" }, "rationale": "Tier 3. Not sure what to make of this team yet." }, { "rank": 16, "team": { "id": 47, "handle": "usc", "name": "USC Trojans" }, "rationale": "Tier 4. Struggling against Rutgers dropped them a tier." }, { "rank": 17, "team": { "id": 27, "handle": "iowa", "name": "Iowa Hawkeyes" }, "rationale": "Tier 4." }, { "rank": 18, "team": { "id": 59, "handle": "missouri", "name": "Missouri Tigers" }, "rationale": "Tier 4. " }, { "rank": 19, "team": { "id": 10, "handle": "pittsburgh", "name": "Pittsburgh Panthers" }, "rationale": "Tier 4. " }, { "rank": 20, "team": { "id": 54, "handle": "florida", "name": "Florida Gators" }, "rationale": "Tier 4. " }, { "rank": 21, "team": { "id": 24, "handle": "westvirginia", "name": "West Virginia Mountaineers" }, "rationale": "Tier 4. Solid road win against Virginia." }, { "rank": 22, "team": { "id": 3, "handle": "duke", "name": "Duke Blue Devils" }, "rationale": "Tier 4. " }, { "rank": 23, "team": { "id": 58, "handle": "mississippistate", "name": "Mississippi State Bulldogs" }, "rationale": "Tier 4. Two road P5 wins is nothing to scoff at." }, { "rank": 24, "team": { "id": 76, "handle": "smu", "name": "SMU Mustangs" }, "rationale": "Tier 4. " }, { "rank": 25, "team": { "id": 13, "handle": "virginiatech", "name": "Virginia Tech Hokies" }, "rationale": "Tier 4. 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Big test this week with Iowa." }, { "rank": 18, "team": { "id": 58, "handle": "mississippistate", "name": "Mississippi State Bulldogs" }, "rationale": "I've been impressed with MSU, fingers crossed their season stays on an upward trajectory. They are about to be seriously tested with Missouri, Bama, LSU, and Texas over the next 5 weeks." }, { "rank": 19, "team": { "id": 23, "handle": "texastech", "name": "Texas Tech Red Raiders" }, "rationale": "Are they good, sure... Are they great, not sure." }, { "rank": 20, "team": { "id": 13, "handle": "virginiatech", "name": "Virginia Tech Hokies" }, "rationale": "Franklin has this team playing well, but with every ACC team; who do they play? They won't get any respect until they play a legit team.. MAYBE SMU in November." }, { "rank": 21, "team": { "id": 6, "handle": "louisville", "name": "Louisville Cardinals" }, "rationale": "Early loss to Ole Miss is looking better than expected. Could win the ACC. 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"name": "Virginia Tech Hokies" }, "rationale": "(NR)" }, { "rank": 24, "team": { "id": 32, "handle": "nebraska", "name": "Nebraska Cornhuskers" }, "rationale": "(NR) Dropped: Texas A&M #6, South Carolina #15, Auburn #21, SMU #23, UVA #24, Houston #25" }, { "rank": 25, "team": { "id": 24, "handle": "westvirginia", "name": "West Virginia Mountaineers" }, "rationale": "(NR) Next Five: Pitt, UCLA, NDSU, Kansas State, Tulsa" } ] }, { "id": 74950, "username": "Yamiosum", "ballot_type": "Computer", "submission_date": "2026-09-20T14:09:26.440617+00:00", "overall_rationale": "Gives \"points\" out based on margin of victory and strength of opponent. Teams are ranked by number of points accumulated, which informs the strength of opponent for another iteration. Iterated through hundreds of cycles until there is significant convergence. No preseason priors, so it's mostly a margin-of-victory metric until week 4 or 5.", "entries": [ { "rank": 1, "team": { "id": 47, "handle": "usc", "name": "USC Trojans" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 2, "team": { "id": 35, "handle": "pennstate", "name": "Penn State Nittany Lions" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 3, "team": { "id": 67, "handle": "notredame", "name": "Notre Dame Fighting Irish" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 4, "team": { "id": 184, "handle": "northdakotastate", "name": "North Dakota State Bison" }, "rationale": "USC & NDSU are both good teams but are also being heavily propped up by the extra game this early in the year. Maybe I'll change it to a value/game metric next year." }, { "rank": 5, "team": { "id": 58, "handle": "mississippistate", "name": "Mississippi State Bulldogs" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 6, "team": { "id": 26, "handle": "indiana", "name": "Indiana Hoosiers" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 7, "team": { "id": 55, "handle": "georgia", "name": "Georgia Bulldogs" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 8, "team": { "id": 22, "handle": "texas", "name": "Texas Longhorns" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 9, "team": { "id": 48, "handle": "utah", "name": "Utah Utes" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 10, "team": { "id": 51, "handle": "alabama", "name": "Alabama Crimson Tide" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 11, "team": { "id": 7, "handle": "miami", "name": "Miami Hurricanes" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 12, "team": { "id": 34, "handle": "ohiostate", "name": "Ohio State Buckeyes" }, "rationale": "VERY rare for a one loss team to be this high in my ranking this early in the year. Combo of extremely forgivable loss and some blowout wins." }, { "rank": 13, "team": { "id": 62, "handle": "tennessee", "name": "Tennessee Volunteers" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 14, "team": { "id": 27, "handle": "iowa", "name": "Iowa Hawkeyes" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 15, "team": { "id": 32, "handle": "nebraska", "name": "Nebraska Cornhuskers" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 16, "team": { "id": 13, "handle": "virginiatech", "name": "Virginia Tech Hokies" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 17, "team": { "id": 54, "handle": "florida", "name": "Florida Gators" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 18, "team": { "id": 18, "handle": "kansasstate", "name": "Kansas State Wildcats" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 19, "team": { "id": 153, "handle": "jamesmadison", "name": "James Madison Dukes" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 20, "team": { "id": 3, "handle": "duke", "name": "Duke Blue Devils" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 21, "team": { "id": 66, "handle": "byu", "name": "BYU Cougars" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 22, "team": { "id": 10, "handle": "pittsburgh", "name": "Pittsburgh Panthers" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 23, "team": { "id": 79, "handle": "tulsa", "name": "Tulsa Golden Hurricane" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 24, "team": { "id": 46, "handle": "ucla", "name": "UCLA Bruins" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 25, "team": { "id": 59, "handle": "missouri", "name": "Missouri Tigers" }, "rationale": "" } ] }, { "id": 74900, "username": "Yelich04", "ballot_type": "Human", "submission_date": "2026-09-20T07:18:08.115497+00:00", "overall_rationale": "I split each conference into groups based on how many losses they have and rank them accordingly (ACC 1 loss teams, American undefeateds, Pac-12 2 loss teams, etc.). I then take a certain amount of these groups that are eligible for ranking (often grouping eligible G6's and edge cases into their own larger groups) and rank them together, comparing the next available from each batch with each other. In this manner I re-rank fully every week from scratch. I rank not just the top 25, but all teams who are eligible for ranking by whatever standards I decide to set each week.\r\n\r\nThis week, all undefeateds were available for ranking, as well as a collection of the \"best 1 loss teams\" that I thought were worthy of consideration (Ohio State, LSU, Louisville, Kentucky, Houston, SMU, Texas A&M, Oklahoma State, Oregon, Auburn, Arizona, Arizona State, Cal, Virginia, Maryland, South Carolina, Oklahoma, Western Michigan, Boise State, Western Michigan, New Mexico)\r\n\r\nDROPPING OUT: #8 Texas A&M, #16 Virginia, #22 Missouri, #24 Pitt\r\n\r\nNEXT 5 IN: Northwestern, Texas A&M, Western Michigan, Michigan, Oklahoma State", "entries": [ { "rank": 1, "team": { "id": 22, "handle": "texas", "name": "Texas Longhorns" }, "rationale": "-" }, { "rank": 2, "team": { "id": 60, "handle": "olemiss", "name": "Ole Miss Rebels" }, "rationale": "^9" }, { "rank": 3, "team": { "id": 55, "handle": "georgia", "name": "Georgia Bulldogs" }, "rationale": "^4" }, { "rank": 4, "team": { "id": 7, "handle": "miami", "name": "Miami Hurricanes" }, "rationale": "v2" }, { "rank": 5, "team": { "id": 67, "handle": "notredame", "name": "Notre Dame Fighting Irish" }, "rationale": "v1" }, { "rank": 6, "team": { "id": 34, "handle": "ohiostate", "name": "Ohio State Buckeyes" }, "rationale": "-" }, { "rank": 7, "team": { "id": 26, "handle": "indiana", "name": "Indiana Hoosiers" }, "rationale": "v2" }, { "rank": 8, "team": { "id": 66, "handle": "byu", "name": "BYU Cougars" }, "rationale": "^1" }, { "rank": 9, "team": { "id": 48, "handle": "utah", "name": "Utah Utes" }, "rationale": "^1" }, { "rank": 10, "team": { "id": 57, "handle": "lsu", "name": "LSU Tigers" }, "rationale": "v7" }, { "rank": 11, "team": { "id": 51, "handle": "alabama", "name": "Alabama Crimson Tide" }, "rationale": "^1" }, { "rank": 12, "team": { "id": 54, "handle": "florida", "name": "Florida Gators" }, "rationale": "^2" }, { "rank": 13, "team": { "id": 58, "handle": "mississippistate", "name": "Mississippi State Bulldogs" }, "rationale": "^6" }, { "rank": 14, "team": { "id": 13, "handle": "virginiatech", "name": "Virginia Tech Hokies" }, "rationale": "^3" }, { "rank": 15, "team": { "id": 6, "handle": "louisville", "name": "Louisville Cardinals" }, "rationale": "NR" }, { "rank": 16, "team": { "id": 23, "handle": "texastech", "name": "Texas Tech Red Raiders" }, "rationale": "^9" }, { "rank": 17, "team": { "id": 62, "handle": "tennessee", "name": "Tennessee Volunteers" }, "rationale": "v2" }, { "rank": 18, "team": { "id": 27, "handle": "iowa", "name": "Iowa Hawkeyes" }, "rationale": "-" }, { "rank": 19, "team": { "id": 35, "handle": "pennstate", "name": "Penn State Nittany Lions" }, "rationale": "^1" }, { "rank": 20, "team": { "id": 56, "handle": "kentucky", "name": "Kentucky Wildcats" }, "rationale": "NR" }, { "rank": 21, "team": { "id": 76, "handle": "smu", "name": "SMU Mustangs" }, "rationale": "^2" }, { "rank": 22, "team": { "id": 47, "handle": "usc", "name": "USC Trojans" }, "rationale": "v9" }, { "rank": 23, "team": { "id": 46, "handle": "ucla", "name": "UCLA Bruins" }, "rationale": "v2" }, { "rank": 24, "team": { "id": 79, "handle": "tulsa", "name": "Tulsa Golden Hurricane" }, "rationale": "NR" }, { "rank": 25, "team": { "id": 73, "handle": "houston", "name": "Houston Cougars" }, "rationale": "NR" } ] } ] }