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In order to adjust Team A's rating after a game is played against Team B, I have to know the ratings of Team B. And to calculate the ratings of Team B, I need to know the ratings of all the teams that Team B has played. And to calculate the ratings of all the teams that Team B has played, I need to know the ratings of all of teams that have played the teams that Team B has played. Etc... In summary, a rating system must be comprehensive; otherwise, you will introduce error or uncertainty into the system.\r\n\r\nAnother aspect of my rating system that makes it unique is that fact that I iterate to converge my ratings. At the beginning of the season, all teams begin with a common rating. However, the disparity of talent in college football requires an iteration process. Applying an iterative scheme to the rating system allows learning of each team later in the season to be applied to early season results. 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So, the process is repeated until the maximum change of any team less than 1% of the previous iteration results.\r\n\r\nThis can also lead to a team's rating changing during a bye week! Yes, learning from their opponents' results (and their opponents' result, and their opponents' results, etc...) will influence each team's ratings. This effect is also present during weeks in which the team is not on a bye, however, its impacts are a second order effect relative to the rating adjustment calculated from their win/loss/tie and therefore not obvious.\r\n\r\nSpeaking of opponents and opponent's opponents... there are two metrics that are often discussed when comparing teams' schedules. Strength of Schedule (SoS) is a metric that measures the quality of opponents a team has played. 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This can change quickly. I am high on Alabama, Florida, LSU, Mississippi State, UCLA, Nebraska, and all the ACC teams besides Miami I have ranked lol. 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All undefeated teams ranked ahead of all teams with losses. 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Still willing to change my rankings significantly from week to week, but we know enough now to lock in. \r\n\r\nNotable teams I've left out are:\r\n\r\n- Kentucky (loss to Bama + win over A&M losing some shine)\r\n- Michigan (tight game against WMU who just lost + OU win looking worse + loss to Iowa)\r\n- Missouri (loss to MSU not a terrible knock, but KU win looking worse)\r\n- Louisville (tough losses to good teams, but still 2 losses)\r\n- Wake Forest (good win over Louisville, but close game to Purdue / Miami loss isn't hurting them)\r\n- USC (all wins against bad teams + letting Rutgers be competitive + losing to Oregon at home with the backup QB and displaying poor culture). \r\n- LSU (impressive wins over Clemson and A&M should have them ranked, but the loss to Ole Miss still looms large in light of the Rebels' loss to Florida)\r\n\r\nOf those teams, Wake Forest and Missouri are most likely to jump in the poll with continued success. But all remain in contention. ", "entries": [ { "rank": 1, "team": { "id": 22, "handle": "texas", "name": "Texas Longhorns" }, "rationale": "Still undefeated with the best wins in the country. Offense is off to a sluggish start but defense is elite and defense, proverbially, travels and wins championships. " }, { "rank": 2, "team": { "id": 7, "handle": "miami", "name": "Miami Hurricanes" }, "rationale": "Haven't played the toughest schedule but have looked amazing. The win over Wake Forest is aging well. I think the Pitt game will be the first real measuring stick, which is disappointing, but Miami has looked the part in its other performances. " }, { "rank": 3, "team": { "id": 55, "handle": "georgia", "name": "Georgia Bulldogs" }, "rationale": "Could almost copy and paste the same note that I made above for Miami. Haven't played any serious opponents but have looked good in their games. UGA will get its first test sooner than Miami in Alabama, however, and with a win over Alabama I think UGA will move up. Even up to No. 1 if Texas continues to flounder on offense. " }, { "rank": 4, "team": { "id": 34, "handle": "ohiostate", "name": "Ohio State Buckeyes" }, "rationale": "Neither the states of Kent or Ball tell you much about OSU, but the win over Illinois was impressive to watch. I generally avoid ranking teams with losses high when there are still undefeated teams, but a 1-point loss on the road to the No. 1 team is about as much of a \"quality loss\" as a team can get. I won't hold the loss against OSU, who arguably would have beaten Texas on a neutral field. " }, { "rank": 5, "team": { "id": 67, "handle": "notredame", "name": "Notre Dame Fighting Irish" }, "rationale": "People trash ND's schedule, but their win over Wisconsin is aging well. Can't quite say the same about their win over Michigan State, who just lost to Nebraska at home by a wider margin. Still, ND has looked good in their games and I'm not inclined to ding them for what I think rather than what I know. This is a good team with a good balance of defense and offense. " }, { "rank": 6, "team": { "id": 51, "handle": "alabama", "name": "Alabama Crimson Tide" }, "rationale": "Bama looks good and Russell looks dangerous. They're getting dinged slightly for slow starts against Kentucky and FSU, although that Kentucky win looks better now than it did at the time. " }, { "rank": 7, "team": { "id": 58, "handle": "mississippistate", "name": "Mississippi State Bulldogs" }, "rationale": "I am too high on the Bulldogs. I can't help it, they're fun to watch. I respect both Minnesota and Missouri, which gives MSU two nice wins. USC looks worse every week, so that close wins sours things a bit and MSU's defense seems mostly okay. The next two games (Bama and LSU) will tell us a lot about where MSU sits in the SEC pecking order, but I won't sweat being high on them at this point in the season. " }, { "rank": 8, "team": { "id": 23, "handle": "texastech", "name": "Texas Tech Red Raiders" }, "rationale": "I don't know what to make of Tech. It's a good roster, but the defense has regressed and the QB play has been inconsistent. The SHSU and ACU games were poor showings, but I think the win over Houston was good and I actually think Oregon State is one of the better G6 teams this season (we'll have to wait and see how that win ages, but I like it for now). They are probably still the best team in the Big 12, but I have my eye on them. " }, { "rank": 9, "team": { "id": 26, "handle": "indiana", "name": "Indiana Hoosiers" }, "rationale": "My opinion of Indiana is not adversely affected by the close win over Northwestern. I think the Wildcats are an improved team this year. But the rest of Indiana's resume to date is awful. UNT is their next best win and they look pretty middle of the road for a G6. I still think Indiana is a top-10 team, but more in \"wait and see\" mode with them. " }, { "rank": 10, "team": { "id": 54, "handle": "florida", "name": "Florida Gators" }, "rationale": "Jaden Baugh reminds me of Bijan Robinson in a way that I just hate for a team on Texas' schedule. That offense is talented and efficient. Defense probably has some catching up to do, but the win over Ole Miss clearly shows Florida is a top-10 team. " }, { "rank": 11, "team": { "id": 10, "handle": "pittsburgh", "name": "Pittsburgh Panthers" }, "rationale": "I'm probably a little too high on Pitt, but I like how they looked against Syracuse and the win over UCF was gutty in difficult conditions. At this point it's more about eye-test than resume, but I'm eager to see how the Panthers look against Virginia Tech. A loss will kill Pitt in my rankings, but as long as they keep rolling I'm going to stay high on them. " }, { "rank": 12, "team": { "id": 48, "handle": "utah", "name": "Utah Utes" }, "rationale": "Utah is quietly great this year. I don't think Arkansas or ISU are good teams this season, but the way Utah beat them gives me a lot of confidence. It's a shame they don't play Tech this regular season, but the game against Houston will be an excellent test. " }, { "rank": 13, "team": { "id": 46, "handle": "ucla", "name": "UCLA Bruins" }, "rationale": "Bruins win with gawdy numbers against bad teams. Part of me wants to put them higher, but the wins just age badly as the season goes on. Which sucks for UCLA, because 3 of their 4 wins are against P4 teams, they just happen to be some of the worst P4 teams. UCLA gets the bye, then major tests against Oregon and Wisconsin. " }, { "rank": 14, "team": { "id": 60, "handle": "olemiss", "name": "Ole Miss Rebels" }, "rationale": "Ole Miss is the second highest ranked 1-loss team on my poll with a great win over LSU and a good-but-maybe-not-great win over Louisville. The Swamp is a tough place to play, so I don't fault Ole Miss too much for the loss to Florida, but they just didn't look competitive. Maybe that's just the hangover from beating LSU, but I can't keep Ole Miss in my top-10 with that kind of loss. " }, { "rank": 15, "team": { "id": 3, "handle": "duke", "name": "Duke Blue Devils" }, "rationale": "Duke is the reigning ACC champ with two P4 wins. The games against Illinois and Tulane were closer than I want to see from a top-15 team, but I will respect the Blue Devils until they give me a reason not to. " }, { "rank": 16, "team": { "id": 27, "handle": "iowa", "name": "Iowa Hawkeyes" }, "rationale": "Big win over Michigan and showing signs of a real offense get Iowa ranked. The close win over a middling-to-bad ISU team is holding them back from being higher, but I'll acknowledge that any win in El Assico is a good win. I don't expect Iowa to beat OSU, but keeping it competitive and then winning against Washington with short rest will boost Iowa in my rankings. " }, { "rank": 17, "team": { "id": 20, "handle": "oklahomastate", "name": "Oklahoma State Cowboys" }, "rationale": "It was hard to know what to do with the Pokes. The loss to Tulsa is a real head scratcher, especially in light of Tulsa getting hammered by Arkansas. This ranking has a lot to do with what I think about Oregon and my refusal to rank OSU below Oregon when they have the same record and OSU holds the head-to-head. But it's also about OSU's dominant win over a WVU team that I think is pretty solid. " }, { "rank": 18, "team": { "id": 43, "handle": "oregon", "name": "Oregon Ducks" }, "rationale": "Much in the way that Oklahoma State's ranking is buoyed by the win over Oregon, Oregon's ranking is weighed down by the loss to Oklahoma State. Boise State is a solid squad and USC is talented, so those wins obviously justify ranking Oregon in the top-20. Given the talent and Lanning's track record, Oregon should be in the top-10 or even top-5. I'll be more than happy to move them up if the impressive wins keep rolling in. " }, { "rank": 19, "team": { "id": 66, "handle": "byu", "name": "BYU Cougars" }, "rationale": "BYU has played only 3 games and they've all been against nobodies. I like the Cougars and think they're a good team, but it's hard to rank them higher without any proof. Especially when my perception is that this BYU team is what it is, and won't change much over the season. It's a good team, so that's not necessarily a bad thing, but the games against Arizona and CSU make me think it's not a great team. Definitely top-20 material but I'll need to see a lot more to move them up. " }, { "rank": 20, "team": { "id": 32, "handle": "nebraska", "name": "Nebraska Cornhuskers" }, "rationale": "Not many tests for Nebraska so far, but I watched the games against Ohio and Michigan State and I liked what I saw. My read is that this team should roll Maryland in a relatively low scoring game that is nonetheless never in doubt, so we'll see if I have them pegged. If that's the case, then I like where I have Nebraska ranked. " }, { "rank": 21, "team": { "id": 153, "handle": "jamesmadison", "name": "James Madison Dukes" }, "rationale": "Top G6 team on my poll and possibly the nation. The Duke's G6 status doesn't have them outside the top-20, however. The problem is that they've really played no one, and the potentially good teams on their schedule (SDSU, ODU, Liberty) have all looked pedestrian-to-bad in other games. And JMU has not been blowing them out the way I would like to see. I still like the Dukes, and I'm asking a lot for team that keeps losing excellent head coaches, but my preseason expectations will go out the window if they don't improve." }, { "rank": 22, "team": { "id": 62, "handle": "tennessee", "name": "Tennessee Volunteers" }, "rationale": "The Vols losing to Texas hurt them, but it wasn't just the loss. It was the fact that the game was not as close as the score suggests. Poor officiating and special teams (which count, I'll admit) kept it closer than it should have been. They don't have any other good wins, and I can't put them any higher than 22 based on a \"close\" loss to the No. 1 team. " }, { "rank": 23, "team": { "id": 73, "handle": "houston", "name": "Houston Cougars" }, "rationale": "I like the Coogs. The win over Oregon State will continue to age well and the close loss to Tech on the road doesn't hurt them much. Letting Georgia Southern score 28 points actually gives me more pause than anything. Houston has some good tests coming up (UCF, OSU, and Utah) and I will happily move them up as they rack up wins. I think this team has a top-15 feel to it, with a top-10 ceiling, but I need to see more to confirm. " }, { "rank": 24, "team": { "id": 109, "handle": "boisestate", "name": "Boise State Broncos" }, "rationale": "BSU should be higher. The loss to Oregon will age better as time goes on. I still think the wins over Memphis and WMU are good wins, although I don't like how close SDSU kept things. I want to move BSU up in my poll, but I don't know how many tests are left on their schedule. TXST, CSU, and Oregon State are all strong teams, but BSU will need to win convincingly if it wants to move up head of the quality P4 teams. If both JMU and BSU win out, then I think I will end up ranking BSU ahead of JMU due to differences in competition, but I doubt BSU will be able to crack the top-10 of my poll this year. " }, { "rank": 25, "team": { "id": 94, "handle": "utsa", "name": "UTSA Roadrunners" }, "rationale": "The meeps are fun. They score a lot of points. I think their DBs can hang with the best WRs in the G6. They're a little all over the map at this point, but I'm ranking them this week based on positive vibes and how fun they are to watch. They may drop off in favor of a team like Wake Forest or Missouri, however, if those teams continue to play well. " } ] }, { "id": 75468, "username": "bannista7", "ballot_type": "Human", "submission_date": "2026-09-27T15:56:26.827119+00:00", "overall_rationale": "Eye test, previous rank, common opponents, injuries and overall collective performance.", "entries": [ { "rank": 1, "team": { "id": 22, "handle": "texas", "name": "Texas Longhorns" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 2, "team": { "id": 55, "handle": "georgia", "name": "Georgia Bulldogs" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 3, "team": { "id": 7, "handle": "miami", "name": "Miami Hurricanes" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 4, "team": { "id": 26, "handle": "indiana", "name": "Indiana Hoosiers" }, "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": 51, "handle": "alabama", "name": "Alabama Crimson Tide" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 8, "team": { "id": 66, "handle": "byu", "name": "BYU Cougars" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 9, "team": { "id": 23, "handle": "texastech", "name": "Texas Tech Red Raiders" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 10, "team": { "id": 27, "handle": "iowa", "name": "Iowa Hawkeyes" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 11, "team": { "id": 48, "handle": "utah", "name": "Utah Utes" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 12, "team": { "id": 54, "handle": "florida", "name": "Florida Gators" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 13, "team": { "id": 60, "handle": "olemiss", "name": "Ole Miss Rebels" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 14, "team": { "id": 57, "handle": "lsu", "name": "LSU Tigers" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 15, "team": { "id": 58, "handle": "mississippistate", "name": "Mississippi State Bulldogs" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 16, "team": { "id": 43, "handle": "oregon", "name": "Oregon Ducks" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 17, "team": { "id": 3, "handle": "duke", "name": "Duke Blue Devils" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 18, "team": { "id": 47, "handle": "usc", "name": "USC Trojans" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 19, "team": { "id": 10, "handle": "pittsburgh", "name": "Pittsburgh Panthers" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 20, "team": { "id": 62, "handle": "tennessee", "name": "Tennessee Volunteers" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 21, "team": { "id": 13, "handle": "virginiatech", "name": "Virginia Tech Hokies" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 22, "team": { "id": 76, "handle": "smu", "name": "SMU Mustangs" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 23, "team": { "id": 73, "handle": "houston", "name": "Houston Cougars" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 24, "team": { "id": 46, "handle": "ucla", "name": "UCLA Bruins" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 25, "team": { "id": 153, "handle": "jamesmadison", "name": "James Madison Dukes" }, "rationale": "" } ] }, { "id": 75564, "username": "BearsAreGreat1", "ballot_type": "Human", "submission_date": "2026-09-27T22:32:26.987603+00:00", "overall_rationale": "My human logic", "entries": [ { "rank": 1, "team": { "id": 22, "handle": "texas", "name": "Texas Longhorns" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 2, "team": { "id": 7, "handle": "miami", "name": "Miami Hurricanes" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 3, "team": { "id": 26, "handle": "indiana", "name": "Indiana Hoosiers" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 4, "team": { "id": 55, "handle": "georgia", "name": "Georgia Bulldogs" }, "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": 54, "handle": "florida", "name": "Florida Gators" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 8, "team": { "id": 51, "handle": "alabama", "name": "Alabama Crimson Tide" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 9, "team": { "id": 23, "handle": "texastech", "name": "Texas Tech Red Raiders" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 10, "team": { "id": 27, "handle": "iowa", "name": "Iowa Hawkeyes" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 11, "team": { "id": 66, "handle": "byu", "name": "BYU Cougars" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 12, "team": { "id": 60, "handle": "olemiss", "name": "Ole Miss Rebels" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 13, "team": { "id": 48, "handle": "utah", "name": "Utah Utes" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 14, "team": { "id": 57, "handle": "lsu", "name": "LSU Tigers" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 15, "team": { "id": 20, "handle": "oklahomastate", "name": "Oklahoma State Cowboys" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 16, "team": { "id": 58, "handle": "mississippistate", "name": "Mississippi State Bulldogs" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 17, "team": { "id": 46, "handle": "ucla", "name": "UCLA Bruins" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 18, "team": { "id": 43, "handle": "oregon", "name": "Oregon Ducks" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 19, "team": { "id": 62, "handle": "tennessee", "name": "Tennessee Volunteers" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 20, "team": { "id": 14, "handle": "wakeforest", "name": "Wake Forest Demon Deacons" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 21, "team": { "id": 3, "handle": "duke", "name": "Duke Blue Devils" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 22, "team": { "id": 47, "handle": "usc", "name": "USC Trojans" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 23, "team": { "id": 70, "handle": "cincinnati", "name": "Cincinnati Bearcats" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 24, "team": { "id": 13, "handle": "virginiatech", "name": "Virginia Tech Hokies" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 25, "team": { "id": 109, "handle": "boisestate", "name": "Boise State Broncos" }, "rationale": "" } ] }, { "id": 75412, "username": "BendrickLamar19", "ballot_type": "Human", "submission_date": "2026-09-27T17:27:41.586629+00:00", "overall_rationale": "Trying to lean 50/25/25 on who I think has the best resume, with who I think would win on a neutral site, and in general how it looks like they\u2019ll project in the back half of the season. Obviously bias comes in, no poll is ever 100% consistent, but I\u2019m doing my best to keep hopium, inertia, and bias to a minimum.\r\n\r\nAlso considered (in alphabetical order) - Cincinnati, James Madison, Kentucky, Michigan (Honorary #26), New Mexico, Penn State, Pitt, Virginia Tech, Wisconsin", "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": 34, "handle": "ohiostate", "name": "Ohio State Buckeyes" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 5, "team": { "id": 7, "handle": "miami", "name": "Miami Hurricanes" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 6, "team": { "id": 54, "handle": "florida", "name": "Florida Gators" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 7, "team": { "id": 60, "handle": "olemiss", "name": "Ole Miss Rebels" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 8, "team": { "id": 57, "handle": "lsu", "name": "LSU Tigers" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 9, "team": { "id": 51, "handle": "alabama", "name": "Alabama Crimson Tide" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 10, "team": { "id": 48, "handle": "utah", "name": "Utah Utes" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 11, "team": { "id": 26, "handle": "indiana", "name": "Indiana Hoosiers" }, "rationale": "No disrespect intended, Northwestern is a great football team, but it\u2019s a similar thing to where I ranked Georgia in previous weeks, where the other teams just have better resumes. " }, { "rank": 12, "team": { "id": 27, "handle": "iowa", "name": "Iowa Hawkeyes" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 13, "team": { "id": 66, "handle": "byu", "name": "BYU Cougars" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 14, "team": { "id": 58, "handle": "mississippistate", "name": "Mississippi State Bulldogs" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 15, "team": { "id": 43, "handle": "oregon", "name": "Oregon Ducks" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 16, "team": { "id": 46, "handle": "ucla", "name": "UCLA Bruins" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 17, "team": { "id": 3, "handle": "duke", "name": "Duke Blue Devils" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 18, "team": { "id": 14, "handle": "wakeforest", "name": "Wake Forest Demon Deacons" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 19, "team": { "id": 23, "handle": "texastech", "name": "Texas Tech Red Raiders" }, "rationale": "This team is dangerously close to being 2025 Virginia where they\u2019re very clearly not that good, but somehow just keep winning." }, { "rank": 20, "team": { "id": 20, "handle": "oklahomastate", "name": "Oklahoma State Cowboys" }, "rationale": "\ud83d\ude01" }, { "rank": 21, "team": { "id": 62, "handle": "tennessee", "name": "Tennessee Volunteers" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 22, "team": { "id": 109, "handle": "boisestate", "name": "Boise State Broncos" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 23, "team": { "id": 32, "handle": "nebraska", "name": "Nebraska Cornhuskers" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 24, "team": { "id": 184, "handle": "northdakotastate", "name": "North Dakota State Bison" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 25, "team": { "id": 73, "handle": "houston", "name": "Houston Cougars" }, "rationale": "" } ] }, { "id": 75489, "username": "Bereft13", "ballot_type": "Hybrid", "submission_date": "2026-09-27T17:34:41.647215+00:00", "overall_rationale": "First a power ranking of teams is created, then it is used to algorithmically determine a strength of record ranking of teams. These are combined to rank the teams, with power weighted higher early in the season and SoR weighted higher late in the season. Power rankings are a mixture of human and computer inputs. Current weight: 80/20 in favor of Power.\r\n\r\nThis week, I made a deliberate shift away from preseason expectations toward what teams have actually shown so far this season. This hurt teams like Louisville, SMU, LSU, Ole Miss, BYU, etc. It also helped teams like Utah, Nebraska, Northwestern, & Duke. Nebraska is an extremely strange case. The computers raised them from 23 to 16 this week, while I brought them all the way to 12 from last week's 41 in my personal power ranking. I think 12 is very likely overrating Nebraska. The biggest reason they are this high is that Michigan State performed about as well against them as they did against Notre Dame, who are still considered an elite team. This obviously does not mean Nebraska are as good as ND, but it does make it hard to put ND in the top 5 and Nebraska outside the top 15 in a power ranking. Nebraska's other games are blowouts over bottom-half FBS teams or equivalent. They really do not tell us much. Most likely, they will also blow out Maryland next week in Lincoln, and we still won't know how good they are.\r\n\r\nLSU ends up above Ole Miss here due to being higher in the power ranking, which is entirely down to the computers (LSU: 10, Ole Miss: 23). I don't agree with them on that, but that's why those two are in the \"wrong\" order. Also, shoutout Northwestern entering the rankings following their Quality Loss to Indiana. Last note is, I'm pretty surprised to see Boise State here. Normally we don't get G5/6 teams until later in the season, when one of them builds up a top-25 SoR and that carries enough weight. This week though, my respect for them in my power ranking was enough to overcome the computers' hate and get them in. I would absolutely not count on them to stay ranked though. Their next 5 opponents are outside the top 60 in the power ranking.", "entries": [ { "rank": 1, "team": { "id": 55, "handle": "georgia", "name": "Georgia Bulldogs" }, "rationale": "Power: 1, SoR: 9; LW: 5" }, { "rank": 2, "team": { "id": 67, "handle": "notredame", "name": "Notre Dame Fighting Irish" }, "rationale": "Power: 4, SoR: 6; LW: 3" }, { "rank": 3, "team": { "id": 7, "handle": "miami", "name": "Miami Hurricanes" }, "rationale": "Power: 3, SoR: 11; LW: 2" }, { "rank": 4, "team": { "id": 22, "handle": "texas", "name": "Texas Longhorns" }, "rationale": "Power: 6, SoR: 1; LW: 1" }, { "rank": 5, "team": { "id": 26, "handle": "indiana", "name": "Indiana Hoosiers" }, "rationale": "Power: 5, SoR: 8; LW: 7" }, { "rank": 6, "team": { "id": 51, "handle": "alabama", "name": "Alabama Crimson Tide" }, "rationale": "Power: 7, SoR: 2; LW: 4" }, { "rank": 7, "team": { "id": 54, "handle": "florida", "name": "Florida Gators" }, "rationale": "Power: 8, SoR: 3; LW: 13" }, { "rank": 8, "team": { "id": 34, "handle": "ohiostate", "name": "Ohio State Buckeyes" }, "rationale": "Power: 2, SoR: 35; LW: 10" }, { "rank": 9, "team": { "id": 48, "handle": "utah", "name": "Utah Utes" }, "rationale": "Power: 9, SoR: 12; LW: 12" }, { "rank": 10, "team": { "id": 23, "handle": "texastech", "name": "Texas Tech Red Raiders" }, "rationale": "Power: 12, SoR: 5; LW: 9" }, { "rank": 11, "team": { "id": 27, "handle": "iowa", "name": "Iowa Hawkeyes" }, "rationale": "Power: 14, SoR: 4; LW: 19" }, { "rank": 12, "team": { "id": 32, "handle": "nebraska", "name": "Nebraska Cornhuskers" }, "rationale": "Power: 11, SoR: 17; LW: NR (34)" }, { "rank": 13, "team": { "id": 43, "handle": "oregon", "name": "Oregon Ducks" }, "rationale": "Power: 13, SoR: 18; LW: 20" }, { "rank": 14, "team": { "id": 46, "handle": "ucla", "name": "UCLA Bruins" }, "rationale": "Power: 15, SoR: 14; LW: 24" }, { "rank": 15, "team": { "id": 58, "handle": "mississippistate", "name": "Mississippi State Bulldogs" }, "rationale": "Power: 18, SoR: 7; LW: 18" }, { "rank": 16, "team": { "id": 62, "handle": "tennessee", "name": "Tennessee Volunteers" }, "rationale": "Power: 10, SoR: 44; LW: 14" }, { "rank": 17, "team": { "id": 57, "handle": "lsu", "name": "LSU Tigers" }, "rationale": "Power: 17, SoR: 26; LW: 11" }, { "rank": 18, "team": { "id": 60, "handle": "olemiss", "name": "Ole Miss Rebels" }, "rationale": "Power: 20, SoR: 16; LW: 6" }, { "rank": 19, "team": { "id": 66, "handle": "byu", "name": "BYU Cougars" }, "rationale": "Power: 21, SoR: 13; LW: 8" }, { "rank": 20, "team": { "id": 29, "handle": "michigan", "name": "Michigan Wolverines" }, "rationale": "Power: 19, SoR: 21; LW: 21" }, { "rank": 21, "team": { "id": 33, "handle": "northwestern", "name": "Northwestern Wildcats" }, "rationale": "Power: 16, SoR: 41; LW: NR (29)" }, { "rank": 22, "team": { "id": 73, "handle": "houston", "name": "Houston Cougars" }, "rationale": "Power: 22, SoR: 31; LW: 23" }, { "rank": 23, "team": { "id": 3, "handle": "duke", "name": "Duke Blue Devils" }, "rationale": "Power: 28, SoR: 10; LW: NR (26)" }, { "rank": 24, "team": { "id": 109, "handle": "boisestate", "name": "Boise State Broncos" }, "rationale": "Power: 24, SoR: 29; LW: NR (37)" }, { "rank": 25, "team": { "id": 53, "handle": "auburn", "name": "Auburn Tigers" }, "rationale": "Power: 26, SoR: 22; LW: NR (41) | Next 5: Oklahoma State, Oklahoma, USC, Wake Forest, Kentucky | Dropped: Louisville, Kansas State, SMU, USC, Texas A&M" } ] }, { "id": 75477, "username": "Bill3ffinMurray", "ballot_type": "Human", "submission_date": "2026-09-27T16:49:19.355137+00:00", "overall_rationale": "No well thought out rationale here, but holy hell is ranking teams 13-25 incredibly difficult this year. 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I use the power rating to compute 5) a strength of record (SOR)/resume rating and 6) a rating that gives very small merits and demerits for particular results (e.g merits for postseason wins or beating a top 15 power rating team; demerits for getting blown out by a team with a similar power rating).\r\n\r\nI normalize the six ratings and combine them in a weighted average to determine the final rating which increasingly values the SOR component the further into the season. The weights for the other ratings are static during the season. The result is not normalized, so the best possible final rating is 1.000 if a team is #1 in all six ratings.\r\n\r\nDropped: Penn State (8 -> 37), Michigan (9 -> 44), West Virginia (10 -> 49), Northwestern (12 -> 29), South Florida (14 -> 28), Vanderbilt (15 -> 41), Virginia Tech (17 -> 38), Tulsa (21 -> 63)\r\n\r\nNext 10: Boise State (0.734), UTSA (0.732), South Florida (0.720), Northwestern (0.714), North Dakota State (0.709), USC (0.707), Cincinnati (0.706), UCF (0.704), Houston (0.697), Clemson (0.695)\r\n\r\nRanking violation % (% of played games with winner ranked below loser): 5.12%\r\nTop 25 ranking violation %: 1.32%\r\n\r\nI like these rating a lot better than last week's. 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Kentucky getting ranked also helped" }, { "rank": 8, "team": { "id": 66, "handle": "byu", "name": "BYU Cougars" }, "rationale": "Move up in an idle week" }, { "rank": 9, "team": { "id": 26, "handle": "indiana", "name": "Indiana Hoosiers" }, "rationale": "Too close with now-unranked Northwestern to stay in the top 5" }, { "rank": 10, "team": { "id": 62, "handle": "tennessee", "name": "Tennessee Volunteers" }, "rationale": "Hung tight with the Longhorns" }, { "rank": 11, "team": { "id": 60, "handle": "olemiss", "name": "Ole Miss Rebels" }, "rationale": "Beat down by the Gators" }, { "rank": 12, "team": { "id": 57, "handle": "lsu", "name": "LSU Tigers" }, "rationale": "A&M is really bad. 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"rationale": "What did William and Mary Tribe do to you guys?" }, { "rank": 22, "team": { "id": 10, "handle": "pittsburgh", "name": "Pittsburgh Panthers" }, "rationale": "Every year, Pitt has some of the most awesome ways they lose their first game" }, { "rank": 23, "team": { "id": 70, "handle": "cincinnati", "name": "Cincinnati Bearcats" }, "rationale": "8 completed passes and a win?" }, { "rank": 24, "team": { "id": 47, "handle": "usc", "name": "USC Trojans" }, "rationale": "..." }, { "rank": 25, "team": { "id": 184, "handle": "northdakotastate", "name": "North Dakota State Bison" }, "rationale": "Hell yeah" } ] }, { "id": 75711, "username": "ch1l1_ch33s3", "ballot_type": "Human", "submission_date": "2026-09-28T19:04:14.539312+00:00", "overall_rationale": "Performance so far this season added onto preseason expectations", "entries": [ { "rank": 1, "team": { "id": 22, "handle": "texas", "name": "Texas Longhorns" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 2, "team": { "id": 34, "handle": 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They just keep winning big over P4 teams." }, { "rank": 8, "team": { "id": 7, "handle": "miami", "name": "Miami Hurricanes" }, "rationale": "Wake Forest is a quality win now." }, { "rank": 9, "team": { "id": 66, "handle": "byu", "name": "BYU Cougars" }, "rationale": "More poll inertia." }, { "rank": 10, "team": { "id": 34, "handle": "ohiostate", "name": "Ohio State Buckeyes" }, "rationale": "Eye test still says they're a good team even if the quality wins aren't there yet." }, { "rank": 11, "team": { "id": 27, "handle": "iowa", "name": "Iowa Hawkeyes" }, "rationale": "...Thank God they pulled that one out, since I'm still counting WMU as having beaten Michigan for the purposes of \"must be ranked behind all teams that beat you\" (though paradoxically I'm still counting their record as 2-2 for the purposes of \"must be at least .500\") and...Arkansas > Tulsa > Oklahoma State > Oregon > (USC and) Boise State > Western Michigan > Michigan" }, { "rank": 12, "team": { "id": 60, "handle": "olemiss", "name": "Ole Miss Rebels" }, "rationale": "LSU is still a definite quality win. Louisville...eh. Their big win over SMU lost some luster today when the Mustangs struggled with Missouri State, a team that directly got blasted by Texas A&M by 50 and transitively got blasted by Penn State by 51 (by way of Marshall)." }, { "rank": 13, "team": { "id": 23, "handle": "texastech", "name": "Texas Tech Red Raiders" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 14, "team": { "id": 58, "handle": "mississippistate", "name": "Mississippi State Bulldogs" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 15, "team": { "id": 53, "handle": "auburn", "name": "Auburn Tigers" }, "rationale": "The three P4 teams they've faced so far are a combined 9-0 when not facing them. That's SOS if I've ever seen it, and they went 2-1 in those three games." }, { "rank": 16, "team": { "id": 38, "handle": "wisconsin", "name": "Wisconsin Badgers" }, "rationale": "Wisconsin was better than their record last year, hidden by a brutal conference SOS (they nearly dodged every bad team in the conference), but this is still a surprise. Then again, last year's record is a meaningless prediction metric in the age of NIL." }, { "rank": 17, "team": { "id": 153, "handle": "jamesmadison", "name": "James Madison Dukes" }, "rationale": "Recent FCS champions who didn't miss a step upon transitioning to FBS, part 1." }, { "rank": 18, "team": { "id": 184, "handle": "northdakotastate", "name": "North Dakota State Bison" }, "rationale": "Recent FCS champions who didn't miss a step upon transitioning to FBS, part 2." }, { "rank": 19, "team": { "id": 57, "handle": "lsu", "name": "LSU Tigers" }, "rationale": "Clemson has rebounded to 3-1, Texas A&M...was probably overrated but it's still a ranked win, and due to the fact that their schedule thus far has had no middle ground between \"road game against a P4 team where they hung tough but ultimately didn't come close to the upset\" and \"home game against an FCS team where they put up 80\", I can't definitively prove that Louisiana Tech WON'T run the table in the Sun Belt West and be 10-2 heading into a CCG against James Madison." }, { "rank": 20, "team": { "id": 46, "handle": "ucla", "name": "UCLA Bruins" }, "rationale": "Speaking of 2025 non-bowl Big Ten teams..." }, { "rank": 21, "team": { "id": 52, "handle": "arkansas", "name": "Arkansas Razorbacks" }, "rationale": "Arkansas > Tulsa > Oklahoma State > Oregon > (USC and) Boise State > Western Michigan > Michigan" }, { "rank": 22, "team": { "id": 62, "handle": "tennessee", "name": "Tennessee Volunteers" }, "rationale": "And the \"impressive in defeat\" award of the week goes to...!" }, { "rank": 23, "team": { "id": 13, "handle": "virginiatech", "name": "Virginia Tech Hokies" }, "rationale": "James Franklin continues to do James Franklin things." }, { "rank": 24, "team": { "id": 3, "handle": "duke", "name": "Duke Blue Devils" }, "rationale": "The defending ACC Champions are still good." }, { "rank": 25, "team": { "id": 70, "handle": "cincinnati", "name": "Cincinnati Bearcats" }, "rationale": "A back-and-forth battle of unbeatens goes in favor of the Bearcats.\r\n\r\nNext five: Wake Forest, Kentucky, Nebraska, Tulsa, Pittsburgh" } ] }, { "id": 75486, "username": "dabul-master", "ballot_type": "Hybrid", "submission_date": "2026-09-27T17:55:39.290667+00:00", "overall_rationale": "", "entries": [ { "rank": 1, "team": { "id": 54, "handle": "florida", "name": "Florida Gators" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 2, "team": { "id": 22, "handle": "texas", "name": "Texas Longhorns" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 3, "team": { "id": 51, "handle": "alabama", "name": "Alabama Crimson Tide" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 4, "team": { "id": 67, "handle": "notredame", "name": "Notre Dame Fighting Irish" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 5, "team": { "id": 27, "handle": "iowa", "name": "Iowa Hawkeyes" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 6, "team": { "id": 66, "handle": "byu", "name": "BYU Cougars" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 7, "team": { "id": 23, "handle": "texastech", "name": "Texas Tech Red Raiders" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 8, "team": { "id": 60, "handle": "olemiss", "name": "Ole Miss Rebels" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 9, "team": { "id": 55, "handle": "georgia", "name": "Georgia Bulldogs" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 10, "team": { "id": 48, "handle": "utah", "name": "Utah Utes" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 11, "team": { "id": 7, "handle": "miami", "name": "Miami Hurricanes" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 12, "team": { "id": 58, "handle": "mississippistate", "name": "Mississippi State Bulldogs" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 13, "team": { "id": 46, "handle": "ucla", "name": "UCLA Bruins" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 14, "team": { "id": 57, "handle": "lsu", "name": "LSU Tigers" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 15, "team": { "id": 20, "handle": "oklahomastate", "name": "Oklahoma State Cowboys" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 16, "team": { "id": 43, "handle": "oregon", "name": "Oregon Ducks" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 17, "team": { "id": 26, "handle": 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Indiana \u2014 Score: 0.187 | Results: 1.428, SOS Rank: #86, Quality: 0.082, Recency: 0.000 | T10W: 0, T25W: 0, T50W: 1, Off Rk: #35, Def Rk: #4" }, { "rank": 9, "team": { "id": 32, "handle": "nebraska", "name": "Nebraska Cornhuskers" }, "rationale": "9. Nebraska \u2014 Score: 0.186 | Results: 1.542, SOS Rank: #80, Quality: 0.032, Recency: 0.000 | T10W: 0, T25W: 0, T50W: 0, Off Rk: #14, Def Rk: #10" }, { "rank": 10, "team": { "id": 34, "handle": "ohiostate", "name": "Ohio State Buckeyes" }, "rationale": "10. Ohio State \u2014 Score: 0.182 | Results: 0.971, SOS Rank: #38, Quality: 0.048, Recency: 0.000 | T10W: 0, T25W: 0, T50W: 0, Off Rk: #7, Def Rk: #21" }, { "rank": 11, "team": { "id": 10, "handle": "pittsburgh", "name": "Pittsburgh Panthers" }, "rationale": "11. Pittsburgh \u2014 Score: 0.182 | Results: 1.406, SOS Rank: #74, Quality: 0.114, Recency: 0.000 | T10W: 0, T25W: 1, T50W: 1, Off Rk: #32, Def Rk: #17" }, { "rank": 12, "team": { "id": 7, "handle": "miami", "name": "Miami Hurricanes" }, "rationale": "12. Miami \u2014 Score: 0.181 | Results: 1.483, SOS Rank: #110, Quality: 0.033, Recency: 0.000 | T10W: 0, T25W: 0, T50W: 0, Off Rk: #4, Def Rk: #29" }, { "rank": 13, "team": { "id": 43, "handle": "oregon", "name": "Oregon Ducks" }, "rationale": "13. Oregon \u2014 Score: 0.177 | Results: 0.889, SOS Rank: #29, Quality: 0.136, Recency: 0.000 | T10W: 0, T25W: 1, T50W: 2, Off Rk: #9, Def Rk: #71" }, { "rank": 14, "team": { "id": 58, "handle": "mississippistate", "name": "Mississippi State Bulldogs" }, "rationale": "14. Mississippi State \u2014 Score: 0.175 | Results: 1.600, SOS Rank: #56, Quality: 0.119, Recency: 0.000 | T10W: 0, T25W: 0, T50W: 2, Off Rk: #12, Def Rk: #50" }, { "rank": 15, "team": { "id": 27, "handle": "iowa", "name": "Iowa Hawkeyes" }, "rationale": "15. Iowa \u2014 Score: 0.166 | Results: 1.421, SOS Rank: #68, Quality: 0.085, Recency: 0.000 | T10W: 0, T25W: 0, T50W: 1, Off Rk: #67, Def Rk: #3" }, { "rank": 16, "team": { "id": 46, "handle": "ucla", "name": "UCLA Bruins" }, "rationale": "16. UCLA \u2014 Score: 0.165 | Results: 1.630, SOS Rank: #96, Quality: 0.015, Recency: 0.000 | T10W: 0, T25W: 0, T50W: 0, Off Rk: #8, Def Rk: #51" }, { "rank": 17, "team": { "id": 153, "handle": "jamesmadison", "name": "James Madison Dukes" }, "rationale": "17. James Madison \u2014 Score: 0.158 | Results: 1.455, SOS Rank: #120, Quality: 0.059, Recency: 0.000 | T10W: 0, T25W: 0, T50W: 1, Off Rk: #16, Def Rk: #49" }, { "rank": 18, "team": { "id": 20, "handle": "oklahomastate", "name": "Oklahoma State Cowboys" }, "rationale": "18. Oklahoma State \u2014 Score: 0.158 | Results: 0.924, SOS Rank: #47, Quality: 0.141, Recency: 0.000 | T10W: 0, T25W: 1, T50W: 2, Off Rk: #37, Def Rk: #54" }, { "rank": 19, "team": { "id": 66, "handle": "byu", "name": "BYU Cougars" }, "rationale": "19. BYU \u2014 Score: 0.153 | Results: 1.468, SOS Rank: #115, Quality: 0.061, Recency: 0.000 | T10W: 0, T25W: 0, T50W: 0, Off Rk: #43, Def Rk: #24" }, { "rank": 20, "team": { "id": 57, "handle": "lsu", "name": "LSU Tigers" }, "rationale": "20. LSU \u2014 Score: 0.148 | Results: 0.941, SOS Rank: #32, Quality: 0.082, Recency: 0.000 | T10W: 0, T25W: 0, T50W: 1, Off Rk: #21, Def Rk: #9" }, { "rank": 21, "team": { "id": 80, "handle": "ucf", "name": "UCF Knights" }, "rationale": "21. UCF \u2014 Score: 0.140 | Results: 0.892, SOS Rank: #12, Quality: 0.067, Recency: 0.000 | T10W: 0, T25W: 0, T50W: 0, Off Rk: #41, Def Rk: #13" }, { "rank": 22, "team": { "id": 3, "handle": "duke", "name": "Duke Blue Devils" }, "rationale": "22. Duke \u2014 Score: 0.135 | Results: 1.369, SOS Rank: #111, Quality: 0.030, Recency: 0.000 | T10W: 0, T25W: 0, T50W: 0, Off Rk: #65, Def Rk: #14" }, { "rank": 23, "team": { "id": 73, "handle": "houston", "name": "Houston Cougars" }, "rationale": "23. Houston \u2014 Score: 0.127 | Results: 0.851, SOS Rank: #40, Quality: 0.059, Recency: 0.000 | T10W: 0, T25W: 0, T50W: 1, Off Rk: #6, Def Rk: #67" }, { "rank": 24, "team": { "id": 70, "handle": "cincinnati", "name": "Cincinnati Bearcats" }, "rationale": "24. Cincinnati \u2014 Score: 0.123 | Results: 1.370, SOS Rank: #63, Quality: 0.053, Recency: 0.000 | T10W: 0, T25W: 0, T50W: 1, Off Rk: #26, Def Rk: #76" }, { "rank": 25, "team": { "id": 109, "handle": "boisestate", "name": "Boise State Broncos" }, "rationale": "25. Boise State \u2014 Score: 0.122 | Results: 1.026, SOS Rank: #17, Quality: 0.035, Recency: 0.000 | T10W: 0, T25W: 0, T50W: 0, Off Rk: #40, Def Rk: #15" } ] }, { "id": 75824, "username": "DisraeliEers", "ballot_type": "Computer", "submission_date": "2026-09-29T11:48:40.581970+00:00", "overall_rationale": "Merit-based algorithm using 2026 results alone", "entries": [ { "rank": 1, "team": { "id": 54, "handle": "florida", "name": "Florida Gators" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 2, "team": { "id": 51, "handle": "alabama", "name": "Alabama Crimson Tide" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 3, "team": { "id": 22, "handle": "texas", "name": "Texas Longhorns" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 4, "team": { "id": 67, "handle": "notredame", "name": "Notre Dame Fighting Irish" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 5, "team": { "id": 58, "handle": "mississippistate", "name": "Mississippi State Bulldogs" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 6, "team": { "id": 7, "handle": "miami", "name": "Miami Hurricanes" }, 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"handle": "nebraska", "name": "Nebraska Cornhuskers" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 17, "team": { "id": 43, "handle": "oregon", "name": "Oregon Ducks" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 18, "team": { "id": 3, "handle": "duke", "name": "Duke Blue Devils" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 19, "team": { "id": 20, "handle": "oklahomastate", "name": "Oklahoma State Cowboys" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 20, "team": { "id": 57, "handle": "lsu", "name": "LSU Tigers" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 21, "team": { "id": 13, "handle": "virginiatech", "name": "Virginia Tech Hokies" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 22, "team": { "id": 153, "handle": "jamesmadison", "name": "James Madison Dukes" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 23, "team": { "id": 27, "handle": "iowa", "name": "Iowa Hawkeyes" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 24, "team": { "id": 109, "handle": "boisestate", "name": "Boise State Broncos" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 25, "team": { "id": 81, "handle": "usf", "name": "USF Bulls" }, 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"smu", "name": "SMU Mustangs" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 19, "team": { "id": 13, "handle": "virginiatech", "name": "Virginia Tech Hokies" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 20, "team": { "id": 43, "handle": "oregon", "name": "Oregon Ducks" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 21, "team": { "id": 47, "handle": "usc", "name": "USC Trojans" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 22, "team": { "id": 59, "handle": "missouri", "name": "Missouri Tigers" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 23, "team": { "id": 20, "handle": "oklahomastate", "name": "Oklahoma State Cowboys" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 24, "team": { "id": 73, "handle": "houston", "name": "Houston Cougars" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 25, "team": { "id": 46, "handle": "ucla", "name": "UCLA Bruins" }, "rationale": "" } ] }, { "id": 75340, "username": "Doogitywoogity", "ballot_type": "Human", "submission_date": "2026-09-27T20:49:10.408368+00:00", "overall_rationale": "Once again things are still fucking up all kinds of ways. Note that everyone\u2019s getting into conference play we\u2019ll get a bit of a better view of things.", "entries": [ { "rank": 1, "team": { "id": 22, "handle": "texas", "name": "Texas Longhorns" }, "rationale": "Gotta clean things up and stop shooting themselves in the foot" }, { "rank": 2, "team": { "id": 34, "handle": "ohiostate", "name": "Ohio State Buckeyes" }, "rationale": "Fine win over a flawed Illinois" }, { "rank": 3, "team": { "id": 54, "handle": "florida", "name": "Florida Gators" }, "rationale": "Huge win, not many bigger than that at this point in the season." }, { "rank": 4, "team": { "id": 55, "handle": "georgia", "name": "Georgia Bulldogs" }, "rationale": "Beat the brakes off a bad Oklahoma." }, { "rank": 5, "team": { "id": 7, "handle": "miami", "name": "Miami Hurricanes" }, "rationale": "CMU is nothing special. WF may be better than I\u2019ve thought? Hard to say at this point. I\u2019m leaning towards wake being chaotic" }, { "rank": 6, "team": { "id": 60, "handle": "olemiss", "name": "Ole Miss Rebels" }, "rationale": "Surprisingly large loss. Either LSU fans are right and that was their superbowl or Florida is really good. Louisville dropping to Wake doesn\u2019t help either. Though I do think Louisville is a high chaos team." }, { "rank": 7, "team": { "id": 67, "handle": "notredame", "name": "Notre Dame Fighting Irish" }, "rationale": "Purdue lol" }, { "rank": 8, "team": { "id": 26, "handle": "indiana", "name": "Indiana Hoosiers" }, "rationale": "\ud83e\udd28 my patience is waning, while I don\u2019t think northwestern will be bad this year but I expect a top tier team to handle them a bit easier than that" }, { "rank": 9, "team": { "id": 51, "handle": "alabama", "name": "Alabama Crimson Tide" }, "rationale": "Big win over SCar. Not much to critique, maybe the running game? Still unsure of how high to put this squad but MS St will be a great reference." }, { "rank": 10, "team": { "id": 23, "handle": "texastech", "name": "Texas Tech Red Raiders" }, "rationale": "Shockingly close first half given how bad SHSU is this year but first half scores seem to be getting closer the past couple years so I may just need to adjust my expectations." }, { "rank": 11, "team": { "id": 48, "handle": "utah", "name": "Utah Utes" }, "rationale": "Very nice first half. Dominant running over a bad Iowa State. Pretty much what they needed to do, though nothing special." }, { "rank": 12, "team": { "id": 27, "handle": "iowa", "name": "Iowa Hawkeyes" }, "rationale": "Great last second win over Michigan. Iowa seems to be putting themselves in place to be one of the best B1G teams this year. And they\u2019ll need to be bc Ohio State is next." }, { "rank": 13, "team": { "id": 66, "handle": "byu", "name": "BYU Cougars" }, "rationale": "\ud83d\ude34" }, { "rank": 14, "team": { "id": 70, "handle": "cincinnati", "name": "Cincinnati Bearcats" }, "rationale": "Big win over a decent K State squad. Cincinnati is trying to become a different contender in the Big XII this year. Pretty rough stretch coming up so they\u2019ll have to prove it." }, { "rank": 15, "team": { "id": 46, "handle": "ucla", "name": "UCLA Bruins" }, "rationale": "51 point win over conference foe? That\u2019s a good look. Oregon coming up may be a season defining inflection point for the Bruins." }, { "rank": 16, "team": { "id": 57, "handle": "lsu", "name": "LSU Tigers" }, "rationale": "Alexa, email the state department that there are nuclear weapons being built under Tiger stadium. Thank you.\r\n\r\nI don\u2019t know whether to think LSU is fine or not. Do we think McNeese will put up more of a fight than my Ags did this weekend?" }, { "rank": 17, "team": { "id": 3, "handle": "duke", "name": "Duke Blue Devils" }, "rationale": "Defending ACC champions Duke just scored 60+ points (pay no attention to who it was). I do think the Blue Devils are a decent squad this year and deserve to be here more than some other teams." }, { "rank": 18, "team": { "id": 32, "handle": "nebraska", "name": "Nebraska Cornhuskers" }, "rationale": "4-0, it\u2019s not been pretty. But they\u2019ve got Maryland next week that should be easy before getting tested vs Indiana." }, { "rank": 19, "team": { "id": 10, "handle": "pittsburgh", "name": "Pittsburgh Panthers" }, "rationale": "Speaking of teams getting here the ugly way, Pitt had ugly wins over UCF and Cuse before demolishing Bucknell this weekend. Not that demolishing Bucknell is particularly impressive. Speaking of, Bucknell - Georgetown coming up is going to be a trainwreck meaning must watch sicko tv." }, { "rank": 20, "team": { "id": 58, "handle": "mississippistate", "name": "Mississippi State Bulldogs" }, "rationale": "Big win over Mizzou. Now they\u2019ve got to really prove it vs Alabama. My ears may never recover if MS St can pull this." }, { "rank": 21, "team": { "id": 184, "handle": "northdakotastate", "name": "North Dakota State Bison" }, "rationale": "\ud83d\ude34" }, { "rank": 22, "team": { "id": 13, "handle": "virginiatech", "name": "Virginia Tech Hokies" }, "rationale": "That was a close match with a bad BC. Close one vs Maryland doesn\u2019t look any better." }, { "rank": 23, "team": { "id": 73, "handle": "houston", "name": "Houston Cougars" }, "rationale": "Fine win over Ga So. TTU still isn\u2019t a penalty at this point." }, { "rank": 24, "team": { "id": 43, "handle": "oregon", "name": "Oregon Ducks" }, "rationale": "Big win over USC to get back. I hope Dante Moore isn\u2019t hurt too badly that was terrible to see." }, { "rank": 25, "team": { "id": 62, "handle": "tennessee", "name": "Tennessee Volunteers" }, "rationale": "It really doesn\u2019t change my vision of Tennessee that they lost. Frankly it should have been by more, but tu kept shooting themselves in the foot. OK St and Mizzou both got consideration along with a smattering of G6 schools but I kept Tennessee because they\u2019re really what I thought they were which is a borderline top 25 squad." } ] }, { "id": 75504, "username": "douchebagjack", "ballot_type": "Human", "submission_date": "2026-09-29T11:03:10.679803+00:00", "overall_rationale": "i wish they\u2019d throw my poll out until like week 6 tbh. i try to only use this years results. using general conference strength as to which wins are good vs bad. P4 win >> PAC, MWC, American > Sun Belt > MAC, CUSA. FCS wins are worthless to me. i restart each week so this will change 100% next week. \r\n\r\nWhy should they be ranked? Have they beat a P4 team? Have they lost one game or less? 53 teams have done both, they should make up the whole top 25. \r\n\r\nThis poll feels factious because it\u2019s 100% results driven. Not a predictor or a talent indicator, purely the most deserving teams. ", "entries": [ { "rank": 1, "team": { "id": 22, "handle": "texas", "name": "Texas Longhorns" }, "rationale": "Best 3 Wins: Ohio State, Tennessee, Texas State\r\n\r\nTexas is still undefeated and has probably the best overall resume in the country, but I don't think they've looked like an unstoppable No. 1. Beating Ohio State and then going into Knoxville and surviving Tennessee is massive, though. The defense is the real star here. Colin Simmons just casually tying a Texas sack record with five sacks against Tennessee is awesome. Arch Manning has been below average and 20 points against Tennessee is a little concerning, but when you're winning road games against ranked SEC teams, a win is a win. " }, { "rank": 2, "team": { "id": 67, "handle": "notredame", "name": "Notre Dame Fighting Irish" }, "rationale": "Best 3 Wins: Michigan State, Wisconsin, Purdue\r\n\r\n42.2 p/g and 8.2 opp p/g and they've been silently kind of really good? Again, who knows who is really good at this point but, 3 Big Ten wins for Notre Dame. Michigan State is trending up, Wisconsin is majorly trending up after beating Penn State. Purdue is Purdue but more respectable beating than Directional State University on a (extra) last second hail mary. all things considered one of the best resumes in the country. " }, { "rank": 3, "team": { "id": 54, "handle": "florida", "name": "Florida Gators" }, "rationale": "Best 3 Wins: Ole Miss, Auburn, FAU\r\n\r\nAlabama continues to do Alabama things. They're 4-0, they've got the Florida State win, and they just absolutely nuked South Carolina 49-18. Keelan Russell has looked good, the offense is averaging nearly 28 points a game, and there really isn't a bad result on the resume. The issue is that Florida State and South Carolina are both more \"good win\" than \"holy shit Alabama beat them.\" Looking forward to Mississippi State game!" }, { "rank": 4, "team": { "id": 51, "handle": "alabama", "name": "Alabama Crimson Tide" }, "rationale": "Best 3 Wins: South Carolina, Kentucky, Florida State\r\n\r\nWill the Florida State win be worth anything? Who knows. Will Kentucky or South Carolina wins be worth anything? Who knows. Perfect record + 3 P4 wins, good enough at this point" }, { "rank": 5, "team": { "id": 58, "handle": "mississippistate", "name": "Mississippi State Bulldogs" }, "rationale": "Best 3 Wins: Missouri, South Carolina, Minnesota\r\n\r\nKamario Taylor continues to look really really good. 14-2 TD:INT ratio. 2 SEC wins + OOC B1G Win over Minnesota, who is trending up. Seriously worth considering for most unexpected start. Kan Kamario kontinue kollecting koins & klimbing Kamario's Heisman khances?\r\n\r\nAnd now they get Alabama. Fraud watch / put up or shut up weekend for the cowbells. " }, { "rank": 6, "team": { "id": 7, "handle": "miami", "name": "Miami Hurricanes" }, "rationale": "Best 3 Wins: Wake Forest, Stanford, Central Michigan\r\n\r\nMiami has been quietly destroying people. 52-3 against Central Michigan after already beating Wake Forest 33-20, and they're sitting at 4-0 without a particularly scary result on the schedule. That's the problem: I believe Miami is really good, but I don't know if we've learned how good yet. The defense has been nasty, the offense has been efficient, and they haven't really had a \"Miami is in trouble\" moment. " }, { "rank": 7, "team": { "id": 27, "handle": "iowa", "name": "Iowa Hawkeyes" }, "rationale": "Best 3 Wins: Michigan, Iowa State, Northern Illinois\r\n\r\nIowa is 4-0 and just beat Michigan 20-19 at the big house. That sentence alone gets them into the conversation. Is Iowa an elite team? Probably not. Is Iowa exactly the kind of team you absolutely do not want to play in November? Yeah. They don't need to score 40. They don't need to dominate you. They just need to make you miserable for four quarters. Iowa is back!" }, { "rank": 8, "team": { "id": 55, "handle": "georgia", "name": "Georgia Bulldogs" }, "rationale": "Best 3 Wins: Oklahoma, Arkansas, Western Kentucky\r\n\r\nGeorgia has probably been the least controversial team in this entire top 10. They're just really fucking good. 41-13 against Oklahoma and 45-17 against Arkansas, with the defense absolutely suffocating the run game. Oklahoma got 17 rushing yards against them. 17. Gunner Stockton doesn't need to throw for 400 yards when Georgia can just run the ball down your throat and let the defense ruin your afternoon." }, { "rank": 9, "team": { "id": 26, "handle": "indiana", "name": "Indiana Hoosiers" }, "rationale": "Best 3 Wins: Northwestern, North Texas, Western Kentucky\r\n\r\nIndiana is 4-0 and the defending national champion, so obviously they're going to be here, but this is probably the most \"I don't know\" team in this group. They just beat Northwestern 29-23 in a game where they were absolutely not convincing. A six-point win over Northwestern isn't exactly the result you want when you're trying to convince people you're still an elite team. The defense is good, the offense has enough talent, and they're undefeated, but Josh Hoover has not been the star. " }, { "rank": 10, "team": { "id": 48, "handle": "utah", "name": "Utah Utes" }, "rationale": "Best 3 Wins: Iowa State, Arkansas, Utah State\r\n\r\nUtah is 4-0 and doing the Utah thing where nobody really knows how good they are because they haven't played anyone truly scary yet. But they're beating the teams they're supposed to beat, the defense looks like a Utah defense, and they're not giving you any reason to drop them. At this point, I'm willing to buy in until someone makes me regret it. " }, { "rank": 11, "team": { "id": 23, "handle": "texastech", "name": "Texas Tech Red Raiders" }, "rationale": "Best 3 Wins: Houston, Oregon State, Sam Houston State\r\n\r\nTexas Tech is 4-0 and I'm still not entirely sure what to do with them. They look legitimately good, but this is where the rankings start getting very loosy, goosy. The offense has been productive, they're undefeated, and there hasn't been a bad performance yet. Is this a top-10 team? Maybe. Is this a team that could lose to someone completely random in three weeks? Also yes." }, { "rank": 12, "team": { "id": 10, "handle": "pittsburgh", "name": "Pittsburgh Panthers" }, "rationale": "Best 3 Wins: Syracuse, UCF, Miami (OH)\r\n\r\nPitt is undefeated and therefore gets to exist in the \"wait, are Pitt actually good?\" portion of the rankings. They're putting up enough points and haven't given us a reason to punish them, but the schedule hasn't exactly forced me to make a firm conclusion either. I don't know if Pitt is the 12th-best team in America. I don't know if Pitt is the 25th-best team in America. I do know they're 4-0, so congratulations, you're ranked." }, { "rank": 13, "team": { "id": 70, "handle": "cincinnati", "name": "Cincinnati Bearcats" }, "rationale": "Best 3 Wins: Kansas State, Boston College, Miami OH\r\n\r\nCincinnati has quietly put together a really nice start and now I'm obligated to take them seriously. They're undefeated, they're playing competent football, and there isn't an obvious reason to have them lower. Could they be a genuinely good team? Absolutely. Could this ranking look completely stupid in three weeks? Also absolutely. The entire 12-18 section is basically me throwing teams into a bucket and seeing what happens." }, { "rank": 14, "team": { "id": 46, "handle": "ucla", "name": "UCLA Bruins" }, "rationale": "Best 3 Wins: Cal, Maryland, Purdue\r\n\r\nJMU transfer RB Wayne Knight is off to the best start of maybe all P4 RBs in the country, 445 yards, 9.1 Y/A, 9 TDs. Otherwise, Nico is serviceable and fine at QB. Off to a great start for the new HC and 3 P4 wins. Haven't beat nobody that is a world beater but more respectable beating than Directional State University on a (extra) last second hail mary. 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I could put them 12th. I could put them 20th. Nobody could convince me either choice is obviously wrong." }, { "rank": 17, "team": { "id": 32, "handle": "nebraska", "name": "Nebraska Cornhuskers" }, "rationale": "Best 3 Wins: Michigan State, Ohio, Bowling Green\r\n\r\nNebraska is finally giving us something to work with. They're undefeated and have looked much more competent than the Nebraska of recent memory, which admittedly isn't a particularly high bar. The defense has been solid and they're avoiding the kind of stupid losses that have defined this program for approximately one thousand years. Until they beat somebody I'm supposed to care about, though, this is about where I'm comfortable." }, { "rank": 18, "team": { "id": 3, "handle": "duke", "name": "Duke Blue Devils" }, "rationale": "Best 3 Wins: Illinois, Stanford, Tulane\r\n\r\nDuke at 18 feels completely ridiculous and also completely defensible. They're undefeated, they're winning games, and I have to respect that. Is Duke actually the 18th-best team in the country? I have absolutely no fucking idea. But they're 4-0 and some teams ahead of them have already lost, so here we are. This is what happens when the entire middle of the poll is a tire fire." }, { "rank": 19, "team": { "id": 34, "handle": "ohiostate", "name": "Ohio State Buckeyes" }, "rationale": "Best 3 Wins: Illinois, Ball State, Kent State\r\nLoss: Texas\r\n\r\nOhio State has one of the best losses in the country and that is doing a lot of heavy lifting here. Losing to Texas isn't embarrassing, obviously, but the Buckeyes haven't exactly given us a reason to think they're elite otherwise. This feels like a team that could absolutely rocket back into the top 10 once Big Ten play really gets going, but for now, you can't just give them bonus points for being Ohio State. The Texas game happened. They lost it." }, { "rank": 20, "team": { "id": 60, "handle": "olemiss", "name": "Ole Miss Rebels" }, "rationale": "Best 3 Wins: LSU, Louisville, Charlotte \r\nLoss: Florida\r\n\r\nWell, that went poorly. Ole Miss came into the Florida game ranked No. 4 and left looking like they had been hit by a truck. Giving up 52 points and getting absolutely demolished in the second half is not ideal. Add to that Louisville lost to Wake Forest. I still think this is a good team, and one bad loss doesn't erase everything they did before it, but going from No. 4 to somewhere around 20 feels completely reasonable after that performance." }, { "rank": 21, "team": { "id": 57, "handle": "lsu", "name": "LSU Tigers" }, "rationale": "Best 3 Wins: Texas A&M, Clemson, LA Tech\r\nLoss: Ole Miss\r\n\r\nLSU is another team I'm struggling to get a read on. There's enough talent here to make me think they could eventually be much higher, but the results haven't given me a compelling argument to put them there right now. At 21, I'm basically saying \"I think LSU is good, but please show me something.\" SEC teams get an unusually long leash because eventually someone on their schedule is going to provide the opportunity. TA&M & Clemson are both kinda duds on the schedule, but they dominated. " }, { "rank": 22, "team": { "id": 79, "handle": "tulsa", "name": "Tulsa Golden Hurricane" }, "rationale": "Best 3 Wins: Oklahoma State, Sam Houston State, East Texas A&M\r\nLoss: Arkansas\r\n\r\nTulsa at 22 is probably the first ranking where people start asking what the hell I'm doing. They beat OK State so for now, until more information, they are above them." }, { "rank": 23, "team": { "id": 20, "handle": "oklahomastate", "name": "Oklahoma State Cowboys" }, "rationale": "Best 3 Wins: Oregon, West Virginia, Murray State\r\nLoss: Tulsa \r\n\r\nOklahoma State beat Oregon and lost to Tulsa. Oregon/WV is a better resume than OKST/SHST, but Tulsa wins on h2h" }, { "rank": 24, "team": { "id": 43, "handle": "oregon", "name": "Oregon Ducks" }, "rationale": "Best 3 Wins: USC, Boise State, Portland State\r\nLoss: Oklahoma State\r\n\r\nLost to OKST, can they go up? But better hope the Cowboys keeps winning. " }, { "rank": 25, "team": { "id": 14, "handle": "wakeforest", "name": "Wake Forest Demon Deacons" }, "rationale": "Best 3 Wins: Louisville, Purdue, Akron\r\nLoss: Miami\r\n\r\nWake Forest rounds this thing out because they lost to Miami and beat 2 P4 teams. They're not exactly screaming \"College Football Playoff contender,\" but somebody has to be 25. This is probably the easiest team in the poll to replace if someone outside the rankings actually puts together a convincing win. 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I'm concerned that their defence is not going to be good enough to get results against the better teams on their schedule. Their resume is still of top 10 calibre despite the loss. 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75410, "username": "G-Aardvark", "ballot_type": "Human", "submission_date": "2026-09-27T14:09:29.775635+00:00", "overall_rationale": "Mostly predictive based off previous results", "entries": [ { "rank": 1, "team": { "id": 22, "handle": "texas", "name": "Texas Longhorns" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 2, "team": { "id": 55, "handle": "georgia", "name": "Georgia Bulldogs" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 3, "team": { "id": 67, "handle": "notredame", "name": "Notre Dame Fighting Irish" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 4, "team": { "id": 7, "handle": "miami", "name": "Miami Hurricanes" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 5, "team": { "id": 54, "handle": "florida", "name": "Florida Gators" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 6, "team": { "id": 51, "handle": "alabama", "name": "Alabama Crimson Tide" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 7, "team": { "id": 60, "handle": "olemiss", "name": "Ole Miss Rebels" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 8, "team": { "id": 26, "handle": "indiana", "name": "Indiana Hoosiers" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 9, "team": { "id": 57, "handle": "lsu", "name": "LSU Tigers" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 10, "team": { "id": 34, "handle": "ohiostate", "name": "Ohio State Buckeyes" }, "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": 23, "handle": "texastech", "name": "Texas Tech Red Raiders" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 14, "team": { "id": 43, "handle": "oregon", "name": "Oregon Ducks" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 15, "team": { "id": 58, "handle": "mississippistate", "name": "Mississippi State Bulldogs" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 16, "team": { "id": 62, "handle": "tennessee", "name": "Tennessee Volunteers" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 17, "team": { "id": 29, "handle": "michigan", "name": "Michigan Wolverines" }, "rationale": "I'll rank them properly next week, but since people get to pretend this team lost the first game (shoutout to half the subreddit and also Sagarin), I get to pretend they won this one. Facts don't matter, only whatever supports my preconceived notions..." }, { "rank": 18, "team": { "id": 27, "handle": "iowa", "name": "Iowa Hawkeyes" }, "rationale": "Also Iowa got run off the field and it was absolutely miraculous for them to walk away with a victory. 7.3% PGWE according to Bill C, the lowest of the season so far. My poll is intended to largely be predictive, after all." }, { "rank": 19, "team": { "id": 46, "handle": "ucla", "name": "UCLA Bruins" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 20, "team": { "id": 109, "handle": "boisestate", "name": "Boise State Broncos" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 21, "team": { "id": 3, "handle": "duke", "name": "Duke Blue Devils" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 22, "team": { "id": 47, "handle": "usc", "name": "USC Trojans" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 23, "team": { "id": 73, "handle": "houston", "name": "Houston Cougars" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 24, "team": { "id": 20, "handle": "oklahomastate", "name": "Oklahoma State Cowboys" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 25, "team": { "id": 13, "handle": "virginiatech", "name": "Virginia Tech Hokies" }, "rationale": "" } ] }, { "id": 75396, "username": "galacticdude7", "ballot_type": "Human", "submission_date": "2026-09-27T14:08:57.453834+00:00", "overall_rationale": "based on current results plus my predictions for the remainder of the season ", "entries": [ { "rank": 1, "team": { "id": 22, "handle": "texas", "name": "Texas Longhorns" }, "rationale": "Predicted Record: 12-0" }, { "rank": 2, "team": { "id": 55, "handle": "georgia", "name": "Georgia Bulldogs" }, "rationale": "Predicted Record: 12-0" }, { "rank": 3, "team": { "id": 34, "handle": "ohiostate", "name": "Ohio State Buckeyes" }, "rationale": "Predicted Record: 11-1\r\n\r\nLosses: @Texas (23-24)" }, { "rank": 4, "team": { "id": 67, "handle": "notredame", "name": "Notre Dame Fighting Irish" }, "rationale": "Predicted Record: 12-0" }, { "rank": 5, "team": { "id": 26, "handle": "indiana", "name": "Indiana Hoosiers" }, "rationale": "Predicted Record: 11-1\r\n\r\nLosses: Ohio State\r\n\r\nComment: The tight game against Northwestern felt more like a lower team giving the defending Champs its best shot than anything that would cause me to question Indiana as a team. I did swap them with Notre Dame, but its really a thin margin in my perception between those teams." }, { "rank": 6, "team": { "id": 7, "handle": "miami", "name": "Miami Hurricanes" }, "rationale": "Predicted Record: 11-1\r\n\r\nLosses: @Notre Dame" }, { "rank": 7, "team": { "id": 66, "handle": "byu", "name": "BYU Cougars" }, "rationale": "Predicted Record: 11-1\r\n\r\nLosses: Notre Dame" }, { "rank": 8, "team": { "id": 23, "handle": "texastech", "name": "Texas Tech Red Raiders" }, "rationale": "Predicted Record: 12-0\r\n\r\nComment: I'm not all that confident that the Red Raiders will actually go 12-0 this season, but I'm even less confident in any of their opponents being able to knock them off, so here they stand." }, { "rank": 9, "team": { "id": 54, "handle": "florida", "name": "Florida Gators" }, "rationale": "Predicted Record: 10-2\r\n\r\nLosses: @Texas, Georgia" }, { "rank": 10, "team": { "id": 62, "handle": "tennessee", "name": "Tennessee Volunteers" }, "rationale": "Predicted Record: 10-2\r\n\r\nLosses: Texas (17-20), LSU\r\n\r\nComment: This is a good example of why I use this Predicted final record stuff in my evaluations for this poll. I expected Tennessee to lose to Texas, so their loss doesn't really hurt my perception of them as a team. If anything keeping it as close as they did with the team I and many others consider number 1 in the country actually improved my perception of them as a team. In any case the result that I expected to happen did indeed happen, and my perception of the team didn't decrease, so why should I drop them in my rankings?" }, { "rank": 11, "team": { "id": 51, "handle": "alabama", "name": "Alabama Crimson Tide" }, "rationale": "Predicted Record: 10-2\r\n\r\nLosses: Georgia, @Tennessee" }, { "rank": 12, "team": { "id": 43, "handle": "oregon", "name": "Oregon Ducks" }, "rationale": "Predicted Record: 10-2\r\n\r\nLosses: @Oklahoma State (31-39), @Ohio State\r\n\r\nComment: It's always a tough judgement call when determining if a result is just an upset or if its indicative of something fundamentally wrong with the team, and after beating USC in the Coliseum with Dante Moore out for most of the game, I'm willing to call the loss to Oklahoma State just an upset for the time being." }, { "rank": 13, "team": { "id": 60, "handle": "olemiss", "name": "Ole Miss Rebels" }, "rationale": "Predicted Record: 9-3\r\n\r\nLosses: @Florida (28-52), at Texas, Georgia" }, { "rank": 14, "team": { "id": 57, "handle": "lsu", "name": "LSU Tigers" }, "rationale": "Predicted Record: 9-3\r\n\r\nLosses: at Ole Miss (24-32), Alabama, Texas" }, { "rank": 15, "team": { "id": 48, "handle": "utah", "name": "Utah Utes" }, "rationale": "Predicted Record: 11-1\r\n\r\nLosses: BYU" }, { "rank": 16, "team": { "id": 27, "handle": "iowa", "name": "Iowa Hawkeyes" }, "rationale": "Predicted Record: 11-1\r\n\r\nLosses: Ohio State\r\n\r\nComment: Kind of wish they played a few other tough opponents, because this is the kind of team to go 11-1 and cause the SEC slappies to melt down if they make the playoffs." }, { "rank": 17, "team": { "id": 47, "handle": "usc", "name": "USC Trojans" }, "rationale": "Predicted Record: 9-3\r\n\r\nLosses: Oregon (27-41), Ohio State, at Indiana" }, { "rank": 18, "team": { "id": 76, "handle": "smu", "name": "SMU Mustangs" }, "rationale": "Predicted Record: 10-2\r\n\r\nLosses: @Louisville (31-41), @Notre Dame" }, { "rank": 19, "team": { "id": 29, "handle": "michigan", "name": "Michigan Wolverines" }, "rationale": "Predicted Record: 8-4\r\n\r\nLosses: Iowa (20-19), Indiana, @Oregon, @Ohio State\r\n\r\nComment: As heartbreaking as that loss was, it didn't really move the needle down on Michigan for me all that much. Maybe its just homer optimism, but the offense and defense looked pretty good and that this game was lost by a young team making sloppy mistakes against a team that will make you pay for them. " }, { "rank": 20, "team": { "id": 73, "handle": "houston", "name": "Houston Cougars" }, "rationale": "Predicted Record: 10-2\r\n\r\nLosses: @Texas Tech (26-28), @Utah" }, { "rank": 21, "team": { "id": 46, "handle": "ucla", "name": "UCLA Bruins" }, "rationale": "Predicted Record: 9-3\r\n\r\nLosses: @Oregon, @Michigan, USC" }, { "rank": 22, "team": { "id": 38, "handle": "wisconsin", "name": "Wisconsin Badgers" }, "rationale": "Predicted Record: 8-4\r\n\r\nLosses: Notre Dame (13-41), @UCLA, USC, @Iowa" }, { "rank": 23, "team": { "id": 35, "handle": "pennstate", "name": "Penn State Nittany Lions" }, "rationale": "Predicted Record: 9-3\r\n\r\nLosses: Wisconsin (20-24), USC, @Michigan" }, { "rank": 24, "team": { "id": 6, "handle": "louisville", "name": "Louisville Cardinals" }, "rationale": "Predicted Record: 10-2\r\n\r\nLosses: Ole Miss (38-41), Wake Forest (27-30)\r\n\r\nComment: Oof, way to trip and fall on your face after securing a big win against SMU last week. " }, { "rank": 25, "team": { "id": 109, "handle": "boisestate", "name": "Boise State Broncos" }, "rationale": "Predicted Record: 11-1\r\n\r\nLosses: @Oregon (27-34)\r\n\r\nComment: Congrats Boise State, you are the first G6 team that I feel confident enough in to rank. Just don't screw up and you'll secure the G6 Playoff invite." } ] }, { "id": 75679, "username": "GatorBolt", "ballot_type": "Human", "submission_date": "2026-09-28T16:53:48.284884+00:00", "overall_rationale": "", "entries": [ { "rank": 1, "team": { "id": 22, "handle": "texas", "name": "Texas Longhorns" }, "rationale": "So far to this point the best resume, not always pretty." }, { "rank": 2, "team": { "id": 55, "handle": "georgia", "name": "Georgia Bulldogs" }, "rationale": "Such a complete team, even if OU's sins were self inflicted. " }, { "rank": 3, "team": { "id": 7, "handle": "miami", "name": "Miami Hurricanes" }, "rationale": "Just a strong overall team. No real standout wins but that Wake one might age better." }, { "rank": 4, "team": { "id": 34, "handle": "ohiostate", "name": "Ohio State Buckeyes" }, "rationale": "Business as usual Saturday." }, { "rank": 5, "team": { "id": 67, "handle": "notredame", "name": "Notre Dame Fighting Irish" }, "rationale": "Again with Business as usual. That said, that Wisconsin win may age well." }, { "rank": 6, "team": { "id": 54, "handle": "florida", "name": "Florida Gators" }, "rationale": "As a Gator fan this is the highest I've ranked the Gators since I've been a voter. I can actually count on one hand the amount of times I've ranked them, doesn't help that I've been a voter during the Napier era and I usually take advantage of the first 3 weeks grace period. Plenty of season left, but they've definitely earned a high ranking. Hopefully they keep it up. " }, { "rank": 7, "team": { "id": 26, "handle": "indiana", "name": "Indiana Hoosiers" }, "rationale": "Still top ten due to their pedigree but I feel these Hoosiers are looking shaky. So far the weakest team of Cignetti's era and I'll need to see more. " }, { "rank": 8, "team": { "id": 51, "handle": "alabama", "name": "Alabama Crimson Tide" }, "rationale": "The Tide keep rolling. " }, { "rank": 9, "team": { "id": 60, "handle": "olemiss", "name": "Ole Miss Rebels" }, "rationale": "Swamped." }, { "rank": 10, "team": { "id": 57, "handle": "lsu", "name": "LSU Tigers" }, "rationale": "Good way to bounceback from the Lane Bowl by exacting revenge for ending Brian Kelly's tenure on A&M." }, { "rank": 11, "team": { "id": 23, "handle": "texastech", "name": "Texas Tech Red Raiders" }, "rationale": "Taking care of business so far." }, { "rank": 12, "team": { "id": 48, "handle": "utah", "name": "Utah Utes" }, "rationale": "IMO I feel they're the strongest team in the Big 12. 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There's an argument for number 1 in my eyes" }, { "rank": 4, "team": { "id": 34, "handle": "ohiostate", "name": "Ohio State Buckeyes" }, "rationale": "I question Day a little bit but they're one point away from being the number 1 team" }, { "rank": 5, "team": { "id": 67, "handle": "notredame", "name": "Notre Dame Fighting Irish" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 6, "team": { "id": 26, "handle": "indiana", "name": "Indiana Hoosiers" }, "rationale": "Replicating magic is hard to do. Northwestern looked decent but they are risk of getting passed up from the teams behind them. I'll defer for now" }, { "rank": 7, "team": { "id": 54, "handle": "florida", "name": "Florida Gators" }, "rationale": "Huge jump for a team that won the ultimate trap game, but they do look solid and I don't see any better way to sort out this cluster of SEC teams. It's theirs today" }, { "rank": 8, "team": { "id": 51, "handle": "alabama", "name": "Alabama Crimson Tide" }, "rationale": "This offense is dealing too hard. I still want to see them wins big game on the road" }, { "rank": 9, "team": { "id": 60, "handle": "olemiss", "name": "Ole Miss Rebels" }, "rationale": "Still very much in the mix. Chambliss is good and it's a trap game" }, { "rank": 10, "team": { "id": 57, "handle": "lsu", "name": "LSU Tigers" }, "rationale": "I'm a Leavitt opp but this team still has so many tools to work with if they get it together. They are ranked high for ceiling reasons" }, { "rank": 11, "team": { "id": 66, "handle": "byu", "name": "BYU Cougars" }, "rationale": "Still good" }, { "rank": 12, "team": { "id": 23, "handle": "texastech", "name": "Texas Tech Red Raiders" }, "rationale": "Im not gonna lie, I'm not paying that much attention to them. A close game against Houston a few weeks back doesn't wow me. Utah is gaining on them" }, { "rank": 13, "team": { "id": 48, "handle": "utah", "name": "Utah Utes" }, "rationale": "They have been proving that the bones of this program is still super solid even without Whittingham" }, { "rank": 14, "team": { "id": 27, "handle": "iowa", "name": "Iowa Hawkeyes" }, "rationale": "I know the stat line isn't showing it, but there is a semblance of offense here, and nobody is going to score that many points against Michigan. Still, that's two power 5 games without being able to make it all click. This is a good not great team" }, { "rank": 15, "team": { "id": 62, "handle": "tennessee", "name": "Tennessee Volunteers" }, "rationale": "They probably don't deserve it but they kept it close to the #1 team" }, { "rank": 16, "team": { "id": 58, "handle": "mississippistate", "name": "Mississippi State Bulldogs" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 17, "team": { "id": 43, "handle": "oregon", "name": "Oregon Ducks" }, "rationale": "The ceiling is high still, even without Moore." }, { "rank": 18, "team": { "id": 14, "handle": "wakeforest", "name": "Wake Forest Demon Deacons" }, "rationale": "This is easily my most overrated team, but they played a good game against a Miami team I love and then beat outright a very impressive Louisville program. I'm in" }, { "rank": 19, "team": { "id": 38, "handle": "wisconsin", "name": "Wisconsin Badgers" }, "rationale": "Actually this team is the most overrated team" }, { "rank": 20, "team": { "id": 47, "handle": "usc", "name": "USC Trojans" }, "rationale": "They are throwing classic Lincoln Riley red flags but I still like Maivia and they kept it close against a team that might be bouncing back" }, { "rank": 21, "team": { "id": 20, "handle": "oklahomastate", "name": "Oklahoma State Cowboys" }, "rationale": "Let's just pretend Tulsa didn't happen" }, { "rank": 22, "team": { "id": 46, "handle": "ucla", "name": "UCLA Bruins" }, "rationale": "This and OSU were some outside preseason hype teams that kinda have started to look the part" }, { "rank": 23, "team": { "id": 56, "handle": "kentucky", "name": "Kentucky Wildcats" }, "rationale": "Fraud watch" }, { "rank": 24, "team": { "id": 109, "handle": "boisestate", "name": "Boise State Broncos" }, "rationale": "Best WMU who beat Michigan, kept it close to Oregon" }, { "rank": 25, "team": { "id": 39, "handle": "arizona", "name": "Arizona Wildcats" }, "rationale": "I still think they're okay. I'm going to let them hold over Houston or SMU" } ] }, { "id": 75806, "username": "HieloLuz", "ballot_type": "Hybrid", "submission_date": "2026-09-29T05:39:19.049435+00:00", "overall_rationale": "I use a computer ranking which is a pure resume based points system. Teams are assigned a tier based on their rating (1-7). Points are gained for wins, subtracted for losses, based on the opponents tier. Small modifiers for game closeness and SOS based on Opponent's record.\t | \t\r\nI use this to sort teams into buckets, then give ranks based primarily on quality wins (top 50 teams), worst losses, and head to head.\t | \t\r\n | \t | \t | \r\nWeek 4\t | \t\r\nBiggest Risers:\tT138= Boise State (+50) , T25= James Madison (+14)\t | \r\nBiggest Drop: \tT138= Troy (-66) , T25= Ole Miss (-19)\t | \r\nNew teams: \tOklahoma State, Oregon, Utah, USF, Georgia, Indiana, Boise State, Nebraska\t | \r\nDropped from rankings: \tTulsa (13), Western Michigan (14), Missouri (18), West Virginia (19), Vanderbilt (21), Northwestern (22), Penn State (23), North Dakota State (24)\t | \r\nNext 5:\tNorth Dakota State, Auburn, Umass, LSU, Wisconsin\t | \r\nWorst Team\tUTEP (-76.667)\t |\r\n | \t | \t | \r\nPlayoff projections *Autobid\t | \t | \r\nRose:\t4. Miami (FL)*\t | \r\nSugar:\t1. Florida*\t | \r\nCotton:\t2. Texas\t | \r\nOrange:\t3. Mississippi State\t | \r\n5 v 12: \t12. Oklahoma State @ 5. Notre Dame\t | \r\n6 v 11: \t11. James Madison* @ 6. Alabama\t | \r\n7 v 10: \t10. Texas Tech @ 7. Cincinnati*\t | \r\n8 v 9: \t9. Iowa* @ 8. Pitt\t | \r\n | \t | \t | \r\n| Note for early weeks: They are extremely volatile, teams that played week 0 get a big early season boost but it stabilizes around week 5. Early weeks any team with a loss will struggle to get ranked at all.\t\t\r\n", "entries": [ { "rank": 1, "team": { "id": 54, "handle": "florida", "name": "Florida Gators" }, "rationale": "3 quality wins over Auburn |3|, Ole Miss |3|, and FAU |4|. These wins, especially the 2 tier 3 wins, are the best anyone has so far." }, { "rank": 2, "team": { "id": 22, "handle": "texas", "name": "Texas Longhorns" }, "rationale": "Texas is the only other team with 3 quality wins. These being Ohio State |4|, UTSA |4|, and Tennessee |4|. \r\n\r\nBu" }, { "rank": 3, "team": { "id": 58, "handle": "mississippistate", "name": "Mississippi State Bulldogs" }, "rationale": "Mississippi State is one of many teams with 2 quality wins, over Minnesota |4| and Missouri |4|, but they are the only one of these teams without a loss" }, { "rank": 4, "team": { "id": 7, "handle": "miami", "name": "Miami Hurricanes" }, "rationale": "Miami has 1 quality win over Wake Forest |4|, which wasn't overly close. And they have blown out every team they've played so far." }, { "rank": 5, "team": { "id": 67, "handle": "notredame", "name": "Notre Dame Fighting Irish" }, "rationale": "Basically identical to Miami (FL), but their win is over Wisconsin |4|. Their other opponents have been slightly worse leaving them in 5." }, { "rank": 6, "team": { "id": 51, "handle": "alabama", "name": "Alabama Crimson Tide" }, "rationale": "Quality win and blowout over Kentucky |4|. But they had a close game against Florida State |6|." }, { "rank": 7, "team": { "id": 10, "handle": "pittsburgh", "name": "Pittsburgh Panthers" }, "rationale": "Basically identical to Cinci, with a quality win over UCF |4|. But they played better against the only common opponent so far." }, { "rank": 8, "team": { "id": 70, "handle": "cincinnati", "name": "Cincinnati Bearcats" }, "rationale": "Quality win over Kansas State |4|, but both it and their win over Miami (OH) |5| were close games." }, { "rank": 9, "team": { "id": 27, "handle": "iowa", "name": "Iowa Hawkeyes" }, "rationale": "Quality win over Michigan |4/5| (who is very hard to rank, for now I still have them losing to Western Michigan but that will probably have to change soon to align with the playoff rankings." }, { "rank": 10, "team": { "id": 23, "handle": "texastech", "name": "Texas Tech Red Raiders" }, "rationale": "Quality win over Houston |4|, but had a close close game against Oregon State |6|, which is slightly worse than Iowa's close win over Iowa State |5|." }, { "rank": 11, "team": { "id": 153, "handle": "jamesmadison", "name": "James Madison Dukes" }, "rationale": "Quality win over Liberty |4|. JMU is the last undefeated team with a quality win. Which for me puts a stark cutoff underneath them for now. This will change quickly. Either Liberty loses a game and drops out from being a quality win, or more teams pick up quality wins." }, { "rank": 12, "team": { "id": 20, "handle": "oklahomastate", "name": "Oklahoma State Cowboys" }, "rationale": "I had a very hard time deciding on Oklahoma State. That loss to Tulsa |5| looks bad, and I generally won't rank a team with a loss that bad until much later in the season. But Oregon was getting ranked for sure, and with so few data points to go off of, I decided for now that they are in the same tier with Oregon and the other teams with a loss but a quality win, and thus here they are. Oklahoma State gets the honor of the first ranked team with a loss this year for me. " }, { "rank": 13, "team": { "id": 43, "handle": "oregon", "name": "Oregon Ducks" }, "rationale": "Oregon has among the best wins in the country over Boise State |3| and USC |3|. These match the wins that Florida is boasting right now. But the loss to Oklahoma State holds them back for now." }, { "rank": 14, "team": { "id": 3, "handle": "duke", "name": "Duke Blue Devils" }, "rationale": "No quality wins, and a pair of close games against not great teams in Tulane |6| and Illinois |5|" }, { "rank": 15, "team": { "id": 13, "handle": "virginiatech", "name": "Virginia Tech Hokies" }, "rationale": "No quality wins, and one close game against a bad team in Boston College |5|. But wins are wins. Their schedule has been slightly easier than Duke's, landing them here." }, { "rank": 16, "team": { "id": 48, "handle": "utah", "name": "Utah Utes" }, "rationale": "Identical to Virginia Tech, all the way down to the computer points (42.5). Virginia Tech gets the go ahead simply because they have played 2 away games to Utah's 1." }, { "rank": 17, "team": { "id": 66, "handle": "byu", "name": "BYU Cougars" }, "rationale": "No quality wins and only 3-0 due to the early bye. But only 1 close game" }, { "rank": 18, "team": { "id": 60, "handle": "olemiss", "name": "Ole Miss Rebels" }, "rationale": "A quality win over LSU |3|, but the Louisville |5| win is no longer looking good, and it was a close game. Combine that and the blowout loss to Florida |2|, and its looking rough right now for Ole Miss's resume." }, { "rank": 19, "team": { "id": 55, "handle": "georgia", "name": "Georgia Bulldogs" }, "rationale": "No quality wins, but no close games either. A very weak schedule so far." }, { "rank": 20, "team": { "id": 26, "handle": "indiana", "name": "Indiana Hoosiers" }, "rationale": "No quality wins, but they had a close game against Northwestern |5|" }, { "rank": 21, "team": { "id": 81, "handle": "usf", "name": "USF Bulls" }, "rationale": "No quality wins, and 2 close games against Army |5| and Bowling Green |7| aren't a great look. 3rd weakest Opp Win% of the ranked teams so far at 36%" }, { "rank": 22, "team": { "id": 46, "handle": "ucla", "name": "UCLA Bruins" }, "rationale": "UCLA has the 4th weakest schedule of any ranked team at 38%. That and 3 close games against bad teams Cal |6|, San Diego State |6|, and Purdue |6| leaves them near the bottom of the undefeated teams" }, { "rank": 23, "team": { "id": 109, "handle": "boisestate", "name": "Boise State Broncos" }, "rationale": "Quality win (wins?) over Memphis |4| and Western Michigan |4/6| (see Iowa's entry for info on that). Loss to Oregon |3| is by no means a bad one, and they played it super close." }, { "rank": 24, "team": { "id": 47, "handle": "usc", "name": "USC Trojans" }, "rationale": "2 Quality wins over Fresno State |4| and Louisiana |4|, both of which were also blowouts. But they played significantly worse in their loss to Oregon |3| than Boise did, their only common opponent." }, { "rank": 25, "team": { "id": 32, "handle": "nebraska", "name": "Nebraska Cornhuskers" }, "rationale": "No quality wins. An abysmally weak schedule with an opponent win% of only 33%. But no close games. \r\nThe only other undefeated team that is unranked is UMass, who has a Opp. Win% of a measly 22%. 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Branding I guess. I was already low on USC and the Oregon loss proved everything I already assumed about them. Michigan's win over Oklahoma looks worse by the week and the \"win\" over Western Michigan looks even worse. Mizzou and WVU too close to the edge to stay in after losses (after the top 15 it really is a crapshoot though)\r\n\r\nUCLA seems to be the better of the 2 B1G LA teams at the moment with what looks like a kill shot win to Mike Locksley. Tulsa's win over OKST is becoming more baffling by the week. Boise is the frontrunner to be the G6 playoff rep. And Duke, SMU, and Wake now seem to have entered into top 4 of the ACC discussions but are all distant second to Miami at best (though Wake did put up a decent fight).", "entries": [ { "rank": 1, "team": { "id": 55, "handle": "georgia", "name": "Georgia Bulldogs" }, "rationale": "Georgia has looked like the most complete team thus far, even if it has been largely against lesser competition. Mateer jokes aside, OU's defense is still elite and Georgia's offense putting up 34 on them is pretty damn good" }, { "rank": 2, "team": { "id": 22, "handle": "texas", "name": "Texas Longhorns" }, "rationale": "The defense is legit, but Arch is not progressing. He's had 6 road starts and is 3-3. The losses to Ohio State and Georgia last year are at least understandable, but that Florida team was bad bad. And then his 3 wins have come by a combined 13 points with 2 games that went to OT and another that came down to a Hail Mary attempt. Unless Arch can get it going, I think Texas is going to waste this phenomenal defense" }, { "rank": 3, "team": { "id": 67, "handle": "notredame", "name": "Notre Dame Fighting Irish" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 4, "team": { "id": 7, "handle": "miami", "name": "Miami Hurricanes" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 5, "team": { "id": 26, "handle": "indiana", "name": "Indiana Hoosiers" }, "rationale": "Hoosiers scrape out a win against a Northwestern team that I think a lot of people are underrating, but there are some cracks in this team that are starting to show. Turns out repeating as champs isn't as easy as it looks" }, { "rank": 6, "team": { "id": 34, "handle": "ohiostate", "name": "Ohio State Buckeyes" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 7, "team": { "id": 51, "handle": "alabama", "name": "Alabama Crimson Tide" }, "rationale": "If DeBoer has finally gotten this run game going, the Tide have what it takes to be a real contender not just for the SEC, but for it all" }, { "rank": 8, "team": { "id": 54, "handle": "florida", "name": "Florida Gators" }, "rationale": "Enjoy Buster Faulkner while you can Gator fans, I imagine he won't be around long as the HC spots start to open up" }, { "rank": 9, "team": { "id": 60, "handle": "olemiss", "name": "Ole Miss Rebels" }, "rationale": "Ole Miss may have to rely on Trinidad Chambliss taking over games because that defense is no bueno" }, { "rank": 10, "team": { "id": 57, "handle": "lsu", "name": "LSU Tigers" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 11, "team": { "id": 66, "handle": "byu", "name": "BYU Cougars" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 12, "team": { "id": 23, "handle": "texastech", "name": "Texas Tech Red Raiders" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 13, "team": { "id": 27, "handle": "iowa", "name": "Iowa Hawkeyes" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 14, "team": { "id": 48, "handle": "utah", "name": "Utah Utes" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 15, "team": { "id": 58, "handle": "mississippistate", "name": "Mississippi State Bulldogs" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 16, "team": { "id": 20, "handle": "oklahomastate", "name": "Oklahoma State Cowboys" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 17, "team": { "id": 43, "handle": "oregon", "name": "Oregon Ducks" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 18, "team": { "id": 62, "handle": "tennessee", "name": "Tennessee Volunteers" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 19, "team": { "id": 46, "handle": "ucla", "name": "UCLA Bruins" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 20, "team": { "id": 73, "handle": "houston", "name": "Houston Cougars" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 21, "team": { "id": 109, "handle": "boisestate", "name": "Boise State Broncos" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 22, "team": { "id": 3, "handle": "duke", "name": "Duke Blue Devils" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 23, "team": { "id": 56, "handle": "kentucky", "name": "Kentucky Wildcats" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 24, "team": { "id": 76, "handle": "smu", "name": "SMU Mustangs" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 25, "team": { "id": 14, "handle": "wakeforest", "name": "Wake Forest Demon Deacons" }, "rationale": "" } ] }, { "id": 75512, "username": "ikindalikelemons", "ballot_type": "Human", "submission_date": "2026-09-27T18:34:23.523224+00:00", "overall_rationale": "", "entries": [ { "rank": 1, "team": { "id": 67, "handle": "notredame", "name": "Notre Dame Fighting Irish" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 2, "team": { "id": 55, "handle": "georgia", "name": "Georgia Bulldogs" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 3, "team": { "id": 7, "handle": "miami", "name": "Miami Hurricanes" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 4, "team": { "id": 22, "handle": "texas", "name": "Texas Longhorns" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 5, "team": { "id": 26, "handle": "indiana", "name": "Indiana Hoosiers" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 6, "team": { "id": 54, "handle": "florida", "name": "Florida Gators" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 7, "team": { "id": 51, "handle": "alabama", "name": "Alabama Crimson Tide" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 8, "team": { "id": 27, "handle": "iowa", "name": "Iowa Hawkeyes" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 9, "team": { "id": 66, "handle": "byu", "name": "BYU Cougars" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 10, "team": { "id": 34, "handle": "ohiostate", "name": "Ohio State Buckeyes" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 11, "team": { "id": 48, "handle": "utah", "name": "Utah Utes" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 12, "team": { "id": 23, "handle": "texastech", "name": "Texas Tech Red Raiders" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 13, "team": { "id": 58, "handle": "mississippistate", "name": "Mississippi State 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"handle": "utah", "name": "Utah Utes" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 5, "team": { "id": 70, "handle": "cincinnati", "name": "Cincinnati Bearcats" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 6, "team": { "id": 7, "handle": "miami", "name": "Miami Hurricanes" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 7, "team": { "id": 43, "handle": "oregon", "name": "Oregon Ducks" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 8, "team": { "id": 3, "handle": "duke", "name": "Duke Blue Devils" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 9, "team": { "id": 51, "handle": "alabama", "name": "Alabama Crimson Tide" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 10, "team": { "id": 20, "handle": "oklahomastate", "name": "Oklahoma State Cowboys" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 11, "team": { "id": 10, "handle": "pittsburgh", "name": "Pittsburgh Panthers" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 12, "team": { "id": 58, "handle": "mississippistate", "name": "Mississippi State Bulldogs" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 13, "team": { "id": 67, "handle": "notredame", "name": "Notre Dame 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57, "handle": "lsu", "name": "LSU Tigers" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 24, "team": { "id": 46, "handle": "ucla", "name": "UCLA Bruins" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 25, "team": { "id": 23, "handle": "texastech", "name": "Texas Tech Red Raiders" }, "rationale": "" } ] }, { "id": 75568, "username": "Jakesnake42", "ballot_type": "Human", "submission_date": "2026-09-27T22:59:41.885015+00:00", "overall_rationale": "Early season polls are always a tough balancing act between preseason expectations, rewarding beating supposedly good teams, blowing out bad teams, and how much to punish \"quality losses\". I am a much bigger fan of later in the year when we can go entirely by the resume.", "entries": [ { "rank": 1, "team": { "id": 26, "handle": "indiana", "name": "Indiana Hoosiers" }, "rationale": "Friday Night Scare vs. Northwestern had me reconsidering my policy of IU #1 till otherwise proven but we've gone this far and at the end of the day. Wins are win. Last Week: #1" }, { "rank": 2, "team": { "id": 22, "handle": "texas", "name": "Texas Longhorns" }, "rationale": "Clearly best resume in ball so adding a win @ the other UT. Last Week: #2" }, { "rank": 3, "team": { "id": 55, "handle": "georgia", "name": "Georgia Bulldogs" }, "rationale": "Metrics are starting to learn with UGA as the \"best\" team in ball and the way they dismantled OU....i get it. Last Week: #5" }, { "rank": 4, "team": { "id": 34, "handle": "ohiostate", "name": "Ohio State Buckeyes" }, "rationale": "Jeremiah Smith is HIM Last Week: #4" }, { "rank": 5, "team": { "id": 67, "handle": "notredame", "name": "Notre Dame Fighting Irish" }, "rationale": "Wisconsin win looks better now! Last Week: #6 \r\n" }, { "rank": 6, "team": { "id": 7, "handle": "miami", "name": "Miami Hurricanes" }, "rationale": "Game vs Wake starting to make more sense now. Last Week: #7" }, { "rank": 7, "team": { "id": 54, "handle": "florida", "name": "Florida Gators" }, "rationale": "Yeah, yeah i KNOW i was wrong about them, not gonna like my previous bad take on this team prevent them from jumping up high now. Last Week: NR" }, { "rank": 8, "team": { "id": 23, "handle": "texastech", "name": "Texas Tech Red Raiders" }, "rationale": "Feels like it might be a while till we learn the true quality of this team. Last Week: #8" }, { "rank": 9, "team": { "id": 51, "handle": "alabama", "name": "Alabama Crimson Tide" }, "rationale": "Alabama's offense looks good enough to win a national title....the defense; however...big test for that defense next week against Miss St. Last Week: #10" }, { "rank": 10, "team": { "id": 60, "handle": "olemiss", "name": "Ole Miss Rebels" }, "rationale": "Tough road loss against da Gators. Not going to hammer them too hard for that at the end of the day. Last Week: #3" }, { "rank": 11, "team": { "id": 57, "handle": "lsu", "name": "LSU Tigers" }, "rationale": "Always fun when a team demolishes someone and then you drop them in the rankings. Happens sometimes! The teams around you ALSO play, never static Last Week: #9" }, { "rank": 12, "team": { "id": 48, "handle": "utah", "name": "Utah Utes" }, "rationale": "The predictive metrics LOVE this team. Time will tell how right they are. Last Week: #15" }, { "rank": 13, "team": { "id": 27, "handle": "iowa", "name": "Iowa Hawkeyes" }, "rationale": "REVENGE FOR WMU! Does NOT get any easier...go shock the world. Last Week: #16" }, { "rank": 14, "team": { "id": 66, "handle": "byu", "name": "BYU Cougars" }, "rationale": "Bye week, nothing really to add. Last Week: #13" }, { "rank": 15, "team": { "id": 58, "handle": "mississippistate", "name": "Mississippi State Bulldogs" }, "rationale": "Good ranked win over Missouri. Probably should've had them ranked last week but had bad memories from last season's start. Last Week: NR" }, { "rank": 16, "team": { "id": 62, "handle": "tennessee", "name": "Tennessee Volunteers" }, "rationale": "Tennessee showed they can hang with the big boys but at some point you will have to get over the hump. Probably won't be this year but this is a young team. Last Week: #11" }, { "rank": 17, "team": { "id": 20, "handle": "oklahomastate", "name": "Oklahoma State Cowboys" }, "rationale": "That Tulsa loss is gonna look stranger by the week isn't it. Don't like the loss but wins over Oregon and WVU sure make it easier to swallow. Last Week: #19" }, { "rank": 18, "team": { "id": 43, "handle": "oregon", "name": "Oregon Ducks" }, "rationale": "Get well soon Moore. Nice road win against USC however to keep the season on track. Last Week: #20" }, { "rank": 19, "team": { "id": 46, "handle": "ucla", "name": "UCLA Bruins" }, "rationale": "What is in the WATER with these JMU coaches.....I really think UCLA could really be contender fast....get an extra week to prepare for Oregon. Last Week: NR" }, { "rank": 20, "team": { "id": 109, "handle": "boisestate", "name": "Boise State Broncos" }, "rationale": "Boise State showed why they are the class of the G6 last week. Not hard to envision a 12-1 Boise State in the playoff giving one of the big boys a fight. Last Week: #21" }, { "rank": 21, "team": { "id": 32, "handle": "nebraska", "name": "Nebraska Cornhuskers" }, "rationale": "It feels like we do this with Nebraska every other year when they start out well then collapse in B1G play. Darn predictive metrics being high on them. Last Week: NR" }, { "rank": 22, "team": { "id": 10, "handle": "pittsburgh", "name": "Pittsburgh Panthers" }, "rationale": "Pitt has looked good so far this year....but all those games have been at home....a Friday Night Trip to Blacksburg looms large.... Last Week: NR" }, { "rank": 23, "team": { "id": 13, "handle": "virginiatech", "name": "Virginia Tech Hokies" }, "rationale": "On the other side of this matchup, this is the first true test for the Hokies all year long. Maryland and BC are not exactly *good* P4 teams. We'll learn a lot about Franklin's (and my) squad this week. Last Week: NR" }, { "rank": 24, "team": { "id": 73, "handle": "houston", "name": "Houston Cougars" }, "rationale": "Not exactly a great bounceback performance this week against GaSo...might be a good time to have their bye. Last Week: #25" }, { "rank": 25, "team": { "id": 3, "handle": "duke", "name": "Duke Blue Devils" }, "rationale": "Shoutout a 4-0 start for the Blue Devils. Will give them the nod for a road P4 OOC win against Illinois a week ago. Last Week: NR\r\n\r\nDropped; #12 USC, #14 Penn State, #17 Louisville, #18 Tulsa, #22 WMU, #23 Michigan, #24 SMU\r\n\r\nAlso Considered: JMU, Cincinnati, NDSU" } ] }, { "id": 75851, "username": "jalexjsmithj", "ballot_type": "Human", "submission_date": "2026-09-29T15:52:42.282514+00:00", "overall_rationale": "Ratings are result of a weighted average that is .9 anecdotal human eye test rankings and .1 the Colley Matrix. That weight will shift .1 towards the colley for every week remaining in the season.\r\n\r\nAs always, Big 12 bias. ", "entries": [ { "rank": 1, "team": { "id": 7, "handle": "miami", "name": "Miami Hurricanes" }, "rationale": "I think Miami has the clear best combination of power in the trenches, high end but responsible QB play, and elite skill talent. I saw them in person vs Wake, and the power of their run game blew me away. Wake kept it close via passing, but even then, with the added context of Miami had both starting corners out, I think they\u2019re just the best team. " }, { "rank": 2, "team": { "id": 22, "handle": "texas", "name": "Texas Longhorns" }, "rationale": "Ohio st win speaks for itself, as does Tennessee. Offense has some questions but that defense is becoming unquestionable from havoc perspective. " }, { "rank": 3, "team": { "id": 67, "handle": "notredame", "name": "Notre Dame Fighting Irish" }, "rationale": "A bit of inertia benefit, but the recipe of elite scrimmage play on both sides off the ball, strong QB play, and elite play in the secondary goes a long way. " }, { "rank": 4, "team": { "id": 20, "handle": "oklahomastate", "name": "Oklahoma State Cowboys" }, "rationale": "I know the shit will be coming since it\u2019s my flair. But the point here, is that in a vacuum an elite win and a bad loss is worth more than elite loss. And that\u2019s the battle of OSU v OSU here. Now, the pushback here is, yeah but with the eye test, Ohio state is better duh. And I\u2019m sorry, but that Oklahoma State win over Oregon tells the story of a team that has tier 1 upside. They functionally crushed Oregon, who only kept it close with 14 points off turnovers and outgained them by more than 300 yards. WV was a huge win in a hostile environment and it was done by rotating through 12 (12!) defensive linemen, the kind of depth in the trenches Big 12 hyflying offenses have always missesd Mesemaker is playing QB like the type of difference maker who can make up the difference of many other talent gaps. " }, { "rank": 5, "team": { "id": 34, "handle": "ohiostate", "name": "Ohio State Buckeyes" }, "rationale": "Good loss, great talent. Inertia" }, { "rank": 6, "team": { "id": 54, "handle": "florida", "name": "Florida Gators" }, "rationale": "I\u2019ll be honest, I think if they play Ole Miss next week I\u2019m taking Ole Miss, but I can\u2019t ignore the h2h." }, { "rank": 7, "team": { "id": 60, "handle": "olemiss", "name": "Ole Miss Rebels" }, "rationale": "I still think they are clearly tier 1 team. Closer to Texas than they are to Mississippi State. " }, { "rank": 8, "team": { "id": 51, "handle": "alabama", "name": "Alabama Crimson Tide" }, "rationale": "Brand and inertia" }, { "rank": 9, "team": { "id": 43, "handle": "oregon", "name": "Oregon Ducks" }, "rationale": "Still a great lower tier 1 team. " }, { "rank": 10, "team": { "id": 57, "handle": "lsu", "name": "LSU Tigers" }, "rationale": "Tier 1 team in that environment. 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The JB Rankings are a computer model that, in a nutshell, gives you points for a win, takes away points for a loss, and divides your cumulative score by log(games played + 1). So every team starts out with 0 resume points which go up/down depending on how they play during the year. For each game, opponent record, opponent conference, at what point in the season the game was played, and scoring margin are taken into account. The model rewards you for playing a tough schedule. If you beat a great team, you get a lot of points. If you lose to a great team, you only lose a few points. If you beat a bad team, you only get a few points. If you lose to a bad team, you lose a lot of points. 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"jrich960608", "ballot_type": "Human", "submission_date": "2026-09-29T03:34:05.231226+00:00", "overall_rationale": "This is a personal human poll with varying degrees of ranking methodology. No methodology weighs higher than another. I rank my teams off of performance, power rankings, and resume, and I try to watch every game I can to add a personal feel for each team, so eyeballs play a factor as well. ", "entries": [ { "rank": 1, "team": { "id": 22, "handle": "texas", "name": "Texas Longhorns" }, "rationale": "For the second week in row I\u2019d like to start with Texas has only looked like a complete #1 team in the country for 1 quarter total. Their defense has all the potential and performance of being #1, but the offense needs to start being consistent before they start losing. I\u2019m not sure what it is with Manning, but he\u2019s very up and down, though many fail to point out the offensive line isn\u2019t doing him any favors. They are back to #1 due to resume after the Ole Miss Massacre, but they can lose it just as easily as they lost it the last time if they continue to perform the way they have. " }, { "rank": 2, "team": { "id": 55, "handle": "georgia", "name": "Georgia Bulldogs" }, "rationale": "Without a doubt, Georgia is playing like the #1 team in the country. The biggest weakness that can be pointed out is schedule, but if anyone knows anything about football, you can tell when a team has it clicking on all cylinders. Oklahoma did give a lot of gifts to Georgia, but Georgia capitalized and still showed no signs of slowing down. UGA boasts the #1 scoring offense, and the #17th scoring defense in the country. Their first big test will be against an Alabama team that seems to have figured out some of its issues. " }, { "rank": 3, "team": { "id": 7, "handle": "miami", "name": "Miami Hurricanes" }, "rationale": "Team one of many that has played absolutely no one but continues to win and \u2026.wait? What? Wake Forest from the top rope! In last weeks poll, I knocked Miami a little for beating Wake by 12. Wake then decided to beat my #10 team Louisville! Miami is getting a bump this week for continuing to perform and their resume getting a boost which is the #1 thing holding them back. " }, { "rank": 4, "team": { "id": 34, "handle": "ohiostate", "name": "Ohio State Buckeyes" }, "rationale": "If I had to pick a team to play Georgia in the national championship at this very moment, it would be the Buckeyes. Yes, Julian Sayin still needs to stop focusing only on Smith and needs to take another step, and yes, the defense has some holes it needs to patch, but it\u2019s week 4, and they still flash absolute elite levels of play. Hell, they got Illinois\u2019 DC fired after the game (or was it because they put 9 men on the field during a goal line stand? Sorry Illini fans, I had to throw that in) (no one reads this anyways JRich960608, shut up)" }, { "rank": 5, "team": { "id": 54, "handle": "florida", "name": "Florida Gators" }, "rationale": "oh man oh man oh man. You can talk about the Ole Miss hangover, and yes Lacy did not play, but anyone who watched this game could tell you that it did not matter a lick. UF held the best QB in America to 28, picked him off and strip sacked him, scored 52 with 302 yards rushing, all while missing a pick 6 which resulted in an Ole Miss touchdown, taking their foot off the gas in the last 2 minutes of both halves, and missing two touchdown throws on two different drives. This game could have been a lot worse. Through 4 games Florida has given up 2 sacks only, two turnovers only that were just unlucky drops by receivers, and boasts the #2 offense in the country. The defense is making strides each game. They face a trap game @ Mizzou this weekend who is coming off of a loss to Miss St. " }, { "rank": 6, "team": { "id": 51, "handle": "alabama", "name": "Alabama Crimson Tide" }, "rationale": "Last week my main talking point was how Alabama seems to start very slow and wake up in the second half. Well, for one game after that poll, they utterly dominated a struggling P4 team to the point where SCAR started to implode internally. Russell played his best game yet and the sky is the limit for this Crimson Tide iteration, can they put it all together? Williams had his best game in a long time and they\u2019re finally running the ball!" }, { "rank": 7, "team": { "id": 67, "handle": "notredame", "name": "Notre Dame Fighting Irish" }, "rationale": "Notre Dame is on a shortlist of many teams where they are playing no one, but they\u2019re performing as they should, so I won\u2019t raise you, and I won\u2019t drop, you barring a big change behind or in front them. That defense is scary! I still don\u2019t know if the offense is championship ready, and we likely won\u2019t know that until Miami. " }, { "rank": 8, "team": { "id": 58, "handle": "mississippistate", "name": "Mississippi State Bulldogs" }, "rationale": "What a game. The Bulldogs continue to resume boost, especially with Minnesota getting it done on their end. MSST keeps playing teams close, but this early in the year it doesn\u2019t really matter as long as you win against good competition. They continue to flash a \u201cwhat could be\u201d potential. This weekend I expect them to take their first loss, but if they win? Look out, world. " }, { "rank": 9, "team": { "id": 26, "handle": "indiana", "name": "Indiana Hoosiers" }, "rationale": "Similar to Notre Dame, you\u2019re not playing anybody, but the difference here is you didn\u2019t look that good. Teams with better resumes and performances against better competition WILL pass you. Don\u2019t get me wrong, Fitzgerald has Northwestern trending in the right direction, but you shouldn\u2019t beat them by one score if you\u2019re truly a contender. I do have immense trust in this staff so who\u2019s to say by the end of year they won\u2019t look very improved. " }, { "rank": 10, "team": { "id": 60, "handle": "olemiss", "name": "Ole Miss Rebels" }, "rationale": "From #1 to #10. I fear the Rebels defense will be an extreme liability moving forward with the schedule of offenses they have to play. Ole Miss will have to outscore quite a few teams, but the potential is still there and they can put it together. " }, { "rank": 11, "team": { "id": 57, "handle": "lsu", "name": "LSU Tigers" }, "rationale": "#11 because you lost to an Ole Miss team that just got annihilated, you did do your job against a terrible A&M team, and they certainly have room to improve to the level of contender. I\u2019d like to see more consistency in the play calling, the defense remains really good. " }, { "rank": 12, "team": { "id": 48, "handle": "utah", "name": "Utah Utes" }, "rationale": "I maintain that the Utes are the best team in the BIG12 currently! Would you be willing to bet Tech or BYU beat Iowa State the way they did last Saturday? The defense is incredible, the run game is nasty and they look better and better! " }, { "rank": 13, "team": { "id": 27, "handle": "iowa", "name": "Iowa Hawkeyes" }, "rationale": "While this wasn\u2019t the prettiest game, it was certainly an Iowa game. A win is a win, dramatic or not. You took a punch, and you punched back. Huge test this weekend, a likely loss. " }, { "rank": 14, "team": { "id": 66, "handle": "byu", "name": "BYU Cougars" }, "rationale": "Bye week" }, { "rank": 15, "team": { "id": 20, "handle": "oklahomastate", "name": "Oklahoma State Cowboys" }, "rationale": "This is a real head scratcher. You just beat WVU who was red hot, you beat Oregon, you look great, yet you lost to Tulsa, who just got thumped by ARKANSAS! College football you are the best sport in the world (duh). Oklahoma State has the potential to put together an incredible season, imagine if the Tulsa game went the other way, they\u2019d be top 10!" }, { "rank": 16, "team": { "id": 43, "handle": "oregon", "name": "Oregon Ducks" }, "rationale": "Is Moore really your best QB? Hated the hit, loved the response. Oregon might be recovering and at least the Boise win looks better and better. They still have a long way to go, such a surprise to even say that. " }, { "rank": 17, "team": { "id": 23, "handle": "texastech", "name": "Texas Tech Red Raiders" }, "rationale": "Need to see more still " }, { "rank": 18, "team": { "id": 109, "handle": "boisestate", "name": "Boise State Broncos" }, "rationale": "Boise is for real, Memphis is a good team and so is W Mich. would have loved for them to get that Oregon win. " }, { "rank": 19, "team": { "id": 73, "handle": "houston", "name": "Houston Cougars" }, "rationale": "Beat a nobody but I still believe in them even after the Tech loss. I want a rematch neutral field!" }, { "rank": 20, "team": { "id": 46, "handle": "ucla", "name": "UCLA Bruins" }, "rationale": "I\u2019m feeling really good about ranking UCLA before the majority about anyone else, they continue to roll and did unspeakable things to Maryland, HUGE game coming up. " }, { "rank": 21, "team": { "id": 13, "handle": "virginiatech", "name": "Virginia Tech Hokies" }, "rationale": "Big test this weekend, I\u2019ll chalk up the BC game to weather but watch out for some more offensive woes. Defense looked good, keep winning. " }, { "rank": 22, "team": { "id": 3, "handle": "duke", "name": "Duke Blue Devils" }, "rationale": "Duke could be really good, I\u2019d like to see some more meat on the schedule. Nate Sheppard is the truth. " }, { "rank": 23, "team": { "id": 14, "handle": "wakeforest", "name": "Wake Forest Demon Deacons" }, "rationale": "Wake, I\u2019m sorry I doubted you, truly. That offense was explosive and clicking wonderfully. Keep winning. 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They can improve certainly but it needs to happen fast " } ] }, { "id": 75795, "username": "jrichardh", "ballot_type": "Computer", "submission_date": "2026-09-29T03:19:26.935501+00:00", "overall_rationale": "", "entries": [ { "rank": 1, "team": { "id": 67, "handle": "notredame", "name": "Notre Dame Fighting Irish" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 2, "team": { "id": 7, "handle": "miami", "name": "Miami Hurricanes" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 3, "team": { "id": 51, "handle": "alabama", "name": "Alabama Crimson Tide" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 4, "team": { "id": 55, "handle": "georgia", "name": "Georgia Bulldogs" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 5, "team": { "id": 22, "handle": "texas", "name": "Texas Longhorns" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 6, "team": { "id": 48, "handle": "utah", "name": "Utah Utes" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 7, "team": { "id": 54, "handle": "florida", "name": "Florida Gators" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 8, "team": { "id": 26, "handle": "indiana", 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Teams who win don't deserve to be rewarded, teams who lose don't deserve to punished - but what happened this past week is an additional data point in viewing team resumes.", "entries": [ { "rank": 1, "team": { "id": 26, "handle": "indiana", "name": "Indiana Hoosiers" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 2, "team": { "id": 7, "handle": "miami", "name": "Miami Hurricanes" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 3, "team": { "id": 67, "handle": "notredame", "name": "Notre Dame Fighting Irish" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 4, "team": { "id": 55, "handle": "georgia", "name": "Georgia Bulldogs" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 5, "team": { "id": 51, "handle": "alabama", "name": "Alabama Crimson Tide" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 6, "team": { "id": 34, "handle": "ohiostate", "name": "Ohio State Buckeyes" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 7, "team": { "id": 54, "handle": "florida", "name": "Florida Gators" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 8, "team": { "id": 22, "handle": "texas", "name": "Texas 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Vols are solid defensively themselves; still though, Cam Coleman has not looked great and Smothers\u2019 absence was felt in the rushing game despite a pretty good performance from Brown. All they need is consistency at those skill positions (and some better discipline on all 22) and they\u2019re off to the races" }, { "rank": 2, "team": { "id": 67, "handle": "notredame", "name": "Notre Dame Fighting Irish" }, "rationale": "(-) An explosive running touchdown finally happened! Pretty much established as a DB factory, down to 3rd string free safety and are still absurdly dominant in pass D + pass rush has emerged in a big way. So has Micah Gilbert as the true alpha WR. UGA is definitely nipping at the heel though Wiscy W keeps ND @ 2" }, { "rank": 3, "team": { "id": 55, "handle": "georgia", "name": "Georgia Bulldogs" }, "rationale": "(+2) Haha OU offense bad and Mateer stinks yeah yeah yeah, but UGA took a vaunted OU defense behind the woodshed in Athens through plenty of explosives that have been missing over last couple years against inferior defenses. Enough to hop Miami in my eyes" }, { "rank": 4, "team": { "id": 7, "handle": "miami", "name": "Miami Hurricanes" }, "rationale": "(-1) Miami stat padding against tomato cans will continue until morale improves. That solid yet weird Wake W aging particularly well already though" }, { "rank": 5, "team": { "id": 26, "handle": "indiana", "name": "Indiana Hoosiers" }, "rationale": "(+1) IU really deserves credit for trading blows with NW to hold them off. Cats are a solid all-round squad and are extremely well-coached. However, Hoover continues to not move me. Charlie Becker + depth at RB absolutely does move me AND the chains though. Also, is it just me or are most their impact DBs like\u2026 really tiny? Not a knock just an observation" }, { "rank": 6, "team": { "id": 34, "handle": "ohiostate", "name": "Ohio State Buckeyes" }, "rationale": "(+1) We all know the deal with OSU at this point. Smith is a freak, Sayin is not a guy who launches downfield willy nilly but is an absolute sniper. That said if I\u2019m a Bucks fan, I am fucking TERRIFIED seeing Iowa becoming able to run a 2 minute drill. Horrifying concept. And they\u2019re going to Kinnick to see for themselves \ud83c\udf3d\ud83d\udc41\ufe0f\ud83d\udc41\ufe0f\ud83c\udf3d" }, { "rank": 7, "team": { "id": 66, "handle": "byu", "name": "BYU Cougars" }, "rationale": "(+1) Cougs got their bye, now have two games against two mediocre conference competition to tune themselves up for the showdown with ND in Provo October 17th" }, { "rank": 8, "team": { "id": 23, "handle": "texastech", "name": "Texas Tech Red Raiders" }, "rationale": "(+1) Just insane how stacked they look at essentially every position group outside of the most important one. The CFB version of the Atlanta Falcons" }, { "rank": 9, "team": { "id": 51, "handle": "alabama", "name": "Alabama Crimson Tide" }, "rationale": "(+2) Alabama has finally played a complete game in 2026. Has Ryan Williams become 17 again? SCAR might be in free fall mode, but the Tide may be beginning their peak mode at the right time having to go to Stark Vegas this week in by far their biggest test to date" }, { "rank": 10, "team": { "id": 27, "handle": "iowa", "name": "Iowa Hawkeyes" }, "rationale": "(+3) And thus begins the B1G title hunt for the Hawkeyes. A photo finish and some classic delayed karma delivery against Michigan in The Big House should make some hairs stand straight up for the rest of the conference, if not the sport at large" }, { "rank": 11, "team": { "id": 54, "handle": "florida", "name": "Florida Gators" }, "rationale": "(NR) Well okay then! Caught Ole Miss at a perfect time with the Rebs having played two competitive opponents in three weeks in a definite letdown position, but the Gators took that opportunity and ran with it\u2026 literally. Incredible that Napier had a losing record with Baugh on roster" }, { "rank": 12, "team": { "id": 48, "handle": "utah", "name": "Utah Utes" }, "rationale": "(-) Unfortunately for the Utes, emphatic Ws for UF and Iowa restrict their ability for upward movement this week. Didn\u2019t help that they put it in cruise control in the 2nd half on both ends against a clearly inferior ISU team" }, { "rank": 13, "team": { "id": 58, "handle": "mississippistate", "name": "Mississippi State Bulldogs" }, "rationale": "(+7) If I had a Heisman vote, and voting began today, KeMario Taylor is my choice. Full stop. He could solidify that position and then some with Bama coming into town and all the momentum in the sport behind MSU" }, { "rank": 14, "team": { "id": 60, "handle": "olemiss", "name": "Ole Miss Rebels" }, "rationale": "(-10) Far from the end of the world, but you can\u2019t help but have some concerns for Ole Miss ESPECIALLY with how much they got pushed around on defense. Outmuscled for practically the entire contest. Still in a good position, for now" }, { "rank": 15, "team": { "id": 57, "handle": "lsu", "name": "LSU Tigers" }, "rationale": "(-5) Half-correction from having them overranked the week prior and other half getting leapfrogged by UF and Iowa while still being behind Ole Miss for obvious reasons. Also, A&M is NOT looking so hot. A lot to like from that game though; offensively they made mistakes still but less of them AND less that put them in uncomfortable positions" }, { "rank": 16, "team": { "id": 3, "handle": "duke", "name": "Duke Blue Devils" }, "rationale": "(NR) Here\u2019s the real overcorrection of the week. Manny Diaz redemption arc continues to shock me and everyone else watching " }, { "rank": 17, "team": { "id": 46, "handle": "ucla", "name": "UCLA Bruins" }, "rationale": "(+4) Went to the other side of the country and just went apeshit on Maryland. Terps are likely quite bad and Locksley at this point is as good as gone, and honestly this is mostly the Bruins being the beneficiaries of several teams in the teens getting clipped. But they look good, and 4-0 is 4-0" }, { "rank": 18, "team": { "id": 20, "handle": "oklahomastate", "name": "Oklahoma State Cowboys" }, "rationale": "(+5) Pokes have officially recovered completely from the Tulsa aberration with two extremely impressive P4 wins following that disaster. Seriously flipped on the afterburners in the 2nd half vs. WVU. Mestemaker is a certified dealer, and Hawkins is great as well despite the absurd volume" }, { "rank": 19, "team": { "id": 43, "handle": "oregon", "name": "Oregon Ducks" }, "rationale": "(+5) Oregon \ud83e\udd1d Notre Dame: making USC their concubine (FUCK LINCOLN RILEY)" }, { "rank": 20, "team": { "id": 32, "handle": "nebraska", "name": "Nebraska Cornhuskers" }, "rationale": "(NR) I am going to fall for this every time because I am a firm believer this sport is better when Nebraska is good" }, { "rank": 21, "team": { "id": 13, "handle": "virginiatech", "name": "Virginia Tech Hokies" }, "rationale": "(+4) Oh man if BC actually held on the memes would have been HILARIOUS. Instead Franklin\u2019s Hokies now sit a whole lot prettier than PSU is right about now" }, { "rank": 22, "team": { "id": 73, "handle": "houston", "name": "Houston Cougars" }, "rationale": "(-) Boxscore watchers beware: Clay Helton doesn\u2019t get wins, but boy does he ever backdoor cover. Offensively still look potent, Weigman was quite the successful reclamation project for Fritz" }, { "rank": 23, "team": { "id": 62, "handle": "tennessee", "name": "Tennessee Volunteers" }, "rationale": "(-6) Spirited effort defensively from Tennessee, but because it\u2019s an even numbered year this means there\u2019s some issues on the other side of the ball. And, let\u2019s be real, the minute the frat accounts on Twitter started making this about racism was the minute this game was decided " }, { "rank": 24, "team": { "id": 47, "handle": "usc", "name": "USC Trojans" }, "rationale": "(-10) The only reason they\u2019re here is because that game was competitive up until the final couple minutes. Still look sorry defensively, letting a backup (albeit a talented one in Raiola) dice them up after a dirty as fuck hit on Moore sent him to the hospital (which the SC sideline celebrated to make it even more sorry). Frankly, will always be a sorry program until they tarmac Riley" }, { "rank": 25, "team": { "id": 38, "handle": "wisconsin", "name": "Wisconsin Badgers" }, "rationale": "(NR) Welcome back Badgers. We kept your seat warm but may have eaten all the Colby cheese. And the beer cheese. And the brats. And the pretzels. And drank all the good brews so now it\u2019s just Busch Light left. We good? Okay cool Alexa play Jump Around | DROPPED: (15) Louisville, (16) Penn State, (18) Mizzou, (21) Michigan | HONORABLE MENTIONS: Boise State, North Dakota State, Wake Forest, Kentucky, Cincinnati" } ] }, { "id": 75722, "username": "Lex_Ludorum", "ballot_type": "Human", "submission_date": "2026-09-28T20:31:59.946372+00:00", "overall_rationale": "", "entries": [ { "rank": 1, "team": { "id": 22, "handle": "texas", "name": "Texas Longhorns" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 2, "team": { "id": 7, "handle": "miami", "name": "Miami Hurricanes" }, "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": 34, "handle": "ohiostate", "name": "Ohio State Buckeyes" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 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General Notes: Methodology: FIRST layer (computer portion): SP+, opponents\u2019 SP+, opponents\u2019 opponents\u2019 SP+, opponents\u2019 win %, opponents\u2019 opponents\u2019 win %. SECOND layer (human portion): home/field/away, key injuries, P4/G6 status, watched game factors (ex: offensive/defensive line domination, rush yards after contact, average point of first contact, defensive penetration on non-inside screens, missed tackles, quarterback throwing release speed, overall turnovers, average starting field position, etc). THIRD layer (human portion): wins/losses vs higher-/lower-/non-ranked teams, recency of those results. FOURTH layer (computer portion): Deservedness = Team A cannot be ranked over Team B that has 2+ fewer losses (ex: 9-3 LSU can be ranked over 10-2 Missouri, but 9-3 LSU cannot be ranked over 11-1 Tulane even if LSU beat Tulane heads up, rankings have LSU over Tulane, and/or I think LSU is better than Tulane) unless Team B is giving a X loss allowance to Team A due to significantly fewer P4 games played. Loss allowances come into play when: P4 teams play 2 fewer P4 games than another P4 team (ex: 9-3 Arizona plays 10 P4 games, 11-1 Syracuse plays 8 P4 games, 10-8=2, 9-3 Arizona can be ranked over 11-1 Syracuse); P4 teams play 6 fewer P4 games than a G6 team (11-1 Syracuse plays 8 P4 teams, 9-3 Charlotte plays 2 P4 teams, 8-2=6, 9-3 Charlotte can be ranked over 11-1 Syracuse) unless the P4 team plays 0 P4 games then it is 7; G6 teams play 9 fewer P4 teams than a P4 team (ex: 9-3 South Carolina plays 10 P4 games, 11-1 Boise State plays 1 P4 games, 10-0=0, 9-3 South Carolina can be ranked over 11-1 Boise State); or G6 teams play 2 fewer P4 games than another G6 team (ex: 9-3 Charlotte plays 2 P4 games, 11-1 Liberty plays 0 P4 games, 2-0=2, 9-3 Charlotte can be ranked over 11-1 Liberty). If the game differential exceeds more than 2/6/9/2 in those scenarios, add another loss allowance for each additional P4 game played difference in that scenario. Further allowances given when a P4 team plays 8-9 P4 games and when a G6 team plays 0 P4 games (no P4 non-cons).", "entries": [ { "rank": 1, "team": { "id": 22, "handle": "texas", "name": "Texas Longhorns" }, "rationale": "+0. Would be the #1 playoff seed in this scenario, playing the winner of #8 Indiana/#9 Ole Miss in the Orange Bowl" }, { "rank": 2, "team": { "id": 34, "handle": "ohiostate", "name": "Ohio State Buckeyes" }, "rationale": "+0. Would be the #2 playoff seed in this scenario, playing the winner of #7 Florida/#10 LSU in the Rose Bowl" }, { "rank": 3, "team": { "id": 55, "handle": "georgia", "name": "Georgia Bulldogs" }, "rationale": "+3. Would be the #3 playoff seed in this scenario, playing the winner of #6 Notre Dame/#11 Utah in the Peach Bowl" }, { "rank": 4, "team": { "id": 7, "handle": "miami", "name": "Miami Hurricanes" }, "rationale": "-1. Would be the #4 playoff seed in this scenario, playing the winner of #5 Alabama/#12 Boise State in the Fiesta Bowl" }, { "rank": 5, "team": { "id": 51, "handle": "alabama", "name": "Alabama Crimson Tide" }, "rationale": "+3. Would be the #5 playoff seed in this scenario, hosting #12 Boise State in the first round" }, { "rank": 6, "team": { "id": 67, "handle": "notredame", "name": "Notre Dame Fighting Irish" }, "rationale": "+4. Would be the #6 playoff seed in this scenario, hosting #11 Utah in the first round" }, { "rank": 7, "team": { "id": 54, "handle": "florida", "name": "Florida Gators" }, "rationale": "+5. Would be the #7 playoff seed in this scenario, hosting #10 LSU in the first round" }, { "rank": 8, "team": { "id": 26, "handle": "indiana", "name": "Indiana Hoosiers" }, "rationale": "-1. Would be the #8 playoff seed in this scenario, hosting #9 Ole Miss in the first round" }, { "rank": 9, "team": { "id": 60, "handle": "olemiss", "name": "Ole Miss Rebels" }, "rationale": "-5. Would be the #9 playoff seed in this scenario, playing at #8 Indiana in the first round" }, { "rank": 10, "team": { "id": 57, "handle": "lsu", "name": "LSU Tigers" }, "rationale": "-5. Would be the #10 playoff seed in this scenario, playing at #7 Florida in the first round" }, { "rank": 11, "team": { "id": 58, "handle": "mississippistate", "name": "Mississippi State Bulldogs" }, "rationale": "-2" }, { "rank": 12, "team": { "id": 46, "handle": "ucla", "name": "UCLA Bruins" }, "rationale": "+3" }, { "rank": 13, "team": { "id": 3, "handle": "duke", "name": "Duke Blue Devils" }, "rationale": "+1" }, { "rank": 14, "team": { "id": 48, "handle": "utah", "name": "Utah Utes" }, "rationale": "+2. Would be the #11 playoff seed in this scenario, playing at #6 Notre Dame in the first round" }, { "rank": 15, "team": { "id": 23, "handle": "texastech", "name": "Texas Tech Red Raiders" }, "rationale": "+2" }, { "rank": 16, "team": { "id": 66, "handle": "byu", "name": "BYU Cougars" }, "rationale": "+2" }, { "rank": 17, "team": { "id": 14, "handle": "wakeforest", "name": "Wake Forest Demon Deacons" }, "rationale": "NEW" }, { "rank": 18, "team": { "id": 33, "handle": "northwestern", "name": "Northwestern Wildcats" }, "rationale": "+1" }, { "rank": 19, "team": { "id": 53, "handle": "auburn", "name": "Auburn Tigers" }, "rationale": "+1" }, { "rank": 20, "team": { "id": 73, "handle": "houston", "name": "Houston Cougars" }, "rationale": "+2" }, { "rank": 21, "team": { "id": 13, "handle": "virginiatech", "name": "Virginia Tech Hokies" }, "rationale": "+2" }, { "rank": 22, "team": { "id": 62, "handle": "tennessee", "name": "Tennessee Volunteers" }, "rationale": "+2" }, { "rank": 23, "team": { "id": 27, "handle": "iowa", "name": "Iowa Hawkeyes" }, "rationale": "+2" }, { "rank": 24, "team": { "id": 76, "handle": "smu", "name": "SMU Mustangs" }, "rationale": "-11" }, { "rank": 25, "team": { "id": 10, "handle": "pittsburgh", "name": "Pittsburgh Panthers" }, "rationale": "NEW. Boise State would be the #12 playoff seed in this scenario, playing at #5 Alabama in the first round" } ] }, { "id": 75478, "username": "MahjongDaily", "ballot_type": "Human", "submission_date": "2026-09-27T20:53:52.395369+00:00", "overall_rationale": "", "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": 7, "handle": "miami", "name": "Miami Hurricanes" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 4, "team": { "id": 55, "handle": "georgia", "name": "Georgia Bulldogs" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 5, "team": { "id": 54, "handle": "florida", "name": "Florida Gators" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 6, "team": { "id": 34, "handle": "ohiostate", "name": "Ohio State Buckeyes" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 7, "team": { "id": 51, "handle": "alabama", "name": "Alabama Crimson Tide" }, "rationale": "" 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17, "team": { "id": 47, "handle": "usc", "name": "USC Trojans" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 18, "team": { "id": 62, "handle": "tennessee", "name": "Tennessee Volunteers" }, "rationale": "An experienced QB away from the upset" }, { "rank": 19, "team": { "id": 73, "handle": "houston", "name": "Houston Cougars" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 20, "team": { "id": 109, "handle": "boisestate", "name": "Boise State Broncos" }, "rationale": "Finally gave Western Michigan a loss" }, { "rank": 21, "team": { "id": 27, "handle": "iowa", "name": "Iowa Hawkeyes" }, "rationale": "Beautiful" }, { "rank": 22, "team": { "id": 6, "handle": "louisville", "name": "Louisville Cardinals" }, "rationale": "Sold Kienholz again" }, { "rank": 23, "team": { "id": 56, "handle": "kentucky", "name": "Kentucky Wildcats" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 24, "team": { "id": 32, "handle": "nebraska", "name": "Nebraska Cornhuskers" }, "rationale": "R(h)ule" }, { "rank": 25, "team": { "id": 29, "handle": "michigan", "name": "Michigan Wolverines" }, "rationale": "They looked like the better team but discipline cost them (again)" } ] }, { "id": 75515, "username": "Maladroit44", "ballot_type": "Human", "submission_date": "2026-09-27T18:44:10.389271+00:00", "overall_rationale": "Eli Drinkwitz could stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shoot somebody and Mizzou would still be a respectable #24 in the AP Poll the next week", "entries": [ { "rank": 1, "team": { "id": 55, "handle": "georgia", "name": "Georgia Bulldogs" }, "rationale": "Only team in S+ tier. I still have my reservations about them, of course, but they've looked the part of the sole surefire natty contender so far." }, { "rank": 2, "team": { "id": 26, "handle": "indiana", "name": "Indiana Hoosiers" }, "rationale": "Top of S tier. Teams that have largely looked very solid and can probably be trusted as playoff favorites, but have either shown moments of weakness (e.g., Indiana vs NW, Ohio State vs TEX) or haven't played anybody great (e.g., ND, Utah)." }, { "rank": 3, "team": { "id": 67, "handle": "notredame", "name": "Notre Dame Fighting Irish" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 4, "team": { "id": 7, "handle": "miami", "name": "Miami Hurricanes" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 5, "team": { "id": 34, "handle": "ohiostate", "name": "Ohio State Buckeyes" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 6, "team": { "id": 48, "handle": "utah", "name": "Utah Utes" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 7, "team": { "id": 66, "handle": "byu", "name": "BYU Cougars" }, "rationale": "Bottom of S tier." }, { "rank": 8, "team": { "id": 54, "handle": "florida", "name": "Florida Gators" }, "rationale": "Top of A tier. Teams that have shown incredible upside in some games (e.g., Florida vs MISS, Ole Miss vs LSU, Boise State vs WMU) but are markedly inconsistent (e.g. Florida vs AUB, Ole Miss vs UF, Boise State vs USD)." }, { "rank": 9, "team": { "id": 22, "handle": "texas", "name": "Texas Longhorns" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 10, "team": { "id": 60, "handle": "olemiss", "name": "Ole Miss Rebels" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 11, "team": { "id": 3, "handle": "duke", "name": "Duke Blue Devils" }, "rationale": "It is baffling that this team is still unranked in the AP Poll." }, { "rank": 12, "team": { "id": 27, "handle": "iowa", "name": "Iowa Hawkeyes" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 13, "team": { "id": 57, "handle": "lsu", "name": "LSU Tigers" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 14, "team": { "id": 109, "handle": "boisestate", "name": "Boise State Broncos" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 15, "team": { "id": 6, "handle": "louisville", "name": "Louisville Cardinals" }, "rationale": "Bottom of A tier. They're 2-2, so what? Both of their losses are close against 3-1 teams that I have ranked. They shouldn't be punished for playing actual competition early in the season, unlike a lot of teams." }, { "rank": 16, "team": { "id": 51, "handle": "alabama", "name": "Alabama Crimson Tide" }, "rationale": "Top of B tier. Similar to A tier, but the stretches of poor play are generally longer and more glaring (e.g., Alabama vs FSU, Oklahoma State vs TLSA)." }, { "rank": 17, "team": { "id": 20, "handle": "oklahomastate", "name": "Oklahoma State Cowboys" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 18, "team": { "id": 43, "handle": "oregon", "name": "Oregon Ducks" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 19, "team": { "id": 33, "handle": "northwestern", "name": "Northwestern Wildcats" }, "rationale": "I think if CFB voters were more comfortable with ranking teams after a close loss like CBB voters are, Northwestern would absolutely be in this week. They were decent last year, looked really good in their first two games, and if anything looked *better* in a one-score road loss at the reigning national champs with questionable officiating. But they'll lose votes for it in most rankings, because people get SEC war flashbacks whenever they hear the phrase \"quality loss\"." }, { "rank": 20, "team": { "id": 58, "handle": "mississippistate", "name": "Mississippi State Bulldogs" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 21, "team": { "id": 62, "handle": "tennessee", "name": "Tennessee Volunteers" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 22, "team": { "id": 76, "handle": "smu", "name": "SMU Mustangs" }, "rationale": "Bottom of B tier." }, { "rank": 23, "team": { "id": 14, "handle": "wakeforest", "name": "Wake Forest Demon Deacons" }, "rationale": "Top of C tier. There's a lot of teams down here with plenty of questions, and the ones left out are pretty interchangeable. I feel decently confident in ranking Wake Forest, which is maybe a sign they belong at the bottom of B tier instead, but TTU and Virginia I could comfortably leave out." }, { "rank": 24, "team": { "id": 23, "handle": "texastech", "name": "Texas Tech Red Raiders" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 25, "team": { "id": 12, "handle": "virginia", "name": "Virginia Cavaliers" }, "rationale": "Rest of C tier: North Dakota State, Nebraska, Arizona, Virginia Tech, Memphis, West Virginia, USC." } ] }, { "id": 75373, "username": "malowry0124", "ballot_type": "Human", "submission_date": "2026-09-27T11:01:10.393705+00:00", "overall_rationale": "Teams were ranked after Week 4 based on the following factors: preseason data, win-loss record, strength of schedule, margin of victory, the eye test, head-to-head results, performances against common opponents.", "entries": [ { "rank": 1, "team": { "id": 55, "handle": "georgia", "name": "Georgia Bulldogs" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 2, "team": { "id": 22, "handle": "texas", "name": "Texas Longhorns" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 3, "team": { "id": 67, "handle": "notredame", "name": "Notre Dame Fighting Irish" }, "rationale": "" }, { "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": 26, "handle": "indiana", "name": "Indiana Hoosiers" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 7, "team": { "id": 23, "handle": "texastech", "name": "Texas Tech Red Raiders" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 8, "team": { "id": 51, "handle": "alabama", "name": "Alabama Crimson Tide" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 9, "team": { "id": 54, "handle": "florida", "name": "Florida Gators" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 10, "team": { "id": 66, "handle": "byu", "name": "BYU Cougars" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 11, "team": { "id": 60, "handle": "olemiss", "name": "Ole Miss Rebels" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 12, "team": { "id": 57, "handle": "lsu", "name": "LSU Tigers" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 13, "team": { "id": 48, "handle": "utah", "name": "Utah Utes" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 14, "team": { "id": 43, "handle": "oregon", "name": "Oregon Ducks" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 15, "team": { "id": 27, "handle": "iowa", "name": "Iowa Hawkeyes" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 16, "team": { "id": 58, "handle": "mississippistate", "name": "Mississippi State Bulldogs" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 17, "team": { "id": 47, "handle": "usc", "name": "USC Trojans" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 18, "team": { "id": 62, "handle": "tennessee", "name": "Tennessee Volunteers" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 19, "team": { "id": 29, "handle": "michigan", "name": "Michigan Wolverines" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 20, "team": { "id": 46, "handle": "ucla", "name": "UCLA Bruins" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 21, "team": { "id": 20, "handle": "oklahomastate", "name": "Oklahoma State Cowboys" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 22, "team": { "id": 73, "handle": "houston", "name": "Houston Cougars" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 23, "team": { "id": 70, "handle": "cincinnati", "name": "Cincinnati Bearcats" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 24, "team": { "id": 56, "handle": "kentucky", "name": "Kentucky Wildcats" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 25, "team": { "id": 109, "handle": "boisestate", "name": "Boise State Broncos" }, "rationale": "" } ] }, { "id": 75761, "username": "manbeardawg", "ballot_type": "Human", "submission_date": "2026-09-29T00:35:02.202332+00:00", "overall_rationale": "For the first few weeks of the season (until there's a solid sample size of games against good opponents), my poll is only ranking undefeated teams with victories over P4 opponents. This week there were 19 such teams. That tier of the poll is divided into three classifications, with spots 1-4 reserved for teams with three wins over p4 opponents (then ranked to my eye test), spots 5-13 reserved for unbeaten teams with two, and spots 14-19 reserved for teams with one such victory. The final six spots are for one-loss teams that I think have a decent resume and tests coming up soon that will determine if they are posers or real ones.", "entries": [ { "rank": 1, "team": { "id": 58, "handle": "mississippistate", "name": "Mississippi State Bulldogs" }, "rationale": "3" }, { "rank": 2, "team": { "id": 46, "handle": "ucla", "name": "UCLA Bruins" }, "rationale": "3" }, { "rank": 3, "team": { "id": 51, "handle": "alabama", "name": "Alabama Crimson Tide" }, "rationale": "3" }, { "rank": 4, "team": { "id": 67, "handle": "notredame", "name": "Notre Dame Fighting Irish" }, "rationale": "3" }, { "rank": 5, "team": { "id": 55, "handle": "georgia", "name": "Georgia Bulldogs" }, "rationale": "2" }, { "rank": 6, "team": { "id": 22, "handle": "texas", "name": "Texas Longhorns" }, "rationale": "2" }, { "rank": 7, "team": { "id": 7, "handle": "miami", "name": "Miami Hurricanes" }, "rationale": "2" }, { "rank": 8, "team": { "id": 54, "handle": "florida", "name": "Florida Gators" }, 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"Missouri Tigers" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 25, "team": { "id": 38, "handle": "wisconsin", "name": "Wisconsin Badgers" }, "rationale": "" } ] }, { "id": 75533, "username": "MemeLovingLoser", "ballot_type": "Computer", "submission_date": "2026-09-27T19:25:18.754389+00:00", "overall_rationale": "This model was not designed to be taken seriously until week 7 or 8. Consume this ballot with caution.\r\n\r\nPoll uses stats earned on the field, not pageantry, not the \"eye-test\".\r\n\r\nBased on team statistics with each statistic being weighted differently. Teams must have played 3 games as an FBS school to qualify for a ranking (prior year games against an FBS while still in FCS count). Stats earned against FCS teams are weighted less. Overtime losses count as a \"partial win\" with the value being n/(n+1) where \"n\" is the number of OTs (whereas wins are worth 1).", "entries": [ { "rank": 1, "team": { "id": 67, "handle": "notredame", "name": "Notre Dame Fighting Irish" }, "rationale": "Score 93.17 (\u25bc 3.85) | Place Change: None | Previous Rank: 1st | Wins Composite Rank: 1st | SoS Composite Rank: 7th | Margin of Victory Rank: 3rd | Penalties Composite Rank: 1st | Yardage Composite Rank: 5th | Turnover Composite Rank: 3rd | 3rd/4th Down Conversion Rank: 43rd | Other Stats Rank: 1st" }, { "rank": 2, "team": { "id": 51, "handle": "alabama", "name": "Alabama Crimson Tide" }, "rationale": "Score 91.41 (\u25b2 0.58) | Place Change: \u25b2 1 | Previous Rank: 3rd | Wins Composite Rank: 1st | SoS Composite Rank: 3rd | Margin of Victory Rank: 8th | Penalties Composite Rank: 35th | Yardage Composite Rank: 21st | Turnover Composite Rank: 15th | 3rd/4th Down Conversion Rank: 6th | Other Stats Rank: 23rd" }, { "rank": 3, "team": { "id": 22, "handle": "texas", "name": "Texas Longhorns" }, "rationale": "Score 90.91 (\u25bc 0.23) | Place Change: \u25bc 1 | Previous Rank: 2nd | Wins Composite Rank: 1st | SoS Composite Rank: 1st | Margin of Victory Rank: 26th | Penalties Composite Rank: 76th | Yardage Composite Rank: 32nd | Turnover Composite Rank: 70th | 3rd/4th Down Conversion Rank: 27th | Other Stats Rank: 73rd" }, { "rank": 4, "team": { "id": 58, "handle": "mississippistate", "name": "Mississippi State Bulldogs" }, "rationale": "Score 87.59 (\u25bc 2.20) | Place Change: None | Previous Rank: 4th | Wins Composite Rank: 1st | SoS Composite Rank: 5th | Margin of Victory Rank: 19th | Penalties Composite Rank: 129th | Yardage Composite Rank: 15th | Turnover Composite Rank: 80th | 3rd/4th Down Conversion Rank: 14th | Other Stats Rank: 100th" }, { "rank": 5, "team": { "id": 46, "handle": "ucla", "name": "UCLA Bruins" }, "rationale": "Score 85.15 (\u25bc 1.32) | Place Change: \u25b2 6 | Previous Rank: 11th | Wins Composite Rank: 1st | SoS Composite Rank: 15th | Margin of Victory Rank: 12th | Penalties Composite Rank: 135th | Yardage Composite Rank: 18th | Turnover Composite Rank: 4th | 3rd/4th Down Conversion Rank: 58th | Other Stats Rank: 7th" }, { "rank": 6, "team": { "id": 54, "handle": "florida", "name": "Florida Gators" }, "rationale": "Score 82.58 (\u25b2 2.64) | Place Change: \u25b2 6 | Previous Rank: 12th | Wins Composite Rank: 6th | SoS Composite Rank: 12th | Margin of Victory Rank: 9th | Penalties Composite Rank: 132nd | Yardage Composite Rank: 24th | Turnover Composite Rank: 28th | 3rd/4th Down Conversion Rank: 11th | Other Stats Rank: 8th" }, { "rank": 7, "team": { "id": 7, "handle": "miami", "name": "Miami Hurricanes" }, "rationale": "Score 79.06 (\u25b2 2.03) | Place Change: \u25b2 8 | Previous Rank: 15th | Wins Composite Rank: 6th | SoS Composite Rank: 39th | Margin of Victory Rank: 1st | Penalties Composite Rank: 72nd | Yardage Composite Rank: 1st | Turnover Composite Rank: 49th | 3rd/4th Down Conversion Rank: 10th | Other Stats Rank: 88th" }, { "rank": 8, "team": { "id": 55, "handle": "georgia", "name": "Georgia Bulldogs" }, "rationale": "Score 78.72 (\u25b2 4.93) | Place Change: \u25b2 16 | Previous Rank: 24th | Wins Composite Rank: 6th | SoS Composite Rank: 56th | Margin of Victory Rank: 2nd | Penalties Composite Rank: 44th | Yardage Composite Rank: 7th | Turnover Composite Rank: 15th | 3rd/4th Down Conversion Rank: 12th | Other Stats Rank: 6th" }, { "rank": 9, "team": { "id": 57, "handle": "lsu", "name": "LSU Tigers" }, "rationale": "Score 78.06 (\u25b2 2.60) | Place Change: \u25b2 9 | Previous Rank: 18th | Wins Composite Rank: 24th | SoS Composite Rank: 4th | Margin of Victory Rank: 17th | Penalties Composite Rank: 88th | Yardage Composite Rank: 2nd | Turnover Composite Rank: 79th | 3rd/4th Down Conversion Rank: 9th | Other Stats Rank: 46th" }, { "rank": 10, "team": { "id": 48, "handle": "utah", "name": "Utah Utes" }, "rationale": "Score 77.59 (\u25b2 4.19) | Place Change: \u25b2 16 | Previous Rank: 26th | Wins Composite Rank: 6th | SoS Composite Rank: 55th | Margin of Victory Rank: 6th | Penalties Composite Rank: 24th | Yardage Composite Rank: 11th | Turnover Composite Rank: 25th | 3rd/4th Down Conversion Rank: 31st | Other Stats Rank: 77th" }, { "rank": 11, "team": { "id": 26, "handle": "indiana", "name": "Indiana Hoosiers" }, "rationale": "Score 77.25 (\u25b2 4.62) | Place Change: \u25b2 20 | Previous Rank: 31st | Wins Composite Rank: 6th | SoS Composite Rank: 71st | Margin of Victory Rank: 5th | Penalties Composite Rank: 8th | Yardage Composite Rank: 9th | Turnover Composite Rank: 35th | 3rd/4th Down Conversion Rank: 20th | Other Stats Rank: 15th" }, { "rank": 12, "team": { "id": 53, "handle": "auburn", "name": "Auburn Tigers" }, "rationale": "Score 76.95 (\u25b2 3.58) | Place Change: \u25b2 15 | Previous Rank: 27th | Wins Composite Rank: 24th | SoS Composite Rank: 2nd | Margin of Victory Rank: 56th | Penalties Composite Rank: 73rd | Yardage Composite Rank: 62nd | Turnover Composite Rank: 75th | 3rd/4th Down Conversion Rank: 22nd | Other Stats Rank: 11th" }, { "rank": 13, "team": { "id": 47, "handle": "usc", "name": "USC Trojans" }, "rationale": "Score 76.63 (\u25bc 10.44) | Place Change: \u25bc 5 | Previous Rank: 8th | Wins Composite Rank: 23rd | SoS Composite Rank: 9th | Margin of Victory Rank: 37th | Penalties Composite Rank: 59th | Yardage Composite Rank: 28th | Turnover Composite Rank: 81st | 3rd/4th Down Conversion Rank: 7th | Other Stats Rank: 19th" }, { "rank": 14, "team": { "id": 27, "handle": "iowa", "name": "Iowa Hawkeyes" }, "rationale": "Score 76.42 (\u25b2 1.94) | Place Change: \u25b2 9 | Previous Rank: 23rd | Wins Composite Rank: 6th | SoS Composite Rank: 49th | Margin of Victory Rank: 22nd | Penalties Composite Rank: 42nd | Yardage Composite Rank: 20th | Turnover Composite Rank: 23rd | 3rd/4th Down Conversion Rank: 122nd | Other Stats Rank: 12th" }, { "rank": 15, "team": { "id": 3, "handle": "duke", "name": "Duke Blue Devils" }, "rationale": "Score 76.37 (\u25bc 10.54) | Place Change: \u25bc 6 | Previous Rank: 9th | Wins Composite Rank: 6th | SoS Composite Rank: 36th | Margin of Victory Rank: 20th | Penalties Composite Rank: 123rd | Yardage Composite Rank: 17th | Turnover Composite Rank: 46th | 3rd/4th Down Conversion Rank: 71st | Other Stats Rank: 47th" }, { "rank": 16, "team": { "id": 70, "handle": "cincinnati", "name": "Cincinnati Bearcats" }, "rationale": "Score 76.22 (\u25b2 2.69) | Place Change: \u25b2 9 | Previous Rank: 25th | Wins Composite Rank: 6th | SoS Composite Rank: 28th | Margin of Victory Rank: 30th | Penalties Composite Rank: 107th | Yardage Composite Rank: 57th | Turnover Composite Rank: 23rd | 3rd/4th Down Conversion Rank: 18th | Other Stats Rank: 116th" }, { "rank": 17, "team": { "id": 10, "handle": "pittsburgh", "name": "Pittsburgh Panthers" }, "rationale": "Score 75.92 (\u25bc 10.79) | Place Change: \u25bc 7 | Previous Rank: 10th | Wins Composite Rank: 6th | SoS Composite Rank: 48th | Margin of Victory Rank: 11th | Penalties Composite Rank: 133rd | Yardage Composite Rank: 4th | Turnover Composite Rank: 46th | 3rd/4th Down Conversion Rank: 24th | Other Stats Rank: 45th" }, { "rank": 18, "team": { "id": 34, "handle": "ohiostate", "name": "Ohio State Buckeyes" }, "rationale": "Score 75.60 (\u25b2 3.34) | Place Change: \u25b2 14 | Previous Rank: 32nd | Wins Composite Rank: 24th | SoS Composite Rank: 10th | Margin of Victory Rank: 4th | Penalties Composite Rank: 39th | Yardage Composite Rank: 3rd | Turnover Composite Rank: 42nd | 3rd/4th Down Conversion Rank: 35th | Other Stats Rank: 36th" }, { "rank": 19, "team": { "id": 32, "handle": "nebraska", "name": "Nebraska Cornhuskers" }, "rationale": "Score 75.22 (\u25b2 4.38) | Place Change: \u25b2 16 | Previous Rank: 35th | Wins Composite Rank: 6th | SoS Composite Rank: 104th | Margin of Victory Rank: 7th | Penalties Composite Rank: 79th | Yardage Composite Rank: 6th | Turnover Composite Rank: 11th | 3rd/4th Down Conversion Rank: 13th | Other Stats Rank: 28th" }, { "rank": 20, "team": { "id": 13, "handle": "virginiatech", "name": "Virginia Tech Hokies" }, "rationale": "Score 75.10 (\u25bc 2.22) | Place Change: \u25bc 6 | Previous Rank: 14th | Wins Composite Rank: 6th | SoS Composite Rank: 72nd | Margin of Victory Rank: 18th | Penalties Composite Rank: 94th | Yardage Composite Rank: 19th | Turnover Composite Rank: 89th | 3rd/4th Down Conversion Rank: 32nd | Other Stats Rank: 3rd" }, { "rank": 21, "team": { "id": 66, "handle": "byu", "name": "BYU Cougars" }, "rationale": "Score 75.04 (\u25bc 3.14) | Place Change: \u25bc 8 | Previous Rank: 13th | Wins Composite Rank: 21st | SoS Composite Rank: 57th | Margin of Victory Rank: 15th | Penalties Composite Rank: 81st | Yardage Composite Rank: 16th | Turnover Composite Rank: 22nd | 3rd/4th Down Conversion Rank: 65th | Other Stats Rank: 10th" }, { "rank": 22, "team": { "id": 23, "handle": "texastech", "name": "Texas Tech Red Raiders" }, "rationale": "Score 74.21 (\u25b2 0.87) | Place Change: \u25b2 6 | Previous Rank: 28th | Wins Composite Rank: 6th | SoS Composite Rank: 64th | Margin of Victory Rank: 31st | Penalties Composite Rank: 50th | Yardage Composite Rank: 60th | Turnover Composite Rank: 103rd | 3rd/4th Down Conversion Rank: 16th | Other Stats Rank: 37th" }, { "rank": 23, "team": { "id": 184, "handle": "northdakotastate", "name": "North Dakota State Bison" }, "rationale": "Score 73.97 (\u25bc 0.79) | Place Change: \u25bc 2 | Previous Rank: 21st | Wins Composite Rank: 6th | SoS Composite Rank: 84th | Margin of Victory Rank: 25th | Penalties Composite Rank: 82nd | Yardage Composite Rank: 36th | Turnover Composite Rank: 6th | 3rd/4th Down Conversion Rank: 38th | Other Stats Rank: 29th" }, { "rank": 24, "team": { "id": 35, "handle": "pennstate", "name": "Penn State Nittany Lions" }, "rationale": "Score 73.94 (\u25bc 14.09) | Place Change: \u25bc 17 | Previous Rank: 7th | Wins Composite Rank: 24th | SoS Composite Rank: 13th | Margin of Victory Rank: 13th | Penalties Composite Rank: 22nd | Yardage Composite Rank: 12th | Turnover Composite Rank: 5th | 3rd/4th Down Conversion Rank: 88th | Other Stats Rank: 32nd" }, { "rank": 25, "team": { "id": 29, "handle": "michigan", "name": "Michigan Wolverines" }, "rationale": "Score 73.07 (\u25bc 15.20) | Place Change: \u25bc 19 | Previous Rank: 6th | Wins Composite Rank: 24th | SoS Composite Rank: 8th | Margin of Victory Rank: 48th | Penalties Composite Rank: 112th | Yardage Composite Rank: 29th | Turnover Composite Rank: 107th | 3rd/4th Down Conversion Rank: 25th | Other Stats Rank: 27th" } ] }, { "id": 75586, "username": "MemeofMemeJTG999999", "ballot_type": "Human", "submission_date": "2026-09-28T01:19:55.278958+00:00", "overall_rationale": "I use a methodology similar to that used by the voter polls that bases teams based primarily on wins/losses, but with other factors such as how those teams looked in their wins and losses, head 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"rationale": "(4-0) (no change)\r\nW: 49-14 vs Sam Houston (1-3)\r\nNext Week: @ Colorado (2-2)\r\nProjected Bowl: Playoff R1 @ Florida" }, { "rank": 10, "team": { "id": 66, "handle": "byu", "name": "BYU Cougars" }, "rationale": "(3-0) (no change)\r\nBye\r\nNext Week: @ TCU (2-2)\r\nProjected Bowl: Playoff R1 @ Alabama" }, { "rank": 11, "team": { "id": 60, "handle": "olemiss", "name": "Ole Miss Rebels" }, "rationale": "(3-1) (down 9)\r\nL: 28-52 @ #19 Florida (4-0)\r\nNext Week: Bye\r\nProjected Bowl: Playoff R1 @ Miami" }, { "rank": 12, "team": { "id": 57, "handle": "lsu", "name": "LSU Tigers" }, "rationale": "(3-1) (no change)\r\nW: 35-6 vs #23 Texas A&M (2-2)\r\nNext Week: vs McNeese (2-3)\r\nProjected Bowl: Citrus Bowl vs Iowa" }, { "rank": 13, "team": { "id": 27, "handle": "iowa", "name": "Iowa Hawkeyes" }, "rationale": "(4-0) (up 3)\r\nW: 20-19 @ #15 Michigan (3-1)\r\nNext Week: vs #5 Ohio State (3-1)\r\nProjected Bowl: Citrus Bowl vs LSU" }, { "rank": 14, "team": { "id": 58, "handle": "mississippistate", "name": "Mississippi State Bulldogs" }, "rationale": "(4-0) (up 6)\r\nW: 31-24 vs #25 Missouri (3-1)\r\nNext Week: vs #7 Alabama (4-0) (JTGOTW)\r\nProjected Bowl: ReliaQuest Bowl vs Nebraska" }, { "rank": 15, "team": { "id": 48, "handle": "utah", "name": "Utah Utes" }, "rationale": "(4-0) (down 2)\r\nW: 31-17 @ Iowa State (2-2)\r\nNext Week: Bye\r\nProjected Bowl: Alamo Bowl vs Oklahoma State" }, { "rank": 16, "team": { "id": 43, "handle": "oregon", "name": "Oregon Ducks" }, "rationale": "(3-1) (up 6)\r\nW: 41-27 @ #17 USC (4-1)\r\nNext Week: Bye\r\nProjected Bowl: Las Vegas Bowl vs Wisconsin" }, { "rank": 17, "team": { "id": 62, "handle": "tennessee", "name": "Tennessee Volunteers" }, "rationale": "(3-1) (down 6)\r\nL: 17-20 vs #1 Texas (4-0)\r\nNext Week: vs Auburn (3-1)\r\nProjected Bowl: Gator Bowl vs Virginia Tech" }, { "rank": 18, "team": { "id": 46, "handle": "ucla", "name": "UCLA Bruins" }, "rationale": "(4-0) (was unranked)\r\nW: 54-3 @ Maryland (2-2)\r\nNext Week: Bye\r\nProjected Bowl: Holiday Bowl vs Pittsburgh" }, { "rank": 19, "team": { "id": 32, "handle": "nebraska", "name": "Nebraska Cornhuskers" }, "rationale": "(4-0) (was unranked)\r\nW: 31-13 @ Michigan State (2-2)\r\nNext Week: vs Maryland (2-2)\r\nProjected Bowl: ReliaQuest Bowl vs Mississippi State" }, { "rank": 20, "team": { "id": 20, "handle": "oklahomastate", "name": "Oklahoma State Cowboys" }, "rationale": "(3-1) (was unranked)\r\nW: 41-24 @ #29 West Virginia (3-1)\r\nNext Week: Bye\r\nProjected Bowl: Alamo Bowl vs Utah" }, { "rank": 21, "team": { "id": 3, "handle": "duke", "name": "Duke Blue Devils" }, "rationale": "(4-0) (was unranked)\r\nW: 62-7 vs William & Mary (2-3)\r\nNext Week: Bye\r\nProjected Bowl: Pop-Tarts Bowl vs Cincinnati" }, { "rank": 22, "team": { "id": 56, "handle": "kentucky", "name": "Kentucky Wildcats" }, "rationale": "(3-1) (down 1)\r\nW: 45-21 vs South Alabama (2-2)\r\nNext Week: @ South Carolina (2-2)\r\nProjected Bowl: Music City Bowl vs Michigan" }, { "rank": 23, "team": { "id": 109, "handle": "boisestate", "name": "Boise State Broncos" }, "rationale": "(3-1) (was unranked)\r\nW: 32-7 @ Western Michigan (2-2)\r\nNext Week: vs Utah State (1-3)\r\nProjected Bowl: Playoff R1 @ Ohio State" }, { "rank": 24, "team": { "id": 70, "handle": "cincinnati", "name": "Cincinnati Bearcats" }, "rationale": "(4-0) (was unranked)\r\nW: 31-26 vs Kansas State (3-1)\r\nNext Week: @ Arizona (3-1)\r\nProjected Bowl: Pop-Tarts Bowl vs Duke" }, { "rank": 25, "team": { "id": 29, "handle": "michigan", "name": "Michigan Wolverines" }, "rationale": "(3-1) (down 10)\r\nL: 19-20 vs #16 Iowa (4-0)\r\nNext Week: @ Minnesota (3-1)\r\nProjected Bowl: Music City Bowl vs Kentucky\r\n\r\nNext 5:\r\n#26: USC (4-1) (down 9)\r\n#27: Houston (3-1) (no change)\r\n#28: Wisconsin (3-1) (was unranked)\r\n#29: Penn State (3-1) (down 15)\r\n#30: Virginia Tech (4-0) (was unranked)\r\n\r\nFell out of T30: Louisville (2-2) (was #18); Texas A&M (2-2) (was #23); Tulsa (3-1) (was #24); Missouri (3-1) (was #25); Washington (3-1) (was #26); Oklahoma (2-2) (was #28); West Virginia (3-1) (was #29); SMU (3-1) (was #30)\r\n\r\nBiggest Riser: UCLA (UR -> #18)\r\nBiggest Faller: Penn State (#14 -> #29)\r\n" } ] }, { "id": 75499, "username": "monkeymatt1836", "ballot_type": "Human", "submission_date": "2026-09-27T19:21:14.144298+00:00", "overall_rationale": "", "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": 34, "handle": "ohiostate", "name": "Ohio State Buckeyes" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 5, "team": { "id": 51, "handle": "alabama", "name": "Alabama Crimson Tide" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 6, "team": { "id": 26, "handle": "indiana", 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If you have the same record as a team and beat them head-to-head, you must be ahead of that team. It's relatively early season, so kneejerk reactions should be the norm until we get more information. This is probably the week I've made the most changes, as the paradigms surrounding certain teams appear to be false. We're far enough away from the preseason at this point that I'm starting to give boosts to teams who are undefeated or only have 1 loss to undefeated teams. After most teams have played 4 games, I'm starting to reward results on the field. I thought I would find a way to get all 22 undefeated teams in my top 25, but I just couldn't leave off Ohio State, Wake Forest, Ole Miss, and Houston of the one-loss teams. Undefeated USF would be my #26, as they have not really impressed so far this season. Since surely several of my ranked teams will lose next week, all USF needs to do is beat Temple and they probably drift their way into the top 25. A new #1 for me this week as Georgia took Oklahoma to the woodshed. Is OU some great team? No. But they looked to have a pretty good defense that Georgia completely shredded. Georgia's strength of schedule is pretty terrible through their first four games of the season, but Texas has shown so many deficiencies lately that I just can't keep them #1 anymore. Florida is a big mover up to #5 from #22 last week, as sad as that makes me to type out. I think Ole Miss and LSU have been and continue to be vastly overrated. HOWEVER! Florida not only beating Ole Miss, but demolishing them in that fashion has made me shift them much higher than I thought I would in a Florida win. A lot of adjustment of teams not looking amazing, despite being undefeated (Indiana, Texas Tech, among others). There was a whole chain of teams that received massive adjustments in the Ole Miss/LSU/Louisville/SMU/Wake area. Ole Miss had a walk-off win vs Louisville where Louisville, I thought, looked like the better team. You also had Ole Miss beat LSU in a game where LSU never led. Then you had that demolition of Ole Miss by Florida. Louisville on the other hand had that close loss to Ole Miss where they competed better than LSU did, and a nice win vs SMU. SMU this week was only up 3 late in the 4th quarter vs Missouri State after the 3rd game with multiple turnovers (FSU, Louisville). Louisville this week lost to Wake Forest at home. Here's what I did for all of those: A combination of Louisville's loss and BOTH of Louisville's other \"good\" opponents looking terrible plummeted them from #7 to out. Ole Miss goes from #4 to #17 after getting brutalized by Florida. LSU's \"quality loss\" doesn't look good anymore, and they don't have any great wins to make up for it, so they are also out (from #18). SMU's 10-point loss to Louisville and close games vs FSU and Missouri State drop them from #19 to out. Finally, Wake Forest goes from unranked to #16 after their win over Louisville. They have a relatively competitive loss to Miami as their sole loss, and Wake and Ole Miss have a common opponent in which Wake performed better, giving Wake the one-spot edge.", "entries": [ { "rank": 1, "team": { "id": 55, "handle": "georgia", "name": "Georgia Bulldogs" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 2, "team": { "id": 22, "handle": "texas", "name": "Texas Longhorns" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 3, "team": { "id": 34, "handle": "ohiostate", "name": "Ohio State Buckeyes" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 4, "team": { "id": 67, "handle": "notredame", "name": "Notre Dame Fighting Irish" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 5, "team": { "id": 54, "handle": "florida", "name": "Florida Gators" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 6, "team": { "id": 7, "handle": "miami", "name": "Miami Hurricanes" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 7, "team": { "id": 51, "handle": "alabama", "name": "Alabama Crimson Tide" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 8, "team": { "id": 48, "handle": "utah", "name": "Utah Utes" }, 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Two years ago the teams were biased by FPI. This was probably good as far as accuracy goes, if you consider accuracy \"closer to human polls.\" But in practice it was pretty much the Colley matrix with G5 teams down a lot of spots and P5 (especially SEC) teams up a lot of spots. Last year, I biased the teams by PFF rating. Specifically their \"Overall\" rating. This wasn't too bad, it boosted a few teams and dropped others. But the black box of PFF made it a little uninteresting to me.\r\n\r\nThis year the bias is going to come from excess score. I will run a regression where I use the rating(1) of the teams facing each other to predict the scoreline, so:\r\n\r\nHome Team Score - Away Team Score = a+b(Home Team Rating - Away Team Rating)\r\n\r\nThen I will take the residuals from this regression, and average by team. The averages will be converted to numbers between 0-1. And this number will be the bias number. \r\n\r\nAt this point there's mostly 1 observation per team so the results will be very funky. But as the season progresses, teams will get punished for winning close games that had no business being close, and rewarded for big wins in games that should have been competitive. This also applies on the other side too, teams will get rewarded for making games close they should have been blown out in, and so on. 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Prediction model is a hybrid Kalman filter, driven by the win margin of each game.", "entries": [ { "rank": 1, "team": { "id": 22, "handle": "texas", "name": "Texas Longhorns" }, "rationale": "2.419 [10.10-1.90]" }, { "rank": 2, "team": { "id": 55, "handle": "georgia", "name": "Georgia Bulldogs" }, "rationale": "2.375 [10.21-1.79]" }, { "rank": 3, "team": { "id": 51, "handle": "alabama", "name": "Alabama Crimson Tide" }, "rationale": "2.370 [9.99-2.01]" }, { "rank": 4, "team": { "id": 67, "handle": "notredame", "name": "Notre Dame Fighting Irish" }, "rationale": "2.239 [11.25-0.75]" }, { "rank": 5, "team": { "id": 54, "handle": "florida", "name": "Florida Gators" }, "rationale": "2.040 [8.84-3.16]" }, { "rank": 6, "team": { "id": 57, "handle": "lsu", "name": "LSU Tigers" }, "rationale": "1.989 [8.33-3.67]" }, { "rank": 7, "team": { "id": 7, "handle": "miami", "name": "Miami Hurricanes" }, "rationale": "1.973 [10.64-1.36]" }, { "rank": 8, "team": { "id": 48, "handle": "utah", "name": "Utah Utes" }, "rationale": "1.930 [10.94-1.06]" }, { "rank": 9, "team": { "id": 26, "handle": "indiana", "name": "Indiana Hoosiers" }, "rationale": "1.882 [10.80-1.20]" }, { "rank": 10, "team": { "id": 60, "handle": "olemiss", "name": "Ole Miss Rebels" }, "rationale": "1.877 [7.63-4.37]" }, { "rank": 11, "team": { "id": 58, "handle": "mississippistate", "name": "Mississippi State Bulldogs" }, "rationale": "1.786 [7.66-4.34]" }, { "rank": 12, "team": { "id": 34, "handle": "ohiostate", "name": "Ohio State Buckeyes" }, "rationale": "1.749 [9.13-2.87]" }, { "rank": 13, "team": { "id": 62, "handle": "tennessee", "name": "Tennessee Volunteers" }, "rationale": "1.734 [7.77-4.23]" }, { "rank": 14, "team": { "id": 53, "handle": "auburn", "name": "Auburn Tigers" }, "rationale": "1.624 [6.46-5.54]" }, { "rank": 15, "team": { "id": 56, "handle": "kentucky", "name": "Kentucky Wildcats" }, "rationale": "1.524 [6.81-5.19]" }, { "rank": 16, "team": { "id": 64, "handle": "vanderbilt", "name": "Vanderbilt Commodores" }, "rationale": "1.472 [6.02-5.98]" }, { "rank": 17, "team": { "id": 63, "handle": "texasam", "name": "Texas A&M Aggies" }, "rationale": "1.460 [6.68-5.32]" }, { "rank": 18, "team": { "id": 27, "handle": "iowa", "name": "Iowa Hawkeyes" }, "rationale": "1.440 [9.37-2.63]" }, { "rank": 19, "team": { "id": 23, "handle": "texastech", "name": "Texas Tech Red Raiders" }, "rationale": "1.429 [10.15-1.85]" }, { "rank": 20, "team": { "id": 43, "handle": "oregon", "name": "Oregon Ducks" }, "rationale": "1.398 [9.03-2.97]" }, { "rank": 21, "team": { "id": 19, "handle": "oklahoma", "name": "Oklahoma Sooners" }, "rationale": "1.373 [5.68-6.32]" }, { "rank": 22, "team": { "id": 66, "handle": "byu", "name": "BYU Cougars" }, "rationale": "1.362 [8.44-3.56]" }, { "rank": 23, "team": { "id": 59, "handle": "missouri", "name": "Missouri Tigers" }, "rationale": "1.282 [5.67-6.33]" }, { "rank": 24, "team": { "id": 10, "handle": "pittsburgh", "name": "Pittsburgh Panthers" }, "rationale": "1.192 [9.39-2.61]" }, { "rank": 25, "team": { "id": 61, "handle": "southcarolina", "name": "South Carolina Gamecocks" }, "rationale": "1.126 [5.01-6.99]" } ] }, { "id": 75455, "username": "Noy_Telinu", "ballot_type": "Human", "submission_date": "2026-09-27T15:57:45.751199+00:00", "overall_rationale": "Completely vibes based because it is WAY TOO EARLY TO RANK TEAMS. But I have to in order to keep my voting rights. ", "entries": [ { "rank": 1, "team": { "id": 22, "handle": "texas", "name": "Texas Longhorns" }, "rationale": "Yeah, just has the best wins in CFB, they have to be on top now" }, { "rank": 2, "team": { "id": 54, "handle": "florida", "name": "Florida Gators" }, "rationale": "No shoes thrown this time" }, { "rank": 3, "team": { "id": 67, "handle": "notredame", "name": "Notre Dame Fighting Irish" }, "rationale": "Sucks that the schedule sucks, will need to wait til BYU to see how good this team is." }, { "rank": 4, "team": { "id": 26, "handle": "indiana", "name": "Indiana Hoosiers" }, "rationale": "Northwestern isn't good... is it?" }, { "rank": 5, "team": { "id": 7, "handle": "miami", "name": "Miami Hurricanes" }, "rationale": "Also with the bad schedule " }, { "rank": 6, "team": { "id": 51, "handle": "alabama", "name": "Alabama Crimson Tide" }, "rationale": "Still the big bad guy of CFB " }, { "rank": 7, "team": { "id": 55, "handle": "georgia", "name": "Georgia Bulldogs" }, "rationale": "Really can't find anything wrong with the team" }, { "rank": 8, "team": { "id": 34, "handle": "ohiostate", "name": "Ohio State Buckeyes" }, "rationale": "Ughhhh, I hate putting teams with losses on, but Ohio State needs to be rewarded for playing Texas ughhhhhhh" }, { "rank": 9, "team": { "id": 43, "handle": "oregon", "name": "Oregon Ducks" }, "rationale": "Fuck U$C" }, { "rank": 10, "team": { "id": 46, "handle": "ucla", "name": "UCLA Bruins" }, "rationale": "Seriously, FUCK U$C" }, { "rank": 11, "team": { "id": 66, "handle": "byu", "name": "BYU Cougars" }, "rationale": "All this NIL and shit has made so many schedules suck in the first half of the season" }, { "rank": 12, "team": { "id": 27, "handle": "iowa", "name": "Iowa Hawkeyes" }, "rationale": "LOLZ Michigan lost to an Iowa team that can PASS " }, { "rank": 13, "team": { "id": 32, "handle": "nebraska", "name": "Nebraska Cornhuskers" }, "rationale": "Is Nebraska back?" }, { "rank": 14, "team": { "id": 48, "handle": "utah", "name": "Utah Utes" }, "rationale": "Utah also wants to FUCK U$C up" }, { "rank": 15, "team": { "id": 3, "handle": "duke", "name": "Duke Blue Devils" }, "rationale": "Wait, it isn't Basketball season yet" }, { "rank": 16, "team": { "id": 10, "handle": "pittsburgh", "name": "Pittsburgh Panthers" }, "rationale": "Pitt is not eating shit yet. " }, { "rank": 17, "team": { "id": 13, "handle": "virginiatech", "name": "Virginia Tech Hokies" }, "rationale": "The less insane tech school" }, { "rank": 18, "team": { "id": 70, "handle": "cincinnati", "name": "Cincinnati Bearcats" }, "rationale": "Someone will win the Big 12. I have no idea who tho" }, { "rank": 19, "team": { "id": 23, "handle": "texastech", "name": "Texas Tech Red Raiders" }, "rationale": "TT must be fuming at how other schools keep finding ways to be shittier" }, { "rank": 20, "team": { "id": 58, "handle": "mississippistate", "name": "Mississippi State Bulldogs" }, "rationale": "If you beat Bama, everyone will love that" }, { "rank": 21, "team": { "id": 184, "handle": "northdakotastate", "name": "North Dakota State Bison" }, "rationale": "This FBS stuff seems easy huh?" }, { "rank": 22, "team": { "id": 153, "handle": "jamesmadison", "name": "James Madison Dukes" }, "rationale": "The Wolverine of the G6, keeps being good no matter how many times their coaches get poached" }, { "rank": 23, "team": { "id": 81, "handle": "usf", "name": "USF Bulls" }, "rationale": "4-0 to start the season!" }, { "rank": 24, "team": { "id": 68, "handle": "umass", "name": "UMass Minutemen" }, "rationale": "Umass having the best turnaround ever?" }, { "rank": 25, "team": { "id": 109, "handle": "boisestate", "name": "Boise State Broncos" }, "rationale": "May actually be the best G6 team. Rewarded for playing Oregon." } ] }, { "id": 75469, "username": "NyquillusDillwad20", "ballot_type": "Human", "submission_date": "2026-09-27T16:01:27.626752+00:00", "overall_rationale": "Others Considered: Tennessee, Ole Miss, Wisconsin, USC, Oklahoma State, Clemson, Wake Forest\r\n", "entries": [ { "rank": 1, "team": { "id": 22, "handle": "texas", "name": "Texas Longhorns" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 2, "team": { "id": 7, "handle": "miami", "name": "Miami Hurricanes" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 3, "team": { "id": 67, "handle": "notredame", "name": "Notre Dame Fighting Irish" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 4, "team": { "id": 55, "handle": "georgia", "name": "Georgia Bulldogs" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 5, "team": { "id": 26, "handle": "indiana", "name": "Indiana Hoosiers" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 6, "team": { "id": 48, "handle": "utah", "name": "Utah Utes" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 7, "team": { "id": 66, "handle": "byu", "name": "BYU Cougars" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 8, "team": { "id": 51, "handle": "alabama", "name": "Alabama Crimson Tide" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 9, "team": { "id": 23, "handle": "texastech", "name": "Texas Tech Red Raiders" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 10, "team": { "id": 54, "handle": "florida", "name": "Florida Gators" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 11, "team": { "id": 27, "handle": "iowa", "name": "Iowa Hawkeyes" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 12, "team": { "id": 58, "handle": "mississippistate", "name": "Mississippi State Bulldogs" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 13, "team": { "id": 46, "handle": "ucla", "name": "UCLA Bruins" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 14, "team": { "id": 3, "handle": "duke", "name": "Duke Blue Devils" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 15, "team": { "id": 10, "handle": "pittsburgh", "name": "Pittsburgh Panthers" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 16, "team": { "id": 32, "handle": "nebraska", "name": "Nebraska Cornhuskers" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 17, "team": { "id": 70, "handle": "cincinnati", "name": "Cincinnati Bearcats" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 18, "team": { "id": 13, "handle": "virginiatech", "name": "Virginia Tech Hokies" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 19, "team": { "id": 153, "handle": "jamesmadison", "name": "James Madison Dukes" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 20, "team": { "id": 184, "handle": "northdakotastate", "name": "North Dakota State Bison" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 21, "team": { "id": 68, "handle": "umass", "name": "UMass Minutemen" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 22, "team": { "id": 81, "handle": "usf", "name": "USF Bulls" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 23, "team": { "id": 34, "handle": "ohiostate", "name": "Ohio State Buckeyes" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 24, "team": { "id": 53, "handle": "auburn", "name": "Auburn Tigers" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 25, "team": { "id": 62, "handle": "tennessee", "name": "Tennessee Volunteers" }, "rationale": "" } ] }, { "id": 75833, "username": "OKgolfer", "ballot_type": "Human", "submission_date": "2026-09-29T14:59:47.203490+00:00", "overall_rationale": "In the early season, I start by ranking only undefeated teams. Since there are only 22 remaining, three 1-loss teams have crept back into the ballot. Those three are: Oregon (two good wins), Oklahoma State (game 1 loss looks increasingly like a new-coach-new-QB fluke), and Ohio State (1 point loss on the road to a good team). Ole Miss was also considered, but they no longer have two good wins and they got trounced.", "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": 66, "handle": "byu", "name": "BYU Cougars" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 4, "team": { "id": 54, "handle": "florida", "name": "Florida Gators" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 5, "team": { "id": 51, "handle": "alabama", "name": "Alabama Crimson Tide" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 6, "team": { "id": 55, "handle": "georgia", "name": "Georgia Bulldogs" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 7, "team": { "id": 58, "handle": "mississippistate", "name": "Mississippi State Bulldogs" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 8, "team": { "id": 3, "handle": "duke", "name": "Duke Blue Devils" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 9, "team": { "id": 7, "handle": "miami", "name": "Miami Hurricanes" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 10, "team": { "id": 26, "handle": "indiana", "name": "Indiana Hoosiers" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 11, "team": { "id": 10, "handle": "pittsburgh", "name": "Pittsburgh Panthers" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 12, "team": { "id": 13, "handle": "virginiatech", "name": "Virginia Tech Hokies" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 13, "team": { "id": 23, "handle": "texastech", "name": "Texas Tech Red Raiders" }, "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": 46, "handle": "ucla", "name": "UCLA Bruins" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 17, "team": { "id": 20, "handle": "oklahomastate", "name": "Oklahoma State Cowboys" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 18, "team": { "id": 43, "handle": "oregon", "name": "Oregon Ducks" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 19, "team": { "id": 70, "handle": "cincinnati", "name": "Cincinnati Bearcats" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 20, "team": { "id": 48, "handle": "utah", "name": "Utah Utes" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 21, "team": { "id": 34, "handle": "ohiostate", "name": "Ohio State Buckeyes" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 22, "team": { "id": 184, "handle": "northdakotastate", "name": "North Dakota State Bison" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 23, "team": { "id": 81, "handle": "usf", "name": "USF Bulls" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 24, "team": { "id": 153, "handle": "jamesmadison", "name": "James Madison Dukes" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 25, "team": { "id": 68, "handle": "umass", "name": "UMass Minutemen" }, "rationale": "" } ] }, { "id": 75812, "username": "olmsted", "ballot_type": "Human", "submission_date": "2026-09-29T06:08:14.279196+00:00", "overall_rationale": "vibes", "entries": [ { "rank": 1, "team": { "id": 26, "handle": "indiana", "name": "Indiana Hoosiers" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 2, "team": { "id": 55, "handle": "georgia", "name": "Georgia Bulldogs" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 3, "team": { "id": 7, "handle": "miami", "name": "Miami Hurricanes" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 4, "team": { "id": 22, "handle": "texas", "name": "Texas Longhorns" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 5, "team": { "id": 67, "handle": "notredame", "name": "Notre Dame Fighting Irish" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 6, "team": { "id": 58, "handle": "mississippistate", "name": "Mississippi State Bulldogs" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 7, "team": { "id": 51, "handle": "alabama", "name": "Alabama Crimson Tide" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 8, "team": { "id": 54, "handle": "florida", "name": "Florida Gators" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 9, "team": { "id": 66, "handle": "byu", "name": "BYU Cougars" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 10, "team": { "id": 27, "handle": "iowa", "name": "Iowa Hawkeyes" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 11, "team": { "id": 34, "handle": "ohiostate", "name": "Ohio State Buckeyes" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 12, "team": { "id": 23, "handle": "texastech", "name": "Texas Tech Red Raiders" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 13, "team": { "id": 46, "handle": "ucla", "name": "UCLA Bruins" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 14, "team": { "id": 48, "handle": "utah", "name": "Utah Utes" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 15, "team": { "id": 70, "handle": "cincinnati", "name": "Cincinnati Bearcats" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 16, "team": { "id": 62, "handle": "tennessee", "name": "Tennessee Volunteers" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 17, "team": { "id": 3, "handle": "duke", "name": "Duke Blue Devils" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 18, "team": { "id": 32, "handle": "nebraska", "name": "Nebraska Cornhuskers" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 19, "team": { "id": 10, "handle": "pittsburgh", "name": "Pittsburgh Panthers" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 20, "team": { "id": 13, "handle": "virginiatech", "name": "Virginia Tech Hokies" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 21, "team": { "id": 81, "handle": "usf", "name": "USF Bulls" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 22, "team": { "id": 153, "handle": "jamesmadison", "name": "James Madison Dukes" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 23, "team": { "id": 184, "handle": "northdakotastate", "name": "North Dakota State Bison" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 24, "team": { "id": 68, "handle": "umass", "name": "UMass Minutemen" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 25, "team": { "id": 135, "handle": "montanastate", "name": "Montana State Bobcats" }, "rationale": "" } ] }, { "id": 75451, "username": "one98d", "ballot_type": "Human", "submission_date": "2026-09-27T15:30:58.383984+00:00", "overall_rationale": "", "entries": [ { "rank": 1, "team": { "id": 26, "handle": "indiana", "name": "Indiana Hoosiers" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 2, "team": { "id": 55, "handle": "georgia", "name": "Georgia Bulldogs" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 3, "team": { "id": 67, "handle": "notredame", "name": "Notre Dame Fighting Irish" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 4, "team": { "id": 22, "handle": "texas", "name": "Texas Longhorns" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 5, "team": { "id": 34, "handle": "ohiostate", "name": "Ohio State Buckeyes" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 6, "team": { "id": 51, "handle": "alabama", "name": "Alabama Crimson Tide" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 7, "team": { "id": 7, "handle": "miami", "name": "Miami Hurricanes" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 8, "team": { "id": 66, "handle": "byu", "name": "BYU Cougars" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 9, "team": { "id": 23, "handle": "texastech", "name": "Texas Tech Red Raiders" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 10, "team": { "id": 57, "handle": "lsu", "name": "LSU Tigers" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 11, "team": { "id": 48, "handle": "utah", "name": "Utah Utes" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 12, "team": { "id": 43, "handle": "oregon", "name": "Oregon Ducks" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 13, "team": { "id": 47, 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(Hence why I still have Clemson and Oklahoma in tier 3.) Thus, Alabama, LSU, Miami, and of course Iowa jump Michigan..." }, { "rank": 13, "team": { "id": 66, "handle": "byu", "name": "BYU Cougars" }, "rationale": "LW: 9 | Tier 2 (no change) | bye\r\n\r\nBut BYU, who had a bye, doesn't..." }, { "rank": 14, "team": { "id": 23, "handle": "texastech", "name": "Texas Tech Red Raiders" }, "rationale": "\r\nLW: 12 | Tier 2 (no change) | W Sam Houston\r\n\r\nNor Texas Tech, who may as well have had a bye as well." }, { "rank": 15, "team": { "id": 14, "handle": "wakeforest", "name": "Wake Forest Demon Deacons" }, "rationale": "LW: NR | Tier 3 (up from 4) | W Louisville\r\n\r\nBeating Louisville shoots Wake Forest onto the ballot." }, { "rank": 16, "team": { "id": 38, "handle": "wisconsin", "name": "Wisconsin Badgers" }, "rationale": "LW: NR | Tier 3 (no change) | W Penn State\r\n\r\nWisconsin was lurking in the next teams out, but a win over Penn State brings them to the ballot." }, { "rank": 17, "team": { "id": 6, "handle": "louisville", "name": "Louisville Cardinals" }, "rationale": "LW: 15 | Tier 3 (no change) | L Wake Forest\r\n\r\nEven with the loss to Wake Forest, Louisville still has the win over SMU." }, { "rank": 18, "team": { "id": 3, "handle": "duke", "name": "Duke Blue Devils" }, "rationale": "LW: 16 | Tier 3 (no change) | W William & Mary\r\n\r\nA win over a I-AA team may as well be a bye." }, { "rank": 19, "team": { "id": 53, "handle": "auburn", "name": "Auburn Tigers" }, "rationale": "LW: NR | Tier 3 (up from 4) | W Vanderbilt\r\n\r\nWins over Vanderbilt and Baylor help Auburn make it onto the ballot this week." }, { "rank": 20, "team": { "id": 13, "handle": "virginiatech", "name": "Virginia Tech Hokies" }, "rationale": "LW: 17 | Tier 3 (no change) | W Boston College\r\n\r\nNo real change for the Hokies this week; just a few teams looking better bumping them down." }, { "rank": 21, "team": { "id": 10, "handle": "pittsburgh", "name": "Pittsburgh Panthers" }, "rationale": "LW: 25 | Tier 3 (no change) | W Bucknell\r\n\r\nIt's not the Bucknell win that moves Pitt up but Central Florida looking better." }, { "rank": 22, "team": { "id": 48, "handle": "utah", "name": "Utah Utes" }, "rationale": "LW: NR | Tier 3 (no change) | W Iowa State\r\n\r\nA win over Iowa State move Utah onto the ballot." }, { "rank": 23, "team": { "id": 2, "handle": "clemson", "name": "Clemson Tigers" }, "rationale": "LW: 23 | Tier 3 (no change) | W California\r\n\r\nClemson will face Miami next week, giving them a chance to prove they belong. Otherwise they'll hang out near the bottom of the ballot at least until they go up against Virginia Tech." }, { "rank": 24, "team": { "id": 56, "handle": "kentucky", "name": "Kentucky Wildcats" }, "rationale": "LW: NR | Tier 3 (up from 4) | W South Alabama\r\n\r\nWith a win over Texas A&M and the only loss being to Alabama, Kentucky should have made the ballot last week." }, { "rank": 25, "team": { "id": 76, "handle": "smu", "name": "SMU Mustangs" }, "rationale": "LW: 24 | Tier 3 (no change) | W Missouri State\r\n\r\nNot losing is enough to keep SMU in the final spot." } ] }, { "id": 75395, "username": "plannedsickdays", "ballot_type": "Human", "submission_date": "2026-09-27T13:18:51.479858+00:00", "overall_rationale": "Wins are the most important stat atm ", "entries": [ { "rank": 1, "team": { "id": 22, "handle": "texas", "name": "Texas Longhorns" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 2, "team": { "id": 55, "handle": "georgia", "name": "Georgia Bulldogs" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 3, "team": { "id": 7, "handle": "miami", "name": "Miami Hurricanes" }, "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": 51, "handle": "alabama", "name": "Alabama Crimson Tide" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 7, "team": { "id": 48, "handle": "utah", "name": "Utah Utes" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 8, "team": { "id": 23, "handle": "texastech", "name": "Texas Tech Red Raiders" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 9, "team": { "id": 54, "handle": "florida", "name": "Florida Gators" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 10, "team": { "id": 27, "handle": "iowa", "name": "Iowa Hawkeyes" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 11, "team": { "id": 58, "handle": "mississippistate", "name": "Mississippi State Bulldogs" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 12, "team": { "id": 3, "handle": "duke", "name": "Duke Blue Devils" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 13, "team": { "id": 13, "handle": "virginiatech", "name": "Virginia Tech Hokies" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 14, "team": { "id": 10, "handle": "pittsburgh", "name": "Pittsburgh Panthers" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 15, "team": { "id": 66, "handle": "byu", "name": "BYU Cougars" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 16, "team": { "id": 34, "handle": "ohiostate", "name": "Ohio State Buckeyes" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 17, "team": { "id": 60, "handle": "olemiss", "name": "Ole Miss Rebels" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 18, "team": { "id": 57, "handle": "lsu", "name": "LSU Tigers" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 19, "team": { "id": 32, "handle": "nebraska", "name": "Nebraska Cornhuskers" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 20, "team": { "id": 46, "handle": "ucla", "name": "UCLA Bruins" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 21, "team": { "id": 70, "handle": "cincinnati", "name": "Cincinnati Bearcats" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 22, "team": { "id": 81, "handle": "usf", "name": "USF Bulls" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 23, "team": { "id": 184, "handle": "northdakotastate", "name": "North Dakota State Bison" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 24, "team": { "id": 153, "handle": "jamesmadison", "name": "James Madison Dukes" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 25, "team": { "id": 68, "handle": "umass", "name": "UMass Minutemen" }, "rationale": "" } ] }, { "id": 75775, "username": "Player_1_has_Joined", "ballot_type": "Computer", "submission_date": "2026-09-29T01:43:28.847367+00:00", "overall_rationale": "My ballot starts as a strict computer power ranking. 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They just keep winning but there is a lot of competition for best G5 team including: Boise State and South Florida among others." }, { "rank": 18, "team": { "id": 47, "handle": "usc", "name": "USC Trojans" }, "rationale": "If every defender were as skilled as Luke Wafle USC would be scary as they have a lot of young talent all over the team. However, the defense overall is nothing special and USC is going to need to be carried by Jayden Maiava however, as good as he is I don't think he has enough. " }, { "rank": 19, "team": { "id": 58, "handle": "mississippistate", "name": "Mississippi State Bulldogs" }, "rationale": "It may not always be pretty but Mississippi State just keeps ending games with the lead. Winning means something. Clanga clanga clanga clanga" }, { "rank": 20, "team": { "id": 70, "handle": "cincinnati", "name": "Cincinnati Bearcats" }, "rationale": "Cincinnati hasn't looked great but they are undefeated and at this point undefeated teams are becoming rarer. 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"team": { "id": 46, "handle": "ucla", "name": "UCLA Bruins" }, "rationale": "NR" }, { "rank": 23, "team": { "id": 109, "handle": "boisestate", "name": "Boise State Broncos" }, "rationale": "NR" }, { "rank": 24, "team": { "id": 38, "handle": "wisconsin", "name": "Wisconsin Badgers" }, "rationale": "NR" }, { "rank": 25, "team": { "id": 29, "handle": "michigan", "name": "Michigan Wolverines" }, "rationale": "-9 (Dropped: 12 Louisville, 17 Penn State, 21 SMU, 23 Tulsa, 25 Western Michigan)" } ] }, { "id": 75684, "username": "T-nawtical", "ballot_type": "Human", "submission_date": "2026-09-28T17:26:04.510191+00:00", "overall_rationale": "", "entries": [ { "rank": 1, "team": { "id": 22, "handle": "texas", "name": "Texas Longhorns" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 2, "team": { "id": 7, "handle": "miami", "name": "Miami Hurricanes" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 3, "team": { "id": 55, "handle": "georgia", "name": "Georgia Bulldogs" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 4, "team": { "id": 51, 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"rank": 14, "team": { "id": 58, "handle": "mississippistate", "name": "Mississippi State Bulldogs" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 15, "team": { "id": 27, "handle": "iowa", "name": "Iowa Hawkeyes" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 16, "team": { "id": 184, "handle": "northdakotastate", "name": "North Dakota State Bison" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 17, "team": { "id": 62, "handle": "tennessee", "name": "Tennessee Volunteers" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 18, "team": { "id": 73, "handle": "houston", "name": "Houston Cougars" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 19, "team": { "id": 43, "handle": "oregon", "name": "Oregon Ducks" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 20, "team": { "id": 46, "handle": "ucla", "name": "UCLA Bruins" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 21, "team": { "id": 59, "handle": "missouri", "name": "Missouri Tigers" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 22, "team": { "id": 56, "handle": "kentucky", "name": "Kentucky Wildcats" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 23, "team": { "id": 20, "handle": "oklahomastate", "name": "Oklahoma State Cowboys" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 24, "team": { "id": 53, "handle": "auburn", "name": "Auburn Tigers" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 25, "team": { "id": 109, "handle": "boisestate", "name": "Boise State Broncos" }, "rationale": "Duke, Cincinnati, Minnesota, Nebraska, Wake Forest, Tulsa, Pittsburgh, Virginia Tech, James Madison, UMass" } ] }, { "id": 75500, "username": "T-Thugs", "ballot_type": "Human", "submission_date": "2026-09-28T17:38:10.290987+00:00", "overall_rationale": "Each week I completely re-rank all teams based on their resumes so far. Due to this, some teams that we know are good (Ohio State) but who don't really have any impressive wins yet won't really be ranked where they probably belong based on how good they are. I don't really believe in not moving teams if they continue to win though, so as soon as teams like OSU have some quality wins they'll jump up in the polls to where they belong. \r\n\r\nOf note: I'm counting Western Michigan vs Michigan as a win for Western Michigan as that's what the ncaa rules committee says should have happened.", "entries": [ { "rank": 1, "team": { "id": 22, "handle": "texas", "name": "Texas Longhorns" }, "rationale": "Texas is my #1 team with two really impressive wins over Ohio State (3-1) and Tennessee (3-1)." }, { "rank": 2, "team": { "id": 54, "handle": "florida", "name": "Florida Gators" }, "rationale": "Florida makes a huge jump in my poll after dominating Ole Miss (3-1, wins over LSU and Louisville), who I previously had as #1 and who I still think has a resume of a very good team. Florida also has a nice win over Auburn (3-1, wins over Baylor and Vanderbilt)" }, { "rank": 3, "team": { "id": 67, "handle": "notredame", "name": "Notre Dame Fighting Irish" }, "rationale": "Notre Dame dominated yet again. The Irish are 4-0 with wins over 3 big ten schools. They've got a very nice win over Wisconsin (3-1, beat Penn State) and also wins over Michigan State (2-2) and Purdue (1-3)." }, { "rank": 4, "team": { "id": 58, "handle": "mississippistate", "name": "Mississippi State Bulldogs" }, "rationale": "Mississippi State got a really big jump in my poll after a nice win over Missouri (3-1, beat Kansas). They also previously dominated Minnesota (3-1, beat Washington)." }, { "rank": 5, "team": { "id": 7, "handle": "miami", "name": "Miami Hurricanes" }, "rationale": "Miami is 4-0 with what now looks like a pretty solid win over Wake Forest (3-1, beat Louisville). Also beat Stanford (2-2)" }, { "rank": 6, "team": { "id": 51, "handle": "alabama", "name": "Alabama Crimson Tide" }, "rationale": "Alabama is 4-0 with p4 wins over Kentucky (3-1, beat Texas A&M), Florida State (2-2) and South Carolina (2-2)." }, { "rank": 7, "team": { "id": 23, "handle": "texastech", "name": "Texas Tech Red Raiders" }, "rationale": "Texas Tech is 4-0 with a nice win over Houston (3-1)" }, { "rank": 8, "team": { "id": 66, "handle": "byu", "name": "BYU Cougars" }, "rationale": "BYU is 3-0 with a nice win over Arizona (3-1)" }, { "rank": 9, "team": { "id": 60, "handle": "olemiss", "name": "Ole Miss Rebels" }, "rationale": "Ole Miss is my top 1 loss team at 3-1 thanks largely to their impressive win over LSU (3-1). Also have a win over Louisville (2-2, beat SMU). Though the Louisville win lost a little luster this weekend when they lost to Wake Forest." }, { "rank": 10, "team": { "id": 20, "handle": "oklahomastate", "name": "Oklahoma State Cowboys" }, "rationale": "Oklahoma State is tricky to rank. They've got a pretty bad loss to Tulsa, but they have two really nice wins over Oregon (3-1, beat USC) and West Virginia (3-1, beat Virginia)" }, { "rank": 11, "team": { "id": 27, "handle": "iowa", "name": "Iowa Hawkeyes" }, "rationale": "Iowa is 4-0 with a win over Michigan (2-2, beat Oklahoma). Also defeated Iowa State (2-2)" }, { "rank": 12, "team": { "id": 26, "handle": "indiana", "name": "Indiana Hoosiers" }, "rationale": "Indiana is 4-0 with a nice win over Northwestern (2-1, beat Colorado)" }, { "rank": 13, "team": { "id": 70, "handle": "cincinnati", "name": "Cincinnati Bearcats" }, "rationale": "Cincinnati is 4-0 with wins over Kansas State (3-1) and Boston College (2-2). This is probably a little too high for Cincy based on how good I think they actually are, but their resume probably puts them here." }, { "rank": 14, "team": { "id": 55, "handle": "georgia", "name": "Georgia Bulldogs" }, "rationale": "Georgia is 4-0 with dominant wins over Oklahoma (2-2) and Arkansas (2-2). I think this is probably one of the best teams in the country. They'll have a great chance to move up in a couple weeks when they play Alabama." }, { "rank": 15, "team": { "id": 48, "handle": "utah", "name": "Utah Utes" }, "rationale": "Utah is 4-0 with wins over Iowa State (2-2) and Arkansas (2-2)" }, { "rank": 16, "team": { "id": 46, "handle": "ucla", "name": "UCLA Bruins" }, "rationale": "UCLA is 4-0 with wins over Cal (2-2), Maryland (2-2), and Purdue (1-3)." }, { "rank": 17, "team": { "id": 10, "handle": "pittsburgh", "name": "Pittsburgh Panthers" }, "rationale": "Pittsburgh is 4-0 with wins over UCF (3-1, beat TCU) and syracuse (1-3)" }, { "rank": 18, "team": { "id": 3, "handle": "duke", "name": "Duke Blue Devils" }, "rationale": "Duke is 4-0 with wins over Illinois (2-2) and Stanford (2-2)" }, { "rank": 19, "team": { "id": 32, "handle": "nebraska", "name": "Nebraska Cornhuskers" }, "rationale": "Nebraska is 4-0 with a win over Michigan State (2-2)" }, { "rank": 20, "team": { "id": 13, "handle": "virginiatech", "name": "Virginia Tech Hokies" }, "rationale": "Virginia Tech is 4-0 with wins over Maryland (2-2) and Boston College (2-2)" }, { "rank": 21, "team": { "id": 57, "handle": "lsu", "name": "LSU Tigers" }, "rationale": "LSU is 3-1 with a loss to Ole Miss and wins over Clemson (3-1) and Texas A&M (2-2). LSU will have plenty of chances to move up in my poll. " }, { "rank": 22, "team": { "id": 53, "handle": "auburn", "name": "Auburn Tigers" }, "rationale": "Auburn is 3-1 with only a loss to Florida and has wins over Baylor (3-1) and Vanderbilt (3-1)" }, { "rank": 23, "team": { "id": 38, "handle": "wisconsin", "name": "Wisconsin Badgers" }, "rationale": "Wisconsin is 3-1 with a really nice win over Penn State (3-1). Only loss is to Notre Dame." }, { "rank": 24, "team": { "id": 43, "handle": "oregon", "name": "Oregon Ducks" }, "rationale": "Oregon is 3-1 with a loss to Oklahoma State. Have a really nice win over USC (4-1, beat Rutgers)" }, { "rank": 25, "team": { "id": 24, "handle": "westvirginia", "name": "West Virginia Mountaineers" }, "rationale": "West Virginia is 3-1 with a loss to Oklahoma State. Have a nice win over Virginia (3-1, beat NC State).\r\n\r\nAlso Considered: Wake Forest, Minnesota, Ohio State" } ] }, { "id": 75804, "username": "Tarmacked", "ballot_type": "Hybrid", "submission_date": "2026-09-29T15:27:18.828887+00:00", "overall_rationale": "Mix of eye test, Sagarin, and other metrics (+/-, etc.).\r\nNote: This is an early iteration and is much more fluid given lack of samples. This should shift significantly until week 5-6. ", "entries": [ { "rank": 1, "team": { "id": 22, "handle": "texas", "name": "Texas Longhorns" }, "rationale": "No change - Some will want to move them due to the close score but Texas effectively dominated Faizon and his line the entire game. " }, { "rank": 2, "team": { "id": 34, "handle": "ohiostate", "name": "Ohio State Buckeyes" }, "rationale": "No change" }, { "rank": 3, "team": { "id": 55, "handle": "georgia", "name": "Georgia Bulldogs" }, "rationale": "No change" }, { "rank": 4, "team": { "id": 51, "handle": "alabama", "name": "Alabama Crimson Tide" }, "rationale": "I'm not sure what's going on but that's the third straight game where the offense has put up 40+ on P5 opponents. The bend don't break is leaving something to desire but the offensive ceiling here seems to be up there with the top 2-3 teams if all things are clicking. The question is if the defense can fall into place." }, { "rank": 5, "team": { "id": 7, "handle": "miami", "name": "Miami Hurricanes" }, "rationale": "Not really a change, just moreso resume at this point. See the above." }, { "rank": 6, "team": { "id": 54, "handle": "florida", "name": "Florida Gators" }, "rationale": "This is admitted a very massive, massive, swing in ranking. It's entirely possible we came in too low on Florida by having them unranked, but when you look at how they dominated Ole Miss (Matchup wise it was terrible for them) and Sagarin/FPI (Both putting them 9th in the country) it's hard not placing them top 10." }, { "rank": 7, "team": { "id": 67, "handle": "notredame", "name": "Notre Dame Fighting Irish" }, "rationale": "Really just comes down to resume with Florida. SOR of 2 and SOS of 42 compared to ND's 12 and 99. Some might want to point at Wisconsin over PSU to argue against it but to be honest that PSU team is a Campbell lead Iowa State team in Nittany colors. I'm just not buying it, he didn't bounce around the carousel for years because he was a highly qualified guy and not the seventh best option any given year." }, { "rank": 8, "team": { "id": 60, "handle": "olemiss", "name": "Ole Miss Rebels" }, "rationale": "This is where this gets as bit weird. 4 spot drop for a blowout, yes. Big reason is Indiana just continues to underperform in my eyes relative to where they're ranked. I think Ole Miss has a higher ceiling and their body of work is still relatively solid (LSU/Louisville wins)." }, { "rank": 9, "team": { "id": 26, "handle": "indiana", "name": "Indiana Hoosiers" }, "rationale": "I'm leaving Northwestern as is, similar to where they were last week. Indiana though... this is now the third game where something is \"off\" and this was something I flagged last week in my poll. There's a lot of issues with this Indiana team that I think could rear it's head soon." }, { "rank": 10, "team": { "id": 57, "handle": "lsu", "name": "LSU Tigers" }, "rationale": "No change, head to head is at play here but realistically the resume isn't equivalent anyway." }, { "rank": 11, "team": { "id": 43, "handle": "oregon", "name": "Oregon Ducks" }, "rationale": "I still don't get the Oklahoma State shellacking, but Oregon has steadied the ship a bit this last week. They're here because the Big 12 keeps having lackluster games (Tech, Houston this week) against subpar competition. I don't think the Big 12 is in a similar stratosphere as the B1G, so i'm leaning on Oregon. Sagarin and FPI do support me here, having them ahead of Texas Tech, but SOR does not. I'll lean on the power metrics here because Tech hasn't beaten anyone that should move the needle for me." }, { "rank": 12, "team": { "id": 23, "handle": "texastech", "name": "Texas Tech Red Raiders" }, "rationale": "Incredibly ugly first half against Sam Houston. It is what it is" }, { "rank": 13, "team": { "id": 66, "handle": "byu", "name": "BYU Cougars" }, "rationale": "No change, did not play" }, { "rank": 14, "team": { "id": 73, "handle": "houston", "name": "Houston Cougars" }, "rationale": "Georgia Southern really loved kicking around your defense after I stuck my neck out for you, huh? Come on Big 12, clean it up." }, { "rank": 15, "team": { "id": 58, "handle": "mississippistate", "name": "Mississippi State Bulldogs" }, "rationale": "I had Mizzou as my 17th team last week and MSU as my 23rd. This feels pretty fair. I did not rank Mizzou this week and do a full swap of spots, largely because I just feel underwhelmed after that Troy game. Sagarin at 32 and FPI at 35 solidified that move for me." }, { "rank": 16, "team": { "id": 56, "handle": "kentucky", "name": "Kentucky Wildcats" }, "rationale": "No change, just felt Miss State had a better resume at this stage and A&M losing, again, to a higher quality opponent takes some shine off." }, { "rank": 17, "team": { "id": 27, "handle": "iowa", "name": "Iowa Hawkeyes" }, "rationale": "On one hand, undefeated Iowa. On the other hand, that Michigan game was incredibly ugly and no one should brag about a Michigan win right now. I don't think they'll be world beaters as we get into the meat of the schedule, 8-4 seems about fair this year. Sagarin has them at 13, FPI at 25. Ultimately I just don't really see anything than the standard #15-#20 Iowa team here with a staunch defense. We'll see where this goes." }, { "rank": 18, "team": { "id": 62, "handle": "tennessee", "name": "Tennessee Volunteers" }, "rationale": "Ugly offensive game, Freshman in the fire. Defense played really well in my opinion. Similar to Iowa i'm feeling that 20~ range, however FPI and Sagarin are both putting them 11. It did not feel like it should've been 17-20 but far larger." }, { "rank": 19, "team": { "id": 33, "handle": "northwestern", "name": "Northwestern Wildcats" }, "rationale": "Look at that, Northwestern and Chip Kelly had some fire in them! I don't think this in punishable territory, feels like the 20's boundaries are the right spot." }, { "rank": 20, "team": { "id": 109, "handle": "boisestate", "name": "Boise State Broncos" }, "rationale": "Oregon is recovering, Boise is dominating their G5 competition. So far so good." }, { "rank": 21, "team": { "id": 47, "handle": "usc", "name": "USC Trojans" }, "rationale": "Defense continues to look utterly horrendous at times. Offense looks competent. They're moving only 3-4 spots down this week, largely because (1) we were super negative on them to begin with, and (2) that offense will likely prop them to an 8-9 win talent team as it stands. This is pretty par with computers, (18th FPI, 22nd Sagarin) so i'm a bit more comfortable here." }, { "rank": 22, "team": { "id": 46, "handle": "ucla", "name": "UCLA Bruins" }, "rationale": "Purdue was not a blowout, which is why i'm not swinging them further up from prior week. 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I don't believe Texas ever trailed in this game, but they never took command in a way that you would expect due to offensive miscues. Add on a litany of special teams issues, and they very nearly lost this game to Tennessee that they had been controlling for well over 90% of it." }, { "rank": 3, "team": { "id": 26, "handle": "indiana", "name": "Indiana Hoosiers" }, "rationale": "If you're looking for a reason to be down on the Hoosiers I suppose that's one, but I am going to give more credit to Northwestern than I am going to dog in Indiana. They were very much still the better team, but Northwestern came in with a good gameplan for Aiden Chiles and had him looking frankly the best he's ever looked. A true dual threat QB like Chiles is incredibly hard to stop when he gets rolling. Credit IU's run game for shutting the doors on Northwestern even without Turbo Richard." }, { "rank": 4, "team": { "id": 7, "handle": "miami", "name": "Miami Hurricanes" }, "rationale": "CAN THESE GUYS JUST PLAY NOTRE DAME ALREADY I WANT TO FIND OUT IF YOU'RE GOOD OR IF I'VE OVERRATED YOU ALREADY" }, { "rank": 5, "team": { "id": 34, "handle": "ohiostate", "name": "Ohio State Buckeyes" }, "rationale": "Not perfect, but you don't really need to be when you have Jeremiah Smith on your team. Not to throw cold water on them though... but is anyone else on this offense going to do something?" }, { "rank": 6, "team": { "id": 67, "handle": "notredame", "name": "Notre Dame Fighting Irish" }, "rationale": "Similar story to Miami. They're winning by a lot but I have no idea if they're actually good. In fact I think there's reason for pause regarding them based on previous results. Beating Purdue by a ton though is not a bad thing ever though." }, { "rank": 7, "team": { "id": 66, "handle": "byu", "name": "BYU Cougars" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 8, "team": { "id": 51, "handle": "alabama", "name": "Alabama Crimson Tide" }, "rationale": "Bama has clearly separated themselves from the middle of the pack in the SEC in all phases. I have some concerns with how they look dead in the water for large stretches at times, but it is pretty hard to argue with the results. " }, { "rank": 9, "team": { "id": 57, "handle": "lsu", "name": "LSU Tigers" }, "rationale": "I want to be more down on LSU than the results allow me to be. I think that the results against Ole Miss last week gave me reason to doubt they will be able to compete against the Juggernauts of the conference, but I think they are going to be a team with a lot of splash still and make some noise regardless. Although I will say, Ole Miss' loss is now making me question if I should put LSU down even further" }, { "rank": 10, "team": { "id": 43, "handle": "oregon", "name": "Oregon Ducks" }, "rationale": "Pretty commanding result on the road against USC. Raiola looked good coming in for relief of Dante Moore, but I would tell anyone to hesitate before crowning him the next great QB for the ducks. USC's defense is not exactly what you would call good and credit to Oregon, they did make them look rather pathetic." }, { "rank": 11, "team": { "id": 48, "handle": "utah", "name": "Utah Utes" }, "rationale": "Pretty hard to argue with the results for the Utes so far, and Iowa State is not a bad team under Jimmy Rogers." }, { "rank": 12, "team": { "id": 23, "handle": "texastech", "name": "Texas Tech Red Raiders" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 13, "team": { "id": 54, "handle": "florida", "name": "Florida Gators" }, "rationale": "This ain't your Daddy's Gators... or maybe it is if he grew up with the Urban Meyer Gators. Talk about a huge win over a conference favorite. I SERIOUSLY underestimated the Gators and I apologize for not ranking them to this point." }, { "rank": 14, "team": { "id": 27, "handle": "iowa", "name": "Iowa Hawkeyes" }, "rationale": "There is a tweet that perfectly encapsulates what playing Iowa is like: \"Playing Iowa's gotta the be the worst thing ever, they don't do anything for 54 minutes and suddenly you're losing.\" Welcome to the Big Ten Kyle Wittingham. https://x.com/ShehanJeyarajah/status/2103971689793036359" }, { "rank": 15, "team": { "id": 58, "handle": "mississippistate", "name": "Mississippi State Bulldogs" }, "rationale": "Kamarion Taylor's brilliance is honestly leading people to underestimate how good State's defense is. They've got a seriously good chance to make some noise in the SEC this year." }, { "rank": 16, "team": { "id": 62, "handle": "tennessee", "name": "Tennessee Volunteers" }, "rationale": "The Vols looked outclassed against Texas and still nearly stole the game, so I can't be too negative on them but I have serious doubts about their ability to compete in the SEC this year." }, { "rank": 17, "team": { "id": 60, "handle": "olemiss", "name": "Ole Miss Rebels" }, "rationale": "That was a disaster for the Rebs and there's not too many upsides for them. Trinidad Chambliss is brilliant, but you need more than a good QB to win at the highest level, and Pete Golding, for being a defensive head coach, does not seem to have a very good defense! I don't think you can simply point to them not having Kewan Lacy either, there's no RB that is going to make you 24 points better." }, { "rank": 18, "team": { "id": 109, "handle": "boisestate", "name": "Boise State Broncos" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 19, "team": { "id": 184, "handle": "northdakotastate", "name": "North Dakota State Bison" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 20, "team": { "id": 46, "handle": "ucla", "name": "UCLA Bruins" }, "rationale": "These guys are ROLLING right now, particularly on the ground game. They get a bye week next week, but then they have a chance to really assert themselves against Oregon the week after. Nico should also be significantly higher than he is currently in draft discussions. 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"overall_rationale": "Welcome back to another weekend recap of college football! I think I was overly optimistic about how good my Yellow Jackets are going to do this year. Going .500? I think I'd be happy with an in-conference win at this point. What losing to a color does to a person...\r\n\r\nBefore we get started, I just wanted to remind you of a few caveats to my top 25: I'm including at least a few spots for the G5, as an indicator of who I think is favored to make a run at the Playoffs out of those conferences. I also love pre-conference play variance, so you'll see a lot of that too. In addition, this poll, by nature, is meant to be overreactive. I'm not here to try to be predictive - I want this to be strictly resume, even if that resume consists of a single game. I'm not here trying to justify every single one of my top 25 staying in the top 25 week-to-week; that's just lame. And it's not the point of what I want to accomplish when doing these rankings. Even still, before you crucify me for this poll ballot... allow me to explain further.\r\n\r\nWhile preseason rankings, perceived team strength, recruiting rankings, and all of those other factors will still play a role in the value I grant to certain teams, I ultimately want this ranking to be a resume-based one as stated earlier, not a power ranking. I'm always searching for ways to best optimize this and to best balance the two, especially early on, so am open to opinions. That said, this does mean that certain teams that have scheduled a weak opening slate/non-conference schedule will not be ranked until they play someone, and will be held in honorable mentions until proven otherwise. Teams that have gone out of their way to schedule difficult and perform well will also be granted grace, even if it resulted in a loss.\r\n\r\nSo, a better question: why is the top 25 the way that they are? Well, I'm glad you asked, random stranger I made up in my head to dictate this interaction! There are a few key things that I will always do once everyone enters in-conference play. First, I basically disregard, to the best of my ability, not only last week's rankings but preseason expectations in general, and then rank from that. In addition, I like to include multiple G5 (now G6) frontrunners, even if their resumes lack slightly compared to a P4 team. ALL UNDEFEATED G6 TEAMS WILL BE RANKED. Does this make the poll have unreasonable amounts of instability and deviation from the norm? Probably! Do I care? Not really. It's still early on - everyone who deserves to be ranked will become ranked again soon enough. I'm not the committee; just keep winning, and things will fall into place.\r\n\r\nThat said, let's get on to the necessary business at the end of this. A lot of movement necessitates a lot of accounting. SOR is taken from ESPN for ease of access. And yes, I know it looks silly early on in the year (even after 4 games played), but considering how much I converge with it by the end of the year, I find it prudent to include. It is not the only metric I consider but it's the easiest to compare with my rankings.\r\n\r\nNOTE: Apologies for slightly-abbreviated ballots so far - was meaning to include schedule + last season results, but haven't had the time to fully implement. Should hopefully see this done by next week.\r\n\r\n| TEAMS DROPPING OUT (DO): #8 Tulsa Hurricanes [3-1], #9 BYU Cougars [3-0, 1-0 Big 12], #10 West Virginia Mountaineers [3-1, 0-1 Big 12], #12 Northwestern Wildcats [2-1, 0-1 B1G], #14 Tennessee Volunteers [3-1, 0-1 SEC], #19 Louisville Cardinals [2-2, 1-1 ACC], #23 Michigan Wolverines [3*-1, 0-1 B1G]\r\n\r\n| HONORABLE MENTIONS (HM): BYU Cougars [3-0, 1-0 Big 12], Tennessee Volunteers [3-1, 0-1 SEC], Virginia Tech Hokies [4-0, 1-0 ACC], Nebraska Cornhuskers [4-0, 1-0 B1G], Cincinnati Bearcats [4-0, 1-0 Big 12], Wisconsin Badgers [3-1, 1-0 B1G], Houston Cougars [3-1, 0-1 Big 12], Northwestern Wildcats [2-1, 0-1 B1G], Kentucky Wildcats [3-1, 1-1 SEC], USC Trojans [4-1, 1-1 B1G]\r\n\r\n| ESPN SOR, FPI, and other useful metrics: https://www.espn.com/college-football/fpi/_/view/resume\r\n\r\nPRESEASON BALLOT: https://poll.redditcfb.com/ballot/73954 | WEEK 2 BALLOT: https://poll.redditcfb.com/ballot/74364/ | WEEK 3 BALLOT: https://poll.redditcfb.com/ballot/74836/ | WEEK 4 BALLOT: https://poll.redditcfb.com/ballot/75247/", "entries": [ { "rank": 1, "team": { "id": 22, "handle": "texas", "name": "Texas Longhorns" }, "rationale": "[4-0, 1-0 SEC] (+1) | SOR: #1 | Notable Results: W 24-23 vs #12 Ohio State [3-1], W 20-17 @ #HM/DO Tennessee [3-1] |\r\n\r\nI have no idea what to make of this Texas team. By resume, they are the best team in the country. Their defense is stellar. Special teams (when not hampered by refball) has been delivering. Their offense, on the other hand, looks lackluster and hasn't really found a high gear to shift into at any point, barring the 4th Quarter vs Ohio State. Nonetheless, with Ole Miss suffering a beatdown in the Swamp, they're back to #1. Hopefully, they can use that bye to gain some synergy, because defense alone can only carry you so far (but man, what a defense)." }, { "rank": 2, "team": { "id": 54, "handle": "florida", "name": "Florida Gators" }, "rationale": "[4-0, 2-0 SEC] (+22) | SOR: #2 | Notable Results: W 44-39 @ Auburn [3-1], W 52-28 vs #13 Ole Miss [3-1] |\r\n\r\nIt has truly been a true reversal of fortunes for Gainesville, as they went from outside the top 20 last week to running roughshod all over last week's #1 team Ole Miss, in a game that turned into a boat race. That rushing attack continues to look absolutely lethal, and the offense as a whole is humming under Philo and Buster Faulkner (oh what could've been for my Jackets...). If there is a criticism to be leveled at these Gators so far, it's that the defense doesn't seem to have a ton of depth and are somewhat leaky. But with a runningback like Baugh, who needs defense right?" }, { "rank": 3, "team": { "id": 55, "handle": "georgia", "name": "Georgia Bulldogs" }, "rationale": "[4-0, 2-0 SEC] (+4) | SOR: #8 | Notable Results: Made Mateer forget how to hold a football (investigation pending) | \r\n\r\nAnd now, we come to a team that has played like the most dominant team in the nation, but simply lacks the resume to currently challenge the 2 in front of them just yet. The (Georgia) Bulldogs [we'll get to the other one in the SEC later, don't you worry] have pretty much been able to pick the scoreline in their first 4 games, and while none of those opponents (barring an Oklahoma squad that is absolutely floundering) have really had the talent to match up in any respect, it's still quite the feat seeing just how oppressive uGA has been on both sides of the ball. One has to wonder, though, if the saying \"them dawgs is hell, don't they?\" has a more sinister meaning behind the dark force that has taught Mateer how to \"throw\" the football..." }, { "rank": 4, "team": { "id": 67, "handle": "notredame", "name": "Notre Dame Fighting Irish" }, "rationale": "[4-0] (-) | SOR: #12 | Notable Results: W 41-13 vs #HM Wisconsin [3-1] |\r\n\r\nWhile not quite as dominant or firing on all cylinders like the Bulldogs above, the Fighting Irish still have been one of the more dominant teams in the nation, and with Wisconsin's upset of Penn State this past weekend, that opening night smothering of the Badgers in Lambeau just looks better and better. However, what holds Notre Dame back from challenging for a higher spot on this list is, predictably, the rest of their schedule so far. Despite being one of the few teams that can brag about having faced 3 P4 opponents so far, both Michigan State and Purdue do not appear to be good football teams. For now, the Irish have run into a soft cap, just outside the top 3." }, { "rank": 5, "team": { "id": 51, "handle": "alabama", "name": "Alabama Crimson Tide" }, "rationale": "[4-0, 2-0 SEC] (-2) | SOR: #3 | Notable Results: W 45-17 @ #HM Kentucky [3-1] |\r\n\r\nThe third year of life after Saban has apparently treated the Crimson Tide well, as Coach DeBoer has seemingly assembled one of the best teams in college football once again. While it has taken them late in each of their P4 games to truly put the contest out of reach, that offense has been electric and the defense has been quite solid, if a little overlooked in effectiveness. What holds Bama back despite a top-3 SOR from higher up is them getting into dogfights for most of the game before finally putting it away, although that win over Kentucky still looks quite impressive (if not as good as last week). Keep winning and that October 10th matchup against uGA will be can't miss television." }, { "rank": 6, "team": { "id": 7, "handle": "miami", "name": "Miami Hurricanes" }, "rationale": "[4-0, 2-0 ACC] (-1) | SOR: #14 | Notable Results: W 33-20 @ #21 Wake Forest [3-1] |\r\n\r\nLast year's runners-up in the Hurricanes have reloaded and are firing on all cylinders... mostly. A closer than it probably should've been game against a somewhat surprisingly stout Wake Forest squad and three blowouts against Stanford, Florida A&M, and Central Michigan haven't really told us much about just how good this Hurricanes squad is yet. However, Darian Mensah has been great under center so far, they look impressive in the trenches, and Malachi Toney might just be the best wide receiver in the country... or second best, depending how you feel about Jeremiah Smith. Ultimately, there are some roadblocks ahead, but Miami has done nothing to ultimately show me they don't belong here. Their slight slide is more to do with other teams notching a \"better\" win than any weakness they've shown." }, { "rank": 7, "team": { "id": 48, "handle": "utah", "name": "Utah Utes" }, "rationale": "[4-0, 1-0 Big 12] (-1) | SOR: #13 | Notable Results: W 31-17 @ Iowa State [2-2] |\r\n\r\nThe Utes absolutely slaughtered their non-conference slate, but ran into a little bit of a slowdown against a feisty Cyclones squad this past weekend. Morgan Scalley still has this program rolling without missing a beat, but a slightly worse game control and a less impressive marquee win to date has me slotting them in just behind the Hurricanes. Dampier and the offense has remained potent, and that defense is as impressive as ever. I still think this team should be the favorite for the Big 12 auto-bid; they just currently lack the high-end result that teams above them have achieved, and so can't be placed any higher until then." }, { "rank": 8, "team": { "id": 26, "handle": "indiana", "name": "Indiana Hoosiers" }, "rationale": "[4-0, 1-0 B1G] (NEW) | SOR: #15 | Notable Results: W 29-23 vs #HM Northwestern [2-1] |\r\n\r\nLast year's national champions are a bit of an enigma, so far. While they haven't always covered the spread against their dismal non-conference slate, they were completely dominant and didn't break a sweat. It was a bit of a different story last weekend against Northwestern, who may be a solid squad in their own right. Indiana didn't look bad, per se, but they definitely had to struggle to grit out a win against the Wildcats, and so are ultimately prevented from a higher ranking. This team has the potential to go back-to-back, but Hoover needs to get on the same page as his pass catchers, and the offense has to stop sputtering in the redzone. That defense is as promised, however." }, { "rank": 9, "team": { "id": 27, "handle": "iowa", "name": "Iowa Hawkeyes" }, "rationale": "[4-0, 1-0 B1G] (+9) | SOR: #5 | Notable Results: W 20-19 @ #DO Michigan [3*-1], W 16-13 vs Iowa State [2-2] |\r\n\r\nIt may have taken some incredibly fortunate catches and some last-second heroics (along with a perfectly-timed injury stoppage), but Iowa is 4-0 and have just taken down their first B1G ranked opponent on the road since 2015. Kirk Ferentz has once again assembled a mighty defense alongside longtime DC Phil Parker, and the offense has come up big when they've had to against both of their P4 opponents so far. Special teams has also been crucial once again. However, a huge test in the form of an angry Buckeye awaits them alongside College Gameday next week, and the Hawkeyes will need to be firing on all cylinders for all 60 minutes if they want to weather the storm. Impressive results but mediocre game control knocks them down to just inside the top 10." }, { "rank": 10, "team": { "id": 58, "handle": "mississippistate", "name": "Mississippi State Bulldogs" }, "rationale": "[4-0, 1-0 SEC] (+3) | SOR: #4 | Notable Results: W 38-13 @ Minnesota [3-1], W 31-24 vs AP #25 Missouri [3-1] |\r\n\r\nFor the first time since 2021, these Bulldogs find themselves ranked, and following another dramatic victory against the SEC's Mendoza line in Missouri propels the Bulldogs into the top 10. Kamario Taylor has been living up to the hype and then some, their dominant win over Minnesota got even more impressive with their upset of Washington on the road, and finally it feels like football has returned to Starkville, otherwise abandoned since Mike Leach's tragic passing. However, they play host to a revitalized Alabama squad filled with blue-chip recruits playing up to their potential. Coach Lebby is going to need to find some magic if Mississippi State wishes to remain undefeated. Watch them jump up the poll if they can cowbell their way to victory, however." }, { "rank": 11, "team": { "id": 46, "handle": "ucla", "name": "UCLA Bruins" }, "rationale": "[4-0, 2-0 B1G] (+6) | SOR: #16 | Notable Results: W 54-3 @ Maryland [2-2] (good lord what is happening in College Park) |\r\n\r\nIt is becoming increasingly apparent that the way to jumpstart your program is to just export whatever James Madison has built over the past few years, as Bob Chesney has gotten the Bruins off to a 4-0 start for the first time since 2022. What prompts their rise this week is them murdering the somehow-still walking carcass of the Maryland Terrapins to the tune of 54-3. While lacking the game control of some of their peers around them, the offense under Nico Iameveala has been stellar, and capitalizing on their opponent's mistakes has been their MO. A well-timed bye week will grant them some respite before a true test when they travel to Eugene to face a wounded but still dangerous Oregon." }, { "rank": 12, "team": { "id": 34, "handle": "ohiostate", "name": "Ohio State Buckeyes" }, "rationale": "[3-1, 1-0 B1G] (+1) | SOR: #30 | Notable Results: L 23-24 @ #1 Texas [4-0], W 42-19 vs Illinois [2-2] |\r\n\r\nRyan Day and the Buckeyes have done their best over the past few weeks to put that 4th Quarter collapse against Texas behind them, highlighted by a 23-point thrashing of a solid Fighting Illini squad this past weekend. They still have yet to pull off a truly marquee win, and what mostly keeps them this high up in this resume-based rankings is the acknowledgement of their close bout with the Longhorns and the best game control per ESPN in the nation. Going on the road to an Iowa squad buoyed off a last-second win presents the opportunity for the Buckeyes to leap back into the top 10 and notch a key victory for both Playoff and B1G Championship hopes." }, { "rank": 13, "team": { "id": 60, "handle": "olemiss", "name": "Ole Miss Rebels" }, "rationale": "[3-1, 1-1 SEC] (-12) | SOR: #6 | Notable Results: W 32-24 vs #18 LSU [3-1], L 28-52 @ #2 Florida [4-0] |\r\n\r\nAt this time last week, I was writing about how Chambliss and Lacy had helped lead the Rebels to the best resume in the nation, with marquee wins over both Louisville and LSU. I cannot say the same this week, where the Rebels were all but jumped in the Swamp and turned into Gator meat. Louisville also exhibited several key mistakes in their own disappointing weekend loss to Wake, knocking down the Rebels' resume even further. LSU's slaughtering of the Aggies in Death Valley will keep them inside the top 15, but the bye could not have come at a better time for them. " }, { "rank": 14, "team": { "id": 23, "handle": "texastech", "name": "Texas Tech Red Raiders" }, "rationale": "[4-0, 1-0 Big 12] (-3) | SOR: #9 | Notable Results: W 28-26 vs #HM Houston [3-1] |\r\n\r\nI feel like I could repeat what I said about Texas Tech last year with how they are this year; a dominant defense hampered by an offense that simply cannot get out of its own way. While their efforts to reload in the trenches have borne fruit, the Red Raiders aren't quite as impressive as they were last year, and a 2-pt win vs a solid Houston squad can only lift them so high when considering the teams around them. It's not all bad for Texas Tech, but a weaker schedule will mean they need to go out and control every aspect of the game, and they've not quite done that so far." }, { "rank": 15, "team": { "id": 3, "handle": "duke", "name": "Duke Blue Devils" }, "rationale": "[4-0, 1-0 ACC] (-) | SOR: #10 | Notable Results: Somehow flying under the radar as the defending ACC Champs, W 31-27 @ Illinois [2-2] |\r\n\r\nManny Diaz might just be a magician, because there's no other explanation about how a defending P4 champion with a road P4 win along with commanding wins against Stanford and Tulane has managed to mostly escape the AP Voters eyes (thankfully, the Coaches have chosen to not underestimate the Blue Devils). A top-10 SOR rating and solid performances in other power metrics should mean that Durham should have more eyes upon them, but it doesn't seem to have translated yet. A few more victories and even that Diaz special will be impossible to hide a team with the ability to win the ACC again." }, { "rank": 16, "team": { "id": 20, "handle": "oklahomastate", "name": "Oklahoma State Cowboys" }, "rationale": "[3-1, 1-0 Big 12] (+9) | SOR: #32 | Notable Results: L 10-24 @ #DO Tulsa [3-1], W 39-31 vs #17 Oregon [3-1], W 41-24 @ #DO West Virginia [3-1] |\r\n\r\nThe Oklahoma State Mean Green, I mean Cowboys, are an interesting team to rank; a depressing road loss to Tulsa (who themselves just got run over by the otherwise-stagnant Razorbacks) but a cathartic win against the Ducks and a triumph on the road in Morgantown has them jumping up the rankings, even with a lackluster SOR. The team is flawed, sure, but Drew Mestemaker might be the best quarterback in the country on his day, and every other part of the team has facilitated that high-flying offense to drive them to wins. Halftime adjustments have also been fantastic from new HC Eric Morris and Oklahoma State returns to the top 20 as a result." }, { "rank": 17, "team": { "id": 43, "handle": "oregon", "name": "Oregon Ducks" }, "rationale": "[3-1, 1-0 B1G] (NEW) | SOR: #18 | Notable Results: L 31-39 @ #16 Oklahoma State [3-1], W 41-27 @ #HM USC [4-1] |\r\n\r\nIf Oklahoma State's win over Oregon was cathartic, Oregon's 9th straight triumph against the Trojans in Los Angeles might as well be euphoric, especially after Dante Moore was targeted and then taken to a local hospital for further evaluation. Mini-Mahomes Dylan Raiola valiantly filled his shoes and helped deliver some fantastic throws to grant the Ducks another victory, both morally and on the pitch over USC. While it doesn't entirely wipe away the disappointment of their performance in Stillwater a few weeks ago, it definitely alleviated some fears that they were on track to be like Penn State last year." }, { "rank": 18, "team": { "id": 57, "handle": "lsu", "name": "LSU Tigers" }, "rationale": "[3-1, 0-1 SEC] (+3) | SOR: #20 | Notable Results: W 51-10 vs Clemson [3-1], L 24-32 @ #13 Ole Miss [3-1] |\r\n\r\nLane Kiffin's rollercoaster ride in Baton Rouge continues on for another week with spirits high after reducing the Texas A&M Aggies to fodder and convincing half the world that Marcel Reed is simply a runningback that occasionally throws a pass. Sam Leavitt, with a plethora of talented options at both wide receiver and tight end, has been efficient and effective as a passer, and while the loss in Oxford still stings, LSU is seemingly back on the horse and still in a solid position to challenge for the SEC. A weaker schedule keeps them pinned down in 18th, however." }, { "rank": 19, "team": { "id": 109, "handle": "boisestate", "name": "Boise State Broncos" }, "rationale": "[3-1] (NEW) | SOR: #31 | Notable Results: L 27-34 @ #17 Oregon [3-1], W 38-20 vs Memphis [3-1], W 32-7 @ Western Michigan [2-2*] |\r\n\r\nAt this point in the year, it would be inaccurate to say that Boise State is not the frontrunner for the guaranteed G6 spot in the Playoffs. A narrow loss to the Ducks was immediately followed upon a boat race against the Memphis Tigers and a trip to Kalamazoo left the other Broncos in tatters. While threats still exist in conference play (most notably in Oregon and Fresno State), Coach Danielson appears to have found the path for Boise State to return to the playoffs once again. Mostly on the back of their absolutely ridiculous run-game, which appears to have been told \"we have Jeanty at home\" and have lived up to it, splitting the workload with a talented commitee." }, { "rank": 20, "team": { "id": 10, "handle": "pittsburgh", "name": "Pittsburgh Panthers" }, "rationale": "[4-0, 1-0 ACC] (-) | SOR: #22 | Notable Results: W 12-7 vs UCF [3-1] |\r\n\r\nCoach Narduzzi, aside from being perhaps the most polarizing figure in coaching not named Lane Kiffin, has once again pulled off an impressive start for the Panthers, undefeated through their first four games with 2 P4 wins to boot. Even if the wins themselves have been ugly, the amount of control Pitt has had each game hasn't been, and so they find themselves nested at the end of the top 20. Defense wins championships, and while I don't think this squad has quite enough to pull it off again, 2021 wasn't all that long ago, and a date with fellow undefeated Virginia Tech awaits them this Friday. " }, { "rank": 21, "team": { "id": 14, "handle": "wakeforest", "name": "Wake Forest Demon Deacons" }, "rationale": "[3-1, 1-1 ACC] (NEW) | SOR: #17 | Notable Results: L 20-33 vs #6 Miami [4-0], W 30-27 @ #DO Louisville [2-2] |\r\n\r\nIt feels like that Wake Forest and Duke are the same program, somehow sliding under the radar despite remarkable roster retention (aside from one Mensah-sized exception for the Blue Devils) from a 9-win season the previous year. A win on the road against a battle-tested Louisville squad (and a reevaluation of their relatively close loss to #6 Miami) has me sliding them into the top 25 for the first time this season. A relatively favorable conference slate is encouraging, and there's a chance that Coach Dickert can go 1 step further and lead the Demon Deacons into a berth in Charlotte later this year." }, { "rank": 22, "team": { "id": 68, "handle": "umass", "name": "UMass Minutemen" }, "rationale": "[4-0, 1-0 MAC] (+2) | SOR: #38 | Notable Results: W 37-21 vs Rutgers [1-3] |\r\n\r\nIt might be time to start boarding the Minutemen hype train for, if nothing else, a guaranteed bowl bid, as UMass has passed each test with flying colors so far. While their resume is nothing to write home about (pulverising upset of a hapless Rutgers notwithstanding), the Minutemen have absolutely controlled all 4 games to date and must be at least considered dark horses to make it to Ford Field for the MAC Championship game. I still want this to continue against better competition, but they look fantastic so far." }, { "rank": 23, "team": { "id": 184, "handle": "northdakotastate", "name": "North Dakota State Bison" }, "rationale": "[4-0, 1-0 MWC] (NEW) | SOR: #34 | Notable Results: W 38-32 @ Air Force [2-1] |\r\n\r\nThe Bison's move to FBS continues to be an unfettered success (even with a close scare against a solid Air Force squad), and so in honor of their otherwise dominant performances against similar competition, NDSU finds themselves inside the top 25 for the first time this year. With UNLV faltering and New Mexico a little sluggish out the gate, the Mountain West is wide open for the taking, and their dominance implies they're not going to let the opportunity slip by." }, { "rank": 24, "team": { "id": 153, "handle": "jamesmadison", "name": "James Madison Dukes" }, "rationale": "[4-0, 1-0 Sun Belt] (NEW) | SOR: #26 | Notable Results: W 20-13 vs Liberty [3-1] |\r\n\r\nIt isn't quite to the level of poor Washington State, but JMU has once again been asked to reload due to their coach being poached, this time by UCLA. And all signs point to yet another successful short-term rebuild, with solid if not unspectacular wins against teams like Old Dominion and Liberty. I need to see more of this new Dukes squad before moving them any higher, but they have been fantastic in terms of game control, and so will rise by that if nothing else." }, { "rank": 25, "team": { "id": 81, "handle": "usf", "name": "USF Bulls" }, "rationale": "[4-0, 1-0 American] (NEW) | SOR: #28 | Notable Results: W 28-24 @ Army [2-1] |\r\n\r\nSpeaking of rebuilds, the Bulls are apparently undertaking a successful one of their own after Golesh was poached by Auburn in the offseason. A come-from-behind victory against the triple option of Army should always be cause for plaudits, and while they haven't faced the meat of their schedule yet, USF appears poised to challenge for the American once again. More work still needs to be done, however." } ] }, { "id": 75828, "username": "TossedRightOut", "ballot_type": "Human", "submission_date": "2026-09-29T12:35:19.409088+00:00", "overall_rationale": "It's the AP poll. 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"name": "Miami Hurricanes" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 3, "team": { "id": 22, "handle": "texas", "name": "Texas Longhorns" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 4, "team": { "id": 34, "handle": "ohiostate", "name": "Ohio State Buckeyes" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 5, "team": { "id": 51, "handle": "alabama", "name": "Alabama Crimson Tide" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 6, "team": { "id": 67, "handle": "notredame", "name": "Notre Dame Fighting Irish" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 7, "team": { "id": 54, "handle": "florida", "name": "Florida Gators" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 8, "team": { "id": 26, "handle": "indiana", "name": "Indiana Hoosiers" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 9, "team": { "id": 48, "handle": "utah", "name": "Utah Utes" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 10, "team": { "id": 57, "handle": "lsu", "name": "LSU Tigers" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 11, "team": { "id": 66, "handle": "byu", "name": "BYU Cougars" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 12, "team": { "id": 23, 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"Texas Longhorns" }, "rationale": "Little shaky but have the best win " }, { "rank": 4, "team": { "id": 67, "handle": "notredame", "name": "Notre Dame Fighting Irish" }, "rationale": "Same as Miami " }, { "rank": 5, "team": { "id": 26, "handle": "indiana", "name": "Indiana Hoosiers" }, "rationale": "Look a little shaky " }, { "rank": 6, "team": { "id": 34, "handle": "ohiostate", "name": "Ohio State Buckeyes" }, "rationale": "Still good despite the lost " }, { "rank": 7, "team": { "id": 51, "handle": "alabama", "name": "Alabama Crimson Tide" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 8, "team": { "id": 66, "handle": "byu", "name": "BYU Cougars" }, "rationale": "Best big 12 team" }, { "rank": 9, "team": { "id": 54, "handle": "florida", "name": "Florida Gators" }, "rationale": "Is Florida back?" }, { "rank": 10, "team": { "id": 23, "handle": "texastech", "name": "Texas Tech Red Raiders" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 11, "team": { "id": 60, "handle": "olemiss", "name": "Ole Miss Rebels" }, "rationale": "Might have been exposed " }, { "rank": 12, "team": { "id": 27, "handle": "iowa", "name": "Iowa Hawkeyes" }, "rationale": "Can they upset Ohio state?" }, { "rank": 13, "team": { "id": 57, "handle": "lsu", "name": "LSU Tigers" }, "rationale": "Beat up on a bad A&M team " }, { "rank": 14, "team": { "id": 43, "handle": "oregon", "name": "Oregon Ducks" }, "rationale": "Good bounce back win " }, { "rank": 15, "team": { "id": 58, "handle": "mississippistate", "name": "Mississippi State Bulldogs" }, "rationale": "Kamario Taylor" }, { "rank": 16, "team": { "id": 46, "handle": "ucla", "name": "UCLA Bruins" }, "rationale": "Probably rated too high but 54-3 " }, { "rank": 17, "team": { "id": 48, "handle": "utah", "name": "Utah Utes" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 18, "team": { "id": 20, "handle": "oklahomastate", "name": "Oklahoma State Cowboys" }, "rationale": "Still the weirdest team" }, { "rank": 19, "team": { "id": 47, "handle": "usc", "name": "USC Trojans" }, "rationale": 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Never before seen", "entries": [ { "rank": 1, "team": { "id": 22, "handle": "texas", "name": "Texas Longhorns" }, "rationale": "(=)" }, { "rank": 2, "team": { "id": 55, "handle": "georgia", "name": "Georgia Bulldogs" }, "rationale": "(=)" }, { "rank": 3, "team": { "id": 26, "handle": "indiana", "name": "Indiana Hoosiers" }, "rationale": "(=)" }, { "rank": 4, "team": { "id": 34, "handle": "ohiostate", "name": "Ohio State Buckeyes" }, "rationale": "(=)" }, { "rank": 5, "team": { "id": 67, "handle": "notredame", "name": "Notre Dame Fighting Irish" }, "rationale": "(=)" }, { "rank": 6, "team": { "id": 7, "handle": "miami", "name": "Miami Hurricanes" }, "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": "(+1)" }, { "rank": 9, "team": { "id": 51, "handle": "alabama", "name": "Alabama Crimson Tide" }, "rationale": "(+1)" }, { "rank": 10, "team": { "id": 54, "handle": "florida", "name": "Florida Gators" }, "rationale": "(NEW)" }, { "rank": 11, "team": { "id": 48, "handle": "utah", "name": "Utah Utes" }, "rationale": "(+3)" }, { "rank": 12, "team": { "id": 27, "handle": "iowa", "name": "Iowa Hawkeyes" }, "rationale": "(+4)" }, { "rank": 13, "team": { "id": 60, "handle": "olemiss", "name": "Ole Miss Rebels" }, "rationale": "(-5)" }, { "rank": 14, "team": { "id": 57, "handle": "lsu", "name": "LSU Tigers" }, "rationale": "(-1)" }, { "rank": 15, "team": { "id": 62, "handle": "tennessee", "name": "Tennessee Volunteers" }, "rationale": "(-3)" }, { "rank": 16, "team": { "id": 184, "handle": "northdakotastate", "name": "North Dakota State Bison" }, "rationale": "(+1)" }, { "rank": 17, "team": { "id": 58, "handle": "mississippistate", "name": "Mississippi State Bulldogs" }, "rationale": "(NEW)" }, { "rank": 18, "team": { "id": 20, "handle": "oklahomastate", "name": "Oklahoma State Cowboys" }, "rationale": "(NEW)" }, { "rank": 19, "team": { "id": 3, "handle": "duke", "name": "Duke Blue Devils" }, "rationale": "(NEW)" }, { "rank": 20, "team": { "id": 43, "handle": "oregon", "name": "Oregon Ducks" }, "rationale": "(NEW)" }, { "rank": 21, "team": { "id": 47, "handle": "usc", "name": "USC Trojans" }, "rationale": "(-10)" }, { "rank": 22, "team": { "id": 73, "handle": "houston", "name": "Houston Cougars" }, "rationale": "(-1)" }, { "rank": 23, "team": { "id": 49, "handle": "washington", "name": "Washington Huskies" }, "rationale": "(-8)" }, { "rank": 24, "team": { "id": 12, "handle": "virginia", "name": "Virginia Cavaliers" }, "rationale": "(=)" }, { "rank": 25, "team": { "id": 153, "handle": "jamesmadison", "name": "James Madison Dukes" }, "rationale": "(=)" } ] }, { "id": 75441, "username": "Xy13", "ballot_type": "Human", "submission_date": "2026-09-29T00:25:57.153219+00:00", "overall_rationale": "Back from being out of town. Doing a bit of a reshuffle now that we have a month of games, going more resume based but not purely. P4 Wins, Wins, Eye test, SoR, Talent Composite, Schedule Outlook \r\n", "entries": [ { "rank": 1, "team": { "id": 7, "handle": "miami", "name": "Miami Hurricanes" }, "rationale": "[4-0] (52-3 W vs C Mich)\r\n2 P4 Wins\r\n---\r\nMensah my current Heisman leader. Leads QBR, CMP%, TDs, INTs, RTG" }, { "rank": 2, "team": { "id": 55, "handle": "georgia", "name": "Georgia Bulldogs" }, "rationale": "[4-0] (51-13 W vs OU)\r\n2 P4 Wins\r\n---\r\nBoy they made OU look bad. Or maybe Mateer did.." }, { "rank": 3, "team": { "id": 22, "handle": "texas", "name": "Texas Longhorns" }, "rationale": "[4-0] (20-17 W @ Tenn)\r\n2 P4 Wins\r\n---\r\n2 big wins but barely. *Pisses on opponent*" }, { "rank": 4, "team": { "id": 54, "handle": "florida", "name": "Florida Gators" }, "rationale": "[4-0] (52-25 W vs Miss)\r\n2 P4 Wins\r\n---\r\nI've had them ranked since preseason. They should be favored in all their remaining games except TX-UGA. If they go 1-1 in that they're in the playoffs. " }, { "rank": 5, "team": { "id": 26, "handle": "indiana", "name": "Indiana Hoosiers" }, "rationale": "[4-0] (29-23 W vs NW)\r\n1 P4 Win\r\n---\r\nUpset alert by Northwestern. Maybe keep an eye on Indi, maybe keep an eye on NW.." }, { "rank": 6, "team": { "id": 67, "handle": "notredame", "name": "Notre Dame Fighting Irish" }, "rationale": "[4-0] (49-10 W @ Purdue)\r\n3 P4 Wins\r\n---\r\nYep." }, { "rank": 7, "team": { "id": 58, "handle": "mississippistate", "name": "Mississippi State Bulldogs" }, "rationale": "[4-0] (31-24 W vs Mizzou)\r\n3 P4 Wins\r\n---\r\nWho saw this one coming? Not I. " }, { "rank": 8, "team": { "id": 51, "handle": "alabama", "name": "Alabama Crimson Tide" }, "rationale": "[4-0] (49-18 W vs SCAR)\r\n3 P4 Wins\r\n---\r\nI hate putting them here but resume is what it is." }, { "rank": 9, "team": { "id": 46, "handle": "ucla", "name": "UCLA Bruins" }, "rationale": "[4-0] (54-3 W @ Maryland)\r\n3 P4 Wins\r\n---\r\nYour technical B1G leaders at the moment" }, { "rank": 10, "team": { "id": 34, "handle": "ohiostate", "name": "Ohio State Buckeyes" }, "rationale": "[3-1] (42-19 W vs Illinois)\r\n1 P4 Win\r\n---\r\nGot Illinois DC fired lol" }, { "rank": 11, "team": { "id": 57, "handle": "lsu", "name": "LSU Tigers" }, "rationale": "[3-1] (35-6 W vs A&M)\r\n2 P4 Wins\r\n---\r\nHeyy Sammy finally had a decent game. I guess playing on 1 leg made him look for better passes since he couldn't scramble." }, { "rank": 12, "team": { "id": 43, "handle": "oregon", "name": "Oregon Ducks" }, "rationale": "[3-1] (41-27 W @ USC)\r\n1 P4 Win\r\n---\r\nDepending how long Moore is out, Raiola looked to be trying to fend him off for that starting spot." }, { "rank": 13, "team": { "id": 47, "handle": "usc", "name": "USC Trojans" }, "rationale": "[4-1] (27-41 L vs ORE)\r\n1 P4 Win\r\n---\r\nWhat happened to teams kneeling on the sides when there is a serious injury?" }, { "rank": 14, "team": { "id": 27, "handle": "iowa", "name": "Iowa Hawkeyes" }, "rationale": "[4-0] (20-19 W vs Mich)\r\n2 P4 Wins\r\n---\r\nWell I said if they go 1-1 vs UM-OSU they will likely sneak into the CCG/CFP. Let's see if they can go 2-0 instead." }, { "rank": 15, "team": { "id": 48, "handle": "utah", "name": "Utah Utes" }, "rationale": "[4-0] (31-17 W @ ISU)\r\n2 P4 Wins\r\n---\r\nYep." }, { "rank": 16, "team": { "id": 66, "handle": "byu", "name": "BYU Cougars" }, "rationale": "[3-0] (41-23 W @ CO St)\r\n2 P4 Wins\r\n---\r\nBYE" }, { "rank": 17, "team": { "id": 23, "handle": "texastech", "name": "Texas Tech Red Raiders" }, "rationale": "[4-0] (49-14 W vs Sam Houston)\r\n1.5 P4 Wins\r\n---\r\nYep." }, { "rank": 18, "team": { "id": 20, "handle": "oklahomastate", "name": "Oklahoma State Cowboys" }, "rationale": "[4-0] (41-24 W @ WVU)\r\n2 P4 Wins\r\n---\r\nYou know, if they hadn't lost to Tulsa they'd be top 10. Should I have them 12 ahead of Oregon? Maybe. I dunno. " }, { "rank": 19, "team": { "id": 13, "handle": "virginiatech", "name": "Virginia Tech Hokies" }, "rationale": "[4-0] (21-14 W @ BC)\r\n2 P4 Wins\r\n---\r\nFranklin is off to a good start" }, { "rank": 20, "team": { "id": 3, "handle": "duke", "name": "Duke Blue Devils" }, "rationale": "[4-0] (62-7 W vs William & Mary)\r\n2 P4 Wins\r\n---\r\nArgument to have ranked them after a week 2 win @ Illinois." }, { "rank": 21, "team": { "id": 62, "handle": "tennessee", "name": "Tennessee Volunteers" }, "rationale": "[3-1] (17-20 L vs TX)\r\n1 P4 Win\r\n---\r\nTook it to the wire just couldn't get it done. Much better defense than I expected out of Tenn, good sign for the rest of the year, that was my big question mark for them." }, { "rank": 22, "team": { "id": 32, "handle": "nebraska", "name": "Nebraska Cornhuskers" }, "rationale": "[4-0] (31-13 W @ Mich St)\r\n1 P4 Win\r\n---\r\nYep." }, { "rank": 23, "team": { "id": 10, "handle": "pittsburgh", "name": "Pittsburgh Panthers" }, "rationale": "[4-0] (59-0 W vs Bucknell)\r\n2 P4 Wins\r\n---\r\nYep." }, { "rank": 24, "team": { "id": 70, "handle": "cincinnati", "name": "Cincinnati Bearcats" }, "rationale": "[4-0] (31-26 W vs KState)\r\n2 P4 Win\r\n---\r\nYep." }, { "rank": 25, "team": { "id": 68, "handle": "umass", "name": "UMass Minutemen" }, "rationale": "[4-0] (35-6 W @ Sac St)\r\n1 P4 Win\r\n---\r\nNatty run LFG\r\n" } ] }, { "id": 75789, "username": "Zef_Apollo", "ballot_type": "Human", "submission_date": "2026-09-29T03:00:35.610697+00:00", "overall_rationale": "Win and play someone with a pulse pls. Meant to be reactionary based on wins current values", "entries": [ { "rank": 1, "team": { "id": 22, "handle": "texas", "name": "Texas Longhorns" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 2, "team": { "id": 55, "handle": "georgia", "name": "Georgia Bulldogs" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 3, "team": { "id": 51, "handle": "alabama", "name": "Alabama Crimson Tide" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 4, "team": { "id": 7, "handle": "miami", "name": "Miami Hurricanes" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 5, "team": { "id": 54, "handle": "florida", "name": "Florida Gators" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 6, "team": { "id": 67, "handle": "notredame", "name": "Notre Dame Fighting Irish" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 7, "team": { "id": 26, "handle": "indiana", "name": "Indiana Hoosiers" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 8, "team": { "id": 60, "handle": "olemiss", "name": "Ole Miss Rebels" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 9, "team": { "id": 34, "handle": "ohiostate", "name": "Ohio State Buckeyes" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 10, "team": { "id": 57, "handle": "lsu", "name": "LSU Tigers" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 11, "team": { "id": 66, "handle": "byu", "name": "BYU Cougars" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 12, "team": { "id": 27, "handle": "iowa", "name": "Iowa Hawkeyes" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 13, "team": { "id": 23, "handle": "texastech", "name": "Texas Tech Red Raiders" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 14, "team": { "id": 48, "handle": "utah", "name": "Utah Utes" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 15, "team": { "id": 58, "handle": "mississippistate", "name": "Mississippi State Bulldogs" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 16, "team": { "id": 56, "handle": "kentucky", "name": "Kentucky Wildcats" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 17, "team": { "id": 62, "handle": "tennessee", "name": "Tennessee Volunteers" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 18, "team": { "id": 76, "handle": "smu", "name": "SMU Mustangs" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 19, "team": { "id": 43, "handle": "oregon", "name": 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"florida", "name": "Florida Gators" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 2, "team": { "id": 51, "handle": "alabama", "name": "Alabama Crimson Tide" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 3, "team": { "id": 7, "handle": "miami", "name": "Miami Hurricanes" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 4, "team": { "id": 67, "handle": "notredame", "name": "Notre Dame Fighting Irish" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 5, "team": { "id": 55, "handle": "georgia", "name": "Georgia Bulldogs" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 6, "team": { "id": 22, "handle": "texas", "name": "Texas Longhorns" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 7, "team": { "id": 26, "handle": "indiana", "name": "Indiana Hoosiers" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 8, "team": { "id": 34, "handle": "ohiostate", "name": "Ohio State Buckeyes" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 9, "team": { "id": 3, "handle": "duke", "name": "Duke Blue Devils" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 10, "team": { "id": 48, "handle": "utah", "name": "Utah Utes" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 11, "team": { "id": 60, "handle": "olemiss", "name": "Ole Miss Rebels" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 12, "team": { "id": 57, "handle": "lsu", "name": "LSU Tigers" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 13, "team": { "id": 66, "handle": "byu", "name": "BYU Cougars" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 14, "team": { "id": 23, "handle": "texastech", "name": "Texas Tech Red Raiders" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 15, "team": { "id": 32, "handle": "nebraska", "name": "Nebraska Cornhuskers" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 16, "team": { "id": 10, "handle": "pittsburgh", "name": "Pittsburgh Panthers" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 17, "team": { "id": 184, "handle": "northdakotastate", "name": "North Dakota State Bison" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 18, "team": { "id": 153, "handle": "jamesmadison", "name": "James Madison Dukes" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 19, "team": { "id": 58, "handle": "mississippistate", "name": "Mississippi State Bulldogs" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 20, "team": { "id": 27, "handle": "iowa", "name": "Iowa Hawkeyes" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 21, "team": { "id": 43, "handle": "oregon", "name": "Oregon Ducks" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 22, "team": { "id": 47, "handle": "usc", "name": "USC Trojans" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 23, "team": { "id": 46, "handle": "ucla", "name": "UCLA Bruins" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 24, "team": { "id": 62, "handle": "tennessee", "name": "Tennessee Volunteers" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 25, "team": { "id": 12, "handle": "virginia", "name": "Virginia Cavaliers" }, "rationale": "" } ] }, { "id": 75727, "username": "Zloggt", "ballot_type": "Human", "submission_date": "2026-09-29T04:22:07.083937+00:00", "overall_rationale": "Every five teams make up one tier, for a total of five tiers overall. HERE IS THE PROMISED SHAKEUP (kind of)...A BIT SUBJECTED TO NOT HAVING AS MUCH TIME AS I WOULD LIKE TO REALLY LOOK AT THINGS BECAUSE I'M STARTING A NEW JOB TUESDAY MORNING (yayyyyy)...BUT A CHANGE UP NONETHELESS. WHAT A FUN SEPTEMBER IT HAS BEEN!!!", "entries": [ { "rank": 1, "team": { "id": 22, "handle": "texas", "name": "Texas Longhorns" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 2, "team": { "id": 55, "handle": "georgia", "name": "Georgia Bulldogs" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 3, "team": { "id": 67, "handle": "notredame", "name": "Notre Dame Fighting Irish" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 4, "team": { "id": 7, "handle": "miami", "name": "Miami Hurricanes" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 5, "team": { "id": 26, "handle": "indiana", "name": "Indiana Hoosiers" }, "rationale": "Ok, fine...I might have ranked Indiana a little TOO highly on potenial vs. results..." }, { "rank": 6, "team": { "id": 34, "handle": "ohiostate", "name": "Ohio State Buckeyes" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 7, "team": { "id": 51, "handle": "alabama", "name": "Alabama Crimson Tide" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 8, "team": { "id": 54, "handle": "florida", "name": "Florida Gators" }, "rationale": "Well...I probably should have taken whatever stuff Sumrall was dishing out leading up to that game...my bad..." }, { "rank": 9, "team": { "id": 66, "handle": "byu", "name": "BYU Cougars" }, "rationale": "BYU doesn't really do much this week - and benefits from the surrounding chaos as a result..." }, { "rank": 10, "team": { "id": 60, "handle": "olemiss", "name": "Ole Miss Rebels" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 11, "team": { "id": 57, "handle": "lsu", "name": "LSU Tigers" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 12, "team": { "id": 23, "handle": "texastech", "name": "Texas Tech Red Raiders" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 13, "team": { "id": 27, "handle": "iowa", "name": "Iowa Hawkeyes" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 14, "team": { "id": 48, "handle": "utah", "name": "Utah Utes" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 15, "team": { "id": 58, "handle": "mississippistate", "name": "Mississippi State Bulldogs" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 16, "team": { "id": 43, "handle": "oregon", "name": "Oregon Ducks" }, "rationale": "Ok, ok...I'll give some respect to the Ducks again. Thankfully, I do not have to extend this to the Wolverines!" }, { "rank": 17, "team": { "id": 62, "handle": "tennessee", "name": "Tennessee Volunteers" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 18, "team": { "id": 20, "handle": "oklahomastate", "name": "Oklahoma State Cowboys" }, "rationale": "I've said it before, and I'll say it again - they could very well be a Top 10-15 team had they not lost to Tulsa (then again...who knows if they would beat Oregon without that extra motivation)!" }, { "rank": 19, "team": { "id": 109, "handle": "boisestate", "name": "Boise State Broncos" }, "rationale": "Smurf Turf Warriors are for real (again)!" }, { "rank": 20, "team": { "id": 46, "handle": "ucla", "name": "UCLA Bruins" }, "rationale": "Woof...who would've thought we would see the Bruins back so soon!?" }, { "rank": 21, "team": { "id": 73, "handle": "houston", "name": "Houston Cougars" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 22, "team": { "id": 76, "handle": "smu", "name": "SMU Mustangs" }, "rationale": "Like BYU and Utah...they benefit from the chaos surrounding others..." }, { "rank": 23, "team": { "id": 38, "handle": "wisconsin", "name": "Wisconsin Badgers" }, "rationale": "Did...did Fickell just save his job? Maybe not entirely...but it's a start!" }, { "rank": 24, "team": { "id": 56, "handle": "kentucky", "name": "Kentucky Wildcats" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 25, "team": { "id": 47, "handle": "usc", "name": "USC Trojans" }, "rationale": "...I'd likely have another team here if I weren't such a dedicated follower to the concept of poll inertia...whew!" } ] } ] }