2026
Week 5
Pittsburgh Panthers
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Main Poll Voters
| User | Rank | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| BuckeyeForLife95 | 3 | (1+0.40) X (39.25/8.5) X (523.75/244.5) = 13.81 |
| Hey_Its_Roomie | 6 | |
| CPiGuy2728 | 7 | |
| HieloLuz | 7 | Basically identical to Cinci, with a quality win over UCF |4|. But they played better against the only common opponent so far. |
| arbadak | 8 | .801 rating, 4-0, SOS .558 (+3) |
| AllHawkeyesGoToHell | 9 | |
| ShogunAshoka | 9 | |
| skuhlke | 9 | |
| ColombianInIowa24 | 10 | 25.39 - Undefeated, though a bit high in my mind. |
| Noelthemexican | 10 | |
| Rcfan0902 | 10 | 691.78 (+2) |
| velociraptorfarmer | 10 | |
| A_Rolling_Baneling | 11 | |
| AlphaH4wk | 11 | |
| Bank_Gothic | 11 | 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. |
| Darth_Ra | 11 | |
| digdat0 | 11 | 11. Pittsburgh — 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 |
| DisraeliEers | 11 | |
| Inkblot9 | 11 | |
| OKgolfer | 11 | |
| douchebagjack | 12 | Best 3 Wins: Syracuse, UCF, Miami (OH) Pitt 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. |
| jimbobbypaul | 12 | |
| VerySeriousBanana | 12 | |
| twitter_paulbd | 13 | 772 | 4-0 |
| cvsprinter1 | 14 | Undefeated |
| dukemetoo | 14 | |
| jrichardh | 14 | |
| plannedsickdays | 14 | |
| SearonTrejorek | 14 | |
| spasm01 | 14 | |
| cfbguy | 15 | |
| ChBass | 15 | Pitt's defense is keeping it together, but they'll need better wins than Syracuse to vault into the higher tier. |
| Chris-P-Creme | 15 | |
| LiptonCB | 15 | |
| mthompson2320 | 15 | LW: 17 |
| NyquillusDillwad20 | 15 | |
| bladefencer | 16 | 0.769, -12, Pow: 32, Off: 13, Def: 27, SOR: 17 |
| grjohnst | 16 | |
| Noy_Telinu | 16 | Pitt is not eating shit yet. |
| tks231 | 16 | |
| udubdavid | 16 | |
| zenverak | 16 | |
| CRedds19 | 17 | |
| ehoefler | 17 | 76.29 | -3 |
| Hobbes_121 | 17 | |
| manbeardawg | 17 | 1 |
| MemeLovingLoser | 17 | Score 75.92 (▼ 10.79) | Place Change: ▼ 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 |
| SpadeRyker | 17 | |
| T-Thugs | 17 | Pittsburgh is 4-0 with wins over UCF (3-1, beat TCU) and syracuse (1-3) |
| ToeInDigDeep | 17 | |
| 0010MK | 18 | |
| bakonydraco | 18 | 78.662 |
| Charlemagne42 | 18 | Adjustment: 40.3% |
| Colton3690 | 18 | |
| GenialGiant | 18 | |
| infinitempg | 18 | 0.887 |
| jthomas694 | 18 | |
| Muffinnnnnnn | 18 | |
| owlalwaysloveyew | 18 | |
| retnuh101 | 18 | |
| Ruhrgebietheld | 18 | |
| Striker743 | 18 | |
| tdoger | 18 | |
| The-Gothic-Castle | 18 | |
| bannista7 | 19 | |
| CFBHurts | 19 | |
| ch1l1_ch33s3 | 19 | |
| Conglossian | 19 | U/R |
| Daigotsu | 19 | |
| Doogitywoogity | 19 | 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. |
| dubscurry30 | 19 | +6 |
| Hugefootballfan44 | 19 | LW: 19 |
| hypercube42342 | 19 | |
| Luigiatl | 19 | |
| olmsted | 19 | |
| placid_salad | 19 | LW: #20 |
| Player_1_has_Joined | 19 | |
| RJEP22 | 19 | |
| Techwid | 19 | |
| Texasagsman | 19 | |
| _fastball | 20 | |
| bwburke94 | 20 | +8.6476616 (LW: #19) |
| Cars-and-Coffee | 20 | |
| Chipsahoy523 | 20 | +3 |
| daredassdude | 20 | |
| DarthYoda2594 | 20 | |
| Dropbackandpunt | 20 | |
| r0sco | 20 | |
| Roscoe_Filburn | 20 | |
| Stoneador | 20 | |
| Tornadohunter24 | 20 | [4-0, 1-0 ACC] (-) | SOR: #22 | Notable Results: W 12-7 vs UCF [3-1] | Coach 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. |
| ALStark69 | 21 | NR; they have looked good so far Biggest riser: Oklahoma State (NR->18) |
| CharlemagneOfTheUSA | 21 | |
| corundum9 | 21 | |
| eclectic_tastes | 21 | |
| joebob431 | 21 | |
| MahjongDaily | 21 | |
| nbingham196 | 21 | |
| noahthearc | 21 | |
| Our-Gardian-Angel | 21 | |
| PlactusTX | 21 | LW: 25 | Tier 3 (no change) | W Bucknell It's not the Bucknell win that moves Pitt up but Central Florida looking better. |
| Pollaski | 21 | |
| realclean | 21 | |
| RobertNeyland | 21 | |
| spmartin1993 | 21 | |
| titansfan174 | 21 | |
| TouchdownHeroes | 21 | |
| Ch-i-ef | 22 | Every year, Pitt has some of the most awesome ways they lose their first game |
| ChaseTheFalcon | 22 | |
| CptCheese | 22 | |
| ExternalTangents | 22 | Overall +13.9; offense +6.5 (28th), defense -7.4 (18th) |
| frumious88 | 22 | |
| Jakesnake42 | 22 | 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 |
| Klaassy23 | 22 | |
| Longvols | 22 | |
| Shion314 | 22 | |
| smartkeg | 22 | |
| ThaCarter | 22 | |
| tomdawg0022 | 22 | |
| budget_um | 23 | Bucknell, lol |
| cinciforthewin | 23 | |
| COLU_BUS | 23 | |
| halldaylong | 23 | |
| Helifino | 23 | |
| jbowen1 | 23 | 1876.56 (+7) |
| justsaynotoreddit | 23 | |
| Rakarei | 23 | |
| shifty1032231 | 23 | |
| Tarmacked | 23 | Computers like them, it's a bit weird but now we're getting into that flawed 20-30's range where you could make arguments for a dozen teams. This area should flesh out better with more conference play, because even Pitt isn't immune to some ugly wins (12-7 over UCF). |
| UNC_Samurai | 23 | |
| Xy13 | 23 | [4-0] (59-0 W vs Bucknell) 2 P4 Wins --- Yep. |
| BlueSCar | 24 | |
| Jay_Dubbbs | 24 | |
| JBonkies | 24 | |
| jjjoebox | 24 | |
| ManiacalBlazer | 24 | |
| NotSoSuperNerd | 24 | 1.192 [9.39-2.61] |
| sirgippy | 24 | GippyRank expected rank: 20.6. Central 80% interval: 7–40. Top-25 probability: 73%. |
| spsellers | 24 | |
| StFuzzySlippers | 24 | |
| strikersteve60 | 24 | |
| elnino550 | 25 | |
| Hackasizlak | 25 | |
| hascogrande | 25 | |
| JeromesNiece | 25 | |
| Lex_Ludorum | 25 | |
| MADBuc49 | 25 | NEW. Boise State would be the #12 playoff seed in this scenario, playing at #5 Alabama in the first round |
| MrTheSpork | 25 | |
| roguebandit1 | 25 | |
| stripes361 | 25 |
Provisional Poll Voters
Blue = Human
Red = Computer
Green = Hybrid
Bold = before the AP poll was published
Normal = after the AP poll was published
Red = Computer
Green = Hybrid
Bold = before the AP poll was published
Normal = after the AP poll was published