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2026 Week 8 SMU Mustangs Rankings

Main Poll Voters

User Rank Rationale
Noy_Telinu 11 Please keep winning, Notre Dame needs you to be good.
TheNSAAgent777 11
mcdsmaster8824 12
dukemetoo 13
Red261 13
Jerrywelfare 14
joebob431 14
texas2089 14
ThaCarter 14
djowen68 15
Pikachu1989 15
plannedsickdays 15
Wescat 15
blahblehblahwhoru 16
Casaiir 16
JustAManAndHisLaptop 16
Longvols 16
Polarbear1914 16
SpadeRyker 16
Bank_Gothic 17
BoukenGreen 17
BUSean 17
Pyromania1983 17
Rakarei 17
Ruhrgebietheld 17
VerySeriousBanana 17
AllHawkeyesGoToHell 18
CambodianDrywall 18
Ch-i-ef 18 very meh, some sus, not rip for now
CommodoreN7 18
Dropbackandpunt 18
ewolfy13 18
grey_pilgrim_ 18
IAmAChemicalEngineer 18
nin478 18
olmsted 18
retnuh101 18
SufferingfOrLife 18
Xy13 18 I don't really have too many notes on the Stangs. Expect them to continue winning till they hit a few tough games in a row near the end of the season, and we will see if they are a contenter for the CFP or just the ACC.
BearsAreGreat1 19
BorisNumber1 19
Buckeyes2010 19
ch1l1_ch33s3 19
cvsprinter1 19 1-loss
Daigotsu 19
douchebagjack 19 Best 3 Wins: Virginia, Florida State, Boston College.
1 Losses: Louisville.
UVA is their best win on the season, but that's not good
Drexlore 19
EpicSchwinn 19
grjohnst 19
jbowen1 19
Lefunnymaymays4lief 19 (NR) The Ponies play ugly as hell, and not in the “football team from 50 years ago” kind of ugly. More in the “this team keeps falling on their faces but somehow in the endzone too sometimes” way. This is not sustainable but fuck is it SO fun to watch
LiptonCB 19
manbeardawg 19
monkeymatt1836 19
pileatedloon 19
SCsprinter13 19
Shion314 19
srs_house 19
the_neverdoctor 19
True_Ad5324 19 NR
AlexanderComet 20
chillmagic420 20
Chris-P-Creme 20
cinciforthewin 20
jonstark19 20
noahthearc 20
NyquillusDillwad20 20
owlalwaysloveyew 20
RiffRamBahZoo 20
roguebandit1 20
spmartin1993 20
Techwid 20
vanburen1845 20
Acm0028 21
BananaBouquet 21
ChemicalOle 21
Corporal_Hicks 21
DavoinShower-handle 21
elnino550 21
frumious88 21
galacticdude7 21 Predicted Record: 10-2

Losses: @Louisville (31-41), @Notre Dame
IceColdDrPepper_Here 21
kflinderman 21
MrTheSpork 21
romulusjsp 21
sirvalkyerie 21
spasm01 21
spsellers 21
SteemieRayVaughn 21
TaylorLeprechaun 21 NR
tdeff19 21
TDenverFan 21
tjstanley 21
tks231 21
Tornadohunter24 21 [5-1, 3-1 ACC] (NEW) | SOR: #24 | Notable Results: W 27-24 @ Florida State [3-3], L 31-41 @ Louisville [4-3] |

The Mustangs need to stop playing with their food, or they'll get burned like they did in Louisville.
brucewaynewins 22
Colton3690 22
Conn3er 22
cornholesurfer 22
cyclonepsycho 22
deadtofall12 22
Doogitywoogity 22 They keep getting away with it. I do not think this team is good but they keep getting away with not losing. This is their first win that I’ve at all been like “huh nice” for and it’s against a Virginia who has been plummeting lately. Wake and ND loom large.
dubscurry30 22 NR
Euphoric_Relative_13 22
fredmerc111 22
GeauxTri 22 5-1; solid overall record, though the resume lacks a top-tier victory.
grtgbln 22
JustinMSU21 22
laprasrules 22
Laschoni 22
mellolizard 22
nemoran 22
Pure_Protein_Machine 22
RollWarTideEagle 22
ryseing 22
SIMBONEGTP 22
soonerfreak 22
strikersteve60 22
Terminal_BAS 22
ToeInDigDeep 22 5-1, loss at Louisville
TouchdownHeroes 22
udderlymoovelous 22
xX_GIGA_MAN_Xx 22 (NEW)
_fastball 23
aggiebruin27 23
ChaseTheFalcon 23
chweris 23
conchobor 23
Conglossian 23 U/R
flyingcircusdog 23
GoBlueScrewOSU7 23
Helifino 23
JamoRedhead 23
Jay_Dubbbs 23
jjjoebox 23
Justanother_0 23 They handle business against Virginia, no notes.
Klaassy23 23
owl_man 23
penisthightrap_ 23
PeteyNice 23
Pollaski 23
RedBarracuda25 23
RheagarTargaryen 23
shifty1032231 23
TheZachster 23
TimeBroken 23
TossedRightOut 23
UNC_Samurai 23
Xtremeloco 23
Zef_Apollo 23
Zloggt 23
boxbeat 24
Corgi_Koala 24
e8odie 24
GatorBolt 24
infinitempg 24 0.821, +14
jthomas694 24
luckroy 24
OKgolfer 24
OldCoaly 24
SearonTrejorek 24 0.70703
sgtshenanigans 24 SMU has not been super impressive this year but they only have one loss and beat Virginia this week to improve their resume a little. Another team that is benefitting from the chaos above them.
ShogunAshoka 24
Staind075 24
StFuzzySlippers 24
thomasosu 24
tomdawg0022 24
TopGoose 24
Versigot 24
ALStark69 25 NR; I finally reluctantly rank them

Next 5: Missouri, LSU, James Madison, Oregon, Oregon State
bannista7 25
Cassiyus 25
CptCheese 25
Darth_Ra 25
dschinghiskhan 25
eclectic_tastes 25
halldaylong 25
hascogrande 25
JBonkies 25
MahjongDaily 25
MemeofMemeJTG999999 25 (5-1) (up 4)
W: 23-13 vs Virginia (4-3)
Next Week: vs California (3-4)
Projected Bowl: Gator Bowl vs Florida

Next 5:
#26: Northwestern (5-1) (up 1)
#27: Oklahoma State (4-2) (down 10)
#28: Missouri (5-2) (down 13)
#29: Arizona (5-1) (was unranked)
#30: Mississippi State (4-2) (down 17)

Fell out of T30: Wisconsin (4-2) (was #23); Nebraska (5-2) (was #25); Oklahoma (3-3) (was #30)

Biggest Riser: Florida (5-2) (UR -> #20)
Biggest Faller: Mississippi State (4-2) (#13 -> #30)
PSUMediaPA 25
ruwisc 25
scronko 25
w8w8 25
WarEagle9 25

Provisional Poll Voters

User Rank Rationale
Sflabuckeye13 5
logace444444444 9
bryophyta_insolitam 13
hbh110 13
meristematic 13
DillyDillySzn 16
jwrtf 16
n8TLfan 16
Original_Profile8600 16
Spazzatack 16
Th3BigBlue 16
Tortillero96 16 W (5-1) H +10 vs Virginia (unranked)
W (4-1) H +9 vs Boston College (unranked)
W (3-1) H +10 vs MO State (unranked)
L (2-1) A -10 vs Louisville (24)
W (2-0) H +46 vs UC Davis (unranked)
W (1-0) A +3 vs Florida State (unranked)
geordieColt88 17
NA_Faker 17
Noahsince2002 17
PsychologicalFox8660 17
thehornedlamb 17
Kirkwood641 18
LegendParkour 18
BoNnnnfhir 19
funt9rtle 19
jmdinbtr 19
ninjatown23 19 Don’t necessarily pass the eye test, but they’re winning games.
SpeddyDawg 19
ArlyntheAwesome 20 SMU and all teams below do not deserve to be ranked, all of them suck.
bigred91224 20
Esb5415 20
Fluid_Theory_6587 20
FuzzyDunlop911 20
jtchr33 20
kennethbring 20
loneSTAR_06 20
requiemsux 20
RowDull8230 20
rt13wx 20
samtaylor92 20
tdaten 20
TheBeekman8 20
d1sportsball 21 1 okay loss to Louisville, good win over Virginia, struggle win over Florida State.
EL-YEO 21
Express_Dinner7918 21 Well you were the only p4 team with a loss or less not already on the list, so you can rejoin for now.
Flaky_Bit6733 21
myworld3 21
Nervous_Metal_9445 21 1 loss to #65 Louisville, best win VS #56 Virginia
Piptit 21
SonOfGarry 21
SportsCat4 21
thatoneguyD13 21 Tier 4.
BlueRFR3100 22
dstrainr 22
FoodCourtDruid 22
huntmant 22
idnttcrisis 22
Imd0wnc0w 22
isrealball 22
JJones927 22
Perryapsis 22
PersianGuitarist 22
S2OP 22 (NR)
Salmon-Dude 22
TheCryptPartDeux 22
thereaname 22
AoA_nB1 23 Not sure
bendyburner 23
Blazemaster77 23
BoilerUp28 23
Crelc3 23
fm22fnam 23 +UNR
Hastronaut 23
HereComesNightTime 23
HHunko13 23
HokiPoqi 23
jis024 23
leadbymight 23
Living_Human 23 68.67
Milflover69cbb 23
MyAngelMiraidon 23 (+6) - I get they're 5-1 but their best win is Virginia and I can't really see them playing anyone strong until Wake Forest and Notre Dame
Pure-Shirt-5831 23
RealityComps 23
Repulsive_Rub6443 23
SaguaroCactus19 23
Applesaucemannus 24
Character_Orchid4698 24
DBowieNippleAntennae 24
dee3Poh 24 .090 (.08 STDEV)
gohncell 24
GrimmacingGrinny 24 SMU just picked up its best win of the season through beating Virginia. A schedule that has been relatively underwhelming, their lone loss was to a now 4-3 Louisville team.
JCNoles 24
KevinDoesSports 24 I was reluctant in ranking this team because of the loss to Louisville. But they've looked good against Boston College and Virginia who are some decent teams this year.
kevinsdomain 24
NebraskaPlainsman 24
Ok_Significance_3803 24
saquad69 24
shouldajustsaid_yeah 24
a_proud_ohioan 25
alexjcode_com 25 711
cajunjackson 25
Ok_Boysenberry716 25
owl-bears 25
Rishik01 25
Scottyfer 25
TyRoland06 25
Blue = Human
Red = Computer
Green = Hybrid

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Normal = after the AP poll was published

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