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2026 Week 9 SMU Mustangs Rankings

Main Poll Voters

User Rank Rationale
TheNSAAgent777 5
infinitempg 9 0.862, +15
texas2089 9
dukemetoo 10
Noy_Telinu 10 Just keep winning, just keep winning....
a_bit_of_a_misnomer_ 11
Longvols 11
TaylorLeprechaun 11 +10
bernkastel87 12
BoukenGreen 12
BuckeyeForLife95 12 3.36
Buckeyes2010 12
grjohnst 12
jonstark19 12
KJdkaslknv 12
Mr_Brews 12
olmsted 12
PeteyNice 12
Pikachu1989 12
Polarbear1914 12
SIMBONEGTP 12
SpadeRyker 12
BUSean 13
ch1l1_ch33s3 13
Chris-P-Creme 13
Darth_Ra 13
diehardcubforever 13
Doogitywoogity 13 That’s what can happen when you don’t throw multiple picks every game. Play like this and you’re a contender. Let’s see if this new leaf the past couple weeks is legit or if you revert back to the uninspiring play from earlier this season. You’ve fallen ass backwards into only one loss, keep it that way.
Drexlore 13
GatorBolt 13
grtgbln 13
ikindalikelemons 13
plannedsickdays 13
Rakarei 13
Ruhrgebietheld 13
AllHawkeyesGoToHell 14
blahblehblahwhoru 14
CambodianDrywall 14
cvsprinter1 14 1-loss
Dropbackandpunt 14
EpicSchwinn 14
ewolfy13 14
JamoRedhead 14
nw____ 14
NyquillusDillwad20 14
owlalwaysloveyew 14
retnuh101 14
SCsprinter13 14
spasm01 14
spmartin1993 14
ToeInDigDeep 14 Loss at Louisville
xX_GIGA_MAN_Xx 14 (+8)
Xy13 14 They continue to roll through ACC conference play. Their one loss was close with Louisville.
Bank_Gothic 15
douchebagjack 15 Best 3 Wins: Virginia, Florida State, California.
1 Losses: Louisville.
A win against Cal I guess. Syracuse, VT, Wake, ND, Stanford leave room to make a splash
laprasrules 15
noahthearc 15
spsellers 15
srs_house 15
the_neverdoctor 15
djowen68 16
Jay_Dubbbs 16
JBonkies 16
LiptonCB 16
mcdsmaster8824 16
RiffRamBahZoo 16
sirvalkyerie 16
smartkeg 16 Dominant wins show real offensive upside. The Louisville loss and lack of a marquee result keep SMU in the middle of the poll.
tks231 16
VerySeriousBanana 16
w8w8 16
Wescat 16
BananaBouquet 17
BearsAreGreat1 17
Corgi_Koala 17
Hugefootballfan44 17
jbowen1 17 1932.67 (+2)
JustAManAndHisLaptop 17
Justanother_0 17 Only the one loss to Lousiville (not good), but otherwise undefeated.
kflinderman 17
OldCoaly 17
pileatedloon 17
Pure_Protein_Machine 17
RegionalBias 17
royrules22 17
ryseing 17
SearonTrejorek 17 0.74033
sickmemes48 17
SufferingfOrLife 17
True_Ad5324 17 Up 2
AlexanderComet 18
Ch-i-ef 18
chillmagic420 18
colton_97 18
Conn3er 18
CptCheese 18
deadtofall12 18
eclectic_tastes 18
grey_pilgrim_ 18
halldaylong 18
joebob431 18
mellolizard 18
MemeofMemeJTG999999 18 (6-1) (up 7)
W: 59-20 vs California (3-5)
Next Week: vs Syracuse (3-4)
Projected Bowl: Pop-Tarts Bowl vs Oklahoma State
noodlethebear 18
Pollaski 18
Shion314 18
soonerfreak 18
strikersteve60 18
velociraptorfarmer 18
_fastball 19
bakonydraco 19 81.232 (6-1)
boxbeat 19
brucewaynewins 19
Cassiyus 19
ChaseTheFalcon 19
conchobor 19
DavoinShower-handle 19
elnino550 19
ExternalTangents 19 90.1%
fredmerc111 19
fshi 19
galacticdude7 19 Predicted Record: 10-2

Losses: @Louisville (31-41), @Notre Dame
Helifino 19
HelioOne 19
jjjoebox 19
jthomas694 19
Keener1899 19
nemoran 19
nin478 19
RollWarTideEagle 19
sgtshenanigans 19 SMU dominates cal in the second half scoring 42 unanswered points. Like Wake forest SMU lacks any sort of signature win but will eventually have opportunities later in the season.
StFuzzySlippers 19
TDenverFan 19
tdoger 19
tomdawg0022 19
Bereft13 20 Power: 20, SoR: 19; LW: NR (26)
Bill3ffinMurray 20
BlueFalcon89 20
Colton3690 20
Conglossian 20 +3
dubscurry30 20 +2
flyingcircusdog 20
Jerrywelfare 20
ruwisc 20 LW: 25
scronko 20
Techwid 20
Texasagsman 20
TheZachster 20
12panther 21
bannista7 21
DarkLegend64 21
ehoefler 21 78.91 | NEW +5
Euphoric_Relative_13 21
GeauxTri 21 6-1. Added a dominant 59-20 win over California. Six wins and one loss, though the resume still lacks an elite victory.
Hackasizlak 21
IceColdDrPepper_Here 21
jimbobbypaul 21
justsaynotoreddit 21
Klaassy23 21
Luigiatl 21
monkeymatt1836 21
PlactusTX 21 LW: NR | Tier 3 | W California
RedBarracuda25 21
RheagarTargaryen 21
roguebandit1 21
tdeff19 21
TheReformedBadger 21
Tornadohunter24 21 [6-1, 4-1 ACC] (-) | SOR: #22 | Notable Results: W 27-24 @ Florida State [3-4], L 31-41 @ Louisville [4-3] |
A_Rolling_Baneling 22
Cecil_Hardboner 22
cfbguy 22
ChemicalOle 22
CRedds19 22
DampFrijoles 22
daredassdude 22
HideNZeke 22
jrich960608 22
MemeLovingLoser 22 Score 69.05 (▲ 2.39) | Place Change: ▲ 6 | Previous Rank: 28th | Wins Composite Rank: 12th | SoS Composite Rank: 66th | Margin of Victory Rank: 22nd | Penalties Composite Rank: 101st | Yardage Composite Rank: 7th | Turnover Composite Rank: 102nd | 3rd/4th Down Conversion Rank: 19th | Other Stats Rank: 44th
Our-Gardian-Angel 22
r0sco 22
redwave2505 22
samspopguy 22
shifty1032231 22
Staind075 22
Striker743 22 NR - one loss, no signature win
TolkienFan71 22
vanburen1845 22
Zloggt 22 Is there any other team like SMU that is just...THERE? Like, all season long, they've been hovering around the #18-23 range...just chugging along without any stress on them...
Acm0028 23
AJ_CC 23
Chipsahoy523 23 NR
cyberchaox 23
DarthYoda2594 23
e8odie 23
frumious88 23
MahjongDaily 23
Noelthemexican 23
Player_1_has_Joined 23
Rcfan0902 23 1029.20 (+9)
redrumsoxLoL 23 SMU actually trailed at the half on Saturday against California 20-17 but dominated the second half 42-0 and ended up winning very comfortably in the end.
RJEP22 23
sroach91 23
T-Thugs 23 SMU is another in the Northwestern/Wake mold. They're 6-1 and beat Virginia (4-4). Lost to Louisville. They've got the worst loss of these three and that's why I ranked them at the bottom of the grouping. Still have to play Wake Forest and ND so they could move up with wins in those.
UNC_Samurai 23
WarEagle9 23
ya111101 23
ALStark69 24 +1; locked tf in during the second half

New to poll: 17 LSU, 25 Wisconsin
BendrickLamar19 24
Blazeth 24
bretticus733 24
corundum9 24
frone 24
HieloLuz 24 SMU lacks any quality wins, and their loss to Louisville is significantly worse than Northwestern's. Very weird team to place, and this is the first time that I have ranked them all year due to the lack of quality wins.
hythloday1 24
jmac_21 24
mthompson2320 24 LW: 27
OKgolfer 24 LW: 24
PSUMediaPA 24
studio_sally 24
thomasosu 24
budget_um 25
CFBHurts 25
digdat0 25 25. SMU — Score: 0.130 | Results: 1.060, SOS Rank: #81, Quality: 0.036, Recency: 0.000 | T10W: 0, T25W: 0, T50W: 0, Off Rk: #29, Def Rk: #45
GenialGiant 25
hascogrande 25
Hobbes_121 25
MADBuc49 25 NEW. Boise State be the #12 playoff seed in this scenario, playing at #5 Utah in the first round
MainPeanut25 25
Maladroit44 25
Muffinnnnnnn 25
Pablo49 25 628 Next 5: Oregon, Auburn, Northwestern, Missouri, USC
titansfan174 25
TouchdownHeroes 25

Provisional Poll Voters

User Rank Rationale
meristematic 6
hbh110 8
Spazzatack 8
ChiTrojan2 9
logace444444444 10
Original_Profile8600 10
geordieColt88 11
Nervous_Metal_9445 11
BlueRFR3100 12
mathmanhale 12
NA_Faker 12
PsychologicalFox8660 12
Sflabuckeye13 12
SpeddyDawg 12
bigred91224 14
BoNnnnfhir 14
g_trechel 14
Hastronaut 14
HokiPoqi 14
FoodCourtDruid 15
JackWK_Gaming 15
Kirkwood641 15
MillerHighLifeStan 15
Tortillero96 15 +1
W (6-1) H +39 vs California (unranked)
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
DillyDillySzn 16
jmdinbtr 16
ninjatown23 16 Mustangs win, other teams lose. SMU moves up a few spots.
rt13wx 16
XVW55 16
BeyondLiesTheWub 17 change from last week: +1
gonshpreds1 17
samtaylor92 17
SonOfGarry 17
bryophyta_insolitam 18
Flaky_Bit6733 18
gohncell 18
Isthmus11 18
jibberishdhyukl 18
loneSTAR_06 18
Procyonyx 18
SignificanceFirm2398 18
thatoneguyD13 18 Tier 4.
alexjcode_com 19 734
AoA_nB1 19
Character_Orchid4698 19
EL-YEO 19
jis024 19
josh55134 19
Minnesnowtaaa 19
MyAngelMiraidon 19 +4 - Still does not have a quality win
owl-bears 19
quantum_jedi 19 (55.89, +8) What an impressive second half of football that SMU played against Cal! The first half was looking dicey, but the Mustangs came out and obliterated the Golden Bears.
S2OP 19 (+3)
SaguaroCactus19 19
Scottyfer 19
TheBeekman8 19
undercover_hot_dog 19
andrewtodd98 20
Applesaucemannus 20
ArlyntheAwesome 20
Blazemaster77 20
DownshiftGD 20
GenuineBoss 20
idnttcrisis 20
kennethbring 20
kevinsdomain 20
myworld3 20
shouldajustsaid_yeah 20
TheCryptPartDeux 20
70277027 21
DarthGlazer 21 same as zona
dee3Poh 21 .170
jtchr33 21
Noahsince2002 21
Pyroblockx 21
RealityComps 21
spaceblev11 21
SportsCat4 21
TailgateLegend 21
TyRoland06 21
WBLwiffleball 21
Arago_ 22
bocnj 22
BoilerUp28 22
bruhstevenson 22
d1sportsball 22 Have an okay loss to Louisville and great quality of play, but weak overall opponents
Delicious_Fig5384 22
HHunko13 22
JCNoles 22 6/4
KevinDoesSports 22 SMU has recovered after their loss earlier in the year to Louisville. They have looked pretty good to me and they stay ranked.
Klightgrove 22
LightningDusty 22 ↑NR
Lucaball3r 22
m3owzika 22
manbeqrpig 22
Ok_Significance_3803 22
Piptit 22
Rhizical 22
Rishik01 22
saquad69 22
ted1995 22
TrashyTuber 22
Aggravating-Funny569 23
beckett929 23
BigGamesShouldCount 23
dstrainr 23
Impossible-Still-349 23 (NEW!) caved in
Menktenk 23
Nath0leon 23 +6. Big win against Cal gave minor bumps in all metrics. GC still low (#38).
ndbfsu22 23
NNul 23
OG_Felwinter 23
Ok_Boysenberry716 23
Pure-Shirt-5831 23
ResearchFlaky5912 23 Newly ranked. The chaos of highly ranked teams losing to unranked teams makes the Louisville loss more bearable. Still has not beaten anybody worth discussing, but at least they are beating up bad opponents like a ranked team should.
SpectralHydra 23
Crelc3 24
divey043 24
GreenAndYellow12 24 .290 |+5|
HereComesNightTime 24
ianmcmoney 24 85.31%
isrealball 24
Oldenmw 24 You down with ACC? Yeah you know me.
Quick-Newt-5651 24
grahamca 25 T8ᵗʰ W/L, T19ᵗʰ Predicted Wins, 35ᵗʰ Team Strength, 31ˢᵗ Quality of Wins
NoOutdoorSoup 25
tm65- 25 .634
Blue = Human
Red = Computer
Green = Hybrid

Bold = before the AP poll was published
Normal = after the AP poll was published

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