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Published AP Ballots — 4 Verified Polls

BJ Rains’s 2026 Week 2 AP Ballot

247Sports · 2026 AP Poll Voter

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BJ Rains submitted a complete 25-team ballot for the 2026 Week 2 AP football poll. This ballot includes 3 teams outside the published Top 25 and omits 3 teams inside it.

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2.0022 Shared Teams Compared
3 / 3Compared With Consensus
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4Available Ballots

Week 2 Ballot

Positive differences mean a higher vote than the AP rank; negative differences mean a lower vote.

VoteTeam
#1Texas#10
#2Notre Dame#3+1
#3Georgia#2-1
#4Ohio State#6+2
#5Indiana#4-1
#6Miami#5-1
#7LSU#70
#8Alabama#10+2
#9USC#12+3
#10Texas A&M#9-1
#11Ole Miss#8-3
#12Texas Tech#13+1
#13BYU#11-2
#14Penn State#140
#15Tennessee#150
#16Iowa#18+2
#17Michigan#19+2
#18Oklahoma#24+6
#19WashingtonNRVoter Only
#20Oregon#21+1
#21SMU#16-5
#22Missouri#20-2
#23Boise StateNRVoter Only
#24FloridaNRVoter Only
#25Utah#17-8
NRArizonaNRBoth Unranked
NRHouston#22Omitted by Voter
NRJames MadisonNRBoth Unranked
NRKansas StateNRBoth Unranked
NRLouisville#23Omitted by Voter
NRMississippi StateNRBoth Unranked
NRNorth Dakota StateNRBoth Unranked
NROklahoma StateNRBoth Unranked
NRPittsburghNRBoth Unranked
NRSouth CarolinaNRBoth Unranked
NRTulsaNRBoth Unranked
NRUCLANRBoth Unranked
NRVirginia#25Omitted by Voter
NRVirginia TechNRBoth Unranked
NRWestern MichiganNRBoth Unranked

Biggest Outliers in This Ballot

VoterTeamVote
BJ RainsUtah#25#17-8
BJ RainsOklahoma#18#24+6
BJ RainsSMU#21#16-5
BJ RainsOle Miss#11#8-3
BJ RainsUSC#9#12+3

Added and Omitted Teams

Teams this voter includes outside the AP Top 25, and Top 25 teams they leave out.

VoterTeamVote
BJ RainsBoise State#23NRVoter Only
BJ RainsFlorida#24NRVoter Only
BJ RainsHoustonNR#22Omitted by Voter
BJ RainsLouisvilleNR#23Omitted by Voter
BJ RainsVirginiaNR#25Omitted by Voter
BJ RainsWashington#19NRVoter Only

Conference Comparisons

2026 Week 2 · This ballot only. Positive placement means higher than the AP rank; additions and omissions stay separate.

Conference / GroupShared Teams
SEC+0.111 / 09
Big Ten+1.291 / 07
Big 12-3.000 / 13
ACC-3.000 / 22
Pac-12—1 / 00
American—0 / 00
Mountain West—0 / 00
Sun Belt—0 / 00
MAC—0 / 00
Conference USA—0 / 00
FBS Independents+1.000 / 01

Bars share a −3 to +3 scale. No shared ranked teams means no placement score (—). One ballot does not establish a lasting conference tendency.