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Brett McMurphy’s 2026 Week 5 AP Ballot

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Brett McMurphy submitted a complete 25-team ballot for the 2026 Week 5 AP football poll. This ballot includes 2 teams outside the published Top 25 and omits 2 teams inside it.

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2.1323 Shared Teams Compared
2 / 2Compared With Consensus
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Week 5 Ballot

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

VoteTeam
#1Texas#10
#2Georgia#20
#3Ohio State#5+2
#4Miami#40
#5Alabama#6+1
#6Notre Dame#3-3
#7Ole Miss#9+2
#8Indiana#7-1
#9LSU#10+1
#10BYU#8-2
#11Florida#16+5
#12Texas Tech#11-1
#13Utah#12-1
#14Oklahoma State#18+4
#15Oregon#13-2
#16Tennessee#15-1
#17SMU#24+7
#18Houston#22+4
#19Missouri#14-5
#20Wake ForestNRVoter Only
#21KentuckyNRVoter Only
#22Iowa#20-2
#23Boise State#230
#24Pittsburgh#25+1
#25UCLA#21-4
NRArizonaNRBoth Unranked
NRDukeNRBoth Unranked
NRJames MadisonNRBoth Unranked
NRMinnesotaNRBoth Unranked
NRMississippi State#17Omitted by Voter
NRNebraskaNRBoth Unranked
NRNorth Dakota StateNRBoth Unranked
NRNorthwesternNRBoth Unranked
NRUSC#19Omitted by Voter
NRWisconsinNRBoth Unranked

Biggest Outliers in This Ballot

Added and Omitted Teams

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

VoterTeamVote
Brett McMurphyKentucky#21NRVoter Only
Brett McMurphyMississippi StateNR#17Omitted by Voter
Brett McMurphyUSCNR#19Omitted by Voter
Brett McMurphyWake Forest#20NRVoter Only

Conference Comparisons

2026 Week 5 · This ballot only. Positive placement means higher than the AP rank; additions and omissions stay separate.

Conference / GroupShared Teams
SEC+0.381 / 18
Big Ten-1.400 / 15
Big 12+0.800 / 05
ACC+2.671 / 03
Pac-120.000 / 01
American—0 / 00
Mountain West—0 / 00
Sun Belt—0 / 00
MAC—0 / 00
Conference USA—0 / 00
FBS Independents-3.000 / 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.