Bob BallouCBS Austin (Austin, TX)
E-mail: bballou@cbsaustin.com
Twitter: @BobBallouSports



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Oct 11, 2026Week 6 Rankings for Bob Ballou
1Indiana (1)
5-0Actual: 5
Highest: 1 - Bob Ballou
Lowest: 8 - 3 Voters
1461
Points
2Miami (FL) (2)
5-0Actual: 3
Highest: 1 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 7 - Stephen Means
1594
Points
3Georgia (66)
6-0Actual: 1
Highest: 1 - 66 Voters
Lowest: 3 - Bob Ballou
1745
Points
4Ohio State
5-1Actual: 4
Highest: 2 - 6 Voters
Lowest: 10 - 2 Voters
1508
Points
5Notre Dame (1)
5-0Actual: 2
Highest: 1 - Brian Howell
Lowest: 5 - 7 Voters
1630
Points
6Alabama
5-1Actual: 6
Highest: 2 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 11 - 2 Voters
1372
Points
7Texas
4-0Actual: 7
Highest: 3 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 15 - Koki Riley
1371
Points
8BYU
5-0Actual: 8
Highest: 6 - 8 Voters
Lowest: 13 - Mike Griffith
1237
Points
9Utah
5-0Actual: 11
Highest: 7 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 14 - 3 Voters
1073
Points
10Ole Miss
3-1Actual: 9
Highest: 7 - 5 Voters
Lowest: 17 - Ralph Russo
1135
Points
11Kentucky
4-1Actual: 15
Highest: 9 - Brian Howell
Lowest: NR - 1 Voters
655
Points
12Texas Tech
5-0Actual: 10
Highest: 5 - 3 Voters
Lowest: 15 - 2 Voters
1132
Points
13Tennessee
4-1Actual: 14
Highest: 10 - Kirk Kenney
Lowest: NR - 2 Voters
706
Points
14Missouri
4-1Actual: 13
Highest: 9 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 20 - Jon Wilner
882
Points

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15LSU
4-1Actual: 22
Highest: 14 - Nick Jacobs
Lowest: NR - 13 Voters
274
Points
16Mississippi State
4-1Actual: 16
Highest: 10 - Koki Riley
Lowest: NR - 2 Voters
650
Points
17Oklahoma State
3-1Actual: 18
Highest: 11 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - Mike Griffith
604
Points

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18UCLA
4-0Actual: 12
Highest: 6 - Stephen Means
Lowest: 21 - Pete Yanity
951
Points
19USC
5-1Actual: 19
Highest: 12 - Henry Greenstein
Lowest: NR - 5 Voters
505
Points
20Wake Forest
5-1Actual: 21
Highest: 12 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - 1 Voters
326
Points

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21Oklahoma
3-2Actual: 30
Highest: 20 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - 53 Voters
44
Points

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22Nebraska
5-1Actual: 29
Highest: 17 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - 54 Voters
65
Points

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23Iowa
5-1Actual: 17
Highest: 12 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 24 - 2 Voters
621
Points
24Houston
4-1Actual: 20
Highest: 14 - Pete Yanity
Lowest: NR - 3 Voters
380
Points
25Northwestern
3-1Actual: 25
Highest: 18 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - 39 Voters
112
Points
Ranked Teams Not on Ballot: 23-Boise State24-SMU