Jon WilnerSan Jose Mercury News (San Jose, CA)
E-mail: jwilner@mercurynews.com
Twitter: @wilnerhotline



Ballot Score

26

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Sep 20, 2026Week 3 Rankings for Jon Wilner
1Texas (58)
3-0Actual: 1
Highest: 1 - 58 Voters
Lowest: 4 - 2 Voters
1706
Points
2Ole Miss (3)
2-0Actual: 4
Highest: 1 - 3 Voters
Lowest: 7 - 7 Voters
1488
Points
3Ohio State
2-1Actual: 7
Highest: 2 - 3 Voters
Lowest: 8 - 3 Voters
1415
Points
4Georgia (3)
3-0Actual: 2
Highest: 1 - 3 Voters
Lowest: 7 - 5 Voters
1580
Points
5Notre Dame
2-0Actual: 3
Highest: 2 - 12 Voters
Lowest: 8 - Javon Edmonds
1517
Points
6Miami (FL) (1)
3-0Actual: 6
Highest: 1 - Creg Stephenson
Lowest: 8 - Trevor Hass
1445
Points
7Indiana (4)
2-0Actual: 5
Highest: 1 - 4 Voters
Lowest: 8 - Dylan Sinn
1467
Points
8Alabama
3-0Actual: 8
Highest: 6 - David Jablonski
Lowest: 19 - Stephen Means
1182
Points
9LSU
2-0Actual: 10
Highest: 6 - Javon Edmonds
Lowest: 18 - 2 Voters
1078
Points
10BYU
3-0Actual: 9
Highest: 7 - Dylan Sinn
Lowest: NR - Jerry Humphrey
1090
Points

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11Louisville
2-1Actual: 16
Highest: 10 - Ralph Russo
Lowest: 24 - Louie Vaccher
692
Points
12Utah
2-0Actual: 15
Highest: 10 - Nicole Auerbach
Lowest: 22 - 2 Voters
752
Points
13USC
4-0Actual: 12
Highest: 9 - Bob Ballou
Lowest: 21 - Murray Evans
907
Points
14Texas Tech
3-0Actual: 11
Highest: 7 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 16 - 3 Voters
1067
Points

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15Houston
2-1Actual: 25
Highest: 15 - Jon Wilner
Lowest: NR - 39 Voters
127
Points
16Penn State
3-0Actual: 13
Highest: 9 - David Paschall
Lowest: 20 - Adam Lichtenstein
850
Points

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17Oklahoma State
1-1Actual: 30
Highest: 17 - Jon Wilner
Lowest: NR - 57 Voters
50
Points
18Oregon
2-1Actual: 20
Highest: 11 - Bob Asmussen
Lowest: NR - 13 Voters
364
Points

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19Boise State
1-1Actual: 31
Highest: 17 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - 55 Voters
48
Points
20Michigan
2-0Actual: 18
Highest: 13 - 4 Voters
Lowest: NR - 6 Voters
432
Points

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21West Virginia
3-0Actual: 28
Highest: 18 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - 40 Voters
93
Points

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22Arizona
1-1Actual: 36
Highest: 18 - Koki Riley
Lowest: NR - 66 Voters
12
Points

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23Tennessee
3-0Actual: 14
Highest: 10 - 5 Voters
Lowest: NR - Dylan Sinn
826
Points

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24Western Michigan
1-1Actual: 33
Highest: 19 - Murray Evans
Lowest: NR - 60 Voters
27
Points
25SMU
2-0Actual: 22
Highest: 16 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - 22 Voters
212
Points
Ranked Teams Not on Ballot: 17-Iowa19-Missouri21-Florida23-Texas A&M24-Mississippi State