Pat WelterWRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)
E-mail: Pwelter@WRAL.com
Twitter: @PatrickWelter



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Nov 8, 2026Week 10 Rankings for Pat Welter
1Utah (12)
9-0Actual: 2
Highest: 1 - 12 Voters
Lowest: 5 - Kirk Kenney
1675
Points
2Georgia (53)
8-1Actual: 1
Highest: 1 - 53 Voters
Lowest: 3 - 4 Voters
1729
Points
3Notre Dame (5)
8-1Actual: 3
Highest: 1 - 5 Voters
Lowest: 7 - Murray Evans
1597
Points
4UCLA
9-0Actual: 4
Highest: 2 - 4 Voters
Lowest: 8 - 2 Voters
1542
Points
5Miami (FL)
8-1Actual: 5
Highest: 4 - 8 Voters
Lowest: 9 - Mike Griffith
1430
Points
6Texas
7-2Actual: 8
Highest: 6 - 5 Voters
Lowest: 13 - Murray Evans
1253
Points
7Indiana
8-1Actual: 6
Highest: 3 - Kirk Kenney
Lowest: 12 - Chris Carter
1376
Points
8Wake Forest
8-1Actual: 11
Highest: 6 - 3 Voters
Lowest: 16 - Brett McMurphy
1067
Points
9Tennessee
7-2Actual: 9
Highest: 5 - Sarah Hughes
Lowest: 12 - 4 Voters
1177
Points
10Alabama
7-2Actual: 7
Highest: 4 - 4 Voters
Lowest: 12 - Spencer Ripchik
1334
Points
11Kentucky
7-2Actual: 13
Highest: 9 - Javon Edmonds
Lowest: 20 - Stephen Means
897
Points
12BYU
7-2Actual: 12
Highest: 6 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 15 - 3 Voters
1041
Points
13Texas Tech
8-1Actual: 10
Highest: 6 - Spencer Ripchik
Lowest: 16 - Rece Davis
1082
Points
14Houston
7-2Actual: 14
Highest: 12 - 3 Voters
Lowest: 21 - 2 Voters
803
Points
15USC
7-2Actual: 15
Highest: 9 - Bob Asmussen
Lowest: 22 - Eric Hansen
679
Points
16Ole Miss
6-3Actual: 19
Highest: 13 - Rece Davis
Lowest: NR - David Jablonski
415
Points

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17LSU
6-3Actual: 24
Highest: 15 - Creg Stephenson
Lowest: NR - 12 Voters
277
Points
18Oregon
6-3Actual: 18
Highest: 13 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - Dave Preston
517
Points
19Ohio State
6-3Actual: 21
Highest: 12 - Eric Hansen
Lowest: NR - 2 Voters
349
Points
20Boise State
8-1Actual: 17
Highest: 12 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 24 - 4 Voters
563
Points

EXTREME PICK

This pick is 5+ spots from the actual ranking.
21Iowa
7-2Actual: 16
Highest: 11 - Mike Griffith
Lowest: 23 - Eric Johnson
659
Points
22Missouri
6-3Actual: 26
Highest: 20 - Brian Howell
Lowest: NR - 50 Voters
50
Points
23South Carolina
6-3Actual: 20
Highest: 11 - Kirk Kenney
Lowest: NR - 2 Voters
399
Points
24Duke
7-2Actual: 27
Highest: 18 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - 50 Voters
49
Points
25New Mexico
8-1Actual: 23
Highest: 15 - Stephen Means
Lowest: NR - 4 Voters
301
Points
Ranked Teams Not on Ballot: 22-Arizona25-SMU