The Football Corner

The Football Corner

The Corner Poll: Ole Miss Rises to the Top and Buffalo Take Command

Ranking football teams is supposed to be fun!

Seth Dowdle
Sep 23, 2026
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Thursday Night Football: Josh Allen, Bills running over Lions, up 27-10 at  halftime - NBC Sports

Welcome back to the Corner Poll, where the rankings are made up and the criteria remain intentionally vague.

If you’re new here, the idea is pretty simple. The Corner Poll ranks teams based on how I feel about them right now. Emphasis on the right now. Results obviously influence that, but this isn’t supposed to determine who would win on a neutral field. Expectations can change how I view a team just as easily as what happened on Saturday or Sunday, and sometimes the general feeling surrounding a team is enough to move it around.

There is no formula here. That’s very intentional.

Let’s rank some football teams.

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