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Question: Which Ties is the highest one that has Losses smaller than 9, and Starts of 26, and Wins smaller than 21?
Columns: ['Name', 'Period', 'Starts', 'Wins', 'Losses', 'Ties', 'Win %']
Types: ['text', 'text', 'real', 'real', 'real', 'real', 'real']
Sample row: ['Ron Powlus', '1994–1997', 46.0, 29.0, 16.0, 1.0, 0.641]
SQL:

assistant: SELECT MAX("Ties") FROM "Table" WHERE "Losses" < 9.0 AND "Starts" = 26.0 AND "Wins" < 21.0;