diff --git a/app/models/signup_round.rb b/app/models/signup_round.rb
index 0e9ff52982a..6c00d3968be 100644
--- a/app/models/signup_round.rb
+++ b/app/models/signup_round.rb
@@ -41,7 +41,12 @@ class SignupRound < ApplicationRecord
   scope :reverse_chronological, -> { order("start DESC NULLS LAST") }
 
   def self.execute_currently_due_rounds!
-    currently_due.chronological.includes(:convention).find_each(&:execute!)
+    # can't use find_each with ordered scopes so we'll roll our own
+    round_ids = currently_due.chronological.pluck(:id)
+    round_ids.in_groups_of(100) do |batch|
+      rounds = SignupRound.where(id: batch).includes(:convention)
+      rounds.sort_by { |round| batch.index(round.id) }.each(&:execute!)
+    end
   end
 
   def execute!
diff --git a/db/migrate/20251109200750_enforce_ranked_choice_order_for_ranked_choice_signup_rounds.rb b/db/migrate/20251109200750_enforce_ranked_choice_order_for_ranked_choice_signup_rounds.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9cebe966064
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/migrate/20251109200750_enforce_ranked_choice_order_for_ranked_choice_signup_rounds.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+class EnforceRankedChoiceOrderForRankedChoiceSignupRounds < ActiveRecord::Migration[8.0]
+  def change
+    reversible { |dir| dir.up { execute <<~SQL } }
+          UPDATE signup_rounds
+          SET ranked_choice_order = 'asc'
+          WHERE automation_action = 'execute_ranked_choice' AND ranked_choice_order IS NULL
+        SQL
+
+    add_check_constraint :signup_rounds,
+                         "automation_action != 'execute_ranked_choice' OR ranked_choice_order IS NOT NULL",
+                         name: "require_order_for_ranked_choice_rounds"
+  end
+end
diff --git a/db/structure.sql b/db/structure.sql
index 93a8c2f0236..e94bd92efcf 100644
--- a/db/structure.sql
+++ b/db/structure.sql
@@ -2665,7 +2665,8 @@ CREATE TABLE public.signup_rounds (
     ranked_choice_order text,
     executed_at timestamp without time zone,
     automation_action text,
-    CONSTRAINT chk_rails_4c92d587c4 CHECK (((maximum_event_signups = ANY (ARRAY['not_yet'::text, 'not_now'::text, 'unlimited'::text])) OR ((maximum_event_signups)::integer >= 1)))
+    CONSTRAINT chk_rails_4c92d587c4 CHECK (((maximum_event_signups = ANY (ARRAY['not_yet'::text, 'not_now'::text, 'unlimited'::text])) OR ((maximum_event_signups)::integer >= 1))),
+    CONSTRAINT require_order_for_ranked_choice_rounds CHECK (((automation_action <> 'execute_ranked_choice'::text) OR (ranked_choice_order IS NOT NULL)))
 );
 
 
@@ -6134,6 +6135,7 @@ ALTER TABLE ONLY public.cms_files_pages
 SET search_path TO "$user", public;
 
 INSERT INTO "schema_migrations" (version) VALUES
+('20251109200750'),
 ('20251001173716'),
 ('20250906190727'),
 ('20250324175507'),
diff --git a/test/models/signup_round_test.rb b/test/models/signup_round_test.rb
index 00ffd7e4a8e..6a7f7f7fea3 100644
--- a/test/models/signup_round_test.rb
+++ b/test/models/signup_round_test.rb
@@ -42,7 +42,13 @@ class SignupRoundTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
       mock_service = Minitest::Mock.new
       mock_service.expect :call!, nil
       convention = FactoryBot.create(:convention, signup_automation_mode: "ranked_choice")
-      signup_round = FactoryBot.create(:signup_round, convention:, automation_action: "execute_ranked_choice")
+      signup_round =
+        FactoryBot.create(
+          :signup_round,
+          convention:,
+          automation_action: "execute_ranked_choice",
+          ranked_choice_order: "asc"
+        )
 
       ExecuteRankedChoiceSignupRoundService.stub :new, mock_service do
         signup_round.execute!