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kdbvols Ballot for 2016 Preseason

Ballot Type: Human

Submitted: Aug. 26, 2016, 5:26 a.m.

Overall Rationale: Predictive season rankings, not a power ranking.

Rank Team Reason
1 Clemson Tigers Waston.  Dabo.  They're in the ACC.  
2 Alabama Crimson Tide I'm not sold.  Yes, they do reload, but they aren't perfect.  
3 Oklahoma Sooners
4 LSU Tigers LF7
5 Florida State Seminoles
6 Stanford Cardinal
7 Michigan Wolverines
8 Michigan State Spartans
9 Ohio State Buckeyes On the lower end for them, but I feel like they graduated a lot of talent again this year after a mediocre showing last year.  
10 Houston Cougars
11 Tennessee Volunteers Probably a bit of homerism, but they're also pretty low by a lot of standards.  I think Butch finally gets them there, beats Florida, loses to either the iPhones or Bama, but ultimately makes it to Atlanta with one loss, and regardless of outcome, is in a NY6/playoff.  
12 Washington Huskies
13 Georgia Bulldogs
14 TCU Horned Frogs
15 Northwestern Wildcats Pretty easy slate, they graduated a lot of players, but I'm looking for Pat Fitzgerald to keep them coming.
16 Wisconsin Badgers
17 Ole Miss Rebels I'm not too high on $wag Kelley, but they look to have Saban's number.  If they can beat the mediocre teams on their schedule too, I expect a good season.  
18 Notre Dame Fighting Irish I had them higher, but then 6 players got arrested.  That's distracting and not exactly good for the depth chart.
19 Oregon Ducks
20 North Carolina Tar Heels
21 Arizona Wildcats
22 Louisville Cardinals
23 Miami Hurricanes Richt takes the talent they have, along with their easyish Coastal schedule to win 9 games.  
24 Cincinnati Bearcats
25 Vanderbilt Commodores I expect them to be the 3rd best team in the East.  Their D is very solid, and they probably have the 3rd best QB and 4th best RB in a very deep SEC.  If their line is even halfway decent, I expect 8 wins on a very difficult schedule.  

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