Ballot Type: Hybrid

Submitted: Sept. 6, 2016, 10:48 p.m.

• Ballot
• Analysis

Rank	Team	Reason
1	Alabama Crimson Tide	Bama does what they always do, except this time USC players occasionally caught them from behind, which doesn't happen often. Indisputable No. 1 with quite a gap between them and everyone else.
2	Florida State Seminoles
3	Houston Cougars	Beat No. 3 OU 33-23.
4	Wisconsin Badgers	Beat No. 7 LSU team at "home" 16-14.
5	Georgia Bulldogs	Beat No. 18 UNC 33-24 in a back and forth game at "home" (UGA Dome). 
6	Texas A&M Aggies	Close win over No. 27 UCLA team at home 31-24.
7	Texas Longhorns
8	Clemson Tigers	Close win over No. 31 Auburn team on the road.
9	Michigan Wolverines	Beat No. 123 Hawaii 63-3 at home. 
10	Ohio State Buckeyes	Beat No. 55 BGSU 77-10 at home.
11	Stanford Cardinal	Beat Kansas State (No. 59) at home 26-13.
12	Louisville Cardinals	Handled business against No. 128 (out of 128) Charlotte.
13	Washington Huskies	Beat No. 92 Rutgers 48-13.
14	Tennessee Volunteers	http://i.imgur.com/nBkwmik.gifv
15	Iowa Hawkeyes	Beat No. 116 Miami (OH) 45-21.
16	Oklahoma State Cowboys	Beat a terrible FCS SE Louisiana (No. 293 Massey) 61-7.
17	Baylor Bears	Beat an abysmal lower division NW Louisiana (No. 278 Massey) 55-7.
18	Utah Utes	Beat FCS Southern Utah 24-0 
19	Michigan State Spartans	Struggled more than the scoreboard indicated with FCS Furman (No. 207 Massey) 28-13. 
20	Oregon Ducks	Beat a terrible UC Davis team (No. 256 Massey) 53-28.
21	TCU Horned Frogs	Beat good FCS team South Dakota State (No. 98 overall per Massey) 59-41, although the game was tighter than the final score indicated. 
22	Oklahoma Sooners	Lost to Houston 23-33.
23	Ole Miss Rebels
24	North Carolina Tar Heels	Lost to UGA in the Georgia Dome 24-33. Had loads of breaks go against them and still almost won. 
25	LSU Tigers	Lost to Wisconsin 14-16.

Teams Ranked:

Rank	Team	Unusualness
1	Alabama Crimson Tide	0.00
2	Florida State Seminoles	0.00
3	Houston Cougars	0.10
4	Wisconsin Badgers	0.79
5	Georgia Bulldogs	0.61
6	Texas A&M Aggies	1.34
7	Texas Longhorns	0.51
8	Clemson Tigers	-0.42
9	Michigan Wolverines	-0.17
10	Ohio State Buckeyes	-0.86
11	Stanford Cardinal	-0.37
12	Louisville Cardinals	0.00
13	Washington Huskies	0.00
14	Tennessee Volunteers	0.24
15	Iowa Hawkeyes	0.00
16	Oklahoma State Cowboys	0.00
17	Baylor Bears	0.26
18	Utah Utes	3.11
19	Michigan State Spartans	-0.23
20	Oregon Ducks	0.00
21	TCU Horned Frogs	0.00
22	Oklahoma Sooners	-0.16
23	Ole Miss Rebels	0.00
24	North Carolina Tar Heels	0.26
25	LSU Tigers	-0.20

Omissions:

Team	Unusualness
Notre Dame Fighting Irish	0.71

Total Score: 10.35