Ballot Type: Human

Submitted: Sept. 26, 2016, 2:26 p.m.

Overall Rationale: This is resume based polling.  So a team like Ohio State, which is likely a top team but doesn't yet have the resume to prove it is ranked lower than a team like Washington, which in my opinion has a slightly stronger resume.  One big cause of changes this week (for example, San Diego State falling all the way out) is a radical reevaluation of how good Notre Dame is this year, which affects various related teams like Texas and MSU, as well as teams that beat them.  I've put a few individual notes in the reason section for some teams, but they shouldn't be interpreted as comprehensive.

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Rank	Team	Reason
1	Louisville Cardinals	Louisville jumps bama this week.  The main difference maker is USC's loss to Utah.  While the USC win is helpful to bama, they are only 1-3 so it's hard to view them as a great win anymore.
2	Alabama Crimson Tide
3	Texas A&M Aggies
4	Stanford Cardinal
5	Wisconsin Badgers
6	Tennessee Volunteers	They haven't been pretty, but they've got the deepest resume in the country.  Neither Ohio nor App State is a pushover.
7	Michigan Wolverines	Michigan jumps up 17 spots this week.  The dominant PSU win helps a lot, but possibly a bigger factor is Colorado's upset of Oregon.
8	Baylor Bears
9	Nebraska Cornhuskers	Nebraska falls this week despite winning on surprising losses for both Oregon and Wyoming.
10	Clemson Tigers
11	Washington Huskies
12	Houston Cougars
13	Ohio State Buckeyes
14	Minnesota Golden Gophers
15	Florida State Seminoles
16	Arkansas Razorbacks
17	Utah Utes
18	West Virginia Mountaineers
19	Colorado Buffaloes
20	Arizona State Sun Devils
21	Wake Forest Demon Deacons
22	Boise State Broncos
23	Oklahoma State Cowboys	For the purposes of my poll, I am viewing their game against CMU as a win due to Oklahoma State having the higher score when the game legally ended.
24	Western Michigan Broncos	Don't sleep on Georgia Southern.  Huge win for the Broncos.
25	Ole Miss Rebels

Teams Ranked:

Rank	Team	Unusualness
1	Louisville Cardinals	0.27
2	Alabama Crimson Tide	0.00
3	Texas A&M Aggies	1.45
4	Stanford Cardinal	0.42
5	Wisconsin Badgers	0.49
6	Tennessee Volunteers	0.73
7	Michigan Wolverines	-0.09
8	Baylor Bears	1.16
9	Nebraska Cornhuskers	1.03
10	Clemson Tigers	-0.63
11	Washington Huskies	0.00
12	Houston Cougars	-1.83
13	Ohio State Buckeyes	-3.08
14	Minnesota Golden Gophers	10.65
15	Florida State Seminoles	0.00
16	Arkansas Razorbacks	0.78
17	Utah Utes	0.00
18	West Virginia Mountaineers	0.33
19	Colorado Buffaloes	1.41
20	Arizona State Sun Devils	0.00
21	Wake Forest Demon Deacons	0.56
22	Boise State Broncos	0.00
23	Oklahoma State Cowboys	2.17
24	Western Michigan Broncos	0.00
25	Ole Miss Rebels	-0.46

Omissions:

Team	Unusualness
Miami Hurricanes	2.18
Michigan State Spartans	0.87
San Diego State Aztecs	0.80
TCU Horned Frogs	0.37
Florida Gators	0.27

Total Score: 32.05