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noodlethebear Ballot for 2016 Week 5

Ballot Type: Human

Submitted: Sept. 25, 2016, 5:31 p.m.

Overall Rationale: For the most part, I try to not shift things around too much from week to week. With the season still young, I use a lot of transitive property to determine strength of teams. That being said, once you get beyond 2 degrees of separation I don't really apply it anymore and go based off where I see them at the end of the year. 4-10 and 20-25 are all up in the air but should sort themselves out soon enough.

Rank Team Reason
1 Alabama Crimson Tide
2 Ohio State Buckeyes
3 Louisville Cardinals
4 Houston Cougars
5 Wisconsin Badgers They're here after a big win over Michigan State. It's a bigger win and better looking performance than Michigan and Clemson have had so far. In all honesty though between 4 and 10 , it's all pretty close in my mind. We'll get some more clarity about how they line up this weekend with UW-UM and Stanford-UW.
6 Clemson Tigers Haven't lived up to expectations but defense looked solid on Thursday. Going to figure out how good they truly are when they match-up against Louisville this weekend. Anything more than a 2 point win, and I'll move them above Houston and Wisconsin. 
7 Michigan Wolverines Actually looking good for the most part, just haven't had an opportunity to really prove themselves yet. Finally have a chance this weekend to see how far they've come in Harbaugh year 2.
8 Stanford Cardinal
9 Texas A&M Aggies
10 Washington Huskies
11 Baylor Bears
12 Tennessee Volunteers
13 Nebraska Cornhuskers
14 Florida State Seminoles
15 Ole Miss Rebels
16 Miami Hurricanes
17 San Diego State Aztecs
18 Utah Utes
19 Michigan State Spartans Big drop because they looked dreadful against Wisconsin. Could be that Bucky is for real this year. Like Texas, Notre Dame win looking less impressive. 
20 TCU Horned Frogs
21 Florida Gators
22 Boise State Broncos
23 Colorado Buffaloes Looked solid against Michigan despite losing, and Autzen is by no means an easy place to win. 
24 West Virginia Mountaineers They've got a good shot to win the Big 12 this year and haven't dropped a game yet.
25 Arizona State Sun Devils Win over a Cal team that beat Texas earns them the spot above the Longhorns.

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