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SmokingCricket Ballot for 2016 Week 6

Ballot Type: Hybrid

Submitted: Oct. 3, 2016, 9:56 a.m.

Overall Rationale: I use a modified version of a composite of various major computer and human polls (the Massey Composite), with preferential weights given to undefeated teams (with Alabama remaining #1 until they lose as past champion), head-to-head victors (if appropriate), and a "hot streak" factor (play well? get promoted slightly). Special note goes to NDSU, who will remain at #25 until they lose, and even then I may keep ranking them there as a nod to their status in FCS.

Rank Team Reason
1 Alabama Crimson Tide Would finish #2 without past champion promotion.
2 Michigan Wolverines
3 Clemson Tigers
4 Ohio State Buckeyes
5 Texas A&M Aggies
6 Washington Huskies
7 Houston Cougars
8 Tennessee Volunteers
9 Miami Hurricanes
10 Western Michigan Broncos
11 Nebraska Cornhuskers
12 Boise State Broncos
13 West Virginia Mountaineers
14 Baylor Bears Undefeated teams below this line would be otherwise unranked.
15 Air Force Falcons
16 Maryland Terrapins
17 Louisville Cardinals
18 Wisconsin Badgers
19 Stanford Cardinal
20 North Carolina Tar Heels Actually finished lower than both Ole Miss and Florida State, however they were close enough where I applied head-to-head for all three teams.
21 Florida State Seminoles
22 Ole Miss Rebels Finished higher than Florida State, but head-to-head loss plus 'Noles loss to UNC drops them two spots.
23 Florida Gators
24 Virginia Tech Hokies
25 North Dakota State Bison Arkansas, Auburn, and Oklahoma narrowly missed the cut.

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