Ballot Type: Human
Submitted: Oct. 10, 2016, 8:43 p.m.
| Rank | Team | Reason | 
|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Alabama Crimson Tide | Still scary. | 
| 2 |  Clemson Tigers | Super talented and has the best win of the year so far. | 
| 3 |  Michigan Wolverines | Could swap with OSU if you wanted. | 
| 4 |  Ohio State Buckeyes | Could swap with UM if you want. | 
| 5 |  Washington Huskies | Wooooo! Almost put as at 6 after A&M's win but feel just a touch more confident in UW's ability to stay around the top than A&M. | 
| 6 |  Texas A&M Aggies | Win and...stay put? No qualms with putting them a spot or two higher - just don't have quite the confidence in them as I do with UW. | 
| 7 |  Louisville Cardinals | IMO the best of the one-loss teams. FSU's resurgence is helping them out too. | 
| 8 |  Tennessee Volunteers | UT still has a better resume than any of the teams below them. VT impressing helps them out. | 
| 9 |  Wisconsin Badgers | I think we find out a lot about other-UW this week against OSU. | 
| 10 |  Boise State Broncos | Big clump of undefeated teams, and BSU leads the pack. They've got the best win of any of the bunch over Wazzu and haven't struggled with any other teams. | 
| 11 |  Baylor Bears | I have the most confidence in Baylor out of the rest of the lot - their second half schedule really starts to ramp up soon though. | 
| 12 |  Houston Cougars | Oklahoma crawling forward helps them out, and they've beat the pants off of everyone else they've played besides Navy | 
| 13 |  Virginia Tech Hokies | Also has beat the pants off of everyone besides Tennessee. | 
| 14 |  Nebraska Cornhuskers | Shame that Oregon win doesn't look very good anymore... | 
| 15 |  West Virginia Mountaineers | 4-0 but barely 4-0. I think their BYU win will look pretty good by the end of the year. | 
| 16 |  Western Michigan Broncos | Might as well lump these guys with the rest of the undefeated group. They've beat two crappy Big Ten teams as well as CMU, I don't think this is too high for them. | 
| 17 |  Florida State Seminoles | It's absolutely silly that Ole Miss is ranked above FSU in the AP poll, since FSU has better wins and actually beat Ole Miss. | 
| 18 |  Ole Miss Rebels | That said, Ole Miss is still a very scary 2 loss team. | 
| 19 |  Utah Utes | I guess they're the second best team in the PAC now? Wins over BYU and USC are nice. | 
| 20 |  Miami Hurricanes | It was fun being in the top 10 with you while it lasted, 90s bros. | 
| 21 |  USF Bulls | USF deserves to be ranked - only loss is to FSU and have lots of wins over mediocre teams by quite a few points. Navy/Memphis back-to-back will really test the Bulls. | 
| 22 |  Arizona State Sun Devils | I don't know how impressed I'm supposed to be with close wins over Cal, Texas Tech, and USC. | 
| 23 |  Auburn Tigers | Auburn is looking a lot spookier as the year goes on. | 
| 24 |  Oklahoma Sooners | Can't fault them too much for losses to OSU and Houston. | 
| 25 |  Florida Gators | Better hope that not playing that game doesn't affect the SEC standings, because there will be a major shitshow if it does. | 
Teams Ranked:
| Rank | Team | Unusualness | 
|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Alabama Crimson Tide | 0.00 | 
| 2 |  Clemson Tigers | 0.10 | 
| 3 |  Michigan Wolverines | 0.00 | 
| 4 |  Ohio State Buckeyes | 0.00 | 
| 5 |  Washington Huskies | 0.00 | 
| 6 |  Texas A&M Aggies | 0.00 | 
| 7 |  Louisville Cardinals | 0.00 | 
| 8 |  Tennessee Volunteers | 0.16 | 
| 9 |  Wisconsin Badgers | 0.00 | 
| 10 |  Boise State Broncos | 0.41 | 
| 11 |  Baylor Bears | 0.00 | 
| 12 |  Houston Cougars | 0.00 | 
| 13 |  Virginia Tech Hokies | 0.21 | 
| 14 |  Nebraska Cornhuskers | -0.52 | 
| 15 |  West Virginia Mountaineers | 0.00 | 
| 16 |  Western Michigan Broncos | 0.00 | 
| 17 |  Florida State Seminoles | 0.00 | 
| 18 |  Ole Miss Rebels | 0.00 | 
| 19 |  Utah Utes | 0.00 | 
| 20 |  Miami Hurricanes | 0.00 | 
| 21 |  USF Bulls | 3.28 | 
| 22 |  Arizona State Sun Devils | 0.09 | 
| 23 |  Auburn Tigers | 0.00 | 
| 24 |  Oklahoma Sooners | 0.00 | 
| 25 |  Florida Gators | -0.59 |