Ballot Type: Human
Submitted: Oct. 9, 2016, 12:30 p.m.
Overall Rationale: There are an obvious top 6 I think and then the rest is mostly a crapshoot to rank them accurately. I tried to keep head-to-head outcomes in mind for teams with similar records. Tenn>VT FSU>Ole Miss for example
Rank | Team | Reason |
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1 | Alabama Crimson Tide | Top 6 can be placed in any order IMO |
2 | Clemson Tigers | Top 6 can be placed in any order IMO |
3 | Michigan Wolverines | Top 6 can be placed in any order IMO |
4 | Ohio State Buckeyes | Top 6 can be placed in any order IMO |
5 | Washington Huskies | Top 6 can be placed in any order IMO |
6 | Texas A&M Aggies | Top 6 can be placed in any order IMO |
7 | Louisville Cardinals | Unfortunately with the loss to Clemson a NY6 bowl is about as bright as the future looks for the Cards without major help. Still probably the best one loss team |
8 | Wisconsin Badgers | Wisconsin's defense is just that good, Kirk. |
9 | Boise State Broncos | Top 10 G5 team favorite. Also finally a solid game by the Broncos. |
10 | Nebraska Cornhuskers | Still a few weeks until Wisconsin and OSU in back to back weeks. Here because they are undefeated still and there aren't many of those left. |
11 | Tennessee Volunteers | What a fucking game. Nearly had another miraculous comeback. |
12 | Houston Cougars | Dropped four spots despite the closeness of the loss. But they knew what they had to do every game to have a shot and they didn't execute. |
13 | Western Michigan Broncos | Still likely too high on them, but I'm going to keep rowing the boat as long as they do. |
14 | Baylor Bears | Wouldn't it be hilarious if they lost to Kansas?  |
15 | West Virginia Mountaineers | Wouldn't it be hilarious if they lost to Texas Tech. In lubbock. While being ranked and undefeated. Again. |
16 | Virginia Tech Hokies | Consider me finally more than optimistic. I know game conditions weren't ideal, but VT utterly dominated UNC. |
17 | Florida State Seminoles | I think they were the only pick I got right from the prediction thread. FSU is still dangerous and shouldn't be written off just yet. They'd love to spoil Clemson's undefeated season. |
18 | Ole Miss Rebels | No change again on a bye week for the Rebels. |
19 | Utah Utes | Good come from behind win after a close loss last week.  |
20 | Oklahoma Sooners | Sooners offense is much better when playing a basic defense. Sooners defense sucks. |
21 | Arizona State Sun Devils | Upset UCLA I think. One loss and really for the Pac-12 that's a rarity this year. |
22 | USF Bulls | Slight edge of Navy for this spot for having a stronger resume overall I think, despite Navy having the better big win. |
23 | Arkansas Razorbacks | Couldn't drop them too far. When considering the record as a whole not many teams deserve these last few spots more.  |
24 | Miami Hurricanes | Like maybe NCSU or Memphis. Toledo would be here if not for their loss. |
25 | Auburn Tigers | I'd love to show a tiny bit of Pac-12 bias here but that's hard to do WHEN THE PAC-12 CAN'T GET OUT OF ITS OWN WAY. Anyways, here's some recognition to Auburn for having two losses to top 6 teams, both at home, but not any win that I think is really that great. LSU is decent though. |
Teams Ranked:
Rank | Team | Unusualness |
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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 | Wisconsin Badgers | 0.00 |
9 | Boise State Broncos | 0.66 |
10 | Nebraska Cornhuskers | 0.00 |
11 | Tennessee Volunteers | 0.00 |
12 | Houston Cougars | 0.00 |
13 | Western Michigan Broncos | 0.50 |
14 | Baylor Bears | 0.00 |
15 | West Virginia Mountaineers | 0.00 |
16 | Virginia Tech Hokies | 0.00 |
17 | Florida State Seminoles | 0.00 |
18 | Ole Miss Rebels | 0.00 |
19 | Utah Utes | 0.00 |
20 | Oklahoma Sooners | 0.00 |
21 | Arizona State Sun Devils | 0.48 |
22 | USF Bulls | 2.34 |
23 | Arkansas Razorbacks | 0.00 |
24 | Miami Hurricanes | -1.10 |
25 | Auburn Tigers | 0.00 |