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eclectic_tastes Ballot for 2016 Week 8

Ballot Type: Human

Submitted: Oct. 16, 2016, 12:49 p.m.

Rank Team Reason
1 Alabama Crimson Tide Undeniable at this point
2 Michigan Wolverines Right back to a place I keep putting them this year.  Very impressive year so far.
3 Ohio State Buckeyes 3-5 is hard.  Ohio State gets the nod over Clemson for not having as many struggles and the nod over Washington for having a signature win.
4 Clemson Tigers Gets the nod over Washington because they beat Louisville.
5 Washington Huskies Best in the PAC 12.  Only games to potentially keep them from undefeated are USC and the Apple Cup.
6 Texas A&M Aggies Their wins against Auburn and Arkansas continue to look more impressive.  Part of the 7-8 elite teams this year.
7 Louisville Cardinals I really want to rank them higher.  Would be a scary team in the playoff.
8 Wisconsin Badgers They've proven me wrong all year.  I don't see them losing another game, and I expect them to play Ohio State or Michigan in Indy.
9 Baylor Bears I hate that they are having success, but they are.  And that win, even though it was Kansas, was impressive.  I doubt they finish the regular season undefeated, but they are finally starting to look the part of a team who does.
10 Nebraska Cornhuskers Nebraska used to be a team I kept having to rank higher than I wanted to, but they are slowly earning my respect.  I still don't expect them to have much of a chance against Wisconsin or Ohio State.
11 Arkansas Razorbacks Good team with losses only to the top teams in the conference.  There are problems with the team, but I could see them playing in the NY6.
12 Western Michigan Broncos Underrated all year.
13 Florida State Seminoles Inconsistent, but elevated due to their good win against Ole Miss.
14 Boise State Broncos Still kind of in wait-and-see mode until they play BYU.
15 Ole Miss Rebels Best 3-loss team in the country, but at some point, they need to stop hanging their hat on "best x-loss team in the country"
16 Tennessee Volunteers I foresee a fall from grace, but at the moment they only have 2 losses to top ten teams.
17 Houston Cougars Really starting to struggle lately.
18 Oklahoma Sooners Probably future Big XII champs, but its looking like a three-team race at this point.
19 LSU Tigers Ranked this highly because they are a different team under Orgeron.
20 USC Trojans Ranked this highly because they are a different team under Darnold.
21 Auburn Tigers Last 5 teams were hard to justify over Florida, but I think they are all better.  Auburn and Florida both have better defenses than their offenses, but I prefer Auburn's defense and offense.
22 Washington State Cougars Typical spoiler cougs.
23 Utah Utes Upper middle-class football team this season.  They'll fluctuate between 20 and 40 for everyone this season.
24 Miami Hurricanes The only losses are close losses to pretty good teams.
25 Troy Trojans I think the Georgia State game was a blip on the radar, but given their schedule versus P5 teams' schedules, they can't get away with too many close-ish games to sub-par opponents.

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