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T-Thugs Ballot for 2016 Week 8

Ballot Type: Human

Submitted: Oct. 16, 2016, 11:44 a.m.

Rank Team Reason
1 Alabama Crimson Tide Wow. Who can beat these guys?
2 Ohio State Buckeyes Big win over Wisconsin this weekend. Also have a solid win over Oklahoma. 
3 Texas A&M Aggies Undefeated. Wins over Arkansas, UCLA, and Tennessee. They play Alabama next week. A win would put them at #1. 
4 Clemson Tigers Undefeated with a win over Louisville. Should win the ACC. 
5 Michigan Wolverines Undefeated. Best win is Wisconsin.
6 Washington Huskies Undefeated. Should win the Pac. 
7 Louisville Cardinals 5-1 With a blowout win over Florida State and their only loss is a close call with Clemson on the road. 
8 Wisconsin Badgers Top 2 loss team. Maybe I'm overrating them a little, but a few of the undefeated teams haven't really done anything to prove they belong up here. They have a good win over LSU and lost close contests with Ohio State and Michigan.
9 Baylor Bears Undefeated but really haven't played anyone. Best win is Oklahoma State.
10 Nebraska Cornhuskers Undefeated, but really have no impressive wins. Best win is probably Oregon?
11 West Virginia Mountaineers Undefeated, but lack quality wins. Best win is probably Texas Tech?
12 Arkansas Razorbacks 5-2. Best win is over Ole Miss. Losses to Texas A&M and Alabama.
13 Tennessee Volunteers Blowout loss vs Alabama showed they really aren't quite at the top tier yet. To be fair, there's probably only a couple teams that can play with Alabama. Their only other loss is to Texas A&M. Good win over Florida. 
14 Navy Midshipmen 5-1. Best win is Houston. Loss to Air force.
15 Houston Cougars 6-1. Best win is Oklahoma. Lost to Navy.
16 Western Michigan Broncos Undefeated. Best wins over Illinois and Northwestern. Will be hard for them to move up too much until the end of the year. If Toledo is 10-1 going into their matchup to end the year, that would be a pretty big game.
17 Utah Utes 6-1 and sitting in the driver's seat in the Pac-12 South. Unfortunately for Utah, they have to play Washington from the North and CU does not. 
18 Florida Gators 5-1. Only loss is at Tennessee. They don't really have a quality win, though. 
19 Florida State Seminoles Losses to Louisville and North Carolina. Good wins over Miami and Ole Miss.
20 Washington State Cougars They have a really bad loss to start the year, but they put an absolute beatdown on Stanford, so I can't really put them below Stanford. 
21 Stanford Cardinal I don't think this is a very good team, and I think CU will beat them next week, but I had a hard time ranking CU above them when Stanford's two losses are pretty similar to CU's and Stanford actually has a good win over USC, who Colorado lost to. 
22 Colorado Buffaloes I have a hard time ranking the buffs. They really don't have a quality win. They lost to Michigan and USC. I'm not super comfortable ranking them above Stanford though until they've defeated Stanford, which I think they will next week. 
23 Oklahoma Sooners 5-2. Losses to Ohio State and Houston. Lacking really good wins. 
24 USC Trojans 3 losses are tough. Alabama, Stanford, and Utah. Has a good win over Colorado. 
25 North Carolina Tar Heels Good wins over Florida State and miami. Didn't rank them above Florida state because their losses are now looking pretty bad. Got stomped by Virginia Tech and lost to Georgia.

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