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T-Thugs Ballot for 2016 Week 13

Ballot Type: Human

Submitted: Nov. 21, 2016, 9:50 p.m.

Rank Team Reason
1 Alabama Crimson Tide duh.
2 Ohio State Buckeyes Only loss is to Penn State (not bad) and good wins over Oklahoma and Wisconsin.
3 Clemson Tigers Lost to Pitt (Who beat Penn State... not enough to bump them over Ohio State in my book but worth noting). Best wins are Louisville and Auburn.
4 Michigan Wolverines Iowa loss is really bad. Also struggled with Indiana this week. Good wins over Wisconsin, Penn State, and Colorado.
5 Washington Huskies Only loss is to USC. Good wins over Stanford and Utah (less impressive after Oregon beat them too.) Still in position to Win PAC-12. huge game this week vs. Washington State.
6 Wisconsin Badgers Best win is Nebraska. LSU is an okay win. Only losses are to Michigan and Ohio State which is solid. 
7 Colorado Buffaloes Good wins include Washington State and Stanford. Losses to Michigan and USC, both on the road. unreal to think I really believe these guys deserve this spot. 
8 Penn State Nittany Lions Win over Ohio State really puts a big + on their resume. Without that, they really haven't done anything impressive. They have it though. Got blown out by Michigan which makes me think they aren't really quite this good. I put them behind CU because the Buffs played much tougher against Michigan and Buffs have two old wins. 
9 Oklahoma Sooners Have a solid win over West Virginia, but not much else. pushed around by Houston and Ohio State. 
10 USC Trojans Started 1-3 but have won 7 straight. Really good wins over Colorado and Washington bump them over some of the 2 loss teams. 
11 Western Michigan Broncos These guys are hard to rank. They're undefeated but didn't play much real competition this year. I'm putting them above Oklahoma State because Oklahoma State lost to Central Michigan and WMU beat Central Michigan by 39. I realize one common opponent doesn't really mean all that much, but when you have so little to compare teams on, that will have to do. 
12 Oklahoma State Cowboys Good win over West Virginia. A win over Oklahoma this week would make them Big 12 champs. 
13 Houston Cougars Houston has a couple bad losses, but they have really good wins over both Oklahoma and Louisville. 
14 Florida Gators Decent win over LSU locked up the SEC east. That's their best win though. Big game against FSU this weekend before they get run off the field by Alabama. 
15 Louisville Cardinals Cardinals were maybe in position to make the playoffs, but that dream is over after getting whooped by Houston. Still have a big blowout win over FSU. 
16 Auburn Tigers If Auburn didn't lose to Georgia, I would have had them really high. Too bad. Big week for them coming up against Alabama though that could jump them up in my poll. 
17 North Carolina Tar Heels UNC has some bad losses, but they beat Florida State head to head and also have decent wins over Pittsburgh (who appears in my poll despite their 4 losses due to huge wins over Penn State and Clemson) and Miami. 
18 West Virginia Mountaineers Only 2 losses but haven't really won anything impressive.
19 Nebraska Cornhuskers Much like WVU, the 2 loss huskers lack a quality win. 
20 Virginia Tech Hokies Va Tech snuck away with a win against a bad Notre Dame team, but they are going to represent the coastal division in the ACC championship game. 
21 Florida State Seminoles
22 Boise State Broncos Lacking quality wins keeps them low in the rankings despite only having 1 loss.
23 Texas A&M Aggies They have a good win over Auburn and another solid one over Tennessee but they've lost 3 of last 4 and are falling apart. 
24 Tennessee Volunteers Good win over Florida.
25 Pittsburgh Panthers Pitt has 4 losses and that's rough, but they have wins over both Clemson and Penn State. 

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