Ballot Type: Human

Submitted: Aug. 19, 2017, 9:57 p.m.

Overall Rationale: Pre-season is hard, and I don't think the coverage this year has been as illuminating.  This isn't a joke, but it's more guess-work than it should be.Also obligatory pre-season Iowa

• Ballot
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Rank	Team	Reason
1	Alabama Crimson Tide
2	Florida State Seminoles
3	Clemson Tigers
4	Ohio State Buckeyes
5	Oklahoma Sooners
6	Penn State Nittany Lions
7	Washington State Cougars
8	Oklahoma State Cowboys
9	Michigan Wolverines
10	Utah Utes
11	Georgia Bulldogs
12	LSU Tigers
13	Washington Huskies
14	Stanford Cardinal
15	Wisconsin Badgers
16	Pittsburgh Panthers
17	Colorado Buffaloes
18	Miami Hurricanes
19	Texas A&M Aggies
20	USC Trojans
21	Iowa Hawkeyes
22	Houston Cougars	Who's to say they'll fare the same as every recent G5 team to have a coach move on?
23	Texas Longhorns
24	Kentucky Wildcats
25	Troy Trojans	okay i lied it's not not a joke ballot wew troy

Teams Ranked:

Rank	Team	Unusualness
1	Alabama Crimson Tide	0.00
2	Florida State Seminoles	0.00
3	Clemson Tigers	0.13
4	Ohio State Buckeyes	0.00
5	Oklahoma Sooners	0.09
6	Penn State Nittany Lions	0.00
7	Washington State Cougars	5.21
8	Oklahoma State Cowboys	0.00
9	Michigan Wolverines	0.00
10	Utah Utes	3.38
11	Georgia Bulldogs	0.84
12	LSU Tigers	0.00
13	Washington Huskies	-1.55
14	Stanford Cardinal	0.00
15	Wisconsin Badgers	-0.58
16	Pittsburgh Panthers	8.62
17	Colorado Buffaloes	2.49
18	Miami Hurricanes	0.00
19	Texas A&M Aggies	2.68
20	USC Trojans	-3.72
21	Iowa Hawkeyes	4.10
22	Houston Cougars	2.70
23	Texas Longhorns	0.00
24	Kentucky Wildcats	1.11
25	Troy Trojans	0.08

Omissions:

Team	Unusualness
Auburn Tigers	1.91
Louisville Cardinals	1.77
Florida Gators	1.96
Kansas State Wildcats	0.54
Virginia Tech Hokies	0.59
USF Bulls	0.45
West Virginia Mountaineers	0.47

Total Score: 44.96