Ballot Type: Human
Submitted: Aug. 19, 2017, 9:18 p.m.
Overall Rationale: A bit of a crapshoot, as is every preseason poll ever.   It's very murky outside of the top ten, which, again, is to be expected in the preseason. I don't believe in Oregon or Noter Dame until they play well enough to make me believe.
Rank | Team | Reason |
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I would like to have anyone other than Bama as #1, but they are such a proven program that I can't do it and I hate myself a little bit for that. |
2 |
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I don't see these guys taking any steps back. They finished incredibly strong last year and Darnold is the real deal. Some new receivers, but they pretty much grow NFL caliber receivers on the campus palm trees. I think SC ends up going undefeated this year. |
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They've got talent and they believe. Urban and tOSU are a little more of a "proven" product, but I really see these two programs being neck-and-neck with it coming down to another decisive head-to-head. |
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I think Clemson takes several steps back because they are losing sooo many components of their offense. I definitely see them playing second fiddle to FSU until proven otherwise. |
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I love Michigan but I #10 is the absolute limit. Too many mistakes in high stakes situations, which is rather unlike a Harbaugh-coached team. He's still relatively early into his tenure (hopefully), so the crucial mistakes may be on the decline.   |
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Metric ton of talent, but can they offense? Players suspended for an indefinite period of time also muddy the waters. |
12 |
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Love LSU, but the QB situation has got to improve for them to sniff the top 10.  |
13 |
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I think the Cowboys are going to lose to both TCU and Texas, but it would be borderline criminal to not rank the mullet team in the preseason. |
14 |
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16 |
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17 |
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18 |
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19 |
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20 |
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21 |
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22 |
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The Cougs are not going to lose to an FCS school, and Falk is going to light it up again in his senior season. Although USC is my not so dark horse to go unbeaten this year, I think WSU upsets USC, Stanford or UW this year and ends the season with no more than 2 losses. |
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 I probably shouldn't have Texas ranked, but I really liked what I saw from Buechele last year and I think he and the rest of the team are going to improve under Herman.  |
Teams Ranked:
Rank | Team | Unusualness |
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1 |
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0.00 |
2 |
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0.31 |
3 |
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0.00 |
4 |
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0.00 |
5 |
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0.15 |
6 |
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0.00 |
7 |
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0.54 |
8 |
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0.00 |
9 |
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0.00 |
10 |
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0.00 |
11 |
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0.65 |
12 |
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0.00 |
13 |
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0.00 |
14 |
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0.00 |
15 |
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0.00 |
16 |
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3.17 |
17 |
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2.21 |
18 |
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-0.12 |
19 |
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5.89 |
20 |
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4.70 |
21 |
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0.00 |
22 |
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0.00 |
23 |
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0.00 |
24 |
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-0.86 |
25 |
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0.00 |
Omissions:
Team | Unusualness |
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1.04 |
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0.54 |
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0.47 |
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0.03 |
Total Score: 20.66