Ballot Type: Human

Submitted: Sept. 5, 2017, 1:03 p.m.

Overall Rationale: I'm generally much more of a "resume" guy, and will avoid using the eye test as much as possible, unless I need a tiebreaker or we have a very limited sample size... like week one! If you looked like mediocre against bad and/or non-FBS, you probably dropped. If you didn't look like you belonged on the field against good opposition, you dropped. If you took a risk playing a good team, and FBS team, or a road game, I gave you more credit than others. 

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Rank	Team	Reason
1	Alabama Crimson Tide
2	Ohio State Buckeyes
3	Oklahoma Sooners
4	Clemson Tigers
5	Michigan Wolverines	Best win by a team not named Alabama this week, still have long-term doubts about their longevity, but would not be surprised in the least if they beat tOSU and PSU. 
6	USC Trojans	I had trouble sorting out USC, PSU, and UW. We had three distinct scenarios.PSU - won at home in dominating fashion against a not-good G5 team.UW - won on the road in shaky fashion against a not-good but P5 team.USC - won at home in shaky fashion against a good G5 team.I opted to reward resume before the look of things - thus USC>UW>PSU. One way or another won't have to worry about this next week with Stanford coming to LA.
7	Washington Huskies
8	Penn State Nittany Lions
9	LSU Tigers
10	Florida State Seminoles	I think the only losing team I left in the rankings, which is a credit to them looking pretty good, making Alabama's offense look bad, and being brave enough to play in the first place. Also don't want to penalize them for losing Francois until we see how they look without him. 
11	Stanford Cardinal	Strong possibility they are a top-5 team next week. 
12	Wisconsin Badgers
13	Oklahoma State Cowboys
14	Virginia Tech Hokies
15	Auburn Tigers
16	Miami Hurricanes
17	Louisville Cardinals	Looked not-good against Purdue. 
18	Georgia Bulldogs	Looked not-super but was without Eason for much of it, next week will tell more. 
19	Tennessee Volunteers
20	TCU Horned Frogs
21	Utah Utes
22	Boise State Broncos	Troy is a good team, and they'll have the chance to solidify themselves as the best G5 next week, after South Florida looked very shaky. 
23	Kansas State Wildcats
24	Washington State Cougars
25	Maryland Terrapins	Maryland went on the road against a far more "talented" team and embarrassed them, despite losing their QB for a while. They've done more than most schools through 1 week. This is also kinda an honorary ranking for all of the bottom of the B1G, which suddenly seems pretty decent. At least one of Rutgers, Maryland, or Purdue is going to win against one of the top 4 B1G teams this year, and it's going to be awesome. 

Teams Ranked:

Rank	Team	Unusualness
1	Alabama Crimson Tide	0.00
2	Ohio State Buckeyes	0.00
3	Oklahoma Sooners	0.36
4	Clemson Tigers	0.00
5	Michigan Wolverines	0.15
6	USC Trojans	0.00
7	Washington Huskies	0.00
8	Penn State Nittany Lions	0.00
9	LSU Tigers	0.00
10	Florida State Seminoles	0.00
11	Stanford Cardinal	0.00
12	Wisconsin Badgers	0.00
13	Oklahoma State Cowboys	-0.18
14	Virginia Tech Hokies	0.00
15	Auburn Tigers	0.00
16	Miami Hurricanes	0.00
17	Louisville Cardinals	0.00
18	Georgia Bulldogs	0.00
19	Tennessee Volunteers	0.57
20	TCU Horned Frogs	0.31
21	Utah Utes	0.66
22	Boise State Broncos	1.86
23	Kansas State Wildcats	-0.06
24	Washington State Cougars	0.00
25	Maryland Terrapins	0.00

Omissions:

Team	Unusualness
USF Bulls	0.30
Colorado Buffaloes	0.01

Total Score: 4.46