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MarlinsGuy Ballot for 2017 Week 2

Ballot Type: Human

Submitted: Sept. 5, 2017, 7:43 a.m.

Overall Rationale: Computer poll will debut week 5 or 6. Human poll until then.

Rank Team Reason
1 Alabama Crimson Tide
2 USC Trojans Rough showing against Western Michigan through 3 quarters but I still believe USC is the most talented non-Alabama team.
3 Ohio State Buckeyes Struggled against Indiana for a half. Week one.
4 Clemson Tigers Impressive showing by the new QB, and with Francois going down the ACC is theirs to lose
5 Auburn Tigers Yes I'm high on Auburn, as they finally have a quarterback. Together with that defense, they're going to be great. Not sure they'll beat Clemson on the road, but they have a shot. They'll win every game until the Iron Bowl after next week.
6 Penn State Nittany Lions
7 Oklahoma Sooners
8 Florida State Seminoles Losing Francois is a killer. Relying on a 3-star true freshman is not a recipe for success
9 Oklahoma State Cowboys
10 LSU Tigers
11 Washington Huskies Gotta do better than that against Rutgers
12 Michigan Wolverines Young team but you know Harbaugh will have these guys ready
13 Louisville Cardinals Purdue is probably better than people think
14 Stanford Cardinal
15 Georgia Bulldogs Losing Eason is not good, and now they'll have to rely on a true freshman. Eason's not lost for the season though, and the freshman was a highly rated recruit who should do ok, but he's still a true freshman which is why I'm dropping them. Georgia's got a lot of talent though
16 Wisconsin Badgers
17 Florida Gators They'll get their suspended players back and the defense is still great.
18 Miami Hurricanes Won't know how good the U really is until they play FSU. But they've got a lot of good players both on offense and defense
19 Kansas State Wildcats
20 Washington State Cougars They beat an FCS team, welcome Wazzu
21 Virginia Tech Hokies Nice win against what I think is a good WVU team, freshman QB looks pretty good, welcome VT
22 UCLA Bruins I picked UCLA in the preseason to bounce back big because they have Josh Rosen. His performance on Saturday further reinforced my beliefs. Rosen4Heisman
23 Tennessee Volunteers Tech can be tricky... but the QB play from Tennessee was not great which is concerning, and they couldn't stop Tech's offense. Still, I'll keep them ranked just because most other teams just played cupcakes and GT probably is better than we think
24 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Notre Dame has too much talent on their roster, they will bounce back.
25 Oregon Ducks

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