Ballot Type: Human
Submitted: Sept. 11, 2017, 6:42 p.m.
Overall Rationale: Some teams that also were considered:West Virginia - I know you looked good in the loss to VT but it'd be nice to see a win over a team with a pulse.Duke - almost squeezed you into the last spot.Florida - other teams passed you up.Utah - I'm sure the Utes will make me look dumb for leaving them out soon enough.Anyone but South Florida.
Rank | Team | Reason |
---|---|---|
1 | Alabama Crimson Tide | Duh |
2 | Oklahoma Sooners | Thought about being cheeky and putting them at #1, because a win @ OSU is prob better than neutral site Florida State. But I trust Alabama more. |
3 | USC Trojans | Didn't watch the game, but all accounts say USC was dominant over Stanford. |
4 | Clemson Tigers | Dabo might be okay at coaching. |
5 | Penn State Nittany Lions | I've seen a few PSU fans saying that they didn't look good beating Pitt by almost 3 TDs, and watching that game I really felt like Pitt was lucky to keep it that close. |
6 | Michigan Wolverines | Week 1 looked good, week 2...eh...not so much. I have no idea how they are below UW in the AP Poll with an outstanding win over Florida. |
7 | Oklahoma State Cowboys | Speaking of Pitt, let's see how you guys do on the road against a physical team. Fortunately for the Cowboys, yellow seats don't make much noise so the environment won't be too intimidating. |
8 | Washington Huskies | Looked great. Dinged a bit because WTF Rutgers lost to EMU. |
9 | LSU Tigers | All systems go for Eddie O. |
10 | Florida State Seminoles | stay safe noles |
11 | Ohio State Buckeyes | It's always weird figuring out where teams should drop to this early in the season when they lose to another *probably very good team. I don't know how they are above FSU in the AP poll - OSU lost at home to a lower ranked team, and while they beat Indiana week 1, did not look great doing it. |
12 | Georgia Bulldogs | This feels really high for a team that just beat a 4-8 team last year by one point. |
13 | Wisconsin Badgers | Watched a little bit of Wisconsin FAU - Wisconsin didn't look very dominant physically. Little bit nervous about them. |
14 | Virginia Tech Hokies | good job hokies. |
15 | Stanford Cardinal | Didn't watch them against USC, but looks like they got physically dominated which is incredibly un-Stanfordy. |
16 | Mississippi State Bulldogs | Nothing to see here, LSU, just another game over an overmatched, unranked SEC West team. but seriously MSU is good. |
17 | Louisville Cardinals | I still feel like I know nothing about Louisville. Their defense did not look dominant like last year's against UNC last week. Or against Purdue week 1 either. But Lamar Jackson. Could see them blowing Clemson out, or vice versa. |
18 | Auburn Tigers | Defense awesome, offense not. |
19 | Kansas State Wildcats | @Vandy isn't going to be a cakewalk |
20 | Washington State Cougars | i'm still reeling from #pac12afterdark. If anyone reading this has not watched the BSU-WSU game from Saturday, skip to the start of the third quarter and settle in. |
21 | Miami Hurricanes | i'm sure there's a hurricane nickname joke but i can't think of one |
22 | UCLA Bruins | Texas A&M win looks crappier. |
23 | TCU Horned Frogs | Arkansas - TCU was a very...entertaining game to watch. I'm running out of things to say about everyone. |
24 | Colorado Buffaloes | A week late with this one. |
25 | South Carolina Gamecocks | Two decent P5 wins! |
Teams Ranked:
Rank | Team | Unusualness |
---|---|---|
1 | Alabama Crimson Tide | 0.00 |
2 | Oklahoma Sooners | 0.00 |
3 | USC Trojans | 0.14 |
4 | Clemson Tigers | 0.00 |
5 | Penn State Nittany Lions | 0.00 |
6 | Michigan Wolverines | 0.00 |
7 | Oklahoma State Cowboys | 0.00 |
8 | Washington Huskies | 0.00 |
9 | LSU Tigers | 0.00 |
10 | Florida State Seminoles | 0.00 |
11 | Ohio State Buckeyes | 0.00 |
12 | Georgia Bulldogs | 0.00 |
13 | Wisconsin Badgers | -0.08 |
14 | Virginia Tech Hokies | 0.00 |
15 | Stanford Cardinal | 0.46 |
16 | Mississippi State Bulldogs | 8.83 |
17 | Louisville Cardinals | 0.00 |
18 | Auburn Tigers | 0.00 |
19 | Kansas State Wildcats | 0.00 |
20 | Washington State Cougars | 0.00 |
21 | Miami Hurricanes | 0.00 |
22 | UCLA Bruins | 0.00 |
23 | TCU Horned Frogs | -0.27 |
24 | Colorado Buffaloes | 0.00 |
25 | South Carolina Gamecocks | 0.00 |