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bluegrassborn Ballot for 2017 Week 4

Ballot Type: Human

Submitted: Sept. 18, 2017, 11:36 p.m.

Overall Rationale: I tried to put a reason for each team, but I missed some of the teams.  Top 3 all have a big win so far this year, with Clemson and Oklahoma's both coming on the road.  I'm giving Clemson a slight edge over Oklahoma, but I could see it going the other way as well.  I am probably reaching on Oklahoma State more than I should, but they have been dominate in all three of their games so far this year, so I thought I should recognize that. I didn't move Miami or Florida State either way.

Rank Team Reason
1 Alabama Crimson Tide Do I really need to give a reason?
2 Clemson Tigers Played really well against Louisville.  I put them at number 2 after the first week of games, and this is the first time I have felt confident about them being number 2.
3 Oklahoma Sooners Ohio State win still carrying them, but getting the job done as well.
4 Oklahoma State Cowboys Every single game so far this year has been a blowout.  Would love to see them shake up the playoff this year.
5 Penn State Nittany Lions Still looking very good.  Big game for them this week.
6 Washington Huskies Two really good weeks makes you forgot about how badly they came out of the gate against Rutgers.
7 USC Trojans Took 2 overtime periods to beat Texas.  I can't justify leaving them in the top 5 after that.
8 Michigan Wolverines Every game that Florida wins, their win over Florida looks that much better.
9 Wisconsin Badgers I want to take a lot away from a win against BYU, but I don't think this is the same BYU team that we are used to seeing.  Still waiting to see how they play against a good team.
10 Ohio State Buckeyes Still a really good team despite last weeks loss.
11 Georgia Bulldogs Favorite to win SEC East. Who would have thought they would be playing a ranked Mississippi State team in week 4.
12 Miami Hurricanes So at this point are the Hurricanes' beating themselves? 
13 Florida State Seminoles They are still one of the best teams this year and I'm not going to ignore that just because a hurricane has kept from two of their games being played.
14 Virginia Tech Hokies Keeping within striking distance in the ACC.  
15 Washington State Cougars Really want to see them win the PAC 12.  Mike Leach vs the world.
16 Colorado Buffaloes
17 Florida Gators
18 Utah Utes
19 Auburn Tigers
20 TCU Horned Frogs
21 USF Bulls Still undefeated.  Looking better each week.
22 Mississippi State Bulldogs I feel like this is only going to be a temporary ranking.  But their big win will get them ranked over Louisville or Kansas State.
23 San Diego State Aztecs Huge P5 win.  Could easily get the G5 spot in the NY6.
24 Maryland Terrapins Didn't want to rank them because their "big win" is against Texas, but  maybe Texas is better than we thought.
25 LSU Tigers This loss hurts, but they are still a top 25 team.

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