Ballot Type: Human
Submitted: Sept. 18, 2017, 8:15 a.m.
Overall Rationale: Bucket 1 (Playoff Insiders) [1-5 ]- Your likely P5 champions as of today. Bucket 2 (Conference Finalists) [6-10] - The teams 1-5 will have to beat to get to the playoff.Bucket 3 (Upset Minded) [11-20 ]- Teams that are in good position for a NY6 game.Bucket 4 (One Loss Wonders) [21-25] - Teams with 1 loss to a strong opponent.We start conference football in earnest and start to get some real relative data points this coming weekend!
Rank | Team | Reason |
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1 | Alabama Crimson Tide | I don't know what to do about that Florida State victory, so hopefully we'll find out something this weekend about both Alabama and Florida State. |
2 | Clemson Tigers | Louisville is a better team than Ohio State. Clemson soundly dispatched Louisville in Louisville. |
3 | Oklahoma Sooners | Following the Ohio State win with another solid victory. |
4 | Penn State Nittany Lions | An undefeated Penn State has dispatched 3 inferior opponents. They face a 4th under the lights in Iowa. Have we seen this one before? |
5 | Washington Huskies | Beat Fresno State in similar fashion to Alabama. This Colorado game his huge. |
6 | Oklahoma State Cowboys | Pitt is bad and you shouldn't feel bad for making them feel bad. TCU has not looked bad. Next week will provide our first real data point. |
7 | Wisconsin Badgers | BYU is not a good football team. Wisconsin did what you're supposed to do to not good football teams. |
8 | Georgia Bulldogs | Mississippi State looks scary all of the sudden don't they. |
9 | Virginia Tech Hokies | 57 unanswered points. Also that West Virginia game. |
10 | Colorado Buffaloes | Ain't played nobody. But the Pac 12 south looks to be a mess. USC's struggles against Western Michigan and Texas make it really hard to think they're the ones to win the Pac 12 south. |
11 | Mississippi State Bulldogs | LSU looked good. Then Mississippi state made sure they didn't. You can have LSU's spot for that. |
12 | Michigan Wolverines | Haven't looked dominant, but all the pieces are in place. |
13 | California Golden Bears | 2 wins over middling P5 teams. A lot more than we can say about most other programs this early in the year. |
14 | TCU Horned Frogs | TCU suddenly finds itself as the third best team in the Big 12. A win against Oklahoma State and they're a Top 10 team. |
15 | Oregon Ducks | I don't know how much that Nebraska win really means, especially given the second half Nebraska had against the Ducks. |
16 | Maryland Terrapins | Texas gave up 51 points to Maryland. |
17 | USC Trojans | TEXAS GAVE UP 51 POINTS TO MARYLAND. |
18 | San Diego State Aztecs | Of the G5s, I think the Stanford win is probably the strongest. It's hard to tell though with how much USC struggled with Texas. |
19 | Vanderbilt Commodores | Not a bad year to dodge Mississippi State, even if it means you'll play Alabama. |
20 | Washington State Cougars | Oregon State is bad. Washington State made sure everyone got that cleared up. |
21 | Ohio State Buckeyes | The Army game provides a data point. I don't know how useful it really is. |
22 | Louisville Cardinals | Louisville showed how 1 dimensional they are. |
23 | Miami Hurricanes | We're back to football! |
24 | Florida State Seminoles | We're back to football! |
25 | Florida Gators | The SEC east is probably going to be a mess isn't it? |
Teams Ranked:
Rank | Team | Unusualness |
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1 | Alabama Crimson Tide | 0.00 |
2 | Clemson Tigers | 0.00 |
3 | Oklahoma Sooners | 0.00 |
4 | Penn State Nittany Lions | 0.00 |
5 | Washington Huskies | 0.05 |
6 | Oklahoma State Cowboys | 0.00 |
7 | Wisconsin Badgers | 0.00 |
8 | Georgia Bulldogs | 0.47 |
9 | Virginia Tech Hokies | 0.45 |
10 | Colorado Buffaloes | 3.16 |
11 | Mississippi State Bulldogs | 0.05 |
12 | Michigan Wolverines | -0.61 |
13 | California Golden Bears | 3.04 |
14 | TCU Horned Frogs | 0.00 |
15 | Oregon Ducks | 0.86 |
16 | Maryland Terrapins | 2.30 |
17 | USC Trojans | -2.48 |
18 | San Diego State Aztecs | 0.11 |
19 | Vanderbilt Commodores | 0.48 |
20 | Washington State Cougars | 0.00 |
21 | Ohio State Buckeyes | -1.14 |
22 | Louisville Cardinals | 0.00 |
23 | Miami Hurricanes | -0.22 |
24 | Florida State Seminoles | -0.81 |
25 | Florida Gators | 0.00 |