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GilBrandt Ballot for 2017 Week 4

Ballot Type: Human

Submitted: Sept. 18, 2017, 10:14 a.m.

Overall Rationale: I've begun adding teams into my poll that have one loss like Ohio State, Louisville, and LSU. FSU might join soon, but I just can't bring myself to rank them without seeing what they can do without their QB.

Rank Team Reason
1 Oklahoma Sooners OU will keep the top spot until I see a reason to drop them.
2 Clemson Tigers Clemson demolished a Heisman led team. Quite impressive so they jump Alabama in my poll.
3 Alabama Crimson Tide Alabama is still good even though I've dropped them twice now. I just need to see them vs other P5 schools, and also see if FSU is actually any good once they face teams again.
4 Oklahoma State Cowboys This Mason Rudolph led offense is looking scary. Very excited to see what the Cowboys do this season
5 Penn State Nittany Lions Easy victory and one spot down from OSU because of how each team did vs Pitt.
6 Virginia Tech Hokies I still like Tech a lot this season and still believe the West Virginia win was significant. West Virginia should get into the rankings eventually to help this
7 Wisconsin Badgers So BYU is pretty bad. Badgers almost doubled what LSU did
8 Mississippi State Bulldogs WOW just wow! Great job vs LSU! Fitz looks like a special player. From Dak to Fitz, must be nice
9 USC Trojans The Texas game was great! but I still don't know what type of team Texas is. So I dropped USC because it was a close win at home over a team I have unranked 
10 Michigan Wolverines I'm beginning to lose confidence in Michigan. I had y'all at 3 last week, but I need to see some better wins to jump you back up again
11 TCU Horned Frogs TCU looking better and better. I believe SMU is a decent G5 team this season, so solid win.
12 Georgia Bulldogs Georgia jumping up a spot in my ranking due to teams like Louisville and South Carolina losing
13 Duke Blue Devils Not the best win over Baylor, but the Northwestern win still looks good. Hopefully you can stay up here
14 Vanderbilt Commodores Great job vs a tough Kansas State! You've replaced KState in my rankings
15 Ohio State Buckeyes Welcome back to my rankings Ohio State! You'll probably start climbing your way up, but I want to see it on the field first
16 Louisville Cardinals Tough loss to Clemson, but they are a real good team, so I'll keep y'all in my rankings for now
17 Kentucky Wildcats Great win vs a South Carolina team I had at 12 last week. You now take their spot in my poll this week
18 Washington Huskies I still want to see more from you before I can justify you being higher
19 Wake Forest Demon Deacons Still quietly looking solid so far WF. Jumped up from 22 last week due to other teams losing
20 Minnesota Golden Gophers Like WF, you are quietly looking good. It'll be interesting to see what you do when the meat of your schedule comes along.
21 USF Bulls Still skeptical about USF, but they deserve to be here for now
22 Iowa Hawkeyes Great win vs a underrated UNT team IMO
23 LSU Tigers I like a seeing LSU get demolished as much as the next guy, but damn. I had Miss St at 25 and LSU at 6 last week. Goes to show no one really knows anything right now. I kept LSU barely in the ranking because I still believe they are at least at the same level as the teams around them in the ranking if not better.
24 San Diego State Aztecs Great job vs a falling Stanford squad!
25 California Golden Bears Great job vs Ole Mi$$

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