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BunnySelfDestruct Ballot for 2017 Week 5

Ballot Type: Human

Submitted: Sept. 25, 2017, 10:07 a.m.

Overall Rationale: Bucket 1 - Alabama [1]: They've really separated themselves after crushing Vandy.Bucket 2 - Other P5 Champion Insiders [2-5]: Everyone's got a quality win, sorted by perceived quality of that quality win.Bucket 3 - P5 Championship Game Contenders [6-10]: It's really starting to look like the sides without the favorites (Pac-12 South, SEC East, ACC Coastal) are going to be the most competitive. Wisconsin has the easiest schedule I've seen since 2015 Iowa.Bucket 4 - The next ones in [11-20]: These teams have won games and are in position to make a big impact on their conferences.Bucket 5 - The NY6 Hopefuls [21-25]: These are you NY6 favorites, Florida and WVU have show some potential, but they have to play better as their opponents improve.

Rank Team Reason
1 Alabama Crimson Tide Big win over Vandy when everyone else struggled. Alabama proved they're in a class all their own, especially when the SEC West is having a down year.
2 Clemson Tigers The Louisville win is a big win over a conference foe. One of the biggest of this young season. Struggled against BC's strong defense. VT will certainly be a test.
3 Washington Huskies Played and soundly dispatched Colorado. My Pac-12 Favorites to date.
4 Penn State Nittany Lions I HATE YOU I HATE YOU I HATE YOU I HATE YOU I HATE YOU I HATE YOU I HATE YOU I HATE YOU I HATE YOU.  Did they sacrifice Barkley for 1 win that may cost them down the stretch?
5 Oklahoma Sooners They struggled against Baylor... sure Baylor played their best game of the year, but you can't struggle against Baylor right now. Bedlam means a lot less now that TCU's shown what they're capable of.
6 Wisconsin Badgers When everyone else struggles, a bye week certainly works in your favor.
7 Virginia Tech Hokies They've done everything they've needed to so far this season.
8 TCU Horned Frogs Controlled the game against Oklahoma State. The Big Oklahoma conference is dead. Long live (until 2025) the Big XII.
9 USC Trojans Is this an "on week - off week" kind of team? Certainly looked more under control that Cal. Darnold should stop worrying about the Heisman (It's Barkley's to lose after Saturday) and start worrying about winning football games.
10 Georgia Bulldogs So apparently the SEC West really is bad at football. Time for Georgia to do something incredibly inept and lose their shot at a national title or a second SEC playoff spot.
11 Michigan Wolverines Seeing a quarterback get hit like that is painful enough. Knowing it leads to a QB controversy is its own kind of nightmare.
12 Washington State Cougars AIR RAID BEATS AIR RAID! Just keep winning. POINTS!
13 Oklahoma State Cowboys TCU's a good football team. Pitt is a bad football team. Don't let beating Pitt go to your head.
14 Ohio State Buckeyes If they get the offense figured out they can complete. That still feels like a big if considering their schedule and the defenses they'll face.
15 Utah Utes In a chaotic Pac 12 south, is Utah the answer?
16 Duke Blue Devils Basketball school!
17 Texas Tech Red Raiders Who needs defense with that beautiful man and a string of wins?
18 Colorado Buffaloes Their's a gap between Washington and Colorado, and I'm not just looking at a map. Pac 12 south might all just beat each other.
19 Miami Hurricanes Got more data, still need more data.
20 Notre Dame Fighting Irish I had to rank Notre Dame, they legitimately beat a mediocre team and their BC win gets a little more relevance giving Clemson's struggles.
21 Florida Gators Keep beating mediocre teams with huge mental lapses to allow last second touchdowns. That will certainly work out well in the end.
22 San Diego State Aztecs All things considered the Stanford win still looks pretty good. Mountain West and the American to throw down for that last NY6 spot.
23 Memphis Tigers Stanford is a better team than UCLA. You also won because of the time zone. Don't let it go to your head. Win the American and things will do well for you.
24 West Virginia Mountaineers Certainly had some concerns against Kansas, but at least it's not like they trailed Baylor in the second half.
25 USF Bulls 4-0 is 4-0, considering all of their outside distractions.

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