Ballot Type: Human
Submitted: Oct. 15, 2017, 11:07 a.m.
Overall Rationale: Resume based as much as I can. Top four are who I'd put in the playoffs right now, will always be from different conferences.
Rank | Team | Reason |
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1 |
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Duh |
2 |
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Better wins than PSU  |
3 |
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Doesn't have a loss like OSU |
4 |
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Better resume than anyone in the Pac-12 or anyone else in the ACC. |
5 |
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Next team out. |
6 |
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Win against Utah was kinda ugly, but overall better resume than Miami IMO still likely too high |
7 |
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They just won't die. I'm not sold on them being a top ten team yet, BUT this is also the point where being undefeated has to count for something since there are only eight left. |
8 |
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Yeah, ECU blows, but the Knights are still obliterating opponents and have a nice win over Memphis. |
9 |
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Got out of the RRS alive.  |
10 |
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Behind OU because OU spanked them at home despite the fact that I think they're playing better football right now. Schedule is still fairly soft overall though. |
11 |
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Even softer schedule, but undefeated which is pretty important. |
12 |
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They made a big jump this week and I'm not entirely sure why or that they deserve it, but it is what it is. Ranking 10-20 is always a crapshoot for me anyways. |
13 |
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Quietly taking care of business since the loss. |
14 |
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They've won six in a row. Could make an argument they should be undefeated, but 6-1 and in the top 15 and controlling their own destiny is huge. |
15 |
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Moved up a little on a bye due to the chaos around them. Also the win over WVU is better than any of ND's wins IMO |
16 |
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Moved up a slot on a bye. They get USC and NC State at home in back to back weeks coming up which will tell us a lot. |
17 |
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No top ten should get curbstomped by Cal. They still have a nice win against USC and Boise beating SDSU helped a little. |
18 |
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They had been narrowly escaping some lesser teams and it finally caught up with them. Still ahead of Stanford though because of the head to head. Plus that win against ASU is looking good. |
19 |
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Stanford seems to finally be playing complete Stanford football. |
20 |
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Nearly let the Gophers complete a comeback. So they neither rise nor fall. |
21 |
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Nearly let the Hoosiers complete a comeback. So they neither rise nor fall. |
22 |
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#22?! Yeah. Weak schedule meant they couldn't afford a loss and yet they lost anyways. |
23 |
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Solid win over Navy. Not entirely sure how all the cancelled and postponed games are going to work out, but they could finish with just the one loss. |
24 |
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Nice win against Texas Tech. Two losses to top 15 teams by a total of 14 points. Ahead of Auburn for having a better win and not losing to LSU. |
25 |
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Win against Boise gets a bump and only having one loss keeps them ahead of Auburn as well. |
Teams Ranked:
Rank | Team | Unusualness |
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1 |
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0.00 |
2 |
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0.41 |
3 |
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0.00 |
4 |
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0.94 |
5 |
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-1.27 |
6 |
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1.03 |
7 |
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0.00 |
8 |
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1.15 |
9 |
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0.00 |
10 |
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0.00 |
11 |
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-1.20 |
12 |
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0.60 |
13 |
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0.00 |
14 |
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0.00 |
15 |
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0.00 |
16 |
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-0.14 |
17 |
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0.00 |
18 |
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3.01 |
19 |
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0.03 |
20 |
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-0.20 |
21 |
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-0.39 |
22 |
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-1.95 |
23 |
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0.06 |
24 |
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0.00 |
25 |
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0.00 |