Ballot Type: Human

Submitted: Oct. 17, 2017, 12:17 a.m.

• Ballot
• Analysis

Rank	Team	Reason
1	Alabama Crimson Tide	They good Pawl, and nobody else will make them fawl.
2	Penn State Nittany Lions	Barkley is the second best player in the country, and overall they are solid enough to compete with and beat anyone.
3	Georgia Bulldogs	Georgia always has talent, but Kirby really has them clicking beyond CMR.  Maybe he has managed to eat Nick Saban and absorb his power?
4	TCU Horned Frogs	Until Kenny Hill regresses towards the mean (if that happens) TCU will likely be the favorite for the BIG 12.
5	Clemson Tigers	Clemson needs to figure shit out on offense.  Syracuse is a pretty bad loss, almost as bad as Iowa State!  Still immensely talented though.  Hopefully Dabo learned from his mistake and puts player safety first next time.
6	Oklahoma Sooners	Winning in Dallas is never easy, and OU showed life on defense I didn't think existed.  Mayfield battled through an injury in hte second half to throw a 59 yard touchdown, and freshman RB Sermon looks patient (albeit almost too much) beyond his years. Plus Seibert went 3/3 on field goals!
7	Oklahoma State Cowboys	Washington and co scare me, but Rudolph isn't exactly stellar against OU.  Should blow out Texas though, so schadenfreude will be had.
8	Ohio State Buckeyes	I can't put them in front of OU, no matter how good Barrett looks against the bottom of the BIG 10.  Maybe if they fuck up Penn State in a couple weeks.
9	Miami Hurricanes	Miami doesn't seem like the real deal to me.  Struggling with a Georgia Tech that lost to Tennessee doesn't bode well for them, and that onside kick was pathetic.
10	Wisconsin Badgers	Ditto on Wiscy, a talented team should be able to stack the box and grind out a win.  Unfortunately Wiscy won't be tested much until a BIG 10 championship game, where I expect a redux of 2014.
11	Michigan State Spartans
12	Notre Dame Fighting Irish
13	Michigan Wolverines
14	Washington Huskies
15	USC Trojans	Furk Durnold
16	Washington State Cougars
17	Virginia Tech Hokies
18	NC State Wolfpack
19	USF Bulls
20	UCF Knights
21	Auburn Tigers
22	Stanford Cardinal
23	West Virginia Mountaineers
24	Memphis Tigers
25	James Madison Dukes	Furk LSU

Teams Ranked:

Rank	Team	Unusualness
1	Alabama Crimson Tide	0.00
2	Penn State Nittany Lions	0.00
3	Georgia Bulldogs	0.00
4	TCU Horned Frogs	0.00
5	Clemson Tigers	0.52
6	Oklahoma Sooners	0.59
7	Oklahoma State Cowboys	0.35
8	Ohio State Buckeyes	0.00
9	Miami Hurricanes	0.00
10	Wisconsin Badgers	-0.81
11	Michigan State Spartans	1.00
12	Notre Dame Fighting Irish	0.00
13	Michigan Wolverines	0.69
14	Washington Huskies	0.00
15	USC Trojans	-0.06
16	Washington State Cougars	0.00
17	Virginia Tech Hokies	0.00
18	NC State Wolfpack	0.00
19	USF Bulls	0.00
20	UCF Knights	0.00
21	Auburn Tigers	0.00
22	Stanford Cardinal	0.00
23	West Virginia Mountaineers	0.00
24	Memphis Tigers	0.00
25	James Madison Dukes	0.24

No major omissions.

Total Score: 4.26