Ballot Type: Computer

Submitted: Oct. 16, 2017, 9:31 p.m.

Overall Rationale: This poll heavy favors strength of schedule & weekly success. Notable teams off of this ballot this week that I feel this blind poll punished too much was UW falling to #48 - this is due to no games against top 10/30 teams and a loss to an unranked team. Teams like WSU and Clemson that lost to unranked teams didn't fall as much because they still had previous success against ranked teams.#26-130 26 Toledo 27 Auburn 28 Iowa 29 Wake Forest 30 Marshall 31 Texas A&M 32 Colorado State 33 Fresno State 34 Utah 35 Texas Tech 36 Appalachian State 37 Army West Point 38 Indiana 39 Northwestern 40 Maryland 41 Texas 42 Louisville 43 Florida 44 Syracuse 45 Stanford 46 Troy 47 Purdue 48 Washington 49 Virginia 50 Ole Miss 51 LSU 52 South Carolina 53 Kentucky 54 Arizona State 55 Florida State 56 Georgia State 57 Boston College 58 Navy 59 Arizona 60 Boise State 61 Northern Illinois 62 SMU 63 North Texas 64 Colorado 65 Vanderbilt 66 Houston 67 Akron 68 Wyoming 69 Ohio 70 Southern Miss 71 Western Kentucky 72 UAB 73 Arkansas 74 Pittsburgh 75 Nebraska 76 Rutgers 77 Oregon 78 Duke 79 UCLA 80 Florida Atlantic 81 Tennessee 82 Georgia Tech 83 Louisiana Tech 84 Arkansas State 85 Kansas State 86 Florida International 87 Minnesota 88 Tulane 89 Western Michigan 90 UT San Antonio 91 Louisiana Monroe 92 Louisiana 93 New Mexico 94 Air Force 95 Utah State 96 Buffalo 97 BYU 98 Oregon State 99 New Mexico State 100 Missouri 101 Tulsa 102 Kent State 103 Eastern Michigan 104 Baylor 105 Rice 106 Temple 107 South Alabama 108 North Carolina 109 Hawai'i 110 Middle Tennessee 111 Connecticut 112 Central Michigan 113 Cincinnati 114 East Carolina 115 San Jose State 116 Illinois 117 Nevada 118 Bowling Green 119 Kansas 120 UNLV 121 UTEP 122 Ball State 123 Old Dominion 124 Georgia Southern 125 Miami (OH) 126 Charlotte 127 Idaho 128 Texas State 129 Coastal Carolina 130 UMass

• Ballot
• Analysis

Rank	Team	Reason
1	Georgia Bulldogs
2	TCU Horned Frogs
3	Alabama Crimson Tide
4	Miami Hurricanes
5	Penn State Nittany Lions
6	USC Trojans
7	Michigan State Spartans
8	Wisconsin Badgers
9	Notre Dame Fighting Irish
10	UCF Knights
11	Oklahoma State Cowboys
12	Oklahoma Sooners
13	Ohio State Buckeyes
14	Iowa State Cyclones	still riding the point boost from their top 10 win, and their losses have been against top 30 teams, so they avoid the penalty for losing to non-top 30 teams
15	USF Bulls
16	NC State Wolfpack
17	Mississippi State Bulldogs
18	Clemson Tigers
19	California Golden Bears
20	Michigan Wolverines
21	Virginia Tech Hokies
22	Washington State Cougars
23	San Diego State Aztecs
24	West Virginia Mountaineers
25	Memphis Tigers

Teams Ranked:

Rank	Team	Unusualness
1	Georgia Bulldogs	1.06
2	TCU Horned Frogs	0.41
3	Alabama Crimson Tide	-1.13
4	Miami Hurricanes	0.59
5	Penn State Nittany Lions	-1.17
6	USC Trojans	1.03
7	Michigan State Spartans	2.20
8	Wisconsin Badgers	-0.01
9	Notre Dame Fighting Irish	0.13
10	UCF Knights	0.73
11	Oklahoma State Cowboys	0.00
12	Oklahoma Sooners	0.00
13	Ohio State Buckeyes	-0.88
14	Iowa State Cyclones	10.89
15	USF Bulls	0.00
16	NC State Wolfpack	0.00
17	Mississippi State Bulldogs	8.11
18	Clemson Tigers	-3.44
19	California Golden Bears	6.18
20	Michigan Wolverines	-0.07
21	Virginia Tech Hokies	-1.04
22	Washington State Cougars	-0.85
23	San Diego State Aztecs	0.26
24	West Virginia Mountaineers	0.00
25	Memphis Tigers	0.00

Omissions:

Team	Unusualness
Washington Huskies	3.17
Stanford Cardinal	0.78
Auburn Tigers	0.51

Total Score: 44.65