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nuxenolith Ballot for 2017 Week 10

Ballot Type: Human

Submitted: Oct. 30, 2017, 5:29 p.m.

Overall Rationale: On the cusp: Stanford, USF, WVU, USCe, Toledo

Rank Team Reason
1 Alabama Crimson Tide Only given up 26 1st-half points all season.  Opponents don't score until the game is already out of hand.
2 Georgia Bulldogs A lot closer to #1 than you might think.  Another impressive win combined with a lackluster showing by Bama might change that.
3 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Should be an undisputed #3, but voters will continue to sleep on ND
4 Ohio State Buckeyes Huge demonstration over a solid Penn State team
5 Penn State Nittany Lions Despite the loss, their wins over Michigan and Northwestern are starting to look better
6 Oklahoma Sooners Ohio State and Iowa State are the biggest winners this week, and that bodes well for Oklahoma's fortunes
7 Virginia Tech Hokies By the eye test (and resume of wins), the weakest team in the Top 10, but I can't justify dropping them further
8 Wisconsin Badgers Northwestern's win provides a huge boost in respectability, because this schedule is still Charmin-soft
9 TCU Horned Frogs Iowa State is still a much better loss than Syracuse
10 Clemson Tigers Despite the good resume of wins, Syracuse was a bad loss
11 Oklahoma State Cowboys TCU's loss hurts OSU almost as bad as it hurt themself
12 Miami Hurricanes Speaking of Charmin-soft, Miami's best win is...Syracuse?  There are MAC teams with more convincing resumes.
13 Washington Huskies I overreacted last week.  Washington's defense is stellar, and their offense is serviceable.
14 Iowa State Cyclones The two losses are bad, but the wins are oh so good
15 UCF Knights UCF continues to win with aplomb
16 Auburn Tigers They don't deserve to rise higher just yet, but they'll have chances to redeem themselves
17 USC Trojans The win is good, but Washington State and Stanford look weak
18 Memphis Tigers Quietly building a very good resume
19 NC State Wolfpack The wins look worse, but the losses are still okay
20 Michigan State Spartans Northwestern's not as bad as everyone thinks, but it doesn't help that they got blown out by Duke
21 Mississippi State Bulldogs Their losses were to two good teams, but they were total nonfactors in those games, and their only win was against a terrible (at the time) LSU
22 Arizona Wildcats Solid win over a shaky team
23 Washington State Cougars Two blowout losses to two moderately talented teams
24 Michigan Wolverines The loss to MSU has not aged well
25 LSU Tigers They have not earned the hype

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