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GilBrandt Ballot for 2017 Week 11

Ballot Type: Human

Submitted: Nov. 6, 2017, 8:46 p.m.

Overall Rationale: I love chaos, but damn, it muddied up these rankings. Making it hard to figure out some teams. Teams who just missed my rankings were Arizona, Washington State, Boise State, Michigan, and USF. Biggest changes (at least 5 spots): Ohio State (-16), OSU (-6), Penn State (-11), Iowa State (-10), TCU (+8), Miami (+7), OU (+9), NC State (-7), LSU (-6), Auburn (+6), Miss State (+6), Arizona (UR), Washington State (UR), Boise State (UR), Iowa (NEW), West Virginia (NEW), Michigan State (NEW) 

Rank Team Reason
1 Georgia Bulldogs A new number one! I reevaluated my rankings after the playoff rankings and decided to look over Alabama and Georgia's 'resumes'. I try to never doubt Alabama because the Dark Lord is consistent. Ultimately it came down to the best win for each team and Notre Dame trumps LSU. Next game vs Auburn should be good.
2 Alabama Crimson Tide I'm so sorry Lord Saban. Please have mercy on my soul! Which Miss State will show up? That will depend on how tough this will be for Alabama.
3 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Notre Dame continues to look great. Only real test left is next game vs Miami. This should be good for Notre Dame and also find out if Miami can continue this streak.
4 Clemson Tigers Some think Clemson is overrated, but wins over Auburn, Virginia Tech, and NC State can't be ignored. Yeah Syracuse is bad, but otherwise Clemson has continued what they did last year. No one on the schedule should be a challenge, but chaos happens.
5 TCU Horned Frogs Solid enough win over a tough Texas defense. Got a tough matchup vs the Baker Mayfields. 
6 Oklahoma Sooners Ugghhhh this is a hard pill to swallow because I've had y'all down since you lost to Iowa State, but you just had to beat my Cowboys :(
7 Miami Hurricanes There you go. You beat Wisconsin to a ranked victory! Don't relax yet though because Notre Dame will be tough!
8 Washington Huskies Two solid victories since losing to ASU. Apple Cup still looks to be promising
9 Wisconsin Badgers Very solid victory over a sometimes tough Indiana. Get a real test next week vs a surprising Iowa team
10 UCF Knights Should be smooth sailing until the USF game. Don't fuck this up UCF!
11 Oklahoma State Cowboys Ugh OSU whyyyyy? You just had to lose to the Sooners. Now you have the shot to do what TCU and OU couldn't, beat ISU. Big12 is a heated race
12 Virginia Tech Hokies Only loses are to two top 10 teams. Rest of the schedule looks manageable.
13 Auburn Tigers Easy win over my Ags. Very tough matchup vs Georgia. Good Luck
14 Mississippi State Bulldogs Ok Bulldogs... Alabama will make you pay if you play like you did vs UMass. Get yo shit together
15 USC Trojans I've been unsure what to think about USC, but you were able to beat the rising Khalil Tate! Rest of the schedule should be manageable, but nothing is certain.
16 Michigan State Spartans OK BIG, what is going on? Who is actually good here? MSU, your only losses are to Notre Dame and NW??, but you managed to beat Penn State, Michigan, and Iowa. You're the top of the BIG teams, for now (except for Wiscy).
17 Penn State Nittany Lions Welp Penn State, I was rooting for you, but two losses in a row is not great. You could have beaten both teams and probably ended up somewhere in the top 3. I still believe you're a solid team which is why I have you here.
18 Memphis Tigers The black sheep in this BIG sandwich? Weird analogy. Great victories and continuing to make UCF look better. Only real competition left is SMU
19 Iowa Hawkeyes Wow, out of no where. Had losses to Penn State, MSU, and NW, and I thought you wouldn't see my rankings again. Then you SPANKED Ohio State! That can't be ignored, so you force them to 20 and yourselves into my rankings. Wiscy should be a interesting test for both teams.
20 Ohio State Buckeyes Wow wow wow. Completely different team from Penn State. What the hell?? Which JT will show up vs MSU? They will make you pay just like Iowa if you aren't careful. This BIG conference is getting crazy!
21 West Virginia Mountaineers Solid win over a surging Cyclones team. Schedule doesn't get any easier with Kansas State, Texas, and finally OU left.
22 Iowa State Cyclones And the swirling Cyclones slow down and begin to unravel some. I couldn't drop the team that beat both TCU and OU though. This team and conference have become very interesting. Good luck against my Cowboys this week. OU already beat you to breaking our playoff hopes though :(
23 NC State Wolfpack Tough losses to two top 5 teams. You were able to play Clemson close though. Don't sleep on BC or WF coming up. 
24 LSU Tigers Hard to figure out this LSU team. Rest of schedule looks beatable, but Arkansas seems to play well vs the Tigers and hopefully my Aggies can do something for once.
25 Toledo Rockets Toledo continues to quietly do well over in the MAC, but so is Ohio who is hot on your heels in my rankings. This is a important MAC matchup coming up. WMU will also be tough if you survive the Bobcats.

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