Ballot Type: Human

Submitted: Nov. 27, 2017, 5:25 p.m.

Overall Rationale: Essentially, this is a resume poll that heavily weights wins over 1-loss teams. Otherwise P5 wins are counted as tallies in a team's favor. Losses to undefeated teams are less detrimental than other losses. Based on these factors teams are graded out into a handful of tiers and then ranked within those tiers. Teams are also clumped into a sort of "poll-worthy" category based in these criteria. This clump of teams has no size limit and can certainly be more than 25. Wins over any of these teams will boost a team's ranking within their tier, but not into another tier. This poll is not meant to be predictive in any way.

• Ballot
• Analysis

Rank	Team	Reason
1	Wisconsin Badgers
2	UCF Knights
3	Oklahoma Sooners
4	Clemson Tigers
5	Auburn Tigers
6	Alabama Crimson Tide
7	Georgia Bulldogs
8	Miami Hurricanes
9	Ohio State Buckeyes
10	USC Trojans
11	Penn State Nittany Lions
12	TCU Horned Frogs
13	Washington Huskies
14	Michigan State Spartans
15	Memphis Tigers
16	Washington State Cougars
17	San Diego State Aztecs
18	LSU Tigers
19	Stanford Cardinal
20	Notre Dame Fighting Irish
21	Northwestern Wildcats
22	Troy Trojans
23	Oklahoma State Cowboys
24	Virginia Tech Hokies
25	Fresno State Bulldogs

Teams Ranked:

Rank	Team	Unusualness
1	Wisconsin Badgers	0.04
2	UCF Knights	1.16
3	Oklahoma Sooners	0.00
4	Clemson Tigers	-0.25
5	Auburn Tigers	0.00
6	Alabama Crimson Tide	0.00
7	Georgia Bulldogs	0.00
8	Miami Hurricanes	0.00
9	Ohio State Buckeyes	0.00
10	USC Trojans	0.00
11	Penn State Nittany Lions	0.00
12	TCU Horned Frogs	0.00
13	Washington Huskies	0.00
14	Michigan State Spartans	1.17
15	Memphis Tigers	0.00
16	Washington State Cougars	1.17
17	San Diego State Aztecs	3.90
18	LSU Tigers	0.00
19	Stanford Cardinal	-1.11
20	Notre Dame Fighting Irish	-0.50
21	Northwestern Wildcats	0.00
22	Troy Trojans	2.95
23	Oklahoma State Cowboys	-1.11
24	Virginia Tech Hokies	-0.39
25	Fresno State Bulldogs	0.00

Omissions:

Team	Unusualness
USF Bulls	0.30

Total Score: 14.05