Ballot Type: Human

Submitted: Jan. 9, 2018, 12:03 a.m.

• Ballot
• Analysis

Rank	Team	Reason
1	UCF Knights	It could be for the memes, or it could be because I believe the Citronauts got screwed, or I could legitimately believe that UCF is No. 1. You don't know. UCF is making a statement right now. It's time someone called out the CFP committee. I'm glad they did what they did. It's not unreasonable to put them here. Call me crazy, but it's not unreasonable to rank the only remaining undefeated team in the FBS as No. 1. 
2	Alabama Crimson Tide
3	Georgia Bulldogs
4	Oklahoma Sooners
5	Ohio State Buckeyes
6	Wisconsin Badgers
7	Penn State Nittany Lions
8	Clemson Tigers	Clemson really was not deserving of that No. 1 ranking. Alabama proved it. 
9	Auburn Tigers
10	TCU Horned Frogs
11	Oklahoma State Cowboys
12	USC Trojans	I'm gonna take this time to say that the West as a region took a hard hit in reputation this season at the P5, G5, and FCS levels. Pac cannibalized itself and had the poor bowl showing. The MWC couldn't produce a team with fewer than 3 losses. And the Big Sky was just awful, flopping in the playoffs, even against non-scholarship teams, along with traditional powers failing miserably. USC won a P5 conference, but even this might be too high for them. P5 and AAC might be relatively equal here. 
13	Washington Huskies
14	Miami Hurricanes	Might seem harsh, but man, that was an ugly end of season collapse. 
15	Notre Dame Fighting Irish
16	Michigan State Spartans
17	Boise State Broncos	Boise's had a pretty good season. 
18	Northwestern Wildcats
19	South Carolina Gamecocks
20	USF Bulls
21	Iowa State Cyclones	Beating a Top 25 team at their home field for a bowl game is pretty good when combined with their month of October. This is an 8-5 worth ranking. 
22	Memphis Tigers	Only losses are to teams I've ranked and they have some decent wins. 
23	LSU Tigers
24	Iowa Hawkeyes
25	FAU Owls	You don't win 10 games in a row, even if it is in C-USA, without being pretty darn good. 

Teams Ranked:

Rank	Team	Unusualness
1	UCF Knights	0.27
2	Alabama Crimson Tide	0.00
3	Georgia Bulldogs	0.00
4	Oklahoma Sooners	0.00
5	Ohio State Buckeyes	0.00
6	Wisconsin Badgers	0.00
7	Penn State Nittany Lions	0.00
8	Clemson Tigers	-1.01
9	Auburn Tigers	0.04
10	TCU Horned Frogs	0.00
11	Oklahoma State Cowboys	0.51
12	USC Trojans	0.00
13	Washington Huskies	0.21
14	Miami Hurricanes	0.00
15	Notre Dame Fighting Irish	-0.51
16	Michigan State Spartans	0.00
17	Boise State Broncos	0.76
18	Northwestern Wildcats	0.00
19	South Carolina Gamecocks	4.89
20	USF Bulls	0.00
21	Iowa State Cyclones	2.85
22	Memphis Tigers	0.00
23	LSU Tigers	-0.05
24	Iowa Hawkeyes	0.46
25	FAU Owls	0.00

Omissions:

Team	Unusualness
Stanford Cardinal	1.12
Mississippi State Bulldogs	0.83
NC State Wolfpack	0.42

Total Score: 13.92