Ballot Type: Human

Submitted: Jan. 10, 2018, 8:53 a.m.

Overall Rationale: Bowls are mostly meaningless, so just a bit of shuffling from the week 15 poll. Bama didn't deserve a playoff spot, but because the language of the playoff says "4 best teams", despite being laughably subjective, I will go along with their silliness and rank their champion #1. I'm not happy about it though. Teams that maybe should have made the playoffs in their spot follow, with UGA ahead of Wisconsin because they did beat my former #1 Oklahoma and pushed the NCG to overtime. These playoffs are stupid.

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

Teams Ranked:

Rank	Team	Unusualness
1	Alabama Crimson Tide	0.00
2	Ohio State Buckeyes	1.49
3	UCF Knights	0.00
4	Georgia Bulldogs	-0.53
5	Wisconsin Badgers	0.21
6	Oklahoma Sooners	-0.34
7	Penn State Nittany Lions	0.00
8	Clemson Tigers	-1.01
9	TCU Horned Frogs	0.00
10	USC Trojans	0.21
11	Auburn Tigers	0.00
12	Miami Hurricanes	0.00
13	Washington Huskies	0.21
14	Washington State Cougars	6.64
15	Notre Dame Fighting Irish	-0.51
16	Northwestern Wildcats	0.00
17	Michigan State Spartans	-0.17
18	Memphis Tigers	1.21
19	San Diego State Aztecs	6.15
20	Stanford Cardinal	0.00
21	LSU Tigers	0.00
22	Boise State Broncos	0.00
23	Troy Trojans	0.85
24	Oklahoma State Cowboys	-2.95
25	Virginia Tech Hokies	0.00

Omissions:

Team	Unusualness
USF Bulls	0.62
Mississippi State Bulldogs	0.83
NC State Wolfpack	0.42

Total Score: 24.34