Ballot Type: Hybrid

Submitted: Jan. 9, 2018, 10:18 a.m.

Overall Rationale: Will adjust +/- 3 for committee factors (notably head to head), but only if I feel it absolutely necessary, as my poll should be spitting out the results I want at this point. I will also put in individual reasoning any ties in my system.   Next 5: West Virginia, Wazzu, Miss St., Memphis, Toledo/Arizona St/Boston College     This weeks full poll: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1DahkvOu69wZE2w2skKrP39CCgmlAImUlnNo0TYbSwUA/edit?usp=sharing

• Ballot
• Analysis

Rank	Team	Reason
1	Alabama Crimson Tide
2	Georgia Bulldogs
3	Oklahoma Sooners	+1  Head to head over Ohio State
4	Ohio State Buckeyes
5	UCF Knights	T6 in system, +1 - move ahead of Auburn based on Head to head - Broke tie on w/l record and game control
6	Clemson Tigers	T6 in system - Broke tie over USC on w/l record and slight forgiveness of injury against Cuse
7	Auburn Tigers	-2 move behind Clemson and UCF due to head to head
8	USC Trojans	T6 in system
9	Wisconsin Badgers
10	TCU Horned Frogs
11	Miami Hurricanes	+1 Head to Head with ND
12	Stanford Cardinal	+1 Head to Head with ND
13	Notre Dame Fighting Irish
14	Michigan State Spartans	T14 in system - Looked dominant in win to break tie
15	LSU Tigers	T14 in system - I have questioned their rank all season so have no problem with them losing the tie
16	Penn State Nittany Lions
17	Oklahoma State Cowboys	T17
18	FAU Owls	T17
19	Iowa State Cyclones	T17 - Lost tie breaker to both on w/l record and eye test
20	Northwestern Wildcats
21	Kansas State Wildcats
22	Boise State Broncos	T22 - Broke tie on consistency through season
23	NC State Wolfpack	T22
24	Washington Huskies
25	Iowa Hawkeyes

Teams Ranked:

Rank	Team	Unusualness
1	Alabama Crimson Tide	0.00
2	Georgia Bulldogs	0.00
3	Oklahoma Sooners	0.11
4	Ohio State Buckeyes	0.03
5	UCF Knights	0.00
6	Clemson Tigers	0.00
7	Auburn Tigers	0.77
8	USC Trojans	0.92
9	Wisconsin Badgers	-0.98
10	TCU Horned Frogs	0.00
11	Miami Hurricanes	0.11
12	Stanford Cardinal	1.85
13	Notre Dame Fighting Irish	0.00
14	Michigan State Spartans	0.00
15	LSU Tigers	1.03
16	Penn State Nittany Lions	-4.75
17	Oklahoma State Cowboys	-0.28
18	FAU Owls	1.39
19	Iowa State Cyclones	4.54
20	Northwestern Wildcats	-0.22
21	Kansas State Wildcats	4.14
22	Boise State Broncos	0.00
23	NC State Wolfpack	0.00
24	Washington Huskies	-2.43
25	Iowa Hawkeyes	0.00

Omissions:

Team	Unusualness
USF Bulls	0.62
Mississippi State Bulldogs	0.83
Memphis Tigers	0.19

Total Score: 25.18