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AllHawkeyesGoToHell Ballot for 2018 Preseason

Ballot Type: Human

Submitted: Aug. 17, 2018, 12:56 p.m.

Overall Rationale: For the last 5 spots, I decided I would pick the favorites of each G5 league, and then I realized I didn't know anything about the MAC, so I put the favorite for the FCS crown, NDSU. Miss State, Arizona, and Iowa State, & LSU were the teams replaced. Boise State and Houston would be ranked in my ballot regardless if I wasn't being particularly inclusionary to the G5

Rank Team Reason
1 Alabama Crimson Tide
2 Georgia Bulldogs
3 Michigan Wolverines
4 Clemson Tigers
5 Oklahoma Sooners Oklahoma is definitely in a class of its own in the Big 12, but doesn't mean they're a playoff level team, especially losing to Baker Mayfield
6 Washington Huskies
7 Wisconsin Badgers
8 Penn State Nittany Lions
9 Ohio State Buckeyes I would have put them higher, but their coaching situation is in limbo now. The talent alone will keep them in the Top 10, but their ceiling is probably a NY6 Bowl
10 USC Trojans
11 Miami Hurricanes
12 Oklahoma State Cowboys
13 Stanford Cardinal
14 TCU Horned Frogs
15 Auburn Tigers I'm not high on Auburn. Auburn rarely lives up to expectations, and there are high expectations surrounding this team.
16 Michigan State Spartans
17 Houston Cougars This really seems like the year Houston puts some big together.
18 West Virginia Mountaineers
19 Notre Dame Fighting Irish
20 South Carolina Gamecocks
21 Virginia Tech Hokies
22 Boise State Broncos
23 FAU Owls
24 Appalachian State Mountaineers
25 North Dakota State Bison

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