Ballot Type: Human
Submitted: Aug. 16, 2018, 12:56 p.m.
Overall Rationale: Preseason polls are worthless, but I'm doing one anyways because I'm so excited for the season to be starting in less than 10 days. Not even doing a joke poll although we all know Kansas deserves that #1 spot.
Rank | Team | Reason |
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1 | Alabama Crimson Tide | This is their world and we're just living in it. |
2 | Clemson Tigers | ThEiR EnTiRe D-LiNe CoUlD WrEcK ThE NfL |
3 | Ohio State Buckeyes | Urban had previous knowledge of my preseason ranking |
4 | Washington Huskies | This is the year for the Huskies I can feel it**This is probably not going to work out |
5 | Wisconsin Badgers | Can they actually win the B1G this time?  |
6 | Georgia Bulldogs | Excited to see where it all falls apart for them this year. |
7 | Michigan State Spartans | Fully buying the Spartans this year |
8 | Auburn Tigers | Will Auburn win 5 games or 13? |
9 | Oklahoma Sooners | Trust OU more than anyone else in the Big 12 for obvious reasons. It's their conference. |
10 | Stanford Cardinal | Love is optimism. Optimism is Love. |
11 | Purdue Boilermakers | THIS TRAIN IS POWERED BY PURE UNBRIDLED HYPE |
12 | West Virginia Mountaineers | Should be really good. Feel like I've said that before. |
13 | Michigan Wolverines | If Patterson is even semi competent then they should contend for the conference. |
14 | Penn State Nittany Lions | Wow this division is tough ain't it? |
15 | UCF Knights | Can they have near as much success without Frost? Maybe. |
16 | Notre Dame Fighting Irish | Don't know what to expect from them, but Wimbush is a threat and they won 10 games last year so I'm thinking 10 wins is possible again. |
17 | Oklahoma State Cowboys | Gundy should have a top 25 team all season long unless.. |
18 | Boise State Broncos | These guys spoil it early on. |
19 | Miami Hurricanes | Not entirely sure how convinced I am that they'll be good again, but preseason top 20 seems fair. |
20 | TCU Horned Frogs | Just got some terrible injury news which is unfortunate, but they should be a 9+ win team. |
21 | FAU Owls | Singletary is back. Lane Train likes Singletary the rest of the CUSA does not. |
22 | USC Trojans | Bit of a disappointment last year compared to what could've been, but they're USC they should just reload and win the south again. |
23 | Arizona Wildcats | UNLESS KHALIL TATE RUNS AWAY WITH THE DIVISION. Get it, runs away, because he's extremely mobile. |
24 | Troy Trojans | Put some respect on their name. |
25 | Army West Point | Yeah what's up that's right. Rounding out a preseason top 25 with FSU or Miss State or VT or Oregon is boring. In 2018 Army is coming for that ass. |
Teams Ranked:
Rank | Team | Unusualness |
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1 | Alabama Crimson Tide | 0.00 |
2 | Clemson Tigers | 0.00 |
3 | Ohio State Buckeyes | 0.13 |
4 | Washington Huskies | 0.17 |
5 | Wisconsin Badgers | 0.00 |
6 | Georgia Bulldogs | -0.63 |
7 | Michigan State Spartans | 0.78 |
8 | Auburn Tigers | 0.00 |
9 | Oklahoma Sooners | -0.05 |
10 | Stanford Cardinal | 0.52 |
11 | Purdue Boilermakers | 14.06 |
12 | West Virginia Mountaineers | 0.90 |
13 | Michigan Wolverines | 0.00 |
14 | Penn State Nittany Lions | -0.71 |
15 | UCF Knights | 0.06 |
16 | Notre Dame Fighting Irish | -0.11 |
17 | Oklahoma State Cowboys | 0.38 |
18 | Boise State Broncos | 0.33 |
19 | Miami Hurricanes | -1.33 |
20 | TCU Horned Frogs | -0.21 |
21 | FAU Owls | 1.31 |
22 | USC Trojans | -0.91 |
23 | Arizona Wildcats | 1.65 |
24 | Troy Trojans | 1.04 |
25 | Army West Point | 0.24 |
Omissions:
Team | Unusualness |
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Mississippi State Bulldogs | 0.68 |
Virginia Tech Hokies | 0.75 |
Florida State Seminoles | 0.51 |
LSU Tigers | 0.32 |
Texas Longhorns | 0.00 |
Total Score: 27.79