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Overall Rationale: As always, I'm using primarily computer rankings, with the first few teams and the #25 team manually picked.

Rank	Team	Reason
1	Clemson Tigers	I'll keep Clemson at the #1 spot until they show me they're unworthy.
2	Alabama Crimson Tide	With that being said, Alabama is a clear #2. More like a #1b, actually. If Clemson falters, the Crimson Tide are in line to take the top spot.
3	Oklahoma Sooners
4	Ohio State Buckeyes	Ohio State vs. Oklahoma was a tough one to decide. The computers give Ohio State a slight edge, but the Meyer situation (which the computers don't know about) is enough to drop the Buckeyes down.
5	Georgia Bulldogs	Computer rankings start here.
6	Wisconsin Badgers
7	Penn State Nittany Lions
8	Auburn Tigers
9	Notre Dame Fighting Irish
10	Stanford Cardinal	Computers had Stanford #11, but I bumped them up a spot to avoid shutting a P5 conference out of the top 10.
11	LSU Tigers	In turn, this means LSU drops to #11.
12	Virginia Tech Hokies
13	USC Trojans
14	Michigan State Spartans
15	Oklahoma State Cowboys
16	UCF Knights
17	Washington Huskies	Am I dropping Washington too far? Probably. But it's what the computers tell me to do, and this early in the season, it's hard to tell who's for real.
18	Mississippi State Bulldogs
19	Boise State Broncos
20	TCU Horned Frogs
21	Iowa Hawkeyes
22	NC State Wolfpack
23	Memphis Tigers	Memphis vs. Northwestern is another case where I disagree with the computers. I'm higher on the American than most (though not to the point where I'd consider them anywhere close to P6).
24	Northwestern Wildcats
25	North Dakota State Bison	NDSU gets the manually placed #25 spot again. FCS is still D-I, so I'm giving them some recognition early on.

Teams Ranked:

Rank	Team	Unusualness
1	Clemson Tigers	0.01
2	Alabama Crimson Tide	0.00
3	Oklahoma Sooners	0.22
4	Ohio State Buckeyes	0.00
5	Georgia Bulldogs	0.00
6	Wisconsin Badgers	0.00
7	Penn State Nittany Lions	1.02
8	Auburn Tigers	0.00
9	Notre Dame Fighting Irish	0.00
10	Stanford Cardinal	0.00
11	LSU Tigers	0.00
12	Virginia Tech Hokies	0.00
13	USC Trojans	0.00
14	Michigan State Spartans	0.00
15	Oklahoma State Cowboys	1.10
16	UCF Knights	0.00
17	Washington Huskies	0.00
18	Mississippi State Bulldogs	0.00
19	Boise State Broncos	0.00
20	TCU Horned Frogs	-0.34
21	Iowa Hawkeyes	1.40
22	NC State Wolfpack	2.93
23	Memphis Tigers	1.81
24	Northwestern Wildcats	0.00
25	North Dakota State Bison	0.24

Omissions:

Team	Unusualness
West Virginia Mountaineers	1.66
Michigan Wolverines	0.39
Oregon Ducks	0.28
Miami Hurricanes	0.16

Total Score: 11.56

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