Ballot Type: Human

Submitted: Sept. 4, 2018, 9:21 a.m.

Overall Rationale: Movements in my poll, as with many human polls, will be showing a lot of volatility for the next coming weeks as teams figure out who they are, where the strengths and weaknesses are, and how they handle past performance vs. future competition. 

• Ballot
• Analysis

Rank	Team	Reason
1	Alabama Crimson Tide	+1
2	Ohio State Buckeyes	+3
3	Clemson Tigers	-2
4	Georgia Bulldogs	-1
5	Auburn Tigers	+3
6	Oklahoma Sooners	+1
7	Notre Dame Fighting Irish	+3
8	Wisconsin Badgers	-4
9	TCU Horned Frogs	+5
10	Virginia Tech Hokies	+8
11	LSU Tigers	+11
12	USC Trojans	+1
13	West Virginia Mountaineers	+4
14	Penn State Nittany Lions	-5
15	Mississippi State Bulldogs	-1
16	Michigan State Spartans	-4
17	UCF Knights	+8
18	Stanford Cardinal	+3
19	Washington Huskies	-13
20	Oklahoma State Cowboys	NR
21	Boise State Broncos	+3
22	Oregon Ducks	NR
23	Northwestern Wildcats	+/- 0
24	Michigan Wolverines	-9
25	Hawai'i Rainbow Warriors	NR.Dropped from rankings: Texas, Florida State, Miami

Teams Ranked:

Rank	Team	Unusualness
1	Alabama Crimson Tide	0.00
2	Ohio State Buckeyes	0.46
3	Clemson Tigers	0.00
4	Georgia Bulldogs	0.00
5	Auburn Tigers	0.00
6	Oklahoma Sooners	0.00
7	Notre Dame Fighting Irish	0.00
8	Wisconsin Badgers	0.00
9	TCU Horned Frogs	0.88
10	Virginia Tech Hokies	0.00
11	LSU Tigers	0.00
12	USC Trojans	0.17
13	West Virginia Mountaineers	0.00
14	Penn State Nittany Lions	0.00
15	Mississippi State Bulldogs	0.10
16	Michigan State Spartans	0.00
17	UCF Knights	0.00
18	Stanford Cardinal	-0.70
19	Washington Huskies	-0.33
20	Oklahoma State Cowboys	0.00
21	Boise State Broncos	0.00
22	Oregon Ducks	0.00
23	Northwestern Wildcats	0.00
24	Michigan Wolverines	0.00
25	Hawai'i Rainbow Warriors	0.00

Omissions:

Team	Unusualness
Miami Hurricanes	0.16

Total Score: 2.80