Ballot Type: Human

Submitted: Sept. 4, 2018, 9:24 p.m.

Overall Rationale: I watched 19 football games over the last 5 days. Two of those were Japanese, so maybe they don't count. Another 5 were unranked (I'm counting Texas-Maryland in that), which leaves 12 games and 15 ranked teams. Among those teams, I evaluated how good I thought the team looked while watching, with no regard for any actual stats except final score. After I apply Gut Feeling, I then re-ordered a bit based on bias, for which teams I can and cannot stand, and which ones I'm scared of.  Then I used other teams who won to fill in the cracks.

• Ballot
• Analysis

Rank	Team	Reason
1	Oklahoma Sooners	They're the only team who really looked good playing a team who is supposed to be a decent opponent. 
2	Georgia Bulldogs
3	Alabama Crimson Tide
4	Clemson Tigers
5	Ohio State Buckeyes	Oregon State scored 31 points on you.  In case you've forgotten, 31 is exactly the number of points you're not supposed to let people score on you.
6	Wisconsin Badgers	We just didn't look right.  The score did not reflect how much ground our defense gave up. The game exposed serious issues with our passing game. I believe we could have scored twice as many points if we decided to use Taylor more, but we won't just be able to run against big opponents, so we need the Heismanbrook we know and love back.
7	Notre Dame Fighting Irish	Okay, ND looked pretty good playing a decent opponent as well. But it was Michigan.
8	Auburn Tigers	Sure, you beat a ranked opponent, but you looked bad doing it.
9	LSU Tigers	LSU is BACK
10	Stanford Cardinal
11	Michigan State Spartans
12	Penn State Nittany Lions
13	Washington Huskies	<3 Dubs
14	TCU Horned Frogs
15	USC Trojans
16	Michigan Wolverines	Michigan actually put up a fight.
17	Mississippi State Bulldogs
18	UCF Knights
19	Virginia Tech Hokies
20	Miami Hurricanes
21	West Virginia Mountaineers
22	South Carolina Gamecocks
23	Boise State Broncos
24	Washington State Cougars
25	Hawai'i Rainbow Warriors

Teams Ranked:

Rank	Team	Unusualness
1	Oklahoma Sooners	0.97
2	Georgia Bulldogs	0.11
3	Alabama Crimson Tide	-0.22
4	Clemson Tigers	0.00
5	Ohio State Buckeyes	0.00
6	Wisconsin Badgers	0.00
7	Notre Dame Fighting Irish	0.00
8	Auburn Tigers	0.00
9	LSU Tigers	0.00
10	Stanford Cardinal	0.00
11	Michigan State Spartans	0.55
12	Penn State Nittany Lions	0.00
13	Washington Huskies	0.00
14	TCU Horned Frogs	0.00
15	USC Trojans	0.00
16	Michigan Wolverines	1.00
17	Mississippi State Bulldogs	0.00
18	UCF Knights	0.00
19	Virginia Tech Hokies	-0.38
20	Miami Hurricanes	0.57
21	West Virginia Mountaineers	-0.64
22	South Carolina Gamecocks	0.00
23	Boise State Broncos	-0.20
24	Washington State Cougars	0.16
25	Hawai'i Rainbow Warriors	0.00

Omissions:

Team	Unusualness
Oklahoma State Cowboys	0.23
Oregon Ducks	0.28

Total Score: 5.32