Ballot Type: Human

Submitted: Sept. 4, 2018, 2:12 p.m.

• Ballot
• Analysis

Rank	Team	Reason
1	Alabama Crimson Tide
2	Clemson Tigers
3	Oklahoma Sooners
4	Georgia Bulldogs
5	Ohio State Buckeyes
6	Wisconsin Badgers
7	Auburn Tigers
8	Notre Dame Fighting Irish
9	Stanford Cardinal
10	Virginia Tech Hokies
11	LSU Tigers
12	TCU Horned Frogs
13	Mississippi State Bulldogs
14	Washington Huskies
15	Michigan State Spartans
16	Penn State Nittany Lions
17	Boise State Broncos
18	UCF Knights
19	West Virginia Mountaineers
20	USC Trojans
21	Oklahoma State Cowboys
22	Oregon Ducks
23	Memphis Tigers
24	Northwestern Wildcats
25	Hawai'i Rainbow Warriors	This is the only team I feel the need to explain. Hawai'i is the only 2-0 FBS team in the country right now. They've beaten two pretty solid G5 teams (well, Colorado St. maybe not at this point, we'll see). There's so few data points to go off this early in the season that I'm taking a team that has performed much better than expected over teams that have better talent but didn't look good on the field (Miami, Michigan, FSU, Texas). I'll probably replace them with a good 2-0 P5 team next week but for now I'm comfortable with Hawai'i as 25th. 

Teams Ranked:

Rank	Team	Unusualness
1	Alabama Crimson Tide	0.00
2	Clemson Tigers	0.00
3	Oklahoma Sooners	0.22
4	Georgia Bulldogs	0.00
5	Ohio State Buckeyes	0.00
6	Wisconsin Badgers	0.00
7	Auburn Tigers	0.00
8	Notre Dame Fighting Irish	0.00
9	Stanford Cardinal	0.23
10	Virginia Tech Hokies	0.00
11	LSU Tigers	0.00
12	TCU Horned Frogs	0.14
13	Mississippi State Bulldogs	0.56
14	Washington Huskies	0.00
15	Michigan State Spartans	0.00
16	Penn State Nittany Lions	0.00
17	Boise State Broncos	0.00
18	UCF Knights	0.00
19	West Virginia Mountaineers	-0.23
20	USC Trojans	-0.20
21	Oklahoma State Cowboys	0.00
22	Oregon Ducks	0.00
23	Memphis Tigers	1.81
24	Northwestern Wildcats	0.00
25	Hawai'i Rainbow Warriors	0.00

Omissions:

Team	Unusualness
Michigan Wolverines	0.39
Miami Hurricanes	0.16

Total Score: 3.94