Ballot Type: Human

Submitted: Sept. 4, 2018, 8:01 a.m.

Overall Rationale: Teams are ranked in order of how impressed I am with their resumes so far.  The evaluation of teams does not include preseason expectations, just what they've put on film so far this year.  The evaluation of their resumes does include preseason expectations of how good I believe their opponents to be this year.

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Rank	Team	Reason
1	Auburn Tigers
2	Virginia Tech Hokies
3	LSU Tigers
4	Alabama Crimson Tide
5	BYU Cougars
6	Notre Dame Fighting Irish
7	Cincinnati Bearcats
8	West Virginia Mountaineers
9	Maryland Terrapins
10	California Golden Bears
11	Ohio State Buckeyes
12	Hawai'i Rainbow Warriors
13	Northwestern Wildcats
14	Stanford Cardinal
15	Washington State Cougars
16	Penn State Nittany Lions
17	Wisconsin Badgers
18	Iowa Hawkeyes
19	Michigan State Spartans
20	Boise State Broncos
21	USC Trojans
22	Syracuse Orange
23	Duke Blue Devils
24	Colorado Buffaloes
25	Houston Cougars

Teams Ranked:

Rank	Team	Unusualness
1	Auburn Tigers	1.28
2	Virginia Tech Hokies	1.45
3	LSU Tigers	1.20
4	Alabama Crimson Tide	-0.90
5	BYU Cougars	16.52
6	Notre Dame Fighting Irish	0.08
7	Cincinnati Bearcats	11.49
8	West Virginia Mountaineers	0.50
9	Maryland Terrapins	6.29
10	California Golden Bears	14.37
11	Ohio State Buckeyes	-1.21
12	Hawai'i Rainbow Warriors	4.07
13	Northwestern Wildcats	2.10
14	Stanford Cardinal	0.00
15	Washington State Cougars	7.16
16	Penn State Nittany Lions	0.00
17	Wisconsin Badgers	-2.14
18	Iowa Hawkeyes	3.07
19	Michigan State Spartans	0.00
20	Boise State Broncos	0.00
21	USC Trojans	-0.43
22	Syracuse Orange	3.21
23	Duke Blue Devils	1.74
24	Colorado Buffaloes	0.68
25	Houston Cougars	0.00

Omissions:

Team	Unusualness
Clemson Tigers	3.93
Oklahoma Sooners	6.91
Georgia Bulldogs	3.86
Washington Huskies	1.82
TCU Horned Frogs	1.82
UCF Knights	0.89
Mississippi State Bulldogs	0.92
Michigan Wolverines	0.39
Oklahoma State Cowboys	0.23
Oregon Ducks	0.28
Miami Hurricanes	0.16

Total Score: 101.10