Ballot Type: Human

Submitted: Sept. 4, 2018, 1:22 a.m.

• Ballot
• Analysis

Rank	Team	Reason
1	Alabama Crimson Tide	I don't think I need to justify this one.
2	Wisconsin Badgers	While some other B1G teams looked flat the Badgers took care of business.
3	Clemson Tigers	Clemson looks like who we thought they were.
4	Georgia Bulldogs	Poor Austin Peay.
5	Oklahoma Sooners	The Big-12 is Oklahoma's for the taking.
6	Ohio State Buckeyes	Won't be tested until TCU, and giving up 31 points to Oregon State is embarrassing.
7	Auburn Tigers	Tough front seven, decent QB.
8	Stanford Cardinal	Big drop off, had to pick someone and Stanford has a passing game now! Bryce Love was bottled up.
9	Virginia Tech Hokies	Is that Bud Foster defense that good, or is FSU just ass my dudes? 
10	West Virginia Mountaineers	Will Grier is good at football.
11	Michigan State Spartans	Looked awful against Utah State, should have lost that game and I'm tempted to move them down, except the next year also looked bad.
12	Penn State Nittany Lions	Should have lost to App State, not impressive at all.
13	TCU Horned Frogs	The game with Ohio State will tell us more.
14	USC Trojans	Didn't look good against UNLV, but promise from JT Daniels.
15	LSU Tigers	Handled Miami, looking competent.
16	UCF Knights	Beating up on UConn is expected, and they did it with style.
17	Notre Dame Fighting Irish	Didn't include them in my preseason poll, but they got a good win. We don't know how good Michigan is, but ND will have plenty of chances to impress.
18	Washington Huskies	Looked pretty awful on offense against Auburn. Missing Trey Adams and Miles Bryant. 
19	Mississippi State Bulldogs	They can be an SEC dark horse.
20	Fresno State Bulldogs	Put up 79 points, my G-5 sleeper is looking good.
21	Oregon Ducks	Slow start against BGSU until the Herbert was unleashed.
22	Oklahoma State Cowboys	Probably the third best team in the Big-12, and the third best team in the Big-12 belongs around here.
23	Florida Gators	Florida's only P-5 team to not look like crap!
24	Boise State Broncos	Handled Troy.
25	South Carolina Gamecocks	Someone needs to be on here, and I couldn't in all good faith justify keeping Miami, Florida State, or Michigan staying in the poll.

Teams Ranked:

Rank	Team	Unusualness
1	Alabama Crimson Tide	0.00
2	Wisconsin Badgers	0.69
3	Clemson Tigers	0.00
4	Georgia Bulldogs	0.00
5	Oklahoma Sooners	0.00
6	Ohio State Buckeyes	0.00
7	Auburn Tigers	0.00
8	Stanford Cardinal	0.50
9	Virginia Tech Hokies	0.08
10	West Virginia Mountaineers	0.10
11	Michigan State Spartans	0.55
12	Penn State Nittany Lions	0.00
13	TCU Horned Frogs	0.00
14	USC Trojans	0.00
15	LSU Tigers	0.00
16	UCF Knights	0.00
17	Notre Dame Fighting Irish	-2.31
18	Washington Huskies	-0.12
19	Mississippi State Bulldogs	0.00
20	Fresno State Bulldogs	5.04
21	Oregon Ducks	0.00
22	Oklahoma State Cowboys	0.00
23	Florida Gators	0.49
24	Boise State Broncos	-0.44
25	South Carolina Gamecocks	0.00

Omissions:

Team	Unusualness
Michigan Wolverines	0.39
Miami Hurricanes	0.16

Total Score: 10.86