Ballot Type: Human

Submitted: Sept. 5, 2018, 8:16 a.m.

Overall Rationale: Look, it's just week 1 - don't flame me for over-ranking teams. This is a weekend where most teams schedule their local school for the blind. But enough about Nicholls State. 

• Ballot
• Analysis

Rank	Team	Reason
1	Alabama Crimson Tide	Louisville had a 10% chance of winning until 3:10 into the game. Or to convert that for Cardinals fans, 12.667 Pitinos. But that game could have gotten out of hand a lot quicker, if DeVonta Smith had decided to handle it a better way.
2	Clemson Tigers
3	Oklahoma Sooners
4	Georgia Bulldogs
5	Auburn Tigers
6	Virginia Tech Hokies	I haven't seen someone that unprepared to compete in Tallahassee since Al Gore.
7	Notre Dame Fighting Irish	In a change of pace, Brian Kelly drove the other guys to drink.  
8	Ohio State Buckeyes	Apparently Columbus hadn't seen enough Beavers getting pushed around.
9	Wisconsin Badgers
10	LSU Tigers
11	Penn State Nittany Lions
12	Washington Huskies
13	West Virginia Mountaineers
14	Stanford Cardinal
15	Mississippi State Bulldogs
16	TCU Horned Frogs
17	USC Trojans
18	Boise State Broncos
19	UCF Knights
20	Miami Hurricanes
21	Oklahoma State Cowboys
22	Michigan State Spartans	MDOT has asked the unions to hire the Spartans' offensive line - they're confident they can't block road construction.
23	Cincinnati Bearcats	 I hope losing to Cincy didn't spoil UCLA's Labor Day party.
24	Northwestern Wildcats
25	Maryland Terrapins	Maryland's defense wanted to improve their turnover ratio.  I guess they hired the only person who knows more about stripping than Michelle Herman.

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	Auburn Tigers	0.00
6	Virginia Tech Hokies	0.67
7	Notre Dame Fighting Irish	0.00
8	Ohio State Buckeyes	-0.15
9	Wisconsin Badgers	0.00
10	LSU Tigers	0.00
11	Penn State Nittany Lions	0.18
12	Washington Huskies	0.00
13	West Virginia Mountaineers	0.00
14	Stanford Cardinal	0.00
15	Mississippi State Bulldogs	0.10
16	TCU Horned Frogs	0.00
17	USC Trojans	0.00
18	Boise State Broncos	0.00
19	UCF Knights	0.00
20	Miami Hurricanes	0.57
21	Oklahoma State Cowboys	0.00
22	Michigan State Spartans	-0.36
23	Cincinnati Bearcats	0.68
24	Northwestern Wildcats	0.00
25	Maryland Terrapins	0.00

Omissions:

Team	Unusualness
Michigan Wolverines	0.39
Oregon Ducks	0.28

Total Score: 3.60