Ballot Type: Human
Submitted: Sept. 10, 2018, 3:24 p.m.
Overall Rationale: These are who I consider to be the best teams in college football. My rankings are not strongly resume-based.
Rank | Team | Reason |
---|---|---|
1 | Alabama Crimson Tide | |
2 | Georgia Bulldogs | Convincing domination of SCar in Columbia earns UGA the right to jump Clemson |
3 | Clemson Tigers | They may have struggled to put away a possibly-very-good Texas A&M in College Station, but I can't knock Clemson out of the top 3. I see no reason to believe they are not a playoff-level team again. |
4 | Ohio State Buckeyes | OSU is playing like prototypical playoff-caliber OSU, even without Urban on the sidelines. I fully expect them to beat TCU by multiple touchdowns this week. |
5 | Oklahoma Sooners | Loss of Rodney Anderson could prove significant, but until I see proof of it, OU is playing like the class of the Big 12 again |
6 | Wisconsin Badgers | |
7 | Auburn Tigers | |
8 | Washington Huskies | |
9 | Virginia Tech Hokies | |
10 | Notre Dame Fighting Irish | |
11 | Stanford Cardinal | |
12 | Penn State Nittany Lions | I'm very torn on PSU at the moment. Not completely sold on McSorely or their defense, but they certainly made a statement against Pitt in that second half. |
13 | Mississippi State Bulldogs | |
14 | LSU Tigers | |
15 | TCU Horned Frogs | |
16 | Oklahoma State Cowboys | |
17 | Boise State Broncos | |
18 | Michigan Wolverines | |
19 | Miami Hurricanes | |
20 | UCF Knights | |
21 | Texas A&M Aggies | I ranked them 24th last week, and they certainly played well enough against Clemson to at least keep that rank |
22 | Michigan State Spartans | Their resume is terrible as of today, but I gotta believe MSU is still a very talented and dangerous team. Struggling against a G5 team early and out west of the Rockies has not been a strong negative indicator for Sparty in the past. |
23 | West Virginia Mountaineers | |
24 | USC Trojans | |
25 | Oregon Ducks |
Teams Ranked:
Rank | Team | Unusualness |
---|---|---|
1 | Alabama Crimson Tide | 0.00 |
2 | Georgia Bulldogs | 0.00 |
3 | Clemson Tigers | 0.00 |
4 | Ohio State Buckeyes | 0.00 |
5 | Oklahoma Sooners | 0.00 |
6 | Wisconsin Badgers | 0.00 |
7 | Auburn Tigers | 0.00 |
8 | Washington Huskies | 0.54 |
9 | Virginia Tech Hokies | 0.38 |
10 | Notre Dame Fighting Irish | 0.00 |
11 | Stanford Cardinal | 0.00 |
12 | Penn State Nittany Lions | 0.00 |
13 | Mississippi State Bulldogs | 0.11 |
14 | LSU Tigers | 0.00 |
15 | TCU Horned Frogs | 0.00 |
16 | Oklahoma State Cowboys | 0.38 |
17 | Boise State Broncos | 0.00 |
18 | Michigan Wolverines | 0.25 |
19 | Miami Hurricanes | 0.66 |
20 | UCF Knights | 0.00 |
21 | Texas A&M Aggies | 0.32 |
22 | Michigan State Spartans | 1.99 |
23 | West Virginia Mountaineers | -1.40 |
24 | USC Trojans | 0.00 |
25 | Oregon Ducks | -0.36 |