Ballot Type: Human

Submitted: Sept. 25, 2018, 9:44 a.m.

• Ballot
• Analysis

Rank	Team	Reason
1	Alabama Crimson Tide
2	Georgia Bulldogs
3	Ohio State Buckeyes
4	Clemson Tigers
5	LSU Tigers
6	Oklahoma Sooners
7	Auburn Tigers
8	Penn State Nittany Lions
9	Washington Huskies
10	West Virginia Mountaineers
11	Miami Hurricanes
12	Notre Dame Fighting Irish
13	Stanford Cardinal
14	Michigan Wolverines
15	Wisconsin Badgers
16	Texas A&M Aggies
17	TCU Horned Frogs
18	USC Trojans
19	BYU Cougars
20	Kentucky Wildcats
21	Oregon Ducks
22	Utah Utes
23	Texas Longhorns
24	Duke Blue Devils
25	Syracuse Orange	I am convinced that SU would have done better in the AP if not for their opponent next week. Voters don't want to risk ranking a team that will most likely lose their next game and thus drop from the rankings next week. But IMO Syracuse has the strongest resume of the remaining teams. It was very close between them and Cal and I went with SU because I have more faith in the Orange putting up better long term results than Cal. 

Teams Ranked:

Rank	Team	Unusualness
1	Alabama Crimson Tide	0.00
2	Georgia Bulldogs	0.04
3	Ohio State Buckeyes	0.00
4	Clemson Tigers	0.00
5	LSU Tigers	0.00
6	Oklahoma Sooners	0.00
7	Auburn Tigers	0.51
8	Penn State Nittany Lions	0.00
9	Washington Huskies	0.28
10	West Virginia Mountaineers	0.00
11	Miami Hurricanes	1.27
12	Notre Dame Fighting Irish	-0.49
13	Stanford Cardinal	-1.22
14	Michigan Wolverines	0.00
15	Wisconsin Badgers	0.00
16	Texas A&M Aggies	5.33
17	TCU Horned Frogs	7.01
18	USC Trojans	7.11
19	BYU Cougars	0.14
20	Kentucky Wildcats	-0.25
21	Oregon Ducks	0.00
22	Utah Utes	3.18
23	Texas Longhorns	0.00
24	Duke Blue Devils	-0.30
25	Syracuse Orange	0.00

Omissions:

Team	Unusualness
UCF Knights	1.81
California Golden Bears	0.32
Texas Tech Red Raiders	0.17
Michigan State Spartans	0.16
Mississippi State Bulldogs	0.15

Total Score: 29.74