Ballot Type: Human

Submitted: Sept. 24, 2018, 9:42 a.m.

Overall Rationale: Bama is a clear #1.  2, 3, and 4 are pretty much interchangeable.  Notable absences from my poll that will probably appear in most others:  Miami and Michigan State.  Still not quite sold on either of them, and I think there are some undefeated and 1-loss teams with better resumes to date.  Lots of shuffling can still happen in this poll, especially with several pretty promising teams missing games from the hurricane.

• Ballot
• Analysis

Rank	Team	Reason
1	Alabama Crimson Tide
2	Georgia Bulldogs
3	Clemson Tigers
4	Ohio State Buckeyes
5	Stanford Cardinal
6	Oklahoma Sooners
7	West Virginia Mountaineers
8	Penn State Nittany Lions
9	LSU Tigers
10	Notre Dame Fighting Irish
11	Washington Huskies
12	Auburn Tigers
13	UCF Knights
14	Kentucky Wildcats
15	California Golden Bears
16	Duke Blue Devils
17	Oregon Ducks
18	BYU Cougars
19	Michigan Wolverines
20	Wisconsin Badgers
21	Cincinnati Bearcats
22	Texas Tech Red Raiders
23	Syracuse Orange
24	NC State Wolfpack
25	Texas Longhorns

Teams Ranked:

Rank	Team	Unusualness
1	Alabama Crimson Tide	0.00
2	Georgia Bulldogs	0.04
3	Clemson Tigers	0.00
4	Ohio State Buckeyes	0.00
5	Stanford Cardinal	0.02
6	Oklahoma Sooners	0.00
7	West Virginia Mountaineers	0.60
8	Penn State Nittany Lions	0.00
9	LSU Tigers	-0.24
10	Notre Dame Fighting Irish	0.00
11	Washington Huskies	0.00
12	Auburn Tigers	0.00
13	UCF Knights	0.00
14	Kentucky Wildcats	0.00
15	California Golden Bears	0.70
16	Duke Blue Devils	0.00
17	Oregon Ducks	0.41
18	BYU Cougars	0.44
19	Michigan Wolverines	0.00
20	Wisconsin Badgers	0.00
21	Cincinnati Bearcats	1.96
22	Texas Tech Red Raiders	0.00
23	Syracuse Orange	0.00
24	NC State Wolfpack	0.00
25	Texas Longhorns	-0.19

Omissions:

Team	Unusualness
Miami Hurricanes	1.04
Michigan State Spartans	0.16
Mississippi State Bulldogs	0.15

Total Score: 5.93