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ryseing Ballot for 2018 Week 5

Ballot Type: Human

Submitted: Sept. 23, 2018, 4:43 p.m.

Overall Rationale: Teams with a loss make their debut this week, though they have less priority then undefeated teams. If you have a loss, you also have to have a win over a team with some substance, hence no Miami or Michigan. Admittedly, by rights Ole Miss should be in over Texas Tech given this criteria, but Texas Tech has two substantial wins, whereas OM only has one.

Rank Team Reason
1 Alabama Crimson Tide
2 Ohio State Buckeyes
3 Georgia Bulldogs
4 LSU Tigers
5 Oklahoma Sooners
6 Stanford Cardinal
7 Penn State Nittany Lions
8 Clemson Tigers
9 West Virginia Mountaineers
10 Kentucky Wildcats I legitimately thought MSU was a top 10 caliber team, and Kentucky laid a whooping on them. Cats are legit and deserve to be ranked this high.
11 Auburn Tigers
12 UCF Knights
13 Washington Huskies
14 Notre Dame Fighting Irish I remain skeptical, even though Book did look good. Beat Stanford Saturday and they'll be cemented in the top 10.
15 Duke Blue Devils Two away P5 wins and they blew out Army, who just took Oklahoma to OT. Lowkey one of the best resumes of the season.
16 North Texas Mean Green
17 Colorado Buffaloes
18 Syracuse Orange
19 Texas Longhorns
20 California Golden Bears
21 BYU Cougars Wanted to rank Wisconsin but could not do so without BYU. Cal loss looks better.
22 Wisconsin Badgers
23 Buffalo Bulls
24 Texas Tech Red Raiders
25 Cincinnati Bearcats

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