Ballot Type: Human
Submitted: Oct. 1, 2018, midnight
| Rank | Team | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
LSU Tigers
|
Wins against Miami on neutral site and at Auburn are best wins in the country. |
| 2 |
Notre Dame Fighting Irish
|
Best wins are Michigan and Stanford at home. |
| 3 |
Ohio State Buckeyes
|
Best win is against PSU on the road, followed by a turns out not great TCU on a neutral site. |
| 4 |
Clemson Tigers
|
TAMU road game is best win, followed by at GTech and Syracuse at home. |
| 5 |
Alabama Crimson Tide
|
TAMU is their best win, which was a home game. Ole Miss is ok, Louisville is crap.  |
| 6 |
West Virginia Mountaineers
|
Best win is tied between Texas Tech on the road, K St  at home or Tenn neutral site. Mostly dominating opponents. |
| 7 |
Kentucky Wildcats
|
Best win is against Florida on the road. Also SCar and MSU at home with a couple of other non P5 teams. |
| 8 |
Georgia Bulldogs
|
Best wins at Scar and Mizzou. Beat Tenn and other non P5 teams at home. |
| 9 |
Oklahoma State Cowboys
|
Best win is Boise St at home. Lost to Texas Tech at home. |
| 10 |
Stanford Cardinal
|
Best win is against Oregon on the road. Also USC at home. Lost to Noter Dame on the road. |
| 11 |
NC State Wolfpack
|
Best win is Virginia and Marshall at home. Another bad unbeaten schedule. |
| 12 |
Auburn Tigers
|
Signature win is UW on neutral. lost to LSU at home. |
| 13 |
Oklahoma Sooners
|
Best win is Army (in OT)? Baylor at home? Racing CU for worst unbeaten schedule thus far. |
| 14 |
Oregon Ducks
|
Best win is at Cal. Beat non P5 teams at home and lost to Stanford at home. |
| 15 |
Washington Huskies
|
Best win is either at Utah (which may turn out to be a bad team this year) or home against BYU. Lost to Auburn on neutral site. |
| 16 |
Wisconsin Badgers
|
Best win is beat Iowa on the road, lost to BYU at home. |
| 17 |
Michigan Wolverines
|
Best win is Northwestern on the road. Lost to ND on the road. |
| 18 |
Syracuse Orange
|
Best win is a bad FSU team and G5 teams. Close loss to Clemson on the road. |
| 19 |
Miami Hurricanes
|
Best win is....UNC at home? Lost to LSU at home. |
| 20 |
Penn State Nittany Lions
|
Best win...is their close loss to OSU at home. |
| 21 |
Texas Longhorns
|
Best wins are USC and TCU at home, neither of which is as good as we'd normally expect. Lost to MD on the road and Tulsa at home. |
| 22 |
Colorado Buffaloes
|
They've beaten winless P5 times, a weirdly crappy CSU team and an FCS team.  |
| 23 |
Washington State Cougars
|
You don't really deserve to be ranked either, but I need 25 teams. Best win is Utah (who is poop) at home, no other P5 teams. Lost to USC on the road. |
| 24 |
USF Bulls
|
Best win is GTech at home, Illinois on the road. |
| 25 |
UCF Knights
|
Best win is....FAU? Pitt? (both at home) |
Teams Ranked:
| Rank | Team | Unusualness |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
LSU Tigers
|
0.90 |
| 2 |
Notre Dame Fighting Irish
|
0.59 |
| 3 |
Ohio State Buckeyes
|
0.00 |
| 4 |
Clemson Tigers
|
0.00 |
| 5 |
Alabama Crimson Tide
|
-2.15 |
| 6 |
West Virginia Mountaineers
|
0.44 |
| 7 |
Kentucky Wildcats
|
0.71 |
| 8 |
Georgia Bulldogs
|
-1.84 |
| 9 |
Oklahoma State Cowboys
|
3.91 |
| 10 |
Stanford Cardinal
|
0.72 |
| 11 |
NC State Wolfpack
|
1.48 |
| 12 |
Auburn Tigers
|
0.00 |
| 13 |
Oklahoma Sooners
|
-2.92 |
| 14 |
Oregon Ducks
|
0.75 |
| 15 |
Washington Huskies
|
-0.42 |
| 16 |
Wisconsin Badgers
|
0.00 |
| 17 |
Michigan Wolverines
|
0.00 |
| 18 |
Syracuse Orange
|
2.01 |
| 19 |
Miami Hurricanes
|
0.00 |
| 20 |
Penn State Nittany Lions
|
-1.79 |
| 21 |
Texas Longhorns
|
0.00 |
| 22 |
Colorado Buffaloes
|
0.00 |
| 23 |
Washington State Cougars
|
1.87 |
| 24 |
USF Bulls
|
0.00 |
| 25 |
UCF Knights
|
-2.13 |