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Blooblod Ballot for 2018 Week 7

Ballot Type: Human

Submitted: Oct. 7, 2018, 5:32 p.m.

Overall Rationale: First group out: Iowa, Virginia Tech, Duke, TCU, Texas Tech, South Carolina. Now that resumes are building up, I'll list each teams wins over what I consider to be "quality" opponents--these are far from the ONLY factors I consider when evaluating resumes but they are what ends up having the most influence more often than not. To explain the "quality" cutoff a little bit: it's generally anywhere from 40 to 60--wherever I feel there is a clear gap. In this particular instance it's at 45. Alabama, LSU, and Michigan technically have a top 50 win that isn't counted in my "~top 50 wins" because they just miss the cutoff (my #48 Ole Miss and my #49 Northwestern).

Rank Team Reason
1 Alabama Crimson Tide Last week: 1. ~Top 50 wins: Texas A&M (45-23).
2 Ohio State Buckeyes Last week: 2. ~Top 50 wins: TCU (40-28), @Penn State (27-26).
3 Georgia Bulldogs Last week: 3. ~Top 50 wins: South Carolina (41-17), Missouri (43-29).
4 Clemson Tigers Last week: 4. ~Top 50 wins: Texas A&M (28-26).
5 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Last week: 5. ~Top 50 wins: Michigan (24-17), Stanford (38-17), @Virginia Tech (45-23).
6 Penn State Nittany Lions Last week: 8. ~Top 50 wins: App State (45-38/OT). Quality bye week.
7 Texas Longhorns Last week: 19. ~Top 50 wins: USC (37-14), TCU (31-16), Oklahoma (48-45).
8 Oklahoma Sooners Last week: 6. ~Top 50 wins: @Iowa State (37-27), Army (28-21).
9 West Virginia Mountaineers Last week: 11. ~Top 50 wins: @Texas Tech (42-34).
10 Washington Huskies Last week: 10. ~Top 50 wins: @Utah (21-7), Arizona State (27-20).
11 UCF Knights Last week: 13. ~Top 50 wins: none.
12 Texas A&M Aggies Last week: 32. ~Top 50 wins: Kentucky (20-14/OT). Okay, hear me out. I'm usually not a proponent of the transitive property being applied to college football, but in this instance I'm going with it. A&M's two losses are to top four teams--they almost beat Clemson and gave Alabama their "closest" game yet. Almost every single team in the country would have two losses there. While their OT win against Kentucky may not be the most impressive win ever, they won nonetheless and to me UK is firmly ahead of UF/LSU/AU so that results in A&M jumping way up.
13 Kentucky Wildcats Last week: 12. ~Top 50 wins: @Florida (27-16), Mississippi State (28-7), South Carolina (24-10).
14 Wisconsin Badgers Last week: 16. ~Top 50 wins: @Iowa (28-17).
15 Michigan Wolverines Last week: 18. ~Top 50 wins: Maryland (42-21).
16 Florida Gators Last week: 20. ~Top 50 wins: @Mississippi State (13-6), LSU (27-19).
17 LSU Tigers Last week: 7. ~Top 50 wins: Miami (33-17), @Auburn (22-21).
18 Mississippi State Bulldogs Last week: 34. ~Top 50 wins: Auburn (23-9).
19 Auburn Tigers Last week: 9. ~Top 50 wins: Washington (21-16). Auburn was probably the hardest team for me to place. Their win against Washington is still one of the best wins of the season to me, but it was a season opener and UW's first game without Trey Adams--a horrible matchup for a team with a d-line like Auburn. Since that game Auburn has completely lost their offensive identity and hasn't impressed.
20 Stanford Cardinal Last week: 14. ~Top 50 wins: San Diego State (31-10), USC (17-3), @Oregon (38-31/OT).
21 Oregon Ducks Last week: 15. ~Top 50 wins: none.Without a resume-defining win yet (sorry, Cal), Oregon is pretty much married to their performance against Stanford, which I see as essentially a draw in terms of where the two teams actually stand.
22 NC State Wolfpack Last week: 28. ~Top 50 wins: Boston College (28-23).
23 Colorado Buffaloes Last week: 39. ~Top 50 wins: Arizona State (28-21). uwu
24 Miami Hurricanes Last week: 17. ~Top 50 wins: none.
25 San Diego State Aztecs Last week: 27. ~Top 50 wins: Arizona State (28-21), @Boise State (19-13).

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