Ballot Type: Human
Submitted: Oct. 7, 2018, 9:23 a.m.
Overall Rationale: Originally I had planned on reviewing teams based on the scoreboard. Win's over everything and quality of the wins can dictate location on the top 25. It has been fun ranking all teams with undefeated records and analyzing what I believe to be the best wins of the week but now I have stumbled upon a curious question, "If I rank teams based on that week's wins and the quality of those wins will I end up with a final year end poll that determines the appropriate final four?" After the preparation of these polls I will work out a way to prepare an adjusted poll which includes the average team rankings from my week to week rankings. This should be a good indicator of who I truly believe has the hardest schedule and best overall season performance.
Rank | Team | Reason |
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1 | Notre Dame Fighting Irish | Undefeated, beat a conference oppo... I mean a top 25 ranked ACC team. But lets be real, they're basically in the ACC outside of their OOC marquee matchups/rivalry games.  |
2 | Ohio State Buckeyes | Undefeated, beat a conference opponent. Indiana is a quiet 4-2 team right now, that's different.  |
3 | Alabama Crimson Tide | Undefeated, beat a conference opponent. Laid the wood on an Arky team that is not very Wooo and much less Sooie. |
4 | Georgia Bulldogs | Undefeated, beat a conference opponent. Could Vanderbilt get a bowl game this year? Maybe, I think they would beat Wake Forest but not Arky if given the chance.  |
5 | Clemson Tigers | Undefeated, beat a conference opponent. Wakey Leaks is a thing of the past. |
6 | Cincinnati Bearcats | Undefeated, beat a conference opponent. Cincy is sticking around if they keep winning but I checked their schedule and the bulk of it is showing up with some tough road games and UCF coming to town soon. We'll see what happens.  |
7 | NC State Wolfpack | Undefeated, beat a solid conference opponent. Beat a 4-2 Boston College that I was high on to begin the season, now it looks like I am high on NC State.  |
8 | Colorado Buffaloes | Undefeated, beat a conference opponent. Is Colorado good or is it their laughable schedule? Next week will determine if they stay on the rankings with a trip to U$C. |
9 | West Virginia Mountaineers | Undefeated, beat a conference opponent. Country Roads continue to take WVU home, perhaps Kansas may have something special on defense this year with the amount of takeaways.  |
10 | USF Bulls | Undefeated, beat a conference opponent. Minute men? More like, not-good-enough-to-win men.  |
11 | UCF Knights | Undefeated, beat a conference opponent. SMU is in rebuild with Dykes running things. Not too impressed.  |
12 | Hawai'i Rainbow Warriors | Welcome back Hawaii, next best record in college football at 6-1. Starting below we dive into the meatier part of the rankings.  |
13 | Florida Gators | 5-1, Defeated a top 5 ranked LSU. Not sure what went on in this game but defense came out to play 4/13 and 4/17 on third downs for each team. Burrows doesn't appear to have played a good game, probably couldn't handle the swamp.  |
14 | Texas Longhorns | 5-1, Defeated a Top 10 ranked Oklahoma. Yeah, OU was about to come back and win it all for some reason. I have no clue what lead Texas to take their foot off the gas or for Mike Stoops to suddenly start calling good defense. I assume Tim and Mike have something going on that causes them both to remained employed.  |
15 | Michigan Wolverines | 5-1, Defeated conference opponent. Beat Maryland, which is something that Texas couldn't do but the ranked win prevents me from putting Michigan higher this week.  |
16 | Miami Hurricanes | 5-1 Defeated conference opponent. Barely beat a middling 3-3 FSU that is a joke of a team this year? Not really, FSU came out working but the U made the right adjustments by the look of it and it was enough to bring them back and stop the FSU offense. Also, 13/32 for N. Perry and 4 of those passes were TDs? Were his receivers not catching anything?  |
17 | Washington State Cougars | 5-1 Defeated conference opponent. I think OrSU is a decent team that is still trying to find their identity as an FBS pac-12 team. Perhaps one day they'll get it all together.  |
18 | Troy Trojans | 5-1 Defeated conference opponent. Could Troy beat UCLA? They beat a terrible Nebraska, I believe that they could beat a terrible UCLA too.  |
19 | Buffalo Bulls | 5-1 Defeated conference opponent. Ran for 291 on the ground and collected 4 picks from the Central Michigan QB and they still gave up 24 points? Makes no sense at all.  |
20 | North Texas Mean Green | 5-1 Defeated conference opponent. Man, nearly letting a winless team get the best of you does not instill confidence. Perhaps a wake up call for the Mean Green.  |
21 | Washington Huskies | 5-1 Defeated conference opponent if you could call them that. Still scheduling cupcakes I see.  |
22 | Utah State Aggies | 4-1 Defeated an FBS opponent. Mormon In State Rivalry remix. Impressive wins deserve praise especially from the little programs.  |
23 | Iowa Hawkeyes | 4-1 Defeated conference opponent. Wait, Iowa threw the ball nearly 40 times in a game?  |
24 | UAB Blazers | 4-1 Defeated conference opponent. TOP was literally 30 minutes for each team, that's a funky stat to see. UABs defense went to work today.  |
25 | Wisconsin Badgers | 4-1 Defeated a team that showed up when requested.  |
Teams Ranked:
Rank | Team | Unusualness |
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1 | Notre Dame Fighting Irish | 0.96 |
2 | Ohio State Buckeyes | 0.00 |
3 | Alabama Crimson Tide | -0.89 |
4 | Georgia Bulldogs | 0.00 |
5 | Clemson Tigers | 0.00 |
6 | Cincinnati Bearcats | 2.89 |
7 | NC State Wolfpack | 1.49 |
8 | Colorado Buffaloes | 1.49 |
9 | West Virginia Mountaineers | 0.00 |
10 | USF Bulls | 2.28 |
11 | UCF Knights | 0.00 |
12 | Hawai'i Rainbow Warriors | 12.98 |
13 | Florida Gators | 0.00 |
14 | Texas Longhorns | -0.02 |
15 | Michigan Wolverines | -0.13 |
16 | Miami Hurricanes | 0.00 |
17 | Washington State Cougars | 3.47 |
18 | Troy Trojans | 7.18 |
19 | Buffalo Bulls | 6.18 |
20 | North Texas Mean Green | 5.19 |
21 | Washington Huskies | -2.05 |
22 | Utah State Aggies | 2.98 |
23 | Iowa Hawkeyes | 0.00 |
24 | UAB Blazers | 1.23 |
25 | Wisconsin Badgers | -1.37 |
Omissions:
Team | Unusualness |
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Penn State Nittany Lions | 3.85 |
Oklahoma Sooners | 3.75 |
LSU Tigers | 2.94 |
Kentucky Wildcats | 1.33 |
Oregon Ducks | 1.08 |
Texas A&M Aggies | 0.33 |
Auburn Tigers | 0.38 |
Mississippi State Bulldogs | 0.09 |
Total Score: 66.52