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Charlemagne42 Ballot for 2018 Week 14

Ballot Type: Computer

Submitted: Nov. 25, 2018, 11:02 p.m.

Overall Rationale: See previous ballots

Rank Team Reason
1 Alabama Crimson Tide 6011
2 Clemson Tigers 5665
3 Notre Dame Fighting Irish 5354
4 Georgia Bulldogs 5137; who will be the next team in?
5 Oklahoma Sooners 4319; Oklahoma, Ohio State, and UCF are all pretty much even as the potential team to take Georgia's spot if they should lose this week.
6 Ohio State Buckeyes 4248
7 UCF Knights 4237; They aren't completely out of it, and they're within 2% of #5 right now. A dominant win over Memphis for the AAC title plus some poor play by Oklahoma and Ohio State in their respective title matches could see UCF make #5, but it would take a miracle at this point to move them ahead of Georgia for the #4 spot.
8 Boise State Broncos 3847; Why so high? The Mountain West is better than the AAC, so their wins are better than UCF's, for example. They're playing in the MWCCG, which is another matchup against a strong opponent. They have a really good win over a Troy team that looks better every week. Well, maybe not this week. Oh, and they've already beaten their MWCCG opponent this season.
9 Michigan Wolverines 3686
10 LSU Tigers 3489
11 Texas Longhorns 3115
12 Washington Huskies 3082; Washington jumps into the picture out of nowhere with a win over Wazzu and a ticket to their CCG. It'll be a NY6 for them if they can top Utah.
13 Washington State Cougars 3063
14 Kentucky Wildcats 3006; A rising Tide lifts all ships. Including three-loss Kentucky...
15 Penn State Nittany Lions 2798
16 Fresno State Bulldogs 2786
17 Texas A&M Aggies 2716; ...and four-loss A&M. Who just played in an FBS-record 7OT game with an FBS-record 146 combined points against #10 LSU - and won. Find a recording of that game somewhere and watch the entire 4th quarter and all 7 OTs. You'll thank me later, unless you're an LSU fan, in which case I can only convey my deepest pity.
18 Florida Gators 2630
19 Appalachian State Mountaineers 2537; #RankAppState?
20 Utah State Aggies 2420
21 Utah Utes 2407; They're playing in a P5 CCG while their baby brother missed out on their G5 CCG. And they're ranked right behind them. If I'm the Utes, I'm furious.
22 Syracuse Orange 2381; no other ACC team is even close to second best. Especially not 7-5 Pitt. That's how bad this year's ACC is.
23 Cincinnati Bearcats 2377; But don't give the AAC a free pass either. Cincy is a distant second trailing behind undefeated UCF, and nobody else is really close.
24 Army West Point 2367; Army has quietly put together a second 9-win season in a row for the first time in a very long time. This week they look to Beat Navy and make it a second 10-win season in a row, for the first time in an even longer time. I like their odds.
25 Buffalo Bulls 2366; Next 15 out: #26 Missouri (2362), #27 Northwestern (2206), #28 West Virginia (2193), #29 Mississippi State (2191), #30 Georgia Southern (2100), #31 Troy (2098), #32 Michigan State (2086), #33 Pittsburgh (2069), #34 Purdue (2039), #35 Auburn (1938), #36 Stanford (1897), #37 Oklahoma State (1855), #38 UAB (1825), #39 North Carolina State (1796), #40 Duke (1788)

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