Ballot Type: Human

Submitted: Jan. 8, 2019, 10:56 p.m.

Overall Rationale: My top five remain unchanged, except Clemson and Alabama are swapped. After that it gets much harder. If I were to go with the next three teams which won their bowls, that would be 6 LSU, 7 Florida, 8 Kentucky (I mean technically WSU also won, but...). And I don't actually think either UK or WSU is the 8th best team in the country. So I had to close my eyes and move everybody around until it felt better.

• Ballot
• Analysis

Rank	Team	Reason
1	Clemson Tigers
2	Alabama Crimson Tide
3	Notre Dame Fighting Irish
4	Oklahoma Sooners
5	Ohio State Buckeyes
6	LSU Tigers
7	Florida Gators
8	Georgia Bulldogs
9	Michigan Wolverines
10	Kentucky Wildcats
11	Washington State Cougars
12	Texas Longhorns
13	Penn State Nittany Lions
14	UCF Knights
15	Washington Huskies
16	Fresno State Bulldogs
17	Army West Point
18	Texas A&M Aggies
19	Mississippi State Bulldogs
20	West Virginia Mountaineers
21	Northwestern Wildcats
22	Iowa Hawkeyes
23	Boise State Broncos
24	Syracuse Orange
25	Utah State Aggies	I debated putting Missouri at #25, but went with Utah State since they didn't just lose to Oklahoma State.

Teams Ranked:

Rank	Team	Unusualness
1	Clemson Tigers	0.00
2	Alabama Crimson Tide	0.00
3	Notre Dame Fighting Irish	0.29
4	Oklahoma Sooners	0.00
5	Ohio State Buckeyes	-0.03
6	LSU Tigers	0.00
7	Florida Gators	0.00
8	Georgia Bulldogs	0.00
9	Michigan Wolverines	0.83
10	Kentucky Wildcats	0.25
11	Washington State Cougars	0.00
12	Texas Longhorns	0.00
13	Penn State Nittany Lions	0.93
14	UCF Knights	-0.12
15	Washington Huskies	0.00
16	Fresno State Bulldogs	0.00
17	Army West Point	0.00
18	Texas A&M Aggies	0.00
19	Mississippi State Bulldogs	3.21
20	West Virginia Mountaineers	0.00
21	Northwestern Wildcats	0.00
22	Iowa Hawkeyes	0.08
23	Boise State Broncos	0.00
24	Syracuse Orange	-1.98
25	Utah State Aggies	-0.06

Omissions:

Team	Unusualness
Cincinnati Bearcats	0.26

Total Score: 8.04