Ballot Type: Human

Submitted: Jan. 8, 2019, 3:02 p.m.

Overall Rationale: I think the committee got the right 4 teams. Utah St is my first team out. Hard choice with boisie's game getting cancelled. 

• Ballot
• Analysis

Rank	Team	Reason
1	Clemson Tigers	Might be the best playoff era team
2	Alabama Crimson Tide
3	Notre Dame Fighting Irish	feeling less embarrassed by the cotton bowl massacre 
4	Oklahoma Sooners
5	Ohio State Buckeyes
6	Texas Longhorns	honestly the sec teams below are such a clusterfuck that it's just easier to justify texas above after the sugar bowl
7	LSU Tigers	this whole group is just a mess
8	Georgia Bulldogs
9	Florida Gators
10	Syracuse Orange
11	Kentucky Wildcats
12	Washington State Cougars
13	UCF Knights
14	Northwestern Wildcats
15	Penn State Nittany Lions
16	Army West Point	probably benefiting from a weaker schedule but this is a good team
17	Washington Huskies
18	Michigan Wolverines
19	Fresno State Bulldogs
20	Texas A&M Aggies
21	Iowa Hawkeyes
22	Cincinnati Bearcats
23	Stanford Cardinal
24	North Dakota State Bison
25	Boise State Broncos

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	Texas Longhorns	0.12
7	LSU Tigers	0.00
8	Georgia Bulldogs	0.00
9	Florida Gators	0.00
10	Syracuse Orange	0.93
11	Kentucky Wildcats	0.00
12	Washington State Cougars	0.00
13	UCF Knights	0.00
14	Northwestern Wildcats	2.01
15	Penn State Nittany Lions	0.31
16	Army West Point	0.00
17	Washington Huskies	-0.23
18	Michigan Wolverines	-0.76
19	Fresno State Bulldogs	0.00
20	Texas A&M Aggies	-0.04
21	Iowa Hawkeyes	0.54
22	Cincinnati Bearcats	0.00
23	Stanford Cardinal	1.24
24	North Dakota State Bison	0.00
25	Boise State Broncos	-0.01

Omissions:

Team	Unusualness
West Virginia Mountaineers	0.64
Utah State Aggies	0.37

Total Score: 7.52