Ballot Type: Human

Submitted: Aug. 16, 2019, 8:46 a.m.

Overall Rationale: Put a lot less stock into this poll than the next few. This is basically just a rough listing of teams, sorted by their likeliness to be great this year. The top few are surefire contenders, the next several could be but have a few question marks, the bottom have potential but half will be unranked by year's end.My polls beginning with Week 1 will balance the "eye test" and my personal metrics with more objective metrics like S&P+ and other public computer models/ratings systems, with more weight being given to those objective systems as the year goes on.

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Rank	Team	Reason
1	Clemson Tigers
2	Alabama Crimson Tide
3	Georgia Bulldogs
4	Oklahoma Sooners
5	Ohio State Buckeyes
6	LSU Tigers
7	Notre Dame Fighting Irish
8	Florida Gators
9	Michigan Wolverines
10	Utah Utes
11	Washington Huskies
12	Texas Longhorns
13	Oregon Ducks
14	Texas A&M Aggies
15	Penn State Nittany Lions
16	Wisconsin Badgers
17	Iowa State Cyclones
18	UCF Knights
19	Iowa Hawkeyes
20	Stanford Cardinal
21	Auburn Tigers
22	Michigan State Spartans
23	Washington State Cougars
24	Army West Point
25	Northwestern Wildcats

Teams Ranked:

Rank	Team	Unusualness
1	Clemson Tigers	0.00
2	Alabama Crimson Tide	0.00
3	Georgia Bulldogs	0.00
4	Oklahoma Sooners	0.00
5	Ohio State Buckeyes	0.00
6	LSU Tigers	0.00
7	Notre Dame Fighting Irish	0.00
8	Florida Gators	0.00
9	Michigan Wolverines	0.00
10	Utah Utes	0.63
11	Washington Huskies	0.00
12	Texas Longhorns	0.00
13	Oregon Ducks	0.00
14	Texas A&M Aggies	0.00
15	Penn State Nittany Lions	0.00
16	Wisconsin Badgers	0.32
17	Iowa State Cyclones	0.33
18	UCF Knights	0.00
19	Iowa Hawkeyes	0.00
20	Stanford Cardinal	0.45
21	Auburn Tigers	-0.05
22	Michigan State Spartans	0.00
23	Washington State Cougars	0.00
24	Army West Point	0.00
25	Northwestern Wildcats	0.00

Omissions:

Team	Unusualness
Syracuse Orange	0.36

Total Score: 2.15