Ballot Type: Human

Submitted: Sept. 3, 2019, 7:06 p.m.

• Ballot
• Analysis

Rank	Team	Reason
1	Clemson Tigers	Business as usual atop the rankings
2	Alabama Crimson Tide	Duke hung in there for about a quarter against Alabama. That's as much as they could muster. I foresee another Alabama-Clemson playoff game this year (what a surprise).
3	Georgia Bulldogs	Solid win against Vandy. 
4	LSU Tigers	LSU took care of business against an inferior opponent, showing a substantially better offense than I expected from them in the preseason. I saw more from them than the two teams they jumped in my ballot.
5	Ohio State Buckeyes	There were some first-game jitters, and I didn't feel that they played as well as LSU or Georgia, but they played pretty well under a first-year head coach. Good win.
6	Oklahoma Sooners	I'm not entirely sold on this team being as good as previous years yet. I didn't see much in Houston that made me think they were a good team, and while OU did dominate the game, they didn't wow me entirely. I don't see a serious test for this team until Texas, so we'll see then how good this team truly is then. That being said, them dropping in my rankings was not a function of them being bad, so much as LSU being good. There is a large gap between 6 and 7 here.
7	Michigan Wolverines	Michigan was... fine... against MTSU. They maintain their rank, barely.
8	Texas Longhorns	Tom Herman can blow inferior teams out! One of the largest margins of victory of the Tom Herman era, and Texas beat the spread. Texas jumped a spot in part because of the blowout, and in part because of Florida's uninspiring performance.
9	Florida Gators	Miami is a good team to pick up a win against, but they looked terrible in doing it. They fell one spot in my rankings this week, and I'm not sure I expect them to be so highly ranked at the end of the season.
10	Utah Utes	Utah had a solid win against BYU. It's never all that easy to win a rivalry game--even against a team like BYU--especially on week 1. Good week for them.
11	Texas A&M Aggies
12	Washington Huskies
13	Auburn Tigers
14	Notre Dame Fighting Irish
15	UCF Knights
16	Penn State Nittany Lions
17	Wisconsin Badgers
18	Washington State Cougars
19	Virginia Cavaliers
20	Syracuse Orange
21	Stanford Cardinal
22	Iowa Hawkeyes
23	Michigan State Spartans
24	Oregon Ducks
25	Oklahoma State Cowboys

Teams Ranked:

Rank	Team	Unusualness
1	Clemson Tigers	0.00
2	Alabama Crimson Tide	0.00
3	Georgia Bulldogs	0.00
4	LSU Tigers	0.11
5	Ohio State Buckeyes	0.00
6	Oklahoma Sooners	0.00
7	Michigan Wolverines	0.00
8	Texas Longhorns	0.00
9	Florida Gators	0.23
10	Utah Utes	0.31
11	Texas A&M Aggies	0.00
12	Washington Huskies	0.00
13	Auburn Tigers	0.00
14	Notre Dame Fighting Irish	-0.25
15	UCF Knights	0.03
16	Penn State Nittany Lions	0.00
17	Wisconsin Badgers	0.00
18	Washington State Cougars	0.00
19	Virginia Cavaliers	0.63
20	Syracuse Orange	0.00
21	Stanford Cardinal	0.00
22	Iowa Hawkeyes	0.00
23	Michigan State Spartans	0.00
24	Oregon Ducks	-0.47
25	Oklahoma State Cowboys	0.00

Omissions:

Team	Unusualness
Boise State Broncos	0.28

Total Score: 2.31