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nejaahalcyon Ballot for 2019 Week 2

Ballot Type: Human

Submitted: Sept. 3, 2019, 9:14 p.m.

Overall Rationale: This is week 2 (optional) and there really hasn't been enough games to make definitive movements between teams. The top 5 teams are my expected end of season teams, but maybe not in this order.I think there a lot of questions surrounding some of the teams.Georgia State gets spot #25 just for this one week for their win over Tennessee. If this wasn't an optional poll, I probably wouldn't include them. Plus sometimes the bottom 5ish teams turn into a coin flip between the teams, so spot 25 shouldn't be too controversial if it is outrageous to some.

Rank Team Reason
1 Clemson Tigers No change. Still reigning champs. ETN looked in form. TL needs to reel it in and try not to get ahead of himself.
2 Alabama Crimson Tide Alabama had a slow start against Duke, but got rolling in true form.
3 Oklahoma Sooners No change here either. Offense looked fantastic, but there are still some questions about their defense. I think they can score enough to take on most other teams, but they need to get their defense improved over the season if they want to win the post season. I think the biggest issue is depth on defense, unfortunately that means improvements might not come until next season.
4 Georgia Bulldogs UGA didn't have any issues taking care of Vanderbilt. Unfortunately, we don't get a real test of them until week 4. They really got a good conference schedule this year. They shouldn't have any issues winning the East this year. 
5 Ohio State Buckeyes Wow did they have a quick start to the game. Hopefully should have a good game against Cincy next week.
6 LSU Tigers They did well. They are going to have a tough time with Auburn and Alabama in back to back weeks. It will be rough that they have Alabama second when they will need to be at 100%. If they can win both games that should sky-rocket them into winning the west and into playoff contention.
7 Texas Longhorns Texas is almost back. Oklahoma is currently my top team in their conference, but Texas should be able to make that a good game. Whoever has the better defense this year should win.
8 Michigan Wolverines Michigan needs to get by Ohio State first for them to pass them in the ranking. 
9 Auburn Tigers Auburn won against one of the top PAC-12 teams. I am not 100% convinced they are ready for the main stage, their QB still needs some time to develop, but he came in clutch when it was needed.
10 Texas A&M Aggies I think the Aggies are on the cusp of being in playoff contention. I don't think they are going to beat Clemson, but I think under Jimbo they have realistic goals of winning the West, maybe not this year, but they are going to get there.
11 Oregon Ducks Oregon looked really good but made some boneheaded moves in the second half. Auburn capitalized on these mistakes.
12 Penn State Nittany Lions
13 Utah Utes Good job Utah for taking care of your rival!
14 Washington Huskies
15 Syracuse Orange Syracuse is a well coached team. The new QB might hurt them over the season if he can't get up to speed.
16 Washington State Cougars
17 UCF Knights
18 Iowa Hawkeyes
19 Michigan State Spartans
20 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Notre Dame did not impress me. Either Louisville is better than people are expecting or Notre Dame has some struggles. We will see how the next couple weeks go to see if they can shake off their struggles.
21 Florida Gators I wasn't impressed in their win. They were a couple less Miami mistakes away from winning. Not sold on their QB. I expect them to drop a couple games due to mistakes by Franks.
22 Boise State Broncos They showed some great resilience to come back from being down to FSU in Tallahassee. It remains to be seen how FSU is this year, but kudos for Boise State.
23 Cincinnati Bearcats Cincinnati beat out UCLA. They have a big test this weak against OSU. If they could manage to pull out an upset or even make it a close game it will do wonders for their season.
24 Virginia Cavaliers Virginia is a well coached team that I still think should win the coastal division.
25 Georgia State Panthers Lol Tennessee

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