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TheJeemTeam Ballot for 2019 Week 2

Ballot Type: Hybrid

Submitted: Sept. 3, 2019, 7:07 p.m.

Overall Rationale: My poll is a hybrid. I take the results of a computer poll of my own creation and split the teams into tiers based on where it makes sense to break the values. I then look at just the teams within the tiers and re-rank within them based on my observations and feelings of the teams.Computer poll has a preseason component and a performance-based component. I phase the preseason component out as the season goes along. For this week, the preseason component is still 85% of the overall calculation.

Rank Team Reason
1 Clemson Tigers 1/1 in Tier Aa: Only team in tier and who I would rank first even if I was doing a human poll.
2 Alabama Crimson Tide 1/1 in Tier Ab: Only team in tier
3 Georgia Bulldogs 1/1 in Tier Ac: Only team in tier
4 Auburn Tigers 1/3 in Tier B: Beat the best opponent (Oregon) of the teams in this tier, so they get to be here for now.
5 LSU Tigers 2/3 in Tier B: Really think LSU may be better than Auburn, but need to see them replicate their offensive performance against a better quality opponent. We'll see what they do against Texas this weekend.
6 Ohio State Buckeyes 3/3 in Tier B: A little concerning that they went quiet after a big 1st quarter against FAU. Not sold on this team as a playoff contender.
7 Michigan Wolverines 1/4 in Tier C: Actually think they're better than Ohio St., but they fall in the next tier down. Still appear to have kinks to work out on offense, but I still think they're best team in this group.
8 Notre Dame Fighting Irish 2/4 in Tier C: Got off to a slow start against a team that they should have blown off the field puts them behind Michigan.
9 Michigan State Spartans 3/4 in Tier C: Sloppy game against Tulsa. Not sure they have much of an offense.
10 Penn State Nittany Lions 4/4 in Tier C: Despite big win, it came against FCS Idaho. Need to see how they do against real competition before they get any higher. Already think they're in too high of a tier.
11 Oklahoma Sooners 1/2 in Tier D: Actually won in Week 1 and still the Big 12 favorite, so they slot ahead of the Ducks.
12 Oregon Ducks 2/2 in Tier D: Blew lead late against Auburn
13 Washington Huskies 1/3 in Tier E: took care of business against EWU. Gonna be fun to see who wins the Pac12 North between them and Oregon.
14 UCF Knights 2/3 in Tier E: Didn't really learn anything from beating up on FCS opponent. 
15 Florida Gators 3/3 in Tier E: Looked very sloppy against Miami.
16 USC Trojans 1/2 in Tier F: Beat a good Mountain West team (Fresno State)
17 Oklahoma State Cowboys 2/2 in Tier F: Wouldn't even rank if I did a human poll. Won a barn-burner over one of the worst P5 teams in the country (Oregon St.)
18 Texas Longhorns 1/4 in Tier G: Big game coming up against LSU gives them a great opportunity to move up.
19 Utah Utes 2/4 in Tier G: Stuck it to their in-state rivals (BYU). Pac-12 contender.
20 Wisconsin Badgers 3/4 in Tier G
21 TCU Horned Frogs 4/4 in Tier G
22 Texas A&M Aggies 1/3 in Tier H
23 Iowa Hawkeyes 2/3 in Tier H
24 Mississippi State Bulldogs 3/3 in Tier H: Only beating a Sun Belt team (Louisiana-Lafayette) by 10 puts them at the bottom of this tier.
25 Washington State Cougars 1/5 in Tier I: Of the 5 placed in this tier, two lost (MiamiFL & South Carolina), one needed 3OT against an FCS opponent (Iowa St.), and I have no idea why another one is rated so highly by my computer (Marshall). Washington State was left and they beat NMSU handily.

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