Ballot Type: Human
Submitted: Sept. 16, 2019, 12:49 p.m.
Overall Rationale: As we all expected, the week that had zero ranked matchups provided some of the best drama we'll see all year.
Rank | Team | Reason |
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1 |
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Trevor Lawrence has looked weird all season, but this program can afford to run experimental and/or risky plays for him. Their schedule is one long CFP tuneup. |
2 |
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The offense is producing game after game and that Texas road win looks just as good a week later. |
3 |
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Some devastating defensive injuries have Alabama casting a nervous glance towards November 9. Maybe even October 12? |
4 |
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Jalen Hurts has 13 touchdowns and 12 incompletions on the year. |
5 |
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Seven perfect quarters after a weird start against Louisville. Ian Book is running the Brian Kelly offense flawlessly. |
6 |
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Basically zero cracks in the B1G's clear frontrunner. |
7 |
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UGA will get its first chance to make a national splash against Notre Dame this week. |
8 |
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Hideous game against Pitt, but still undefeated with a lethal defense. |
9 |
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Outscoring opponents 110-0 through two games. Taylor is as advertised, but Jack Coan's dominance through the air has Wisconsin thinking even bigger. |
10 |
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The leader in the Pac-12 clubhouse gets a boost to its resume with BYU's victory over USC. |
11 |
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Finally an accurate day for Bo Nix. Defense holding strong. |
12 |
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Fun game against Houston in what was essentially a road environment. Ceiling remains high. |
13 |
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Continues to look sharp despite home loss to LSU. |
14 |
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Dillon Gabriel looked like a disgusting beast against Stanford. His emergence raises UCF's ceiling even higher. |
15 |
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Lost Feleipe Franks for the season but secured a thrilling win over Kentucky behind Kyle Trask, the new starter. |
16 |
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Continues to take care of business behind freshman QB Hank Bachmeier, although their thrilling comeback against Florida State looks less impressive each week. Watch out for Air Force this week. |
17 |
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Iowa will use its bye week to relish in a close victory over ISU. |
18 |
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Nothing but garbage opponents so far. That's about to change. |
19 |
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Impressive road win over Mississippi State. Chris Kleiman is 3-0 and looking tough. |
20 |
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Thrilling home victory over Florida State has UVA in the Coastal driver's seat at 3-0 (2-0). |
21 |
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Battle for Spar_y goes to the letter K for the second year in a row in one of the most thrilling games of the weekend. |
22 |
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Arguably the nation's greatest mystery. Is Shea Patterson hurt or just mediocre? What happened to the Speed in Space? Is Army just that good? We'll find out a lot more this Saturday in Madison when Michigan plays at Wisconsin. |
23 |
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Something feels charmed about this Wake team, which should cruise to 4-0 this week against Elon before a pair of ACC gut checks against BC and Louisville. |
24 |
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After a crushing Week 1 defeat, Oregon has feasted on cupcakes. Their "real" season gets back to work this weekend at Stanford. |
25 |
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Loss to Cal sapped momentum, but Washington took care of business against a legit Hawaii team. |
Teams Ranked:
Rank | Team | Unusualness |
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1 |
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0.00 |
2 |
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0.20 |
3 |
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0.00 |
4 |
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0.00 |
5 |
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0.32 |
6 |
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0.00 |
7 |
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0.00 |
8 |
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0.91 |
9 |
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0.00 |
10 |
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0.00 |
11 |
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0.00 |
12 |
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0.98 |
13 |
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0.00 |
14 |
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0.00 |
15 |
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0.00 |
16 |
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0.34 |
17 |
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0.00 |
18 |
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1.33 |
19 |
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0.10 |
20 |
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0.00 |
21 |
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0.00 |
22 |
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-1.15 |
23 |
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0.00 |
24 |
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-0.74 |
25 |
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0.00 |