Ballot Type: Human
Submitted: Sept. 15, 2019, 3:29 p.m.
| Rank | Team | Reason | 
|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Clemson Tigers | Only team w/ 3 P5 wins. They haven't been in danger of losing | 
| 2 |  Alabama Crimson Tide | South Carolina was their hardest game yet and there was no fear of losing | 
| 3 |  LSU Tigers | Win over Texas remains best win of anyone this year | 
| 4 |  Ohio State Buckeyes | Pretty equally matched to Georgia and Oklahoma, but have played a slightly harder schedule | 
| 5 |  Georgia Bulldogs | Their opponents are combined 2-6 this season. Hard to make any judgments at this point. | 
| 6 |  Oklahoma Sooners | Their opponents are combined 1-8 this season. Hard to make any judgments at this point. | 
| 7 |  Auburn Tigers | I don't know if they really belong at 7, but their Oregon win remains one of the best of the season | 
| 8 |  Wisconsin Badgers | Did not play, but no other team has matched their dominance (even if it was USF and CMU) | 
| 9 |  Notre Dame Fighting Irish | Looked pretty good against NM, we will see how good they really are against Georgia | 
| 10 |  Utah Utes | Win over BYU is looking better each week | 
| 11 |  Texas A&M Aggies | The most impressive thing they’ve done this season was only losing to Clemson by two touchdowns. Auburn game will reveal how good they really are | 
| 12 |  Michigan Wolverines | Did not play. Have opportunity to land in top 10 with win over Wisconsin | 
| 13 |  Oregon Ducks | Outside of the Auburn loss Oregon has destroyed their competion. I'm expecting them to probably only lose 1 game in conference in the regular season and it will probably a fluke | 
| 14 |  Texas Longhorns | Losing to LSU is their best game thus far. A win over Ok St this weekend could impress | 
| 15 |  UCF Knights | Stanford is by no means a bad P5 team and UCF made them look bad | 
| 16 |  Boise State Broncos | Handled their opponent easily | 
| 17 |  Iowa Hawkeyes | Beat a top 30 Iowa State team. Game was pretty close though | 
| 18 |  Penn State Nittany Lions | Barely beat Pitt. Not a great showing | 
| 19 |  Florida Gators | Should have probably lost to Kentucky. Could easily be 1-2 right now, but are 3-0. Florida is probably going to fluke their way to a 10 win season where they almost lose to a bunch of bad teams. | 
| 20 |  Memphis Tigers | Beat their opponent handily | 
| 21 |  Washington State Cougars | Beat Houston in a close game. Probably their best win this season still | 
| 22 |  California Golden Bears | Really didn't look all that great this week, but enough teams in front of them looked bad for them to be ranked | 
| 23 |  Arizona State Sun Devils | They are just barely beating everyone, but they are winning | 
| 24 |  Washington Huskies | Impressive win over Hawaii, don't feel like I can put them in front of Cal at the moment though | 
| 25 |  North Dakota State Bison | I couldn't come up with 25 FBS teams that actually deserve to be ranked and NDSU hasn't lost a game since November 2017 so they get in this week. The next 5 are K-State, Virginia, Army, TCU, and Oklahoma State and I don't think any of those teams would beat NDSU except maybe Kansas State with NDSU's former coach. | 
Teams Ranked:
| Rank | Team | Unusualness | 
|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Clemson Tigers | 0.00 | 
| 2 |  Alabama Crimson Tide | 0.00 | 
| 3 |  LSU Tigers | 0.00 | 
| 4 |  Ohio State Buckeyes | 0.00 | 
| 5 |  Georgia Bulldogs | 0.00 | 
| 6 |  Oklahoma Sooners | 0.00 | 
| 7 |  Auburn Tigers | 0.00 | 
| 8 |  Wisconsin Badgers | 0.19 | 
| 9 |  Notre Dame Fighting Irish | 0.00 | 
| 10 |  Utah Utes | 0.00 | 
| 11 |  Texas A&M Aggies | 1.15 | 
| 12 |  Michigan Wolverines | 0.00 | 
| 13 |  Oregon Ducks | 0.36 | 
| 14 |  Texas Longhorns | 0.00 | 
| 15 |  UCF Knights | 0.00 | 
| 16 |  Boise State Broncos | 0.34 | 
| 17 |  Iowa Hawkeyes | 0.00 | 
| 18 |  Penn State Nittany Lions | -0.48 | 
| 19 |  Florida Gators | -0.67 | 
| 20 |  Memphis Tigers | 1.30 | 
| 21 |  Washington State Cougars | 0.00 | 
| 22 |  California Golden Bears | 0.00 | 
| 23 |  Arizona State Sun Devils | 0.00 | 
| 24 |  Washington Huskies | 0.00 | 
| 25 |  North Dakota State Bison | 0.19 |