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T-Thugs Ballot for 2019 Week 4

Ballot Type: Human

Submitted: Sept. 15, 2019, 10:43 a.m.

Overall Rationale: I remake my poll each week based on what each team has accomplished so far. For this reason, teams with nice wins early will be ranked highly in my early season polls, even teams that we generally know are not as good as some of the other programs they are ranked above. My poll is usually on most controversial early in the season but ends up looking more and more like everyone else's once the season progresses and we have a larger set of games to judge from.Of note, there are a couple teams I left out this week, that had a strong argument for that 25 spot. Washington State and Wisconsin were there. 

Rank Team Reason
1 Clemson Tigers Add a blowout of Syracuse to their list. Clemson is 3-0 with wins over Georgia Tech, Syracuse, and Texas A&M. Best win is Texas A&M. 
2 LSU Tigers LSU is 3-0 with their best win coming on the road against Texas. That's probably the best win any team has this season. I give Clemson the slight nod because they've played all p5 opponents. It's close though.
3 California Golden Bears This is more than likely too high for Cal, but they are 3-0 with a win over Washington on the road. I'm giving that true road game win a slight nod over Auburn's win over Oregon in Dallas. I suspect Cal will drop a game soon and fall from this spot. 
4 Auburn Tigers Auburn is 3-0 with a really nice win over Oregon in Dallas. Theyre also crushing their other opponents. They have a huge matchup with Texas A&M next weekend. A win over A&M would lock Auburn's spot near the top for quite a while. 
5 Kansas State Wildcats Kansas State gets a big boost into my poll with a win on the road at previously undefeated Mississippi State. They have another big matchup next week with 3-0 Oklahoma State. 
6 Arizona State Sun Devils Arizona State makes big moves this week by going into East Lansing to knock off Michigan State. ASU is 3-0 with a really nice win. 
7 Wake Forest Demon Deacons Wake forest moves to 3-0 by defeating North Carolina, who I counted as a good team early in the season because they were 2-0 with wins over Miami and South Carolina. 
8 Utah Utes Utah is 3-0. Best win is over BYU. That does look a little better this week with BYU taking down USC, though.
9 Florida Gators The gators are 3-0 and have a win over Kentucky as well as one over Miami.
10 Alabama Crimson Tide Alabama blew out South Carolina this weekend. Pair that with a blowout over 2-1 Duke and Alabama has a solid resume so far. Until proven otherwise, I do think this is the second best team in the country behind Clemson. 
11 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Notre Dame is 2-0. They blowout a terrible New Mexico team this weekend but they moved up in my poll thanks to Louisville moving to 2-1. That could turn out to be a nice win for ND. ND plays at Georgia this weekend. A win there could push the Irish up to the top of the poll. 
12 Ohio State Buckeyes Ohio State has been destroying everyone that comes their way. They should probably be higher than this, but their opponents to this point have not meant much. They did get a nice win over Indiana this weekend who was previously 2-0. 
13 Memphis Tigers Memphis is 3-0 with nice win over Ole Miss (2-1). 
14 Iowa Hawkeyes Iowa is 3-0 coming off a nice road win over Iowa State.
15 Temple Owls Temple is 2-0 and jumps high into the poll with a dominant performance against Maryland. 
16 Air Force Falcons Air Force is 2-0 and coming off a really nice win over Colorado, who was previously 2-0. 
17 Wyoming Cowboys Wyoming is likely a bit overrated at this point, but they are 3-0 and they have a nice win over a 2-1 Missouri team. 
18 TCU Horned Frogs TCU is 2-0 and had an impressive blowout win over Purdue this weekend. It would mean a little more if Purdue hadn't lost to Nevada in week 1. 
19 Virginia Cavaliers Virginia is 3-0. They have wins over Pitt and Florida State. 
20 Georgia Bulldogs Georgia is 3-0 and killing people. Theyre a little low in my poll because their best win is over a Vanderbilt team that got rolled by Purdue. If Georgia takes down Notre Dame this weekend, they'll move into the top 5. 
21 UCF Knights UCF added a blowout win over Stanford to their resume. Knights are 3-0.
22 Oklahoma Sooners Oklahoma is definitely a better team than this but they just played their first p5 opponent (UCLA), who they destroyed. Oklahoma will move up as they keep winning. 
23 Oklahoma State Cowboys Oklahoma state is 3-0 with a win over Oregon State. They have a big matchup against Kansas State next weekend that provides a good opportunity to move up. 
24 Penn State Nittany Lions Penn State played their first p5 competition and struggled, but they remain 3-0. 
25 Michigan Wolverines Michigan gets the nod over Washington State and Wisconsin (even though I think Wisconsin will beat them next week) because I think Army is the best team any of those three teams have defeated. 

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