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TheJeemTeam Ballot for 2019 Week 5

Ballot Type: Hybrid

Submitted: Sept. 23, 2019, 7:20 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 40% of the overall calculation.

Rank Team Reason
1 Clemson Tigers 1/1 in Tier A: Ya, only team here. They've been the #1 team according to my computer every week, and they've been in a Tier by themselves every week except once. Not likely to be challenged much the rest of the regular season, but it's still college football, so there's always the possibility of a shock upset.
2 Alabama Crimson Tide 1/3 in Tier B: Like Clemson, they've been consistently ranked in the same spot by my computer. Despite having other teams in a tier with them this week, I see no reason to move them down.
3 Ohio State Buckeyes 2/3 in Tier B: Ohio State leapfrogs UGA. Undefeated against lesser competition, but they've dominated every game.
4 Georgia Bulldogs 3/3 in Tier B: Drops due to struggling against what is, in my opinion, an overrated Notre Dame team
5 Auburn Tigers 1/2 in Tier C: A couple of SEC West teams share this tier. Though LSU has been dominant and has what looks to be a hell of an offense, I'll give the edge to Auburn for now due to their quality wins over Oregon and Texas A&M.
6 LSU Tigers 2/2 in Tier C
7 Wisconsin Badgers 1/2 in Tier D: Give edge over Oklahoma due to extremely dominant defensive performances to open the season.
8 Oklahoma Sooners 2/2 in Tier D
9 Florida Gators 1/5 in Tier E: Close shaves against Miami (FL) and Kentucky, but they're still undefeated after taking care of business against Tennessee.
10 Penn State Nittany Lions 2/5 in Tier E: Close win over Pitt looks better after the Panthers upset of Central Florida.
11 Oregon Ducks 3/5 in Tier E: Only loss is a close one to Auburn and have otherwise looked dominant against lesser competition. Likely the Pac-12 North favorite right now.
12 Notre Dame Fighting Irish 4/5 in Tier E: Hung with UGA better than I thought they would. Still think they're not a Top 10 caliber team though.
13 Michigan State Spartans 5/5 in Tier E: My computer continues to love the Spartans. Rebounded for a nice win over Northwestern, but I'm not sure I'd even rank them if I was doing a human poll. This is as low as my hybrid system will let me put them.
14 Texas Longhorns 1/5 in Tier F: Only loss was a close one to LSU. Easily looks like the best team in this tier.
15 Iowa Hawkeyes 2/5 in Tier F
16 Boise State Broncos 3/5 in Tier F: Unimpressed so far, but they are undefeated.
17 Michigan Wolverines 4/5 in Tier F: Double OT win over Army and a blowout loss to Wisconsin is not how this season was supposed to start for Michigan. Currently in free fall.
18 Mississippi State Bulldogs 5/5 in Tier F: Only loss is to a good Kansas State team. I know Kansas State is ranked below them. This is as low as my system will let me rank them and sometimes lower ranked teams beat higher ranked teams.
19 Oklahoma State Cowboys 1/4 in Tier G: Only loss was a close one to Texas.
20 Wake Forest Demon Deacons 2/4 in Tier G: Not buying them yet, but they are undefeated and it looks like Clawson put together a pretty good team.
21 UCF Knights 3/4 in Tier G: Win over Stanford looks less impressive since they're now 1-3 with loss to Oregon. Finally lost a regular season game to Pitt this weekend.Hail to Pitt!
22 Washington Huskies 4/4 in Tier G: Only loss was by 1 point to Cal, who are undefeated. However, I think Cal is massively overrated (I don't even have them ranked), so that's actually even more of a negative for them.
23 Virginia Cavaliers 1/5 in Tier H: Still the Coastal favorite IMO, despite struggling against Old Dominion. Still undefeated, but for how long?
24 Kansas State Wildcats 2/5 in Tier H
25 USC Trojans 3/5 in Tier H: Get in ahead of other two teams in this tier (Iowa State and Baylor) due to the good win over Utah and their only loss being a close one to BYU.

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