Ballot Type: Human

Submitted: Sept. 30, 2019, 9:51 a.m.

• Ballot
• Analysis

Rank	Team	Reason
1	Ohio State Buckeyes	Shaking up the top of my rankings this week because I think we have enough data to reduce reliance on last season.  Ohio State has looked dominant (still waiting for them to hit the meat of their schedule though).  
2	Georgia Bulldogs	Also looking really good.  I wasn't as impressed with the Notre Dame win as I would have expected going in, but Georgia is still looking solid and gets the #2 for now. 
3	Clemson Tigers	Not an ideal showing on Saturday, but a win nonetheless.  UNC played a great game and might be a fringe top 25 team by the end of the season.  Still using a bit of 2018 to justify this ranking, but the pieces are all there and the team is still undefeated. 
4	Alabama Crimson Tide	There's serious upside to this ranking moving forward, but I feel like it's justified given how the teams at the top have looked.  1-7 are all interchangeable and the top teams will sort themselves out for the most part as the season progresses.   
5	Oklahoma Sooners	Cruising. Looking forward to the Texas game to see where Oklahoma really stands.  
6	LSU Tigers	Top tier until proven otherwise (i.e. need to beat Alabama). 
7	Auburn Tigers	Same as LSU.  
8	Penn State Nittany Lions	Drop off to tier 2 here.  Still in the hunt.  
9	Wisconsin Badgers
10	Notre Dame Fighting Irish
11	Iowa Hawkeyes
12	Florida Gators
13	Oregon Ducks
14	Texas Longhorns
15	Washington Huskies
16	Appalachian State Mountaineers
17	Wake Forest Demon Deacons
18	Boise State Broncos
19	Virginia Cavaliers	Pleasantly surprised with the showing at Notre Dame, but still have to drop based on the result.  This is probably closer to where this team deserves to be realistically. 
20	Utah Utes
21	UCF Knights
22	Michigan Wolverines
23	Oklahoma State Cowboys
24	SMU Mustangs	Lots of G5 sliding into the lower half of this ranking.  Partially because it's hard to tell who is actually good in the middle of the P5 conferences and partially because these G5 teams are looking much improved this year (in addition to UCF and App, who I've had in since Week 1).  
25	Memphis Tigers

Teams Ranked:

Rank	Team	Unusualness
1	Ohio State Buckeyes	0.44
2	Georgia Bulldogs	0.27
3	Clemson Tigers	0.00
4	Alabama Crimson Tide	-0.17
5	Oklahoma Sooners	0.00
6	LSU Tigers	0.00
7	Auburn Tigers	0.00
8	Penn State Nittany Lions	0.10
9	Wisconsin Badgers	0.00
10	Notre Dame Fighting Irish	0.00
11	Iowa Hawkeyes	0.34
12	Florida Gators	0.00
13	Oregon Ducks	0.00
14	Texas Longhorns	0.00
15	Washington Huskies	0.00
16	Appalachian State Mountaineers	2.19
17	Wake Forest Demon Deacons	0.00
18	Boise State Broncos	0.00
19	Virginia Cavaliers	0.52
20	Utah Utes	0.00
21	UCF Knights	0.00
22	Michigan Wolverines	0.00
23	Oklahoma State Cowboys	0.00
24	SMU Mustangs	0.00
25	Memphis Tigers	0.00

Omissions:

Team	Unusualness
Arizona State Sun Devils	0.31
Michigan State Spartans	0.10

Total Score: 4.45