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ACCBiggz Ballot for 2019 Week 13

Ballot Type: Human

Submitted: Nov. 17, 2019, 2:13 a.m.

Overall Rationale: NoneI try not to project wins/losses and value what has currently been accomplished by teams. While a team may *look* to be one of the very best, I can only evaluate what their current record is - thus, if it lacks a quality win or a BYE week has allowed others to do more I will rank as such.It is important to note it's only based on what has happened to date. Those who have had an early bye week will get their chance to catch up, and when they do they'll be evaluated as such. Teams won't be artificially ranked highly just because I think they are better. The eye test is a perfectly valid method, but one I do not weigh heavily vs. actual on-field results.

Rank Team Reason
1 LSU Tigers
2 Ohio State Buckeyes
3 Clemson Tigers
4 Georgia Bulldogs The Auburn win gives the Dawgs another quality win and over the team that beat Oregon. They go past the Ducks, but nothing changes. UGA still controls its destiny with Oregon in prime position should LSU win the SEC Championship.
5 Oregon Ducks
6 Alabama Crimson Tide
7 Oklahoma Sooners A big rise back into position following the Baylor win. They'll jump past Alabama if they win out, but they'll still need some chaos to punch a ticket to the CFP. Potential Sugar vs. the Tide is still out there in the ether.
8 Penn State Nittany Lions If you want to put Utah in front of the Nittany Lions, that's completely just. I almost did, but it was a near coin-flip on my sheet. It'll work itself out this week when Penn State travels to Columbus anyway.
9 Utah Utes
10 Florida Gators Florida's bump comes from having a 1-game lead over most schools. They've played 11 already and enter their bye while many other teams had earlier byes.
11 Minnesota Golden Gophers You can make a case for Minnesota to stay ahead of Penn St. given the H2H win, but the early OOC slate is tough to get around. Still, Penn State played the likes of Idaho and Buffalo. Everything is still in front of the Gophers and if they win out... that creates an interesting discussion.
12 Baylor Bears
13 Cincinnati Bearcats Cincinnati has been surviving and without a quality win the likes of Wisconsin and Michigan below them. So, why do I have them ahead? It comes down to having one less loss, and that loss being a "quality loss". I don't want to penalize UC for losing to Ohio State when they've won everything else. I think they deserve to be ahead of all two-loss teams not named Florida. With Wisconsin playing Minnesota and The Game, don't look for this to remain the case should those B1G teams win.
14 Wisconsin Badgers
15 Michigan Wolverines
16 Memphis Tigers
17 Boise State Broncos
18 SMU Mustangs
19 Auburn Tigers Three losses to top 10 teams, but it's still three losses. They had to fall.
20 Notre Dame Fighting Irish
21 Appalachian State Mountaineers
22 Iowa Hawkeyes
23 Air Force Falcons
24 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs Given their loss to Marshall, this may be the most odd inclusion. However, their two losses are to Texas & Marshall. Whereas most teams below them all sport at least three losses. The biggest thing is those teams below them also lack a quality win. Given the remaining SOS, I wouldn't be surprised if they drop out of the Top 25 even if they win out. I just don't have it in me to drop them just yet.
25 San Diego State Aztecs

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