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T-Thugs Ballot for 2020 Week F

Ballot Type: Human

Submitted: Oct. 12, 2020, 12:33 p.m.

Overall Rationale: I try to make my poll based on who teams have played and beat. Early in the season it can look pretty weird. It generally comes more in line with everyone else as the season goes. 

Rank Team Reason
1 Georgia Bulldogs 3-0 with wins over Auburn and Tennessee looks like the best resume early in the season. 
2 Clemson Tigers I think this is probably the best team in the nation but not sure their resume matches Georgia for quantity of good wins. We'll see if Tennessee and auburn remain good wins. Clemson's blowout win over Miami was very impressive. 
3 Alabama Crimson Tide 3-0 with a blowout victory over Texas A&M that looks even better following A&M's victory over Florida. They play Georgia next week and could really lock down spot in the top 2. 
4 North Carolina Tar Heels Undefeated with wins over Boston College (3-1) and Virginia Tech (2-1).
5 Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns 3-0 with a win over Iowa State (3-1, defeated Oklahoma) gets Louisiana slotted here for now until other teams build up some better wins. 
6 Oklahoma State Cowboys 3-0. Best win is over 2-1 West Virginia. Also beat 1-1 Tulsa (who beat UCF) Big matchup with Iowa State this coming weekend will determine if they really belong this high. 
7 Cincinnati Bearcats 3-0. Best win is over Army (4-1). This team probably doesn't belong over Nd but they dont have a win as good as Army yet. 
8 Notre Dame Fighting Irish ND is 3-0 without much competition in their early matchups. Duke, USF, and Florida State haven't really shown to be quality opponents, though. I think ND is probably a team that can move up but is backloaded on schedule with November games against Clemson and UNC. 
9 SMU Mustangs 4-0. Best win is over Memphis. 
10 Texas A&M Aggies My top team with 1 loss. They may actually deserve to be higher, but the season is early. Their best win is over Florida (2-1). Only loss is to Alabama. 
11 BYU Cougars 4-0 with largely blowouts but over some weak competition. 
12 Virginia Tech Hokies 2-1. Their only loss is to UNC and they also have a good win over NC State. Surprisingly big game with Boston College coming up this weekend. 
13 Marshall Thundering Herd Hard to rank Marshall. They are 3-0 with a win over Appalachian St. 
14 NC State Wolfpack Nc State is 3-1 with their only loss being Virginia Tech. Best win is over Pitt (3-2). 
15 Boston College Eagles 3-1. Like NC State their only loss is to UNC and their best win is over Pitt (3-2). Ranking below NC state as their second best win (Duke) is probably not as good as Virginia. Can jump up if they beat Va Tech this week. 
16 Iowa State Cyclones Iowa State has a loss to Louisiana that I'm keeping them this low for. Best win is over Oklahoma (2-2). 
17 Miami Hurricanes 3-1. Probably deserve to be a bit higher but they got blown out by Clemson and their wins dont matchup with the other ACC teams yet. Next few weeks have games with Pitt, NC State, Virginia, and Va tech so they have plenty of opportunities to jump up the rankings. 
18 Kansas State Wildcats Really bad loss to Arkansas State. Best win is over Oklahoma (2-2)
19 West Virginia Mountaineers 2-1. Only loss is to Oklahoma State. Best win is over Baylor (1-1). 
20 Florida Gators Florida is probably a better team that this, and that will show as they keep getting wins, but right now they are 2-1 with wins over Ole Miss (1-2) and South Carolina (1-2). 
21 Auburn Tigers Like Florida, Auburn is probably better than this and will move up as their resume improves, but right now they are 2-1 and both their wins are over teams that are 1-2 (Arkansas, Kentucky)
22 Tennessee Volunteers 2-1 with wins over Kentucky (1-2) and Missouri (1-2)
23 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers 3-0. have a win over a bad Kansas team. They play Louisiana this weekend so we'll find out if they will disappear from the rankings or stick around for a while. 
24 Tulsa Golden Hurricane Weird year with tough time finding teams that deserve to be ranked. Tulsa is sitting at 1-1 with a loss to Oklahoma State but a win over UCF (2-1). 
25 Liberty Flames 4-0. They play Syracuse this weekend. Not that beating Syracuse would prove they belong, but a loss would certainly show they dont. 

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