Ballot Type: Human

Submitted: Nov. 10, 2020, 4:33 a.m.

• Ballot
• Analysis

Rank	Team	Reason
1	Alabama Crimson Tide	Mac Jones + Devonta Smith have to be excited to face the LSU defense.
2	Notre Dame Fighting Irish	Debated if they should be 2 or 3. Settled on 2 for now.
3	Ohio State Buckeyes	 27 points to Rutgers? What is this?
4	Clemson Tigers	I tell myself: TLaw is worth at least a point. But Ian Book feasted on a top tier defense.
5	Oregon Ducks	Answered most pressing questions, with a dominant O-Line performance and good QB play. Still feels too high.
6	Texas A&M Aggies	Difficult to tell exactly what they are and how good that means they are.
7	Florida Gators	Dominating offensive performance by Trask, Pitts, and Co while facing what was an elite secondary.  
8	Cincinnati Bearcats	Another tremendous defensive game.
9	Wisconsin Badgers	Poor Wisconsin. At least they ease back into football with a warm up game against the Wolverines before a brutal stretch of Northwestern and Indiana.
10	Indiana Hoosiers	Like we all predicted.
11	BYU Cougars	Demolished Boise State like few have, and are in possession of a prolific QB. But when that is your most quality opponent (TBD on that) your ranking ceiling is not much higher.
12	Miami Hurricanes	Deriq King is fun to watch. Amazing performance and comeback.   
13	Oklahoma State Cowboys	Squeaked out a win, but still have the best resume in the conference. A bye week to prepare for Bedlam.
14	USC Trojans	Teams are a reflection of their head coaches. So USC managed to simultaneously be awful and yet impressive. Winning a game they had no business winning, in a situation that should not have happened. 
15	Coastal Carolina Chanticleers
16	Marshall Thundering Herd
17	Georgia Bulldogs
18	SMU Mustangs
19	Northwestern Wildcats
20	California Golden Bears
21	Iowa State Cyclones
22	Liberty Flames
23	Utah Utes
24	Oklahoma Sooners
25	Tulsa Golden Hurricane

Teams Ranked:

Rank	Team	Unusualness
1	Alabama Crimson Tide	0.00
2	Notre Dame Fighting Irish	0.00
3	Ohio State Buckeyes	0.00
4	Clemson Tigers	0.00
5	Oregon Ducks	1.01
6	Texas A&M Aggies	0.00
7	Florida Gators	0.00
8	Cincinnati Bearcats	-0.15
9	Wisconsin Badgers	0.38
10	Indiana Hoosiers	0.00
11	BYU Cougars	-0.75
12	Miami Hurricanes	0.00
13	Oklahoma State Cowboys	0.00
14	USC Trojans	1.62
15	Coastal Carolina Chanticleers	0.00
16	Marshall Thundering Herd	0.00
17	Georgia Bulldogs	-0.09
18	SMU Mustangs	0.00
19	Northwestern Wildcats	0.00
20	California Golden Bears	5.20
21	Iowa State Cyclones	0.00
22	Liberty Flames	0.00
23	Utah Utes	1.75
24	Oklahoma Sooners	-0.52
25	Tulsa Golden Hurricane	0.00

Omissions:

Team	Unusualness
Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns	0.19
Texas Longhorns	0.32

Total Score: 11.98