Ballot Type: Human

Submitted: Aug. 24, 2021, 6:26 p.m.

Overall Rationale: Sort out 40 teams, put them into tiers and rank in tiers.Tiers: 1-4, 5-9, 10-13, 14-19, 20-28, 29-40Rest of top 40: BYU, Liberty, CCU, LSU, Arizona St, Okie State, Boise State, KSU, UCF, Auburn, App State, Ole Miss, Pitt, NCST, Mizzou

• Ballot
• Analysis

Rank	Team	Reason
1	Oklahoma Sooners
2	Clemson Tigers
3	Alabama Crimson Tide
4	Ohio State Buckeyes
5	Georgia Bulldogs
6	Notre Dame Fighting Irish
7	Texas A&M Aggies
8	Iowa State Cyclones
9	Cincinnati Bearcats
10	Florida Gators
11	North Carolina Tar Heels
12	Miami Hurricanes
13	USC Trojans
14	Oregon Ducks
15	Iowa Hawkeyes
16	Washington Huskies
17	Wisconsin Badgers
18	Texas Longhorns
19	Indiana Hoosiers
20	Michigan Wolverines
21	Northwestern Wildcats
22	Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns
23	Utah Utes
24	Penn State Nittany Lions
25	UCLA Bruins

Teams Ranked:

Rank	Team	Unusualness
1	Oklahoma Sooners	0.40
2	Clemson Tigers	0.05
3	Alabama Crimson Tide	-0.91
4	Ohio State Buckeyes	0.00
5	Georgia Bulldogs	0.00
6	Notre Dame Fighting Irish	0.38
7	Texas A&M Aggies	0.00
8	Iowa State Cyclones	0.00
9	Cincinnati Bearcats	0.00
10	Florida Gators	0.05
11	North Carolina Tar Heels	0.00
12	Miami Hurricanes	0.13
13	USC Trojans	0.17
14	Oregon Ducks	0.00
15	Iowa Hawkeyes	0.09
16	Washington Huskies	0.35
17	Wisconsin Badgers	-0.15
18	Texas Longhorns	0.00
19	Indiana Hoosiers	0.00
20	Michigan Wolverines	2.38
21	Northwestern Wildcats	1.76
22	Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns	0.00
23	Utah Utes	0.00
24	Penn State Nittany Lions	-0.44
25	UCLA Bruins	0.07

Omissions:

Team	Unusualness
LSU Tigers	0.68
Coastal Carolina Chanticleers	0.35
Oklahoma State Cowboys	0.13

Total Score: 8.49