Ballot Type: Human

Submitted: Aug. 24, 2021, 12:28 p.m.

Overall Rationale: If a team is ranked ahead of another, it means that on a neutral field, the higher ranked team should beat all teams ranked lower than them.

• Ballot
• Analysis

Rank	Team	Reason
1	Alabama Crimson Tide
2	Oklahoma Sooners
3	Georgia Bulldogs
4	Clemson Tigers
5	Ohio State Buckeyes
6	Texas A&M Aggies	1-5 are all fairly close, but the gap from 5 to 6 is very large
7	North Carolina Tar Heels
8	Iowa State Cyclones
9	USC Trojans
10	Oregon Ducks
11	Cincinnati Bearcats
12	Iowa Hawkeyes
13	Notre Dame Fighting Irish
14	LSU Tigers
15	Wisconsin Badgers
16	Penn State Nittany Lions
17	Texas Longhorns
18	Miami Hurricanes
19	Florida Gators
20	Washington Huskies
21	Arizona State Sun Devils
22	Indiana Hoosiers
23	Ole Miss Rebels
24	Coastal Carolina Chanticleers
25	Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns	 The next 5 up in order: TCU, Oklahoma State, NC State, UCF, Utah

Teams Ranked:

Rank	Team	Unusualness
1	Alabama Crimson Tide	0.00
2	Oklahoma Sooners	0.00
3	Georgia Bulldogs	0.03
4	Clemson Tigers	0.00
5	Ohio State Buckeyes	-0.25
6	Texas A&M Aggies	0.00
7	North Carolina Tar Heels	0.45
8	Iowa State Cyclones	0.00
9	USC Trojans	1.34
10	Oregon Ducks	0.00
11	Cincinnati Bearcats	0.00
12	Iowa Hawkeyes	0.85
13	Notre Dame Fighting Irish	-0.26
14	LSU Tigers	0.34
15	Wisconsin Badgers	0.00
16	Penn State Nittany Lions	0.00
17	Texas Longhorns	0.20
18	Miami Hurricanes	0.00
19	Florida Gators	-0.94
20	Washington Huskies	0.00
21	Arizona State Sun Devils	0.72
22	Indiana Hoosiers	-0.25
23	Ole Miss Rebels	0.00
24	Coastal Carolina Chanticleers	0.00
25	Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns	-0.01

Omissions:

Team	Unusualness
Utah Utes	0.24
Oklahoma State Cowboys	0.13

Total Score: 6.02