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Ch-i-ef Ballot for 2021 Week 8

Ballot Type: Human

Submitted: Oct. 18, 2021, 5:50 p.m.

Rank Team Reason
1 Georgia Bulldogs Georgia football good. Carry on.
2 Cincinnati Bearcats The Bearcats handled UCF with ease. I'd say every tough game they've played so far they've pretty much handled with ease. The toughest part of the schedule is now over. Don't slip up now though...
3 Oklahoma Sooners The Oklahoma Williams handled TCU and look to continue their ways of overpowering offense with the defense doing 'enough' to win games.
4 Alabama Crimson Tide Sorry MSU, Bama had to take their anger out on someone, just had to be you.
5 Ohio State Buckeyes CJ Stroud and the Buckeye defense have had quite the turnaround after their loss to Oregon. Now they're onto the meat of their schedule, with 4 of the next 6 opponents ranked. 
6 Michigan Wolverines Michigan perhaps has the 'easiest' schedule of the remaining B10 East ranked teams, having to face only 3 other ranked teams. Time to see if they can get over the Buckeye hump that has plagued them for so long. 
7 Michigan State Spartans Hope you're using that bye wisely; the next 4 of 5 opponents are ranked matchups. This will be the toughest stretch out of all the ranked B10 teams. Use Kenneth Walker right and who knows how far you'll go...just be sure LSU doesn't poach you of Mel Tucker...Colorado fans know all too well what a bit more money can do.
8 Oklahoma State Cowboys That second half defense came to life. Only wish you could see a full game out of both sides. They could very easily slip up before their big matchup against their SEC instate brother at the end of the year.
9 Ole Miss Rebels Fans throwing golf balls and mustard at you might hurt, but Corral's injury hurts the team more. Hopefully for you, the defense steps up like it did against Tennessee.
10 Penn State Nittany Lions Ok yeah, Penn State probably would have won if Clifford wasn't injured. Got 3 more ranked matchups, so hopefully Clifford is back before then.
11 Oregon Ducks I don't know what's worse: Your injury list, the blackmail Anthony Brown has on Cristobal so that he can still play QB, or that Wazzu (who is probably going to be without a head coach before this poll is released) is the only 3 conference win team in the Pac12 North. 
12 Iowa Hawkeyes #2 BIG10 Team ✔️Facing unranked Purdue ✔️The end was determined before you even started. Here's to figuring out what 'Good QB Play' is.
13 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Might be a rough next few weeks for the Fighting Irish. USC and UNC both might have fallen from grace, but they're still 2 decent teams that'll give anyone a bit of trouble.
14 Kentucky Wildcats I mean...you didn't really get blown out. No need to turn away hoping for shooty-hoops season just yet!
15 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers Chanticleers looking good as always, but your all of your defeated opponents have a combined 5 FBS wins. Yikes
16 Wake Forest Demon Deacons Next 2 games are a breeze, then we finally get to see how good the Demon Deacons are with UNC, NC State, and Clemson all lined up...this seemed like a scarier row of games at the start of the season though...
17 Texas A&M Aggies At least you get a bye before you face Auburn then Ole Miss. Still hard to gauge how good this team can be, and that's with a win over Bama.
18 NC State Wolfpack NC State looks to keep taking care of business. Wake Forest only just a few weeks away...
19 Auburn Tigers Bo 'Schrodinger's QB' Nix destroys Cinderella story team Arkansas, but not as much as Arkansas destroyed themselves. How far the might have fallen. Ole Miss up next without their Heisman hopeful QB and an up and down Texas A&M team after.
20 Baylor Bears Don't count Baylor out just yet. Winning out with a win over Oklahoma is all it takes to skyrocket up. How far is the question.
21 SMU Mustangs After defeating Navy, looks like the Pony Express will continue its assertion over aquatically named teams with the Tulane Green Wave up next.
22 Purdue Boilermakers Purdue, the team with the longest streak of not being ranked, is finally here. If only you could face a #2 ranked team while being unranked every week.
23 Pittsburgh Panthers "Ranked Pitt is favored over offensively-struggling, unranked Clemson." Yep, that's a true sentence alright.
24 San Diego State Aztecs Took till overtime to realize you can score touchdowns instead of field goals. A bit worrying.
25 UTSA Roadrunners Meep Meep, the roadrunners are ranked!

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