Ballot Type: Human
Submitted: Aug. 23, 2022, 12:53 p.m.
Overall Rationale: Pre-season polls are hard enough to do without anything on the field. Coaching changes, draft losses, big season opening games and transfer portal gains/losses are the biggest weight carriers. No team note just means I felt placement wasn’t too out of the line of thinking of others. Note: Wake Forest dropped due to starting QB status.
Rank | Team | Reason |
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Season opener against ND won’t pay dividends until the rest of ND schedule plays out to see how good they actually are. A 3 score win could put them at #1 for a few people though. |
3 |
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UGA lost so much talent it was hard not to drop them to 4 or 5, but the season opener against Oregon will be the decision maker for their placement in or out of the top 5. |
4 |
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5 |
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Season opener against tOSU |
6 |
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7 |
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8 |
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Lower than a lot of other polls due to my opinion on QB performance uncertainty and loss of DC. |
9 |
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12-2 team Returns 14 starters, 2nd behind Kansas |
10 |
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Lincoln Riley and Caleb Williams loss may be too much for the National rankings but they can still win the BIG XII |
11 |
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12 |
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Hard to ignore such an increase of proven talent acquired. |
13 |
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Season opener against UGA and then BYU 2 weeks later will be tough for a new head coach. Bo Nix’s time at Auburn has me skeptical. |
14 |
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Spencer Sanders returns but without major support in Oline and running game. Defense stayed great though. |
15 |
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16 |
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17 |
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18 |
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19 |
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20 |
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21 |
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Season opener against Arkansas and possible win has me putting them over Houston for now. |
22 |
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Schedule strength will be the biggest issue with them even if they win by double digits each game. |
23 |
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Sarks 2nd season comes in with a lot of talent and an hype to ignore having them be a top team. |
24 |
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Baylor and Oregon in their 1st 3 games will be a good test for returning QB and solid Oline. |
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With Wake Forest dropped out of my poll, this could go to any combination of future 8-4 team. Iowa seems the safest pick to end the season ranked vs Ole Miss, Penn St and Tennessee. |
Teams Ranked:
Rank | Team | Unusualness |
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1 |
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2 |
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0.00 |
3 |
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0.00 |
4 |
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0.49 |
5 |
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0.01 |
6 |
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0.00 |
7 |
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0.00 |
8 |
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0.00 |
9 |
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0.00 |
10 |
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0.00 |
11 |
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0.12 |
12 |
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0.62 |
13 |
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0.00 |
14 |
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0.00 |
15 |
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0.00 |
16 |
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0.00 |
17 |
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0.00 |
18 |
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0.00 |
19 |
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0.00 |
20 |
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0.00 |
21 |
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0.00 |
22 |
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0.00 |
23 |
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0.00 |
24 |
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0.00 |
25 |
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0.00 |
Omissions:
Team | Unusualness |
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0.41 |
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0.26 |
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0.09 |
Total Score: 1.98