Ballot Type: Human
Submitted: Sept. 6, 2022, 5:27 p.m.
Overall Rationale: Drops: Cincinnati drops out because they lost, but should still be a decent team that finishes ranked. Iowa drops out because they are incapable of moving the football. Even if they sneak their way back in after edging out a few wins, they will be on upset watch all season because they cannot score. Oregon's out for obvious reasons.
Rank | Team | Reason |
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2 |
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Sent what was supposed to be a pretty good Oregon team to the shadow realm |
3 |
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Defense looked much improved, especially on 3rd down. Can forgive offensive hiccups since all the receivers that played had yet to get meaningful snaps in the past. UGA is higher because they looked more complete and had a more impressive performance. |
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Beating 3-9 Colorado State (who lost to Vandy last year) by a lot is taking care of business, nothing more, nothing less. They rise because Clemson fell, not because I think any differently of them. |
5 |
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I could overreact more and send them as low as #8 (if they continue playing DJ every game). But I tempered my overreaction and assume that Klubnik will eventually start, at which point Clemson is a legitimate contender. |
6 |
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7 |
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An uninspiring performance on offense against SHSU, but two teams above them lost. |
8 |
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Despite losing, ND still looked like a clear top 10 team for most of the game |
9 |
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They jumped this much because I couldn't really justify putting any other team here, maybe I was too bearish on them last week. |
10 |
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Impressive win against Cincinnati |
11 |
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13 |
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Good win against a solid Utah team. Maybe they're worse, and this was attributable to it being game 1 in the Swamp, but Kentucky will provide a good barometer. |
14 |
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16 |
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Utah played well and had a very good chance at securing a win, so they don't drop much further than this. |
17 |
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A win is a win, so they don't fall out of the top 25, but they looked extremely unimpressive and probably deserved to lose (granted, it's week 1 in a hostile environment) |
18 |
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20 |
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Defense looked shaky in the second half as did the offense, I'm still not convinced on how good they will be with their low returning production. |
21 |
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22 |
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Good win against a solid UTSA |
23 |
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I'm including USC and Miami because there aren't teams that I'm more convinced deserve a ranking based on current play + talent/past results. |
24 |
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25 |
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Teams Ranked:
Rank | Team | Unusualness |
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1 |
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0.00 |
2 |
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0.00 |
3 |
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0.00 |
4 |
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0.00 |
5 |
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0.00 |
6 |
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0.00 |
7 |
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0.00 |
8 |
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0.07 |
9 |
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0.00 |
10 |
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0.02 |
11 |
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0.00 |
12 |
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0.47 |
13 |
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0.00 |
14 |
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0.59 |
15 |
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0.41 |
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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-0.58 |
21 |
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0.00 |
22 |
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0.00 |
23 |
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-0.50 |
24 |
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-0.47 |
25 |
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0.00 |
Omissions:
Team | Unusualness |
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0.25 |
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0.08 |
Total Score: 3.44