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ShamusJohnson13 Ballot for 2022 Week 3

Ballot Type: Human

Submitted: Sept. 11, 2022, 2:37 a.m.

Overall Rationale: I'm continuing to look at how impressive teams have played vs preseason expectations. Hopefully by Week 4 I will have enough evidence to remove preseason hype from what I'm looking at.

Rank Team Reason
1 Georgia Bulldogs They dominated Samford, as expected. This should be no surprise to anyone.
2 Michigan Wolverines Same thing, replace Samford with Hawaii.
3 Ohio State Buckeyes I really want this team to play a quality opponent soon, but that tough sledding against Notre Dame looks worse for them now. I still think this team is massively overrated this season, but they keep doing what they need to do. I'll probably have to eat crow for that.
4 Alabama Crimson Tide Speaking of eating crow, what in tarnation? That was some ugly ugly play by Alabama and completely caught me off guard. And now that Utah State has gone and gotten smacked by FCS Weber State, I think it's safe to not put stock into that first win anymore. Alabama is mortal this season, everyone rejoice.
5 Oklahoma Sooners That first half was certainly a first half. Y'all are lucky you found out what made you click in this game, I was very tempted to drop y'all for that performance. Luckily it was against Kent State, but if y'all do it again against a Big 12 school you're screwed.
6 Arkansas Razorbacks Very solid win. South Carolina might not be the best the SEC East has to offer, but old Arkansas finds a way to lose this game. With Alabama looking vulnerable, it's Piggy's time to shine.
7 Clemson Tigers That was a game. Correct me if I'm wrong, but Dynasty Clemson score more than 35 in that one, right? A 23 point win isn't bad, but not exactly title material when playing a mediocre FCS school, especially when Georgia is blowing theirs out of the water a couple hundred miles away. This Clemson squad is absolutely going to drop at least one conference game, and might actually be vulnerable to a South Carolina school that, while middling, is better than previous SCAR Squads.
8 Kentucky Wildcats What a second half. This team is definitely ready to at least make Georgia sweat in the east. Stoops is now your winningest coach in history, and you've come a long way from the early 2010s.
9 BYU Cougars MOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOON
10 Iowa State Cyclones It's called El Assico for a reason. I'd normally drop a school that played that poorly but you've got the black and gold monkey off your back. This is absolutely your chance to seize the Big 12 and a conference title for the first time in 100 years. Playoffs should also be in the cards this season if y'all keep it up.
11 Michigan State Spartans Haha crushing MAC team go brrrrrrrrr
12 Wake Forest Demon Deacons If you told me this would be the first team to beat Vandy, I'd call you a liar and ask for your drugs.
13 Miami Hurricanes Don't get too hyped for the Aggies next week, y'all were losing to Southern Miss at one point this game.
14 Air Force Falcons Wow. That's all I can say. Wow.
15 Appalachian State Mountaineers The mad lads did it again.
16 Marshall Thundering Herd The mad lads did it.
17 USC Trojans There might be something to the preseason hype.
18 Texas Longhorns Texas is unironically back on track. Steve Sarkisian is going to have this program going places (please give him back).
19 Oklahoma State Cowboys Good, solid win.
20 Utah Utes Yeah y'all stomped, but Florida's loss hurts y'all worse now.
21 Florida Gators RIP Florida Gator hype 9/3-9/10
22 Pittsburgh Panthers I still don't see Tennessee as a Top 25 (yet), but Pittsburgh needs to sit back and reevaluate this season, because it might get ugly from here.
23 Texas A&M Aggies All that talent and hype and you still blew it 2007 Michigan style. I'm impressed. Jimbo Fischer is holding this team back.
24 Baylor Bears If BYU makes the playoffs, we can blame your kicker right?
25 Kansas Jayhawks 2-0 Kansas? Get to the bunker, the apocalypse is upon us.

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