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Comit22 Ballot for 2022 Week 5

Ballot Type: Human

Submitted: Sept. 25, 2022, 11:41 a.m.

Overall Rationale: Personal Opinion

Rank Team Reason
1 Georgia Bulldogs Despite the relatively close game against Kent St., they have a better win than Alabama (Oregon > Texas) and had the better performance in a close game (Kent St. was not as competitive as Texas).
2 Alabama Crimson Tide Utterly crushed another opponent, couldn't move them down.
3 Ohio State Buckeyes No super close games and 4-0, what more to ask for? I'm low enough on Notre Dame, even after the W vs. UNC, that I don't see it as a marquee win so OSU stays behind UGA and Bama.
4 USC Trojans Despite the close game, I had Oregon St. ranked last week (and just missed this week) so this doesn't push USC down much at all. Penn State's inability to truly crush a bad Central Michigan team keeps USC here.
5 Penn State Nittany Lions A solid, but unspectacular win vs. Central Michigan keeps them put. Michigan would have passed them if the Wolverines had beaten Maryland more soundly.
6 Michigan Wolverines A good conference win against a team that bordered my top 25 last week. It was close enough to not move my needle on them, but a win against an undefeated P5 team is not a negative.
7 Tennessee Volunteers A close game against a Florida team that I did not rank last week kept Tennessee from moving up (all of USC, PSU, and UM were vulnerable this week). But Florida was close to being ranked for me so it doesn't count as a negative. Plus, Ole Miss only ended up beating Tulsa by a single score so they wouldn't jump.
8 Ole Miss Rebels A win is a win, but I would have liked to see better than a one score win against a middling Tulsa team. Kentucky's relatively close call with Northern Illinois keeps the Rebels ahead of the Wildcats.
9 Kentucky Wildcats Similar to Ole Miss. A win is a win, but it was closer than it should have been for a team of this caliber. The Florida win looks less impressive with them dropping to 2-2.
10 Washington Huskies A solid win over a bad Stanford team keeps Washington in lock-step, only moving up due to bad games from Oklahoma and Clemson.
11 Oklahoma State Cowboys The Cowboys were off this week, so only move up due to poor showings from Clemson and Oklahoma.
12 Clemson Tigers Clemson only drops a single spot this week. I had Wake Forest ranked, but I still expect more from a team 10 spots ahead in the rankings. Really, Clemson only moves down because Washington had a solid win and Oklahoma State was literally off. Poor performances from either of them (like most of the top 10 had) would have kept Clemson at 11 or moved them up to 10.
13 NC State Wolfpack Finally, a good 'ol fashioned drubbing, admittedly against a bad UConn team. Enough to move them ahead of one of the losers of the week.
14 Oklahoma Sooners This was a bad loss. Kansas State had just lost at home to Tulane last week and only had wins on South Dakota and Missouri. None of Oklahoma's wins stand out, but their overall dominance through 3 weeks keeps them ahead of teams lacking marquee wins.
15 Florida State Seminoles Another win, though against a bad Boston College team. Much more dominant this week and befitting a top 15 team. Not much to say here, other than they have to prove themselves against Wake Forest next week.
16 Oregon Ducks A close game against a Wazzu team that I nearly ranked. They only move up by circumstance (thank Texas and Arkansas for that). Doesn't move the needle much for them now, but I suspect this win will look better down the stretch.
17 Utah Utes A very solid win over a bad Arizona State team doesn't move the needle at all for me on Utah. The Florida loss continues to look worse, however.
18 BYU Cougars A decent win against Wyoming, the Oregon loss doesn't look so bad and if they continue to win solidly, they'll move above Utah fairly easily.
19 Minnesota Golden Gophers I had them ranked last week, and all they did was go out and crush a Michigan State team that was ranked but a week prior. They've looked absolutely dominant through 3 weeks, and I don't expect that to change until their date with the Nittany Lions in Happy Valley.
20 Pittsburgh Panthers A very solid win against a FCS team. Would have liked to see a stronger outing, but given the losses this week, they move up just by virtue of winning the game.
21 Texas A&M Aggies Welcome back, Aggies. A win over a team I ranked #17 last week will get you back into the rankings. The loss to App St. doesn't look any better, and the win vs. Miami only looks worse. They're just barely on here, but a win vs Arkansas is good enough for me. I didn't want to drop Arkansas and wouldn't rank them over A&M after Saturday, so here we are.
22 Arkansas Razorbacks Arkansas had been playing too close for too long, and should have beat A&M. However, the loss isn't awful and I didn't want to drop them looking at everyone else's resume (I still like the Cincy win).
23 Kansas Jayhawks Well well well, I can't say it's an impressive resume, but Kansas is undefeated through 4 weeks with 2 P5 wins and a win over a normally decent Houston team. Iowa State is the first real test for the Jayhawks and I think Kansas is ready for it.
24 Baylor Bears I had Iowa State ranked last week, and Baylor beat them. The loss to BYU doesn't look terrible in comparison to everything else, and the Bears have been very good in their other two games. The real test is next week vs. Oklahoma State, though.
25 Texas Longhorns I wanted to drop them. But the Alabama game remains impressive enough to keep the Longhorns in the top 25. Other borderline teams (Wazzu, Oregon State, etc.) losing just barely keeps Texas in for now.

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