Ballot Type: Human

Submitted: Oct. 3, 2022, 4:25 p.m.

Overall Rationale: each week builds on prior week, with recency weighted the greatest. Undefeated teams largely outweigh 1-loss until later in the season. Head to head with same W/L record will always favor the h2h winner.

• Ballot
• Analysis

Rank	Team	Reason
1	Ohio State Buckeyes	most consistently dominant, especially in recent weeks
2	Alabama Crimson Tide	quality road win, but failure to put them away with 28-0 lead was concerning
3	Michigan Wolverines	consistently dominant. Nice road win
4	Georgia Bulldogs	second straight week of lackadaisical performance
5	USC Trojans
6	Clemson Tigers
7	Tennessee Volunteers
8	Oklahoma State Cowboys
9	Ole Miss Rebels	great win
10	Penn State Nittany Lions
11	Utah Utes	best 1-loss team
12	Oregon Ducks
13	TCU Horned Frogs	great win
14	NC State Wolfpack
15	UCLA Bruins
16	Wake Forest Demon Deacons
17	BYU Cougars
18	Kentucky Wildcats
19	Kansas Jayhawks
20	Kansas State Wildcats
21	Syracuse Orange
22	Mississippi State Bulldogs
23	Washington Huskies
24	Illinois Fighting Illini
25	James Madison Dukes	recognizing they are undefeated looking good back to back weeks

Teams Ranked:

Rank	Team	Unusualness
1	Ohio State Buckeyes	0.02
2	Alabama Crimson Tide	0.00
3	Michigan Wolverines	0.23
4	Georgia Bulldogs	0.00
5	USC Trojans	0.20
6	Clemson Tigers	0.00
7	Tennessee Volunteers	0.00
8	Oklahoma State Cowboys	0.00
9	Ole Miss Rebels	0.00
10	Penn State Nittany Lions	0.00
11	Utah Utes	0.02
12	Oregon Ducks	0.00
13	TCU Horned Frogs	0.00
14	NC State Wolfpack	0.11
15	UCLA Bruins	0.00
16	Wake Forest Demon Deacons	0.00
17	BYU Cougars	0.00
18	Kentucky Wildcats	0.00
19	Kansas Jayhawks	-0.02
20	Kansas State Wildcats	0.00
21	Syracuse Orange	0.00
22	Mississippi State Bulldogs	0.00
23	Washington Huskies	0.00
24	Illinois Fighting Illini	0.28
25	James Madison Dukes	0.00

Omissions:

Team	Unusualness
LSU Tigers	0.00

Total Score: 0.89