Ballot Type: Human
Submitted: Oct. 3, 2022, 8:59 p.m.
| Rank | Team | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Alabama Crimson Tide
|
Win over Arkansas; picked it up since the Texas game. |
| 2 |
Ohio State Buckeyes
|
Five very solid performances, including three against decent teams. |
| 3 |
Georgia Bulldogs
|
Struggled the past two weeks, but blew out Oregon and South Carolina (and Samford, in case Florida was wondering how to do that). |
| 4 |
Clemson Tigers
|
Wins over very strong Wake Forest and NC State teams. Team appears to have its magic back. |
| 5 |
Oklahoma State Cowboys
|
Strong win over Baylor; look extremely good so far. |
| 6 |
Michigan Wolverines
|
Decent wins over Maryland and Iowa; nothing particularly special, though. |
| 7 |
USC Trojans
|
Decent win over Oregon State; similar to Michigan but without last year to back them up. |
| 8 |
Tennessee Volunteers
|
Wins over Pitt and Florida; extremely strong offense. |
| 9 |
Penn State Nittany Lions
|
Have done what they had to and looked good doing it; I have a strong feeling this week against Northwestern was a fluke. |
| 10 |
Wake Forest Demon Deacons
|
Potent offense, strong win against Florida State, and their only loss comes against #5 Clemson in a shootout they should've won. |
| 11 |
Utah Utes
|
Aside from a fluke week 1 loss to Florida, they've looked really good. Like, dash the hopes of every other Pac-12 team good. |
| 12 |
Ole Miss Rebels
|
Kentucky ain't that good in my opinion, but they've won when they've needed to. |
| 13 |
Oregon Ducks
|
Aside from the bad Georgia loss, this team has been rock solid, knocking off Washington State and BYU. |
| 14 |
NC State Wolfpack
|
Similar to Wake Forest but without any too many impressive wins (their best is against Texas Tech) and a less close game against Clemson. |
| 15 |
TCU Horned Frogs
|
Potent offense and totally destroyed Oklahoma (who I still have a lot of confidence in). |
| 16 |
BYU Cougars
|
Win over Baylor is pretty impressive, but they've underwhelmed ever since. |
| 17 |
Kentucky Wildcats
|
Serious struggles against Northern Illinois and Ole Miss; I refuse to accept that Florida is a good enough team to rank Kentucky highly. |
| 18 |
Kansas State Wildcats
|
Very good offense and two good wins against Texas Tech and Oklahoma. The Tulane loss looks a lot like a fluke. |
| 19 |
UCLA Bruins
|
Good offense and win against Washington, but their defense has been a bit questionable (giving up 31 points to South Alabama) and they haven't played anyone else |
| 20 |
Kansas Jayhawks
|
ROCK CHALK JAYHAWK MOTHERFUCKERS |
| 21 |
Mississippi State Bulldogs
|
Comfortable wins over every team they've faced, besides a very solid LSU squad. |
| 22 |
Syracuse Orange
|
Undefeated, with a few decent wins. Just doing what they can. |
| 23 |
Illinois Fighting Illini
|
Very good team with some blowout wins and a painful loss to Indiana, who had a horseshoe up their ass for the first three weeks of the season. |
| 24 |
James Madison Dukes
|
Extremely solid team. It's a real shame that they aren't bowl eligible this year. That's a dumb rule for schools going up a tier. |
| 25 |
Baylor Bears
|
Their only two losses are to very good BYU and Oklahoma State teams, and they kept it pretty close in both games. Mostly a gut feeling for this one. |
Teams Ranked:
| Rank | Team | Unusualness |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Alabama Crimson Tide
|
0.00 |
| 2 |
Ohio State Buckeyes
|
0.00 |
| 3 |
Georgia Bulldogs
|
0.00 |
| 4 |
Clemson Tigers
|
0.00 |
| 5 |
Oklahoma State Cowboys
|
0.06 |
| 6 |
Michigan Wolverines
|
0.00 |
| 7 |
USC Trojans
|
0.00 |
| 8 |
Tennessee Volunteers
|
0.00 |
| 9 |
Penn State Nittany Lions
|
0.00 |
| 10 |
Wake Forest Demon Deacons
|
0.82 |
| 11 |
Utah Utes
|
0.02 |
| 12 |
Ole Miss Rebels
|
-0.74 |
| 13 |
Oregon Ducks
|
0.00 |
| 14 |
NC State Wolfpack
|
0.11 |
| 15 |
TCU Horned Frogs
|
0.00 |
| 16 |
BYU Cougars
|
0.26 |
| 17 |
Kentucky Wildcats
|
0.00 |
| 18 |
Kansas State Wildcats
|
0.00 |
| 19 |
UCLA Bruins
|
0.00 |
| 20 |
Kansas Jayhawks
|
-0.24 |
| 21 |
Mississippi State Bulldogs
|
0.00 |
| 22 |
Syracuse Orange
|
0.00 |
| 23 |
Illinois Fighting Illini
|
1.08 |
| 24 |
James Madison Dukes
|
0.00 |
| 25 |
Baylor Bears
|
0.00 |