Ballot Type: Human

Submitted: Nov. 27, 2022, 8:48 a.m.

Overall Rationale: On the one hand, there's a bit of poll inertia involved. On the other, an unbeaten G5 would probably be around the same place and the Big Sky was stacked this year.

• Ballot
• Analysis

Rank	Team	Reason
1	Georgia Bulldogs	(1)
2	Michigan Wolverines	(3)
3	TCU Horned Frogs	(4)
4	USC Trojans	(7)
5	Ohio State Buckeyes	(2)
6	Penn State Nittany Lions	(8)
7	Tennessee Volunteers	(9)
8	Alabama Crimson Tide	(11)
9	Washington Huskies	(12)
10	Sacramento State Hornets	(13)
11	Clemson Tigers	(5)
12	Florida State Seminoles	(14)
13	LSU Tigers	(6)
14	Oregon State Beavers	(25)
15	Oregon Ducks	(10)
16	UCLA Bruins	(15)
17	Utah Utes	(16)
18	South Carolina Gamecocks	(27)
19	Tulane Green Wave	(19)
20	Troy Trojans	(20)
21	Kansas State Wildcats	(21)
22	South Alabama Jaguars	(26)
23	Notre Dame Fighting Irish	(17)
24	North Carolina Tar Heels	(18)
25	Purdue Boilermakers	(29) Next five out: UTSA, Illinois, Texas, Mississippi State, UCF Falling out: #22 Cincinnati, #23 Coastal Carolina, #24 Ole Miss

Teams Ranked:

Rank	Team	Unusualness
1	Georgia Bulldogs	0.00
2	Michigan Wolverines	0.00
3	TCU Horned Frogs	0.00
4	USC Trojans	0.00
5	Ohio State Buckeyes	0.00
6	Penn State Nittany Lions	0.33
7	Tennessee Volunteers	0.00
8	Alabama Crimson Tide	0.00
9	Washington Huskies	0.00
10	Sacramento State Hornets	15.10
11	Clemson Tigers	0.00
12	Florida State Seminoles	0.07
13	LSU Tigers	0.00
14	Oregon State Beavers	0.00
15	Oregon Ducks	0.00
16	UCLA Bruins	0.00
17	Utah Utes	-0.85
18	South Carolina Gamecocks	0.47
19	Tulane Green Wave	0.00
20	Troy Trojans	0.36
21	Kansas State Wildcats	-2.12
22	South Alabama Jaguars	0.90
23	Notre Dame Fighting Irish	-0.03
24	North Carolina Tar Heels	0.00
25	Purdue Boilermakers	0.00

Omissions:

Team	Unusualness
Texas Longhorns	0.52
UTSA Roadrunners	0.33
UCF Knights	0.36

Total Score: 21.44