Ballot Type: Human
Submitted: Jan. 12, 2023, 9:22 a.m.
Overall Rationale: Head to head wind matter a lot, and is the most commonly used tie breaker. Everyone outside the top 9 was harder to rank.
Rank | Team | Reason |
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1 | Georgia Bulldogs | Duh |
2 | TCU Horned Frogs | While they were absolutely demolished in the National Championship game, the rest of their season is incredible, and they beat Michigan, Texas and went 1-1 against Kansas St. |
3 | Michigan Wolverines | They played a very bad game against TCU, but the rest of their body of work is impressive, and yhry handily beat Ohio St 45-23 at Ohio St. There can be literally no |
4 | Ohio State Buckeyes | While the argument, if solely in a vacuum and totally ignoring the regular season, is valid that as Ohio St nearly beat Georgia and TCU was demolished in the NCG, we do not ignore the regular season and only look at the 10 days from 11/31/22 to the NCG. They still lost their playoff game, and also lost at home. Against Michigan. 45-23. I saw the Georgia game moreso as CJ Cloud going off on a Georgia team that may have been looking to far ahead after TCU beat Michigan. |
5 | Tennessee Volunteers | They beat Alabama, both have only lost to teams in the top 25, and while Alabama only lost both games by a combined 4 pts, they were also mich more sloppy. Their resumes are very very similar, but the H2H give the edge |
6 | Alabama Crimson Tide | Very solid resume, |
7 | Tulane Green Wave | Tulane is surprising. Their loss to UCF got a little worse during bowl season, but their amazing comeback against USC gives them 2 top 15 wins |
8 | Penn State Nittany Lions | |
9 | Washington Huskies | |
10 | Clemson Tigers | Beat FSU. Dismantled by |
11 | Kansas State Wildcats | Playing 3 top 6 teams will do this to you. They lost to TCU, Texas, Alabama and Tulane |
12 | Utah Utes | The 2 wins against USC make up for their 4 losses. |
13 | USC Trojans | |
14 | Florida State Seminoles | |
15 | Oregon State Beavers | Beat Oregon |
16 | Oregon Ducks | |
17 | Troy Trojans | |
18 | Notre Dame Fighting Irish | |
19 | Pittsburgh Panthers | Beat UCLA |
20 | UCLA Bruins | |
21 | LSU Tigers | BEAT MSU. They won their division and their win against Alabama was incredible, but. Their loss to Texas A&M is arguably the worst loss in the entire top 25. |
22 | Mississippi State Bulldogs | |
23 | Fresno State Bulldogs | |
24 | South Carolina Gamecocks | 2 bad losses, 2 amazing wins. What a strange team. |
25 | Texas Longhorns |
Teams Ranked:
Rank | Team | Unusualness |
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1 | Georgia Bulldogs | 0.00 |
2 | TCU Horned Frogs | 0.00 |
3 | Michigan Wolverines | 0.00 |
4 | Ohio State Buckeyes | 0.00 |
5 | Tennessee Volunteers | 0.00 |
6 | Alabama Crimson Tide | 0.00 |
7 | Tulane Green Wave | 0.01 |
8 | Penn State Nittany Lions | -0.08 |
9 | Washington Huskies | 0.00 |
10 | Clemson Tigers | 0.28 |
11 | Kansas State Wildcats | 0.17 |
12 | Utah Utes | 0.00 |
13 | USC Trojans | 0.00 |
14 | Florida State Seminoles | 0.00 |
15 | Oregon State Beavers | 0.00 |
16 | Oregon Ducks | 0.00 |
17 | Troy Trojans | 0.00 |
18 | Notre Dame Fighting Irish | 0.00 |
19 | Pittsburgh Panthers | 1.05 |
20 | UCLA Bruins | 0.03 |
21 | LSU Tigers | -1.15 |
22 | Mississippi State Bulldogs | 0.00 |
23 | Fresno State Bulldogs | 0.00 |
24 | South Carolina Gamecocks | 0.00 |
25 | Texas Longhorns | 0.00 |
No major omissions.
Total Score: 2.77