Ballot Type: Human

Submitted: Jan. 11, 2023, 6:38 p.m.

Overall Rationale: Pac-12:6 teams ACC:5 teams SEC:5 teams B1G:3 teams BigXll:3 teams American:1 team Ind:1 team Sunbelt:1 team

• Ballot
• Analysis

Rank	Team	Reason
1	Georgia Bulldogs
2	Michigan Wolverines
3	TCU Horned Frogs
4	Ohio State Buckeyes	Up 1
5	Washington Huskies	Down 1 - Ohio State almost won the natty and moved up
6	Penn State Nittany Lions
7	Tennessee Volunteers	Up 2
8	Florida State Seminoles
9	Clemson Tigers	Down 2
10	Texas Longhorns
11	Alabama Crimson Tide	Up 4 - Saban good in postseason, still a bad regular season ending
12	Utah Utes	Down 1 - tough loss
13	Kansas State Wildcats	Down 1 - Bama tough
14	Oregon State Beavers
15	LSU Tigers	Up 1
16	Tulane Green Wave	Up 5 - beat a good team
17	Oregon Ducks
18	USC Trojans	Down 5 - lost to a decent team, just ranked too high
19	Pittsburgh Panthers	Up 3
20	UCLA Bruins	Down 2 - close loss
21	Notre Dame Fighting Irish	Down 2 - other teams more impressive
22	South Carolina Gamecocks	Up 1 - close loss
23	North Carolina Tar Heels	Down 3 - played Oregon close, Mack Brown still a choke master
24	Duke Blue Devils
25	Troy Trojans	NR

Teams Ranked:

Rank	Team	Unusualness
1	Georgia Bulldogs	0.00
2	Michigan Wolverines	0.36
3	TCU Horned Frogs	0.00
4	Ohio State Buckeyes	0.00
5	Washington Huskies	1.07
6	Penn State Nittany Lions	0.00
7	Tennessee Volunteers	-0.08
8	Florida State Seminoles	0.85
9	Clemson Tigers	0.65
10	Texas Longhorns	3.92
11	Alabama Crimson Tide	-2.42
12	Utah Utes	0.00
13	Kansas State Wildcats	0.00
14	Oregon State Beavers	0.00
15	LSU Tigers	0.00
16	Tulane Green Wave	-1.24
17	Oregon Ducks	-0.12
18	USC Trojans	-1.13
19	Pittsburgh Panthers	1.05
20	UCLA Bruins	0.03
21	Notre Dame Fighting Irish	-0.24
22	South Carolina Gamecocks	0.00
23	North Carolina Tar Heels	1.88
24	Duke Blue Devils	0.62
25	Troy Trojans	-0.65

Omissions:

Team	Unusualness
Mississippi State Bulldogs	1.45
Fresno State Bulldogs	0.28

Total Score: 18.02