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70stang Ballot for 2023 Preseason

Ballot Type: Human

Submitted: Aug. 19, 2023, 6:11 p.m.

Overall Rationale: I put no stock in preseason polls, and neither does my human-adjusted, resume-based model that will be used during the season. Therefore, my preseason poll is being submitted as a courtesy, and will largely reflect the order of the final /r/CFB poll of 2022 with a few adjustments for direct head-to-head results between consecutively ranked teams, for example Alabama and Tennessee, Michigan and TCU, and Clemson and FSU.

Rank Team Reason
1 Georgia Bulldogs Enough said.
2 TCU Horned Frogs They beat Michigan head to head, so I placed them over UM in the poll. They played a title game under a playoff system, they are definitively better than the team they had to beat to get to that game.
3 Michigan Wolverines
4 Ohio State Buckeyes
5 Tennessee Volunteers In the final 2022 Poll (both AP and /r/CFB), Alabama was ranked one spot above Tennessee despite having an identical record and a loss to the Vols, as well as to a team the Vols stomped. My preseason poll does not reflect anything about the coming 2023 season, just carries over some slightly adjusted results from 2022 until my resume-based model has some games to work with.
6 Alabama Crimson Tide
7 Penn State Nittany Lions
8 Washington Huskies
9 Tulane Green Wave
10 Utah Utes
11 Clemson Tigers Clemson beat FSU head to head in conference play, so with an identical record I swapped them and FSU.
12 Florida State Seminoles
13 USC Trojans
14 Kansas State Wildcats
15 Oregon Ducks
16 LSU Tigers
17 Oregon State Beavers
18 Notre Dame Fighting Irish
19 Troy Trojans
20 Mississippi State Bulldogs
21 UCLA Bruins
22 Pittsburgh Panthers
23 South Carolina Gamecocks
24 Fresno State Bulldogs
25 Texas Longhorns

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