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PlactusTX Ballot for 2023 Week 2

Ballot Type: Hybrid

Submitted: Sept. 5, 2023, 10:02 a.m.

Overall Rationale: Overall Rationale: 1. Generate computer ratings, which look at wins, losses, and teams played. (Early season only: Have projected wins and losses for unplayed game through Week 9, the higher-rated team winning each game.) 2. Take the top 40 and use head-to-head comparisons (looking at records, ratings, overall strength of schedule, overall strength of victory, and side-by-side lists of opponents) to choose the top 25 teams.

Rank Team Reason
1 Ohio State Buckeyes (2) W Indiana
2 Pittsburgh Panthers (5) W Wofford
3 Tulane Green Wave (4) W 23 South Alabama
4 Alabama Crimson Tide (1) W Middle Tennessee
5 Florida State Seminoles (—) W 6 Louisiana State
6 Oregon State Beavers (9) W San Jose State
7 Washington Huskies (13) W 19 Boise State
8 Kansas State Wildcats (3) W Southeast Missouri State
9 Oregon Ducks (7) W Portland State
10 Michigan Wolverines (8) W East Carolina
11 Fresno State Bulldogs (11) W Purdue
12 USC Trojans (15) W San Jose State, W Nevada
13 North Carolina Tar Heels (16) W South Carolina
14 UCLA Bruins (17) W Coastal Carolina
15 Boise State Broncos (19) L 13 Washington
16 Minnesota Golden Gophers (24) W Nebraska
17 LSU Tigers (6) L Florida State
18 South Alabama Jaguars (23) L 4 Tulane
19 Penn State Nittany Lions (21) W West Virginia
20 Notre Dame Fighting Irish (—) W Navy, W Tennessee State
21 Illinois Fighting Illini (—) W Toledo
22 Maryland Terrapins (—) W Toledo
23 Liberty Flames (12) W Bowling Green
24 Troy Trojans (25) W Stephen F Austin; Dropped Out: 10 Clemson, 14 Tennessee, 20 Texas Christian, 22 Texas-El Paso
25 Georgia Bulldogs (18) W Tennessee-Martin; Next Five Out: Southern Methodist, Tennessee, Louisville, Clemson, Air Force

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