Ballot Type: Human

Submitted: Sept. 10, 2023, 6:49 p.m.

Overall Rationale: Early in the year, I use carry-over from the previous year, but will adjust for significant roster change (See Colorado). Each Week is a reranking from scratch to eliminate the "Front runner status" carrying teams that haven't earned their place (See Clemson). I am forgiving of slow week 1 starts so long as the team is dominant in other areas. Once the season gets some weeks in I switch to letting my computer poll suggest the order and then human adjust. Also, little to no points given for beating a glorified scrimmage (FCS outside of a few teams). Don't sweat if your favorite team isn't ranked high yet, it is early.

• Ballot
• Analysis

Rank	Team	Reason
1	Georgia Bulldogs	Lots of poll inertia as I do carry over from last year (at least early in the season)
2	Michigan Wolverines
3	Texas Longhorns	Poll inertia, meet a big win
4	Ohio State Buckeyes	Poll inertia, but averaging 5 points for opponents. No points for beating FCS.
5	USC Trojans	Cupcake Beatdown continues. But, it was a beatdown.
6	Penn State Nittany Lions
7	Florida State Seminoles	Hard to know if LSU is good or not (at this point)
8	Washington Huskies
9	Notre Dame Fighting Irish	Good road battle
10	Utah Utes
11	Tennessee Volunteers
12	Alabama Crimson Tide	Only a ten point loss. We just expect more from them.
13	Oregon State Beavers
14	Colorado Buffaloes
15	Oregon Ducks
16	Kansas State Wildcats
17	North Carolina Tar Heels	Two decent wins so far
18	Oklahoma Sooners
19	Duke Blue Devils
20	Ole Miss Rebels
21	UCF Knights
22	Iowa Hawkeyes	The boring machine bores
23	Miami Hurricanes
24	UCLA Bruins
25	Kansas Jayhawks

Teams Ranked:

Rank	Team	Unusualness
1	Georgia Bulldogs	0.00
2	Michigan Wolverines	0.00
3	Texas Longhorns	0.00
4	Ohio State Buckeyes	0.06
5	USC Trojans	0.00
6	Penn State Nittany Lions	0.00
7	Florida State Seminoles	-1.06
8	Washington Huskies	0.00
9	Notre Dame Fighting Irish	0.00
10	Utah Utes	0.00
11	Tennessee Volunteers	0.00
12	Alabama Crimson Tide	0.00
13	Oregon State Beavers	0.00
14	Colorado Buffaloes	0.09
15	Oregon Ducks	0.00
16	Kansas State Wildcats	0.00
17	North Carolina Tar Heels	0.00
18	Oklahoma Sooners	0.00
19	Duke Blue Devils	0.00
20	Ole Miss Rebels	0.00
21	UCF Knights	3.72
22	Iowa Hawkeyes	0.00
23	Miami Hurricanes	0.00
24	UCLA Bruins	0.00
25	Kansas Jayhawks	0.00

Omissions:

Team	Unusualness
LSU Tigers	0.70
Washington State Cougars	0.22

Total Score: 5.85