Ballot Type: Human

Submitted: Sept. 24, 2023, 2:01 a.m.

Overall Rationale: ACC:7 teams Pac-12:5 teams SEC:5 teams B1G:3 teams BigXll:3 teams Ind:1 team MW:1 team

• Ballot
• Analysis

Rank	Team	Reason
1	Florida State Seminoles	Clemson is a tougher team than Baylor, cant move Texas up
2	Texas Longhorns
3	Washington Huskies
4	Ohio State Buckeyes	Up 2
5	Georgia Bulldogs	Down 1 - cupcake
6	Michigan Wolverines	Down 1 - weak schedule so far
7	Duke Blue Devils	Up 2 - Clemson and Northwestern both looked better
8	LSU Tigers	Down 1 - close win
9	Penn State Nittany Lions	Up 1
10	USC Trojans	Down 2 - weak schedule so far
11	North Carolina Tar Heels
12	Utah Utes
13	Miami Hurricanes	Up 3
14	Alabama Crimson Tide	Up 6 - good win
15	Oklahoma Sooners
16	Notre Dame Fighting Irish	Down 3 - tough loss
17	Oregon Ducks	N/A
18	Clemson Tigers	Down 4 - people will unrank them, they lost to great teams. Everyone dropped Clemson out of the top 25 in 2021 due to 2 ranked losses, and they still finished #14
19	Ole Miss Rebels	Down 2 - tough loss
20	Louisville Cardinals	Down 2 - Indiana looked worse
21	Washington State Cougars	N/A
22	Syracuse Orange	Up 1
23	Fresno State Bulldogs	Up 1
24	Kansas Jayhawks	N/A
25	Missouri Tigers	N/A

Teams Ranked:

Rank	Team	Unusualness
1	Florida State Seminoles	0.64
2	Texas Longhorns	0.01
3	Washington Huskies	0.06
4	Ohio State Buckeyes	0.00
5	Georgia Bulldogs	0.00
6	Michigan Wolverines	0.00
7	Duke Blue Devils	1.48
8	LSU Tigers	1.43
9	Penn State Nittany Lions	-0.38
10	USC Trojans	0.00
11	North Carolina Tar Heels	0.23
12	Utah Utes	0.00
13	Miami Hurricanes	0.00
14	Alabama Crimson Tide	0.00
15	Oklahoma Sooners	0.00
16	Notre Dame Fighting Irish	0.00
17	Oregon Ducks	-2.68
18	Clemson Tigers	6.97
19	Ole Miss Rebels	0.31
20	Louisville Cardinals	0.35
21	Washington State Cougars	-0.88
22	Syracuse Orange	0.51
23	Fresno State Bulldogs	0.00
24	Kansas Jayhawks	0.00
25	Missouri Tigers	-0.23

Omissions:

Team	Unusualness
Oregon State Beavers	0.67
Maryland Terrapins	0.07

Total Score: 16.91