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Dawg-Bite Ballot for 2023 Week 5

Ballot Type: Human

Submitted: Sept. 25, 2023, 11:30 p.m.

Overall Rationale: Efficiency, Eye Test, Resume

Rank Team Reason
1 Florida State Seminoles They are beginning to look sluggish and vulnerable but Clemson, despite not being ranked, have a lot of talent and great coaching still even tho they’re slipping in relevance. Tough road win
2 Texas Longhorns Almost made them #1. Dominant performance over a butt Baylor team that took Utah down to the wire and the Texas win over a Milroe led Bama team isn’t too overrated
3 Penn State Nittany Lions 31-0 and 76 yards allowed. Iowa’s offense may be putrid beyond belief but Penn State has been dominant against every team they’ve played so far , including a win over a surprisingly 3-1 WEST VIRGINIA
4 Ohio State Buckeyes I almost didn’t move them up due to thinking they should’ve lost, but McCord and the Ohio State offense stepped up when they needed and the defense is great so I rewarded them for a top 10 win on the road
5 Michigan Wolverines Nothin personal, other teams beat Better competition
6 Georgia Bulldogs Also nothing personal, they ain’t played nobody plus they’ve had the most slow starts out of the top 6 imo
7 Oregon Ducks 42-0 til backups came in…
8 Washington Huskies 59 points and an elite offense but allowing 32 points from a Cal team that only scored 10 in their own house off of like 4 Auburn turnovers leads me to believe their defense may be a vulnerability against a team that is actually balanced
9 USC Trojans Nothin personal, but struggling in the desert against the worst PAC team drops them
10 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Prolly should have won but still came up short. Still think they’re a top 10 team
11 LSU Tigers
12 Utah Utes I’m hesitant to place them higher til Cam Rising returns. Seems like they’re just barely grazing by on great defense and running the ball
13 Washington State Cougars Basically dismantled an Oregon State team I was higher on them most people, even tho it was a 3 point game they were undeniably the better team
14 Alabama Crimson Tide
15 Oklahoma Sooners Nothin personal, just looked sluggish to me against Cincy and teams ahead of them were rewarded for good wins
16 Duke Blue Devils
17 Miami Hurricanes
18 North Carolina Tar Heels
19 Oregon State Beavers Managed to almost comeback and still are a good team
20 Missouri Tigers
21 Ole Miss Rebels
22 Kansas Jayhawks Hesitant to place them higher based off their results so far. If they beat Texas not only will I take them seriously but they may just be a top 10 team
23 Kansas State Wildcats Despite losing to Mizzou they are still a solid team and picked up a decent win over what I believe is a decent UCF team
24 UCLA Bruins No good or great wins, but played Utah close and there aren’t many more teams behind them to place here instead
25 Wisconsin Badgers Dominated Purdue and are the favorite in the Big 10 West. Looked more solid than teams behind them as of right now that I considered

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