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Tornadohunter24 Ballot for 2023 Week 5

Ballot Type: Human

Submitted: Sept. 26, 2023, 5:54 a.m.

Overall Rationale: Unfortunately I'm super busy this week so no long write-up from me. Just going to copy-paste my methodology about why I only have undefeated teams right now. As a reminder, my methodology is pretty simple; I reward teams who win and drop teams who lose. I’m a big fan of teams who prove themselves against more elite competition and don’t care much for cupcake games, except when there’s something that the cupcake-eater does that merits additional attention. Pretty standard stuff. I’m also a really big fan of poll fluidity and of non-P5 teams, and so my poll may represent overreactions to a given Week’s results, especially early on. Pre-season rankings are nothing but guesswork and failed expectations, anyway. I also try to account for how well teams are doing before and after they play one another, and if there’s anything that’s changed about a team. A lot of it does come down to the dreaded eye test and grinding out wins vs domination, but again, nothing unique. This does mean that I tend to rank pretty harshly by record early on; you’ll see what I mean. Dropped: Oregon State, Notre Dame, Ole Miss, UCLA, Iowa, Colorado

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