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big_thunder_man Ballot for 2023 Week 6

Ballot Type: Human

Submitted: Oct. 2, 2023, 12:55 p.m.

Overall Rationale: The teams in the top 8-10 play musical chairs until bigger games start. For 10-20, Quality losses are a BS factor, Like Al Davis said: Win, baby win. Every undefeated team P5 team either has 4 or 5 wins, and will be ranked above P5s with losses. That lead to Louisville, Kentucky, etc, jumping up, and Alabama having a pretty large drop despite a dominating win.

Rank Team Reason
1 Georgia Bulldogs 5-0, win over Auburn was too close -- 10-10 at half. Still, the only prior bias a pool should have is the defending champion bias. They're #1 until defeated.
2 Texas Longhorns Dominated a Kansas team I had ranked -- and that will probably be ranked again by end of the season. Jumping F-State.
3 Florida State Seminoles Bye.
4 Michigan Wolverines Dominated a hapless Nebraska. Defense is still one of the best in the country, offense looked much better.
5 USC Trojans Beat Colorado, without CO's best player, that is still a VERY good team. Colorado will finish with 9 wins and ranked. USC's defense is getting embarrassing. Offense is stunning.
6 Ohio State Buckeyes BYE
7 Washington Huskies Game verses Arizona was tight at moments, but they look more complete than USC (but less offensively potent)
8 Oregon Ducks Dominated Stanford every way imaginable.
9 Penn State Nittany Lions Tying NW at half is stressful, lots of things not connecting, came back to win bi.
10 North Carolina Tar Heels BYE
11 Washington State Cougars BYE
12 Oklahoma Sooners Decimated Iowa State. Could be a top 10 team by beating Texas.
13 Missouri Tigers Stomped Vanderbilt, has a Kansas State win on the resume (and they're sniffing the rankings.
14 Miami Hurricanes BYE
15 Maryland Terrapins Tell your kids. In another year, the Virginia win might be more impressive.
16 Kentucky Wildcats Tore apart Florida ending a 30+ game losing streak. Quietly winning.
17 Louisville Cardinals Indiana is a marquee P5 OOC win, but overall, undefeated on a soft schedule. Expect future movement.
18 Alabama Crimson Tide Really impressive vs Mississippi State. Fell, because we should respect (P5) wins.
19 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Snuck by Duke in a close game. They're struggling, then beating teams perceived as mid-tier. Classic Notre Dame.
20 Ole Miss Rebels Beat LSU in a barn-burner. Alabama could be its only loss of the season?
21 Oregon State Beavers Beat a ranked Utah (Utah ranked because of resume than potency). Struggled with defense. Ugly, gritty. Tough, but not the class of the Pac.
22 Kansas Jayhawks Kansas has had some glorious wins vs Texas. Not this weekend.
23 Utah Utes Finally lost a gritty game (to Oregon State). Getting their QB1 back healthy should help.
24 Duke Blue Devils Snatched defeat from the jaws of victory. Was probably over ranked.
25 Fresno State Bulldogs Beat Nevada convincingly, but not going to rank above a P5 team with less than 2 losses.

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