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CallingUagoatUgoat Ballot for 2023 Week 7

Ballot Type: Computer

Submitted: Oct. 8, 2023, 4 p.m.

Overall Rationale: Wins earn a team points. Losses lose points. How many points earned/lost is dependent on the quality of a team's opponent (both at the time you played them and currently).

Rank Team Reason
1 Oklahoma Sooners 1 SP+ T-10 win. Only 6-0 team with an SP+ T-10 win.
2 Florida State Seminoles 1 SP+ T-10 wins. 2 SP+ T-25 wins.
3 Texas Longhorns 1 SP+ T-10 win. 1 SP+ T-10 loss. Their win over Alabama helped them a lot (as it should) and their loss to Oklahoma didn't hurt them (as it shouldn't).
4 Alabama Crimson Tide 0 SP+ T-10 wins. 2 SP+ T-25 wins. 1 SP+ T-10 loss.
5 Georgia Bulldogs T-5. 0 SP+ T-10 wins. 0 SP+ T-25 wins. Kentucky playing as poorly as they did on Saturday actually robbed the Bulldogs of their first T-25 win. They'll have to wait until Week 10 (Mizzou) or 11 (Ole Miss) before it can get that quality win.
6 Louisville Cardinals T-5. 0 SP+ T-10 wins. 1 SP+ T-25 win. Biggest move up the rankings after beating Notre Dame.
7 Ohio State Buckeyes 0 SP+ T-10 wins. 1 SP+ T-25 win. Ohio State's win over Notre Dame isn't looking as good following Notre Dame's loss to Louisville. SP+ dropped the Irish four spots from 8 to 12, which affects Ohio State's season-long score.
8 Ole Miss Rebels T-8. 0 SP+ T-10 wins. 1 SP+ T-25 win. 1 SP+ T-10 loss.
9 North Carolina Tar Heels T-8. 0 SP+ T-10 wins. 0 SP+ T-25 wins. The previous week's SP+ rankings decide ties (I'm going to change this for the 2024 season - it doesn't make much sense to ignore the most recent game here. I'm going to roll with it for now because, for the time being, it doesn't make much of a difference.)
10 Washington Huskies T-10. 0 SP+ T-10 wins. 0 SP+ T-25 wins. Washington fell four spots during their bye week. But, who cares? They face off against SP+ #5 Oregon this week.
11 USC Trojans T-10. 0 SP+ T-10 wins. 0 SP+ T-25 wins. The USC Fighting Lincolns are lucky my rankings don't account for margin of victory. I'll just leave it at that.
12 Michigan Wolverines 0 SP+ T-10 wins. 0 SP+ T-25 wins. Week 11 can't get here soon enough.
13 Washington State Cougars T-13. 2 SP+ T-25 wins. 1 SP+ T-25 loss.
14 Utah Utes T-13. 1 SP+ T-25 win. 1 SP+ T-25 loss. Utah has a slight edge over Mizzou because their win over Florida earns them a half-point more than Mizzou's two wins over Memphis and Vanderbilt combined.
15 Missouri Tigers 1 SP+ T-25 win. 1 SP+ T-25 loss. Falls 12 spots with the loss to LSU.
16 Penn State Nittany Lions T-16. 0 SP+ T-10 wins. 0 SP+ T-25 wins.
17 Iowa Hawkeyes T-16. 0 SP+ T-10 wins. 0 SP+ T-25 wins. 1 SP+ T-10 loss. Up 12 spots.
18 Kansas Jayhawks T-16. 0 SP+ T-10 wins. 0 SP+ T-25 wins. 1 SP+ T-10 loss. Jumps up 15 spots.
19 Wyoming Cowboys T-16. 0 SP+ T-10 wins. 0 SP+ T-25 wins. 1 SP+ T-10 loss. Also up 12 spots. Welcome to the rankings, kid.
20 Texas A&M Aggies T-20. 0 SP+ T-10 wins. 0 SP+ T-25 wins. 1 SP+ T-10 loss. 1 SP+ T-25 loss. Highest-ranked two-loss team - SP+ doesn't hate Auburn (they are ranked #35) so TAMU's win over Auburn looks pretty good and will probably continue to do so for the remainder of the season.
21 Duke Blue Devils T-20. 0 SP+ T-10 wins. 1 SP+ T-25 win. 1 SP+ T-25 loss.
22 Oregon Ducks T-22. 0 SP+ T-10 wins. 0 SP+ T-25 wins. Will have a chance to earn some serious points if they can knock off SP+ #6 Washington this week.
23 West Virginia Mountaineers T-22. 0 SP+ T-10 wins. 0 SP+ T-25 wins. 1 SP+ T-10 loss.
24 Liberty Flames T-22. 0 SP+ T-10 wins. 0 SP+ T-25 wins.
25 Notre Dame Fighting Irish T-25. Tied with Kentucky (5-1) and Colorado (4-2). Falls 13 spots after that no-show in Louisville. Notre Dame should appreciate that they didn't fall completely out, especially considering that undefeated Air Force and James Madison are chomping at the bit to be ranked.

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