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Tornadohunter24 Ballot for 2023 Week 7

Ballot Type: Human

Submitted: Oct. 9, 2023, 9:27 p.m.

Overall Rationale: 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. Teams Dropping Out: Miami Hurricanes [4-Mario]; Kentucky Wildcats [5-Georgia]; Marshall Thundering Herd [4-NC State]; Notre Dame Fighting Irish [5-Ohio State and Louisville] | Honorable Mentions: Tulane Green Wave [4-Ole Miss]; Memphis Tigers [4-Mizzou]; West Virginia [4-PSU]; Miami (OH) [5-Other Miami]; Ohio [5-San Diego State]; Wisconsin [4-Wazzu]; UCLA Bruins [4-Utah]; Utah Utes [4-Oregon State]

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