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MADBuc49 Ballot for 2023 Week 8

Ballot Type: Hybrid

Submitted: Oct. 15, 2023, 10:25 a.m.

Overall Rationale: Week 8 notes: Deservedness keeping 2-loss teams such as Notre Dame, Clemson, Miami, and LSU behind Liberty. General notes: FIRST layer (computer portion): SP+, opponents’ SP+, opponents’ opponents’ SP+, opponents’ win %, opponents’ opponents’ win %. SECOND layer (human portion): home/field/away, key injuries, P5/G5 status, watched game factors (ex: offensive/defensive line domination, rush yards after contact, average point of first contact, defensive penetration on non-inside screens, missed tackles, quarterback throwing release speed, overall turnovers, average starting field position, etc). THIRD layer (human portion): wins/losses vs higher-/lower-/non-ranked teams, recency of those results. FOURTH layer (computer portion): Deservedness = team cannot be ranked over another team with 2+ fewer losses (ex: 10-4 Utah can be ranked over 11-3 USC, but 10-4 Utah cannot be ranked over 12-2 Troy even if Utah beat Troy heads up, rankings have Utah over Troy, and/or I think Utah is better than Troy)

Rank Team Reason
1 Oklahoma Sooners If the season were to end right now: Sugar Bowl
2 Ohio State Buckeyes If the season were to end right now: Rose Bowl
3 Florida State Seminoles If the season were to end right now: Rose Bowl
4 Washington Huskies If the season were to end right now: Sugar Bowl
5 Michigan Wolverines If the season were to end right now: Orange Bowl
6 Oregon Ducks If the season were to end right now: Fiesta Bowl
7 Texas Longhorns If the season were to end right now: Cotton Bowl
8 Georgia Bulldogs If the season were to end right now: Peach Bowl
9 Penn State Nittany Lions If the season were to end right now: Peach Bowl
10 Alabama Crimson Tide If the season were to end right now: Fiesta Bowl
11 North Carolina Tar Heels If the season were to end right now: Orange Bowl
12 Duke Blue Devils
13 Oregon State Beavers
14 Utah Utes
15 USC Trojans
16 Louisville Cardinals
17 Missouri Tigers
18 Ole Miss Rebels
19 Tennessee Volunteers
20 Tulane Green Wave If the season were to end right now: Cotton Bowl. Let the hate flow through you
21 Fresno State Bulldogs Close road loss at Wyoming aka one of the hardest places to play shouldn’t ding them too much
22 Iowa Hawkeyes It’s a style match-up
23 James Madison Dukes The gap between Tulane, Fresno, and JMU is almost air tight
24 Air Force Falcons One of the easiest FBS schedules to date. Good win over Wyoming, but that was at home and they haven’t had much to worry about up until now whereas Wyoming has had multiple P5 teams and other tough G5 games to play before
25 Miami (OH) RedHawks Next 5: UNLV, Liberty (allowing 2+ loss teams to be ranked), Notre Dame, Clemson, UCLA

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