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MADBuc49 Ballot for 2023 Week 10

Ballot Type: Hybrid

Submitted: Oct. 29, 2023, 6:13 p.m.

Overall Rationale: Week 10 notes: Deservedness keeping 2-loss teams such as Notre Dame and LSU behind 0-loss Liberty and 3-loss teams such as Texas A&M and Duke behind 1-loss Toledo. 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: 6-2 Notre Dame can be ranked over 7-1 Missouri, but 6-2 Notre Dame cannot be ranked over 7-0 Liberty even if Notre Dame beat Liberty heads up, rankings have Notre Dame over Liberty, and/or I think Notre Dame is better than Liberty)

Rank Team Reason
1 Ohio State Buckeyes If season ended today: Rose Bowl. I have Michigan winning the Big Ten
2 Florida State Seminoles If season ended today: Sugar Bowl
3 Washington Huskies If season ended today: Sugar Bowl
4 Michigan Wolverines If season ended today: Rose Bowl. I have Georgia being with FSU, Washington, and Michigan
5 Oregon Ducks If season ended today: Fiesta Bowl
6 Georgia Bulldogs If season ended today: Orange Bowl
7 Oklahoma Sooners If season ended today: Cotton Bowl
8 Texas Longhorns If season ended today: Fiesta Bowl
9 Penn State Nittany Lions If season ended today: Peach Bowl
10 Alabama Crimson Tide If season ended today: Peach Bowl
11 Missouri Tigers
12 Louisville Cardinals If season ended today: Orange Bowl
13 Ole Miss Rebels
14 James Madison Dukes With the NCAA ruling, JMU not eligible to become conference champ therefore cannot get in as highest-ranked G5 champ
15 Tulane Green Wave If season ended today: Cotton Bowl
16 Fresno State Bulldogs
17 Air Force Falcons
18 Liberty Flames 0-loss Liberty holding up all of the 2-loss teams
19 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Deservedness cap is released for 2-loss teams as the last 0-loss team (Liberty) is ranked
20 LSU Tigers
21 Kansas Jayhawks
22 Oregon State Beavers
23 Tennessee Volunteers
24 Utah Utes
25 USC Trojans Next five: Oklahoma State, North Carolina, Miami, UCLA, SMU. 1-loss Toledo preventing any 3-loss teams from being ranked ahead of them

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