Ballot Type: Human
Submitted: Sept. 3, 2024, 10:03 a.m.
Overall Rationale: Greetings from Green Bay, home of the UWGB Phoenix, Next out are NC State, Texas A&M, Memphis, West Virginia, UNLV, Iowa State, and shout out to Vanderbilt
Rank | Team | Reason |
---|---|---|
1 | Georgia Bulldogs | Obvious #1, no one really compares |
2 | Ohio State Buckeyes | Looked shaky first half, but dominated late, they Ryan Day experience |
3 | Texas Longhorns | Dominated a weaker opponent, like you should, next week is the real test |
4 | Ole Miss Rebels | 76 points, against an FCS team |
5 | Alabama Crimson Tide | 63 points, against an FBS team |
6 | Notre Dame Fighting Irish | Beat a good opponent on the road, not much else to add |
7 | Penn State Nittany Lions | Beat a decent opponent on the road, not much more to add |
8 | Oregon Ducks | Top 7 was easy, with how much Oregon fell you might thing they lost, they played like it, but didn’t |
9 | Miami Hurricanes | I hate ranking them this high, I will regret this ranking later in the season when the team falls apart, but outside of @ GT and @ Louisville there’s not much challenge in the ACC. I still don’t like this ranking though |
10 | Kansas State Wildcats | Beat an FCS team, Tulane could be a challenge |
11 | Missouri Tigers | Luther Burden only had 39 yards, but they still won by 51 |
12 | Michigan Wolverines | Questionable first half led into a good enough second half. Texas poses a real threat to their win streak |
13 | Utah Utes | Beat an FCS opponent, most teams can say that |
14 | Arizona Wildcats | Tetairoa McMillan, remember the name |
15 | Oklahoma State Cowboys | Beat a (really good) FCS team, XII is super competitive |
16 | Tennessee Volunteers | Beat an FCS team, how many times can this be repeated |
17 | USC Trojans | Won a close one over LSU, offense regressed but defense took a huge step up |
18 | Oklahoma Sooners | Beat a Temple opponent, who really is FCS caliber anymore, what happened? |
19 | Iowa Hawkeyes | FCS opponent except they scored 40 somehow, good job Iowa |
20 | Kansas Jayhawks | FCS opponent, again |
21 | Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets | Hell yeah |
22 | LSU Tigers | Only 2 teams with losses remained ranked, LSU looked fine against USC, but offense looks significantly worse without the Heisman winner under center, shocking I know |
23 | Clemson Tigers | Other ranked loser is Clemson, they ran into Georgia at the wrong time (the 2020’s) |
24 | Boise State Broncos | Hopefully Georgia Southern is actually good and this doesn’t look bad in the future |
25 | Louisville Cardinals | WVU, VaTech, and TAMU all lost, and NC State struggled with an FCS opponent, so Louisville wins out |
Teams Ranked:
Rank | Team | Unusualness |
---|---|---|
1 | Georgia Bulldogs | 0.00 |
2 | Ohio State Buckeyes | 0.00 |
3 | Texas Longhorns | 0.00 |
4 | Ole Miss Rebels | 0.34 |
5 | Alabama Crimson Tide | 0.00 |
6 | Notre Dame Fighting Irish | 0.00 |
7 | Penn State Nittany Lions | 0.00 |
8 | Oregon Ducks | 0.00 |
9 | Miami Hurricanes | 0.00 |
10 | Kansas State Wildcats | 1.23 |
11 | Missouri Tigers | 0.00 |
12 | Michigan Wolverines | 0.00 |
13 | Utah Utes | 0.00 |
14 | Arizona Wildcats | 0.73 |
15 | Oklahoma State Cowboys | 0.00 |
16 | Tennessee Volunteers | 0.00 |
17 | USC Trojans | -0.21 |
18 | Oklahoma Sooners | -0.28 |
19 | Iowa Hawkeyes | 0.00 |
20 | Kansas Jayhawks | 0.00 |
21 | Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets | 0.00 |
22 | LSU Tigers | 0.00 |
23 | Clemson Tigers | 0.01 |
24 | Boise State Broncos | 0.00 |
25 | Louisville Cardinals | -0.04 |
No major omissions.
Total Score: 2.85