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Charlemagne42 Ballot for 2024 Week 2

Ballot Type: Human

Submitted: Sept. 3, 2024, 10:03 a.m.

Overall Rationale: Still human until the computer starts to settle in. Hybrid mode will begin soon.

Rank Team Reason
1 Georgia Bulldogs Let's reserve judgment until they get a real test.
2 Ohio State Buckeyes Nobody's looking at the first quarter.
3 Ole Miss Rebels Set the week 0/1 scoring record, but come on people - the standard for blowouts is 77-0. You gotta try harder than 76 points. Especially when you're playing an FCS team, and not a power school.
4 Alabama Crimson Tide Like Saban never left. Oh wait he's still on staff.
5 Oklahoma Sooners Only one defensive miscue in 32 minutes of opponent possession? A 49-yard field goal was the only score allowed? Who are these Sooners and what have you done with my no-defense narratives?
6 Penn State Nittany Lions (Penn State): haha, get screwed WVU (both, together:) EAT SHIT PITT!
7 Oregon Ducks A 10-point win over an FCS opponent is not what you want from the best football team money can buy.
8 Tennessee Volunteers Defense has got to improve, Chattanooga might have the worst offense in Division 1 and they put up points on the Vols. Chattanooga also might have the worst defense in Division 1 and the Vols couldn't even put up 70 on 'em. Offense has got to improve.
9 Utah Utes Business handled.
10 Texas Longhorns Arch throws a pretty ball. Let's see him do it against Michigan.
11 Missouri Tigers Handled business.
12 Iowa Hawkeyes This is an (un)official apocalypse warning (not) issued by the NWS. Source: Iowa offense indicated. Severity: they scored 40 points. Impacts: shutout win.
13 Notre Dame Fighting Irish How is it that Notre Dame so often and so inarguably finds themselves in the #13 position, right in the middle of the ranked teams, high enough to be considered a very tough opponent, but not so high that they're ever *really* on the bubble for the playoff?
14 Michigan Wolverines The offense and defense will both need to show more signs of life next week when the Longhorns come to town.
15 Miami Hurricanes Hurricanes handle hapless Florida, hold heads high in Seminoles' horror
16 Auburn Tigers Played two 10-minute quarters in the second half? You can DO that? You can do that and still score 73 points??
17 Kansas Jayhawks Managed mischief.
18 Washington Huskies Could do with a little more offense, but defense mostly did its job.
19 Oklahoma State Cowboys Why would you schedule SDSU? You almost Mike Gundy'd that game.
20 Wisconsin Badgers Uncomfortable win, but it's still a W.
21 Rutgers Scarlet Knights Look out everyone, Rutgers has a football team now.
22 Kansas State Wildcats Mischief managed.
23 North Carolina Tar Heels Look, at this point the Tar Heels look like a shoe-in for the ACCCG, which is a huge problem when they beat a B1G cellar dweller on a missed walk-off field goal.
24 USC Trojans Fun fact: this is the lowest score a Lincoln Riley team has ever posted in a win. (I'm not sure if it's actually a fact but it *feels* true.)
25 LSU Tigers Fun fact: this is the last time Brian Kelly is allowed to lose a season opener before he's fired.

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