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daredassdude Ballot for 2024 Week 2

Ballot Type: Human

Submitted: Sept. 3, 2024, 1:37 p.m.

Overall Rationale: Team performance, transitive wins, common opponents, preseason expectations

Rank Team Reason
1 Georgia Bulldogs Likely the best team in the nation
2 Ohio State Buckeyes Best non-SEC team, 1 of 3 teams I feel have a good chance to finish undefeated
3 Alabama Crimson Tide Faith in Kalen DeBoer that him in Alabama will keep Alabama up as an SEC Powerhouse
4 Ole Miss Rebels Best transfer class in the Offseason. Good chance at hosting a First Round home game
5 Texas Longhorns Too early to consider Texas an SEC powerhouse without seeing them run thru the conference schedule, but great Week 1 performance
6 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Best win coming out of Week 1, defeating a defense-heavy A&M team at Kyle Field and outmatching them on defense. Team much improved from the Brian Kelly days
7 Penn State Nittany Lions Dominated vs a WVU team who some considered in their Preseason Top 25. Beat them in Morgantown. Plenty of hungry returning starters who can carry them to another 10+ win season.
8 Miami Hurricanes Most impressive performance from Week 1. Reminds me of the Big East powerhouses of old. Could shock the world and finish 13-0 and make the Semi-Finals.
9 Missouri Tigers Last year, had low expectations, and Mizzou exceeded them. Now, expectations are high, and Mizzou met them with an expected dominant performance vs an FCS school.
10 Oregon Ducks Most disappointing performance of any team minus FSU. Never had I took a lot of my time to analyze a team's performance vs an FCS school than I did here. O-Line in shambles, Some offensive play calls left me scratching my head in terms of how the blocking was executed. If not for Oregon's strong defense throughout 90% of the game, I would not have any faith in Oregon making the CFP.
11 Michigan Wolverines Not enough of a good performance to impress me that Michigan could finish with more than 8 wins, but not bad of a performance to give up hope. Michigan's games vs Texas and USC will decide whether Michigan is a CFP contender or pretender.
12 Oklahoma State Cowboys Dominant performance over an FCS powerhouse. Past 4 of 5 Texas Bowl winners make a NY6 bowl. The one that didn't, their Texas Bowl counterpart made a NY6 bowl instead. I have them as the favorites to win the Big XII
13 Utah Utes Expected performance over an FCS team from Utah
14 USC Trojans Very impressive win vs LSU. Could climb up the rankings if they continue this momentum.
15 Tennessee Volunteers Expected dominant performance over FCS Chattanooga
16 LSU Tigers Heartbreaking loss from LSU, but LSU is that one team that bounces back from a Week 1 loss and stays good enough to stay ranked in the Top 25, but with how loaded the SEC is, LSU will likely not make the CFP.
17 Clemson Tigers Bad loss, but it's Georgia. Two years ago, Oregon went from #11 to unranked after losing 49-3, and they finished 9-3 and ranked #15. Clemson might not make the ACC title game, but I think they're still good enough to be considered in the race, and this loss I feel says more about how dominant Georgia is than how bad Clemson is.
18 Kansas State Wildcats
19 Kansas Jayhawks
20 Oklahoma Sooners
21 Texas A&M Aggies
22 Louisville Cardinals
23 Iowa Hawkeyes
24 Boston College Eagles
25 Arizona Wildcats

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