Ballot Type: Human

Submitted: Sept. 8, 2024, 1:22 a.m.

Overall Rationale: No teams with losses considered (next week, 2-1 teams will begin to be considered for my poll.) DROPPING OUT: #7 Notre Dame, #13 Michigan, #15 Oklahoma, #17 Kansas, #19 Iowa, #21 Georgia Tech, #23 Maryland, and #25 Tulane NEXT 5 IN: Oklahoma, California, Illinois, Rutgers, South Carolina

• Ballot
• Analysis

Rank	Team	Reason
1	Georgia Bulldogs	-
2	Texas Longhorns	^1
3	Ohio State Buckeyes	v1
4	Ole Miss Rebels	^2
5	Miami Hurricanes	^3
6	Tennessee Volunteers	^5
7	USC Trojans	^5
8	Utah Utes	^1
9	Alabama Crimson Tide	v4
10	Missouri Tigers	-
11	Kansas State Wildcats	^7 (lot of weird losses and performances, a close win to a good team somehow launched them up even though I feel icky about this ranking the most. From 11 on, I throw my hands in the air)
12	Nebraska Cornhuskers	NR
13	Louisville Cardinals	^9
14	Boston College Eagles	^6
15	Iowa State Cyclones	NR
16	Syracuse Orange	NR
17	Oregon Ducks	v1
18	Penn State Nittany Lions	v14
19	Vanderbilt Commodores	NR
20	UNLV Rebels	^4
21	Oklahoma State Cowboys	v7
22	Northern Illinois Huskies	NR
23	Arizona State Sun Devils	NR
24	Texas State Bobcats	NR
25	Washington State Cougars	NR

Teams Ranked:

Rank	Team	Unusualness
1	Georgia Bulldogs	0.00
2	Texas Longhorns	0.00
3	Ohio State Buckeyes	0.00
4	Ole Miss Rebels	0.02
5	Miami Hurricanes	0.33
6	Tennessee Volunteers	0.00
7	USC Trojans	0.00
8	Utah Utes	0.21
9	Alabama Crimson Tide	0.00
10	Missouri Tigers	0.00
11	Kansas State Wildcats	0.49
12	Nebraska Cornhuskers	1.33
13	Louisville Cardinals	0.77
14	Boston College Eagles	1.05
15	Iowa State Cyclones	0.62
16	Syracuse Orange	1.12
17	Oregon Ducks	-0.49
18	Penn State Nittany Lions	-2.07
19	Vanderbilt Commodores	3.10
20	UNLV Rebels	2.90
21	Oklahoma State Cowboys	-0.76
22	Northern Illinois Huskies	0.00
23	Arizona State Sun Devils	0.03
24	Texas State Bobcats	1.11
25	Washington State Cougars	0.00

Omissions:

Team	Unusualness
Oklahoma Sooners	1.52
Arizona Wildcats	0.64
Michigan Wolverines	0.42
LSU Tigers	0.51
Washington Huskies	0.07
Clemson Tigers	0.28

Total Score: 19.85