Ballot Type: Human
Submitted: Sept. 15, 2024, 2:34 a.m.
Overall Rationale: Tried to rate team over quality of schedule / wins, margin of victory, and comparative opponents. Wonky in early weeks, but settles down. Rewards poor wins over good teams, over big wins over poor teams.
Rank | Team | Reason |
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1 | Texas Longhorns | Decimated UTSA. Dominated Michigan. |
2 | Miami Hurricanes | Miami looks insane. Don't tell Missippi St that P4 teams can beat MAC teams. Florida win is not aging way. |
3 | USC Trojans | BYE. Temporary fall. |
4 | Georgia Bulldogs | WIN over Kentucky. Barely. And Kentuck doesn look good. Georgia's resume is overrated. On upset alert again Alabama next week. |
5 | Arizona State Sun Devils | WIN over Texas State. Close win, but Texas State was expected to be the G5 representative in playoff. Plus Kinnie and TxSt are legit. |
6 | Tennessee Volunteers | 71 on a g5 team. Over 50 at half. Looked as easy against a MAC team as they did over an ACC team. Unbelievable. |
7 | Alabama Crimson Tide | Blew the doors out of Wisconsin. Wasn't high on Wisconsin, but probably underrated Alabama with the coaching change. |
8 | Oregon Ducks | Stomped allover Oregon State. Classic oregon team. Wild, fast, and unreliable. |
9 | Ole Miss Rebels | Okay, so Wake Forest is a P5 OOC, and Ole Miss looked unstopable. BUT, Wake isn't much. Believer in Kiffin, but not impressed by the schedule. |
10 | Washington State Cougars | Hard to judge how impressed we should be by the Washington win. But they have wins over Washington and Tech, and really should run the table from here. |
11 | Kansas State Wildcats | Decimated Arizona as an OOC game. |
12 | Penn State Nittany Lions | BYE. I don't like dropping teams on a bye week, but their WVU win is aging poorly. |
13 | Nebraska Cornhuskers | Beat a measily FCS team (Northern Iowa), but in an uninspiring way. |
14 | Utah Utes | Survived a tough game against *checks notes* Utah State. Yeah. no. This is a gritty team, but the offensive really struggles. |
15 | Ohio State Buckeyes | BYE. Up by default. |
16 | Oklahoma State Cowboys | Stomped a premiere G5 AAC team; game was not as close as the 45 to 10 score indicates. |
17 | UNLV Rebels | Not to brag, but I had them ranked first! Beat Kansas by a field goal, but felt like they were overplaying (which they can't consistently do).. Has a very real chance of running the table. |
18 | Pittsburgh Panthers | Beat WVU ooc. |
19 | California Golden Bears | Fun sickos game. Honestly, felt like SDSU lost this game i the 2nd quarter, and then never caught up. SDSU had a pick 6 called back, a fake punt later squandered, etc. Cal is winning, but Cal is not good. |
20 | North Carolina Tar Heels | Beat an FCS team... and was up 17-10 at the half. Yikes. Fourth quarter redeemed them, but that was ugly. |
21 | Oklahoma Sooners | Beat a mediocre Tulane team. Keep winning. |
22 | Illinois Fighting Illini | Kansas win is not aging well. But they are 3-0 with an OOC win over a (then) ranked P5 team. |
23 | Northern Illinois Huskies | BYE. The Notre Dame win looks better after Notre Dame blew the doors off Purdue. |
24 | Indiana Hoosiers | Indiana beat UCLA. UCLA is in a terrible shape -- but still an impressive dub. 3-0 Indiana. Halfway to a bowl game! |
25 | Iowa State Cyclones | BYE |
Teams Ranked:
Rank | Team | Unusualness |
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1 | Texas Longhorns | 0.00 |
2 | Miami Hurricanes | 0.97 |
3 | USC Trojans | 1.12 |
4 | Georgia Bulldogs | 0.00 |
5 | Arizona State Sun Devils | 7.84 |
6 | Tennessee Volunteers | 0.00 |
7 | Alabama Crimson Tide | -0.23 |
8 | Oregon Ducks | 0.00 |
9 | Ole Miss Rebels | 0.00 |
10 | Washington State Cougars | 1.51 |
11 | Kansas State Wildcats | 0.00 |
12 | Penn State Nittany Lions | 0.00 |
13 | Nebraska Cornhuskers | 0.97 |
14 | Utah Utes | 0.00 |
15 | Ohio State Buckeyes | -1.42 |
16 | Oklahoma State Cowboys | 0.00 |
17 | UNLV Rebels | 1.85 |
18 | Pittsburgh Panthers | 2.38 |
19 | California Golden Bears | 1.09 |
20 | North Carolina Tar Heels | 2.76 |
21 | Oklahoma Sooners | -0.62 |
22 | Illinois Fighting Illini | 0.00 |
23 | Northern Illinois Huskies | 0.00 |
24 | Indiana Hoosiers | 0.00 |
25 | Iowa State Cyclones | -0.39 |
Omissions:
Team | Unusualness |
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Missouri Tigers | 4.49 |
Louisville Cardinals | 0.94 |
LSU Tigers | 0.53 |
Michigan Wolverines | 0.43 |
Notre Dame Fighting Irish | 0.27 |
Clemson Tigers | 0.32 |
Total Score: 30.11