Ballot Type: Human

Submitted: Sept. 16, 2024, 8:11 a.m.

Overall Rationale: I try to avoid Poll Inertia by not doing preseason polls and doing a complete re-ranking every week. I don't look at my previous poll or previous full poll or AP poll until after I've already set my top 25 and honorable mentions, and even then, its only to check that I didn't forget a team. That does mean I am susceptible to one week overreactions or forgetting a team here and there. As there is every season, a very likely top 5 team has not played a serious team, and I so I don't have a rank for them yet. tOSU is probably waiting until going on the road to MSU to have any sort of test, but maybe I'll feel different next week. Others considered: Notre Dame, Michigan State, Syracuse, BYU, Coastal Carolina, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa State, Memphis

• Ballot
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Rank	Team	Reason
1	Texas Longhorns
2	Alabama Crimson Tide
3	Oregon Ducks
4	Miami Hurricanes
5	Tennessee Volunteers
6	Georgia Bulldogs
7	Utah Utes
8	Kansas State Wildcats
9	Washington State Cougars
10	UCF Knights
11	Arizona State Sun Devils
12	California Golden Bears
13	Oklahoma State Cowboys
14	UNLV Rebels
15	North Carolina Tar Heels
16	Nebraska Cornhuskers
17	Pittsburgh Panthers
18	Oklahoma Sooners
19	Missouri Tigers
20	USC Trojans
21	Duke Blue Devils
22	Ole Miss Rebels
23	Northern Illinois Huskies
24	Penn State Nittany Lions
25	Toledo Rockets

Teams Ranked:

Rank	Team	Unusualness
1	Texas Longhorns	0.00
2	Alabama Crimson Tide	0.39
3	Oregon Ducks	1.01
4	Miami Hurricanes	0.52
5	Tennessee Volunteers	0.00
6	Georgia Bulldogs	0.00
7	Utah Utes	0.87
8	Kansas State Wildcats	0.74
9	Washington State Cougars	1.71
10	UCF Knights	2.46
11	Arizona State Sun Devils	5.20
12	California Golden Bears	3.64
13	Oklahoma State Cowboys	0.00
14	UNLV Rebels	2.93
15	North Carolina Tar Heels	6.26
16	Nebraska Cornhuskers	0.21
17	Pittsburgh Panthers	2.84
18	Oklahoma Sooners	0.00
19	Missouri Tigers	-2.39
20	USC Trojans	-1.77
21	Duke Blue Devils	3.72
22	Ole Miss Rebels	-2.61
23	Northern Illinois Huskies	0.00
24	Penn State Nittany Lions	-2.25
25	Toledo Rockets	0.00

Omissions:

Team	Unusualness
Ohio State Buckeyes	3.89
Louisville Cardinals	0.94
Iowa State Cyclones	0.66
LSU Tigers	0.53
Michigan Wolverines	0.43
Notre Dame Fighting Irish	0.27
Clemson Tigers	0.32

Total Score: 48.55