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MemeofMemeJTG999999 Ballot for 2024 Week 5

Ballot Type: Human

Submitted: Sept. 22, 2024, 1:06 p.m.

Overall Rationale: I use a methodology similar to that used by the voter polls that bases teams based primarily on wins/losses, but with other factors such as how those teams looked in their wins and losses, head to head, roster depth, etc, in play.

Rank Team Reason
1 Texas Longhorns (4-0) (no change) W: 51-3 vs Louisiana-Monroe (2-1) Next Week: vs Mississippi State (1-3) Projected Bowl: Sugar vs Ole Miss/Oregon
2 Georgia Bulldogs (3-0) (no change) Bye Next Week: @ #3 Alabama (3-0) Projected Bowl: Playoff R1 vs UNLV
3 Alabama Crimson Tide (3-0) (no change) Bye Next Week: vs #2 Georgia (3-0) Projected Bowl: Playoff R1 vs Missouri
4 Tennessee Volunteers (4-0) (up 2) W: 25-15 @ #14 Oklahoma (3-1) Next Week: Bye Projected Bowl: Playoff R1 vs Penn State
5 Ohio State Buckeyes (3-0) (down 1) W: 49-14 vs Marshall (1-2) Next Week: @ Michigan State (3-1) Projected Bowl: Rose vs Tennessee/Penn State
6 Ole Miss Rebels (4-0) (down 1) W: 52-13 vs Georgia Southern (2-2) Next Week: vs Kentucky (2-2) Projected Bowl: Playoff R1 vs Oregon
7 Utah Utes (4-0) (up 2) W: 22-19 @ #15 Oklahoma State (3-1) Next Week: vs Arizona (2-1) Projected Bowl: Fiesta vs Alabama/Missouri
8 Oregon Ducks (3-0) (no change) Bye Next Week: @ UCLA (1-2) Projected Bowl: Playoff R1 @ Ole Miss
9 Penn State Nittany Lions (3-0) (up 1) W: 56-0 vs Kent State (0-4) Next Week: vs #19 Illinois (4-0) Projected Bowl: Playoff R1 @ Tennessee
10 Miami Hurricanes (4-0) (up 3) W: 50-15 @ South Florida (2-2) Next Week: vs Virginia Tech (2-2) Projected Bowl: Peach vs Georgia/UNLV
11 Missouri Tigers (4-0) (down 4) W: 30-27 vs Vanderbilt (2-2) Next Week: Bye Projected Bowl: Playoff R1 @ Alabama
12 Michigan Wolverines (3-1) (up 5) W: 27-24 vs #11 USC (2-1) Next Week: Minnesota (2-2) Projected Bowl: Citrus vs LSU
13 Louisville Cardinals (3-0) (up 3) W: 31-19 vs Georgia Tech (3-2) Next Week: @ #21 Notre Dame (3-1) Projected Bowl: Pop-Tarts vs Oklahoma State
14 Iowa State Cyclones (3-0) (up 4) W: 52-7 vs Arkansas State (2-2) Next Week: @ Houston (1-3) Projected Bowl: Alamo vs USC
15 USC Trojans (2-1) (down 4) L: 24-27 @ #17 Michigan (3-1) Next Week: vs Wisconsin (2-1) Projected Bowl: Alamo vs Iowa State
16 Clemson Tigers (2-1) (up 7) W: 59-35 vs NC State (2-2) Next Week: vs Stanford (2-1) Projected Bowl: Mayo vs Indiana
17 LSU Tigers (3-1) (up 3) W: 34-17 vs UCLA (1-2) Next Week: vs South Alabama (2-2) Projected Bowl: Citrus vs Michigan
18 BYU Cougars (4-0) (was unranked) W: 38-9 vs #12 Kansas State (3-1) Next Week: @ Baylor (2-2) Projected Bowl: Texas vs Oklahoma
19 Illinois Fighting Illini (4-0) (up 8) W: 31-24 @ #19 Nebraska (3-1) Next Week: @ #9 Penn State (3-0) Projected Bowl: ReliaQuest vs Texas A&M
20 Oklahoma State Cowboys (3-1) (down 5) L: 19-22 vs #9 Utah (4-0) Next Week: @ #29 Kansas State (3-1) Projected Bowl: Pop-Tarts vs Louisville
21 Notre Dame Fighting Irish (3-1) (up 1) W: 28-3 vs Miami-OH (0-3) Next Week: vs #13 Louisville (3-0) Projected Bowl: Holiday vs Washington State
22 Oklahoma Sooners (3-1) (down 8) L: 15-25 vs #6 Tennessee (4-0) Next Week: @ Auburn (2-2) Projected Bowl: Texas vs BYU
23 Indiana Hoosiers (4-0) (was unranked) W: 52-14 vs Charlotte (1-3) Next Week: vs Maryland (3-1) Projected Bowl: Mayo vs Clemson
24 UNLV Rebels (3-0) (up 4) Bye Next Week: vs Fresno State (3-1) Projected Bowl: Playoff R1 @ Georgia
25 Boston College Eagles (3-1) (up 4) W: 23-19 vs Michigan State (3-1) Next Week: vs Western Kentucky (3-1) Projected Bowl: Gator vs Arkansas Next 5: 26. Pittsburgh (4-0) (was unranked) 27. Texas A&M (3-1) (down 1) 28. Nebraska (3-1) (down 9) 29. Kansas State (3-1) (down 17) 20. James Madison (3-0) (was unranked) Fell out of T30: 1. Northern Illinois (2-1) (was 21) 2. Memphis (3-1) (was 24) 3. Syracuse (2-1) (was 25) 4. Washington State (4-0) (was 30) Biggest Riser: BYU (UR->18) Biggest Faller: Kansas State (12->29)

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