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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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