Ballot Type: Human

Submitted: Sept. 22, 2024, 9:10 a.m.

Overall Rationale: Strength of opponent vs strength of performance

• Ballot
• Analysis

Rank	Team	Reason
1	Texas Longhorns
2	Ohio State Buckeyes
3	Tennessee Volunteers	Tennessee is for real. Lethal offense, very good defense
4	Ole Miss Rebels
5	Georgia Bulldogs
6	Alabama Crimson Tide
7	Oregon Ducks
8	Penn State Nittany Lions	Weird start to this game with rain and a bunch of injuries. Offense looks good for the most part
9	Missouri Tigers	I don’t believe in the Mizzou hype
10	Utah Utes
11	Miami Hurricanes
12	Michigan Wolverines
13	LSU Tigers
14	Clemson Tigers
15	Louisville Cardinals	Georgia tech is a tough team. This was a sneaky good win
16	USC Trojans	Still adjusting to big ten football I see?
17	Oklahoma State Cowboys
18	Oklahoma Sooners
19	Kansas State Wildcats	A good team but a big upset. It happens
20	Illinois Fighting Illini	Sneaky good, fundamentally sound team about to have a top 25 road game at night in happy valley
21	Notre Dame Fighting Irish	Don’t think they deserve to be here but no one else really stands out
22	Boise State Broncos
23	Washington State Cougars
24	Iowa State Cyclones
25	Indiana Hoosiers	Sneaky good big ten team built out of 2023 JMU who went 10-2

Teams Ranked:

Rank	Team	Unusualness
1	Texas Longhorns	0.00
2	Ohio State Buckeyes	0.00
3	Tennessee Volunteers	0.04
4	Ole Miss Rebels	0.08
5	Georgia Bulldogs	0.00
6	Alabama Crimson Tide	0.00
7	Oregon Ducks	0.00
8	Penn State Nittany Lions	0.00
9	Missouri Tigers	0.00
10	Utah Utes	0.00
11	Miami Hurricanes	-0.11
12	Michigan Wolverines	0.00
13	LSU Tigers	0.76
14	Clemson Tigers	0.38
15	Louisville Cardinals	0.00
16	USC Trojans	0.00
17	Oklahoma State Cowboys	0.65
18	Oklahoma Sooners	0.43
19	Kansas State Wildcats	2.25
20	Illinois Fighting Illini	0.00
21	Notre Dame Fighting Irish	0.00
22	Boise State Broncos	1.52
23	Washington State Cougars	0.00
24	Iowa State Cyclones	-1.18
25	Indiana Hoosiers	0.00

Omissions:

Team	Unusualness
BYU Cougars	0.63
UCF Knights	0.06

Total Score: 8.09