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MemeofMemeJTG999999 Ballot for 2024 Week 8

Ballot Type: Human

Submitted: Oct. 13, 2024, 11:59 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 (6-0) (no change) W: 34-3 vs #19 Oklahoma (4-2) (in Dallas) Next Week: vs #7 Georgia (5-1) (JTGOTW) Projected Bowl: Sugar vs LSU/Clemson
2 Oregon Ducks (6-0) (up 1) W: 32-31 vs #2 Ohio State (5-1) Next Week: @ Purdue (1-5) Projected Bowl: Rose vs Georgia/BYU
3 Penn State Nittany Lions (6-0) (up 1) W: 33-30 (OT) @ #26 USC (3-3) Bye Projected Bowl: Playoff R1 vs Boise State
4 Miami Hurricanes (6-0) (up 1) Bye Next Week: @ Louisville (4-2) Projected Bowl: Peach vs Ohio State/Notre Dame
5 Ohio State Buckeyes (5-1) (down 3) L: 31-32 @ #3 Oregon (6-0) Next Week: Bye Projected Bowl: Playoff R1 vs Notre Dame
6 Iowa State Cyclones (6-0) (no change) W: 28-16 @ West Virginia (3-3) Next Week: vs UCF (3-3) Projected Bowl: Fiesta vs Penn State/Boise State
7 Georgia Bulldogs (5-1) (no change) W: 41-31 vs Mississippi State (1-5) Next Week: @ #1 Texas (6-0) (JTGOTW) Projected Bowl: Playoff R1 vs BYU
8 LSU Tigers (5-1) (up 3) W: 29-26 (OT) vs #15 Ole Miss (5-2) Next Week: @ #30 Arkansas (4-2) Projected Bowl: Playoff R1 vs Clemson
9 Clemson Tigers (5-1) (down 1) W: 49-14 @ Wake Forest (2-4) Next Week: vs Virginia (4-2) Projected Bowl: Playoff R1 @ LSU
10 BYU Cougars (6-0) (no change) W: 41-19 vs Arizona (3-3) Next Week: vs Oklahoma State (3-3) Projected Bowl: Playoff R1 @ Georgia
11 Notre Dame Fighting Irish (5-1) (down 2) W: 49-7 vs Stanford (2-4) Next Week: @ Georgia Tech (5-2) Projected Bowl: Playoff R1 @ Ohio State
12 Alabama Crimson Tide (5-1) (no change) W: 27-25 vs South Carolina (3-3) Next Week: @ #14 Tennessee (5-1) Projected Bowl: Citrus vs Indiana
13 Texas A&M Aggies (5-1) (no change) Bye Next Week: @ Mississippi State (1-5) Projected Bowl: Gator vs Pittsburgh
14 Tennessee Volunteers (5-1) (no change) W: 23-17 (OT) vs Florida (3-3) Next Week: vs #12 Alabama (5-1) Projected Bowl: ReliaQuest vs Nebraska
15 Indiana Hoosiers (6-0) (up 1) Bye: Next Week: vs #23 Nebraska (5-1) Projected Bowl: Citrus vs Alabama
16 Pittsburgh Panthers (6-0) (up 4) W: 17-15 vs California (3-3) Next Week: Bye Projected Bowl: Gator vs Texas A&M
17 Kansas State Wildcats (5-1) (up 1) W: 31-28 @ Colorado (4-2) Next Week: @ West Virginia (3-3) Projected Bowl: Alamo vs Washington State (5-1)
18 Missouri Tigers (5-1) (up 3) W: 45-3 @ Massachusetts (1-6) Projected Bowl: Music City vs Michigan
19 SMU Mustangs (5-1) (up 6) Bye Next Week: @ Stanford (2-4) Projected Bowl: Mayo vs Illinois
20 Boise State Broncos (5-1) (up 4) W: 28-7 @ Hawai’i (2-4) Next Week: Bye Projected Bowl: Playoff R1 @ Penn State
21 Ole Miss Rebels (5-2) (down 6) L: 26-29 (OT) @ #11 LSU (5-1) Next Week: Bye Projected Bowl: Texas vs Texas Tech
22 Illinois Fighting Illini (5-1) (no change) W: 50-49 (OT) vs Purdue (1-5) Next Week: vs Michigan (4-2) Projected Bowl: Mayo vs SMU
23 Nebraska Cornhuskers (5-1) (up 4) Bye Next Week: @ #15 Indiana (6-0) Projected Bowl: ReliaQuest vs Tennessee
24 Michigan Wolverines (4-2) (down 1) Bye Next Week: @ #22 Illinois (5-1) Projected Bowl: Music City vs Michigan
25 Arizona State Sun Devils (5-1) (was unranked) W: 27-19 vs #17 Utah (4-2) Next Week: @ Cincinnati (4-2) Projected Bowl: Las Vegas vs Vanderbilt Next 5: 26. Vanderbilt (4-2) (up 2) 27. Navy (5-0) (up 2) 28. Army (6-0) (was unranked) 29. Texas Tech (5-1) (was unranked) 30. Arkansas (4-2) (no change) Fell out of T30: Utah (4-2) (was 17) Oklahoma (4-2) (was 19) USC (3-3) (was 26)

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