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Noy_Telinu Ballot for 2024 Week 9

Ballot Type: Human

Submitted: Oct. 20, 2024, 3:38 a.m.

Overall Rationale: Ranked by losses and then by Conference. HTH when possible. BIG and SEC > ACC and B12 > G6. ND is only ranked because they beat Texas A&M, who has 1 loss, and therefore is ranked, which means that ND has to be in front of the SEC. Now, why rank like this? Because Ranking is all subjective and I try to be objective in this subjective thing. Should liberty be ranked? NO. But until CFB has a sensible system (which, I admit, is better now than it was before) rankings are all we have. So they stay there as long as they keep winning. Indiana is number 1 because they blew out UCLA more than Oregon and Penn State did.

Rank Team Reason
1 Indiana Hoosiers Blows teams out, beat UCLA by more than Oregon and Penn State did.
2 Oregon Ducks Beat UCLA by more than Penn State did.
3 Penn State Nittany Lions Best win is an Illinois team that almost lost to Purdue. beat UCLA by less than Oregon and Indiana.
4 BYU Cougars Kansas State is a better win than Iowa.
5 Iowa State Cyclones Big 12 > ACC
6 Pittsburgh Panthers Miami keeps almost losing games.
7 Miami Hurricanes HOW DO THEY KEEP GETTING AWAY WITH IT!?
8 Navy Midshipmen My Grandpa was in the Navy. Therefore Navy > Army.
9 Army West Point Liberty is Terrible.
10 Liberty Flames Only ranked because they did not lose. Someone beat them already.
11 Ohio State Buckeyes Best 1 loss team. Only loss was because their QB wants to play for Dallas.
12 Illinois Fighting Illini Almost lost to Purdue.
13 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Only above SEC because Texas A&M is ranked and therefore must be above them. That Northern Illinois loss is stupid and bad and I hate it.
14 Texas A&M Aggies Best team in the SEC on the account of that I want them to be.
15 Tennessee Volunteers They beat Bama, so they go ahead of Georgia. I think. This is where it gets confusing.
16 Georgia Bulldogs Beat Texas. But lost to Bama. Who Tennessee beat. This is confusing.
17 Texas Longhorns Wow that looked bad vs Georgia. And schedule looks pretty bad in hindsight. Best win is Michigan? Oklahoma? Both have 3 losses and look to lose even more. They can still right the ship, but Vandy beat Bama who beat Georgia who beat Texas, so...
18 Missouri Tigers No idea what to make of this team. But they beat Vandy, who beat Bama who beat Georgia who beat Texas. So... but also got creamed by A&M. Ummm... whatever, just beat Bama.
19 LSU Tigers Lost to a bad Trojan team. Let UCLA hang in there for a half. Yeah, bottom of the 1 loss SEC teams for now. Game vs Texas A&M will determine who stays ranked and maybe figure out who is actually good.
20 Kansas State Wildcats Only loss is to BYU. Also Big 12 > ACC
21 Clemson Tigers Got creamed by Georgia, Virginia is only other team on schedule so far with a winning record.
22 SMU Mustangs Only loss is to BYU.
23 Duke Blue Devils Lost to GT. At least the next 2 weeks will show what this team is made of.
24 Syracuse Orange This team lost to Stanford? Seriously? Close win over UNLV? Matchup vs Pitt will show if this team just had an easy schedule or not.
25 Boise State Broncos Best team out of G5. Only loss is to Oregon. But no real good win. Face UNLV though. Blue field is amazing and better keep it forever no matter what Oregon State and Wazzu say.

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