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Due_Connection179 Ballot for 2024 Week 10

Ballot Type: Human

Submitted: Oct. 27, 2024, 6:13 a.m.

Overall Rationale: I'm going to be doing a deep dive at the end of next week's games to completely reshape my poll because this season continues to be crazy. At least we have some big games over the next two weeks to help sort things out a little bit. // I watch games all day Saturday then for the games I don't watch I go through the games play-by-play (plus read articles; listen to podcasts) to see what happened instead of just looking at the box score. Every 4 weeks I also do a "reset of my polls to make sure I'm looking at everything from film to SOS to key wins. For my preseason poll, it will be a combination of players/coaches returning + incoming players (recruiting class + transfer portal). This season continues to be crazy. I'm going to start giving the undefeated power teams a little separation because of the craziness of this season.

Rank Team Reason
1 Oregon Ducks Last Week #1 vs #21 Illinois // Won 38 - 9 // Completely dominated a good Illinois team wire to wire.
2 Miami Hurricanes Last Week #2 vs Florida State // Won 36 - 14 // Went as expected.
3 Indiana Hoosiers Last Week #3 vs Washington // Won 31 - 17 // Even with the rough start to the game, Indiana continued their streak of being the only team to not trail at any point this season. Hopefully their QB1 comes back 100% healthy next week.
4 BYU Cougars Last Week #4 vs UCF // Won 37 - 24 // Went as expected.
5 Penn State Nittany Lions Last Week #5 at Wisconsin // Won 28 - 13 // Penn State had a very rocky 1st half, but managed to sneak out another win, this time without their QB1.
6 Pittsburgh Panthers Last Week #6 vs #22 Syracuse // Won 41 - 13 // Pitt completely shut down what has been an impressive offense this season in Syracuse. The ACC Championship Game race is starting to get very interesting with four teams left undefeated.
7 Iowa State Cyclones Last Week #7 // Bye Week
8 Ohio State Buckeyes Last Week #8 vs Nebraska // Won 21 - 17 // Another top 10 that struggled last week in the first half of their game, problem for Ohio State is they continued to let Nebraska dictate the pace of the game. Good thing for Ohio State, they still won the game.
9 Georgia Bulldogs Last Week #9 // Bye Week
10 Texas Longhorns Last Week #10 at #24 Vanderbilt // Won 27 - 24 // I fully believe that Texas was a 4th & 2 stop away from losing this game to Vandy, but a good thing for Texas is they put pressure on Vandy's QB on that 4th & 2 play and were able to get an easy INT to essentially seal the game.
11 Clemson Tigers Last Week #11 // Bye Week
12 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Last Week #12 at #18 Navy // Won 51 - 14 // The Fighting Irish completely put out Navy's dream undefeated season with a dominant performance.
13 Texas A&M Aggies Last Week #13 vs #15 LSU // Won 38 - 23 // A&M's 2nd half comeback win over LSU has now put them in the driver seat for the SEC Championship Game. The only true test they have left is in 5 weeks when they go up against #10 Texas, which should be a makeshift SEC playoff game with the winner going to the SEC CG.
14 Kansas State Wildcats Last Week #14 vs Kansas // Won 29 - 27 // Yet another top 25 team squeaking out a win vs an unranked team this week. It's great that Kansas State got the win, but looking at the AP poll, they need to realize that they need to run up the score on these weaker teams to jump the B1G & SEC teams in front of them, and more importantly, to keep in front of the teams behind them.
15 Tennessee Volunteers Last Week #16 // Bye Week
16 SMU Mustangs Last Week #17 at Duke // Won 28 - 27 (OT) // I'm very happy that SMU came out with the win here. Now we get a prime time ACC game next week with huge playoff implications with the Mustangs hosting Pitt.
17 Army West Point Last Week #19 // Bye Week // And then there was one (undefeated G5 team). No one in their right mind would have picked Army to be the last G5 team with 0 losses this season, but honestly, couldn't be happier. I have the Notre Dame game on November 24th circled and will make sure to watch every second of it (even if it turns out like the ND vs Navy game).
18 Boise State Broncos Last Week #20 at UNLV // Won 29 - 24 // Jeanty finally looked human this season, and I probably would have dropped the Broncos a couple spots if 8 out of the 10 teams under them didn't lose.
19 Alabama Crimson Tide Last Week #25 vs #23 Missouri // Won 34 - 0 // I was expecting Alabama to win easily, but I didn't expect them to have a 30 pt shut out this week. This now sets up a potential playoff knock out game with LSU on November 9th.
20 LSU Tigers Last Week #15 at #13 Texas A&M // Lost 23 - 38 // LSU was purely out coached by A&M in the 2nd half this week, simple as that. Sure there were a couple of boneheaded plays on LSU's side, but it seemed like A&M adjusted and LSU thought they could cruise.
21 Illinois Fighting Illini Last Week #21 at #1 Oregon // Lost 9 - 38 // Even though they lost this game and looked out matched on both sides, the Illini should continue to hold their heads high knowing how great of a season they are having. They have, what has turned into, a pretty big game next week with Minnesota and the game will basically decide which team is in the top 25 next week.
22 Washington State Cougars Last Week NR at San Diego State // Won 29 - 26 // Weird game to have Wazzu jump into the top 25, but they have played solid all season, are 7 - 1, and have wins vs Texas Tech & at Washington.
23 Colorado Buffaloes Last Week NR vs Cincinnati // Won 34 - 23 // The Prime Time Buffaloes continue to put together a solid season. This isn't like last season's team, where they were just over hyped & overly pushed by ESPN, and they have turned into a real Big 12 CG contender with four games left on their schedule.
24 Ole Miss Rebels Last Week NR vs Oklahoma // Won 26 - 14 // I didn't watch this game, but from what the Cover 3 Podcast said, I don't really know if Kiffin knows how to truly close out games. Who runs hurry up while up 3+ scores in the 4th quarter?
25 Arizona State Sun Devils Last Week NR // Bye Week

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