Ballot Type: Human
Submitted: Oct. 28, 2024, 11:43 a.m.
Overall Rationale: no projections, looking at current resume with taking talent of team in consideration
| Rank | Team | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Oregon Ducks
|
EVEN - obvious choice |
| 2 |
Georgia Bulldogs
|
EVEN |
| 3 |
Penn State Nittany Lions
|
+1. Underrated win at Wiscy. Impressive showing jumps them over Texas |
| 4 |
Texas Longhorns
|
-1. Struggled with Vandy |
| 5 |
Ohio State Buckeyes
|
EVEN - Could've jumped Texas for me this week but was in a close game with Nebraska? |
| 6 |
Miami Hurricanes
|
EVEN - Will have chances to move into top 2/3 later in the season |
| 7 |
Indiana Hoosiers
|
+1 Great with for the Hoosiers, not ready to move them higher though. |
| 8 |
Clemson Tigers
|
-1 Bye week kills their momentum a bit |
| 9 |
BYU Cougars
|
EVEN |
| 10 |
Iowa State Cyclones
|
EVEN |
| 11 |
Tennessee Volunteers
|
EVEN |
| 12 |
Boise State Broncos
|
+1 People, stop acting like UNLV win wasn't a good win |
| 13 |
Notre Dame Fighting Irish
|
+1 Good job beating the crap out of a team that you should... imagine if you did that to NIU |
| 14 |
Texas A&M Aggies
|
+1 Great win, like actually I just can't rank them above Notre Dame who beat them |
| 15 |
Pittsburgh Panthers
|
+4, I'll give respect to destroying Syracuse |
| 16 |
Kansas State Wildcats
|
EVEN |
| 17 |
Alabama Crimson Tide
|
+3 I hate to do it, but they did finally kill a team they should kill. This is the only option I have |
| 18 |
SMU Mustangs
|
-1, gotta take care of Duke bruh |
| 19 |
LSU Tigers
|
-7, can't punish the Tigers too much, but they need to win out for playoff |
| 20 |
Colorado Buffaloes
|
+2, I was right to rank Colorado at 22 last week, looking good Buffs |
| 21 |
Army West Point
|
+3, just keep winning |
| 22 |
Ole Miss Rebels
|
-1, just hasn't done anything impressive but they have Dart |
| 23 |
Washington State Cougars
|
+2, worst 7-1 team of all time? Deserves to be ranked though |
| 24 |
Illinois Fighting Illini
|
-6. Gotta put up more points to be taken seriously. |
| 25 |
Memphis Tigers
|
I really didn't know who to rank. Would be Vanderbilt if they didn't have that awful loss early in the season. |
Teams Ranked:
| Rank | Team | Unusualness |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Oregon Ducks
|
0.00 |
| 2 |
Georgia Bulldogs
|
0.00 |
| 3 |
Penn State Nittany Lions
|
0.00 |
| 4 |
Texas Longhorns
|
0.38 |
| 5 |
Ohio State Buckeyes
|
0.00 |
| 6 |
Miami Hurricanes
|
0.00 |
| 7 |
Indiana Hoosiers
|
0.00 |
| 8 |
Clemson Tigers
|
0.39 |
| 9 |
BYU Cougars
|
0.00 |
| 10 |
Iowa State Cyclones
|
0.00 |
| 11 |
Tennessee Volunteers
|
0.00 |
| 12 |
Boise State Broncos
|
0.32 |
| 13 |
Notre Dame Fighting Irish
|
0.00 |
| 14 |
Texas A&M Aggies
|
-0.15 |
| 15 |
Pittsburgh Panthers
|
0.00 |
| 16 |
Kansas State Wildcats
|
0.00 |
| 17 |
Alabama Crimson Tide
|
0.00 |
| 18 |
SMU Mustangs
|
0.00 |
| 19 |
LSU Tigers
|
0.00 |
| 20 |
Colorado Buffaloes
|
0.93 |
| 21 |
Army West Point
|
0.00 |
| 22 |
Ole Miss Rebels
|
0.00 |
| 23 |
Washington State Cougars
|
0.00 |
| 24 |
Illinois Fighting Illini
|
0.00 |
| 25 |
Memphis Tigers
|
0.00 |
No major omissions.
Total Score: 2.17