Ballot Type: Human
Submitted: Nov. 3, 2024, 12:40 p.m.
Overall Rationale: reformatting poll to better align with how CFP polls are judged, 4 tiers of 6 teams and then 25th.
Rank | Team | Reason |
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1 | Oregon Ducks | duh. |
2 | Georgia Bulldogs | very beatable, but so is every other team below them. Truthfully didn't want 2 B1G teams at the top. |
3 | Ohio State Buckeyes | good big win over Penn St, but still worse than UGA until proven otherwise. |
4 | Miami Hurricanes | win over Duke in semi-convincing fashion did them a lot of favors for me, I think they're properly worthy of the spot now. |
5 | Texas Longhorns | damn good team with one nagging loss to UGA, can't have them any lower. |
6 | Penn State Nittany Lions | last team in the "tier 1" which IMO feels correct. all of these top 6 I can see winning the natty, everyone below would be a surprise. |
7 | Tennessee Volunteers | Beating bama is hard carrying their season, and I still don't know how good of a win that is, very subject to change. |
8 | BYU Cougars | Undefeated. nuff said. |
9 | Indiana Hoosiers | Undefeated. nuff said. will add that BYU is above them purely for having beat ranked KState while Indiana has no such opponent yet. |
10 | Boise State Broncos | If your only loss is to the #1 team in the nation with all of your other wins being pretty damn convincing, you can be ranked top 10, I do not care. |
11 | Notre Dame Fighting Irish | If your only loss is to a NIU team that isn't even winning their MAC games, you do not deserve to be ranked top 10, I do not care. |
12 | Alabama Crimson Tide | A frustrating team with some bad losses being held up by a fantastic win over UGA, feels correct to have them in this Tier 2, but they're last in this category. |
13 | LSU Tigers | From here on out it's mostly vibes, no one here feels like a real contender atm, but are amazing seasons nonetheless and deserve their recognition. |
14 | SMU Mustangs | very convincing win over Pitt gives them an argument for being in tier 2, but I'm not quite willing to do that yet, in due time. |
15 | Ole Miss Rebels | all of their wins are fairly dominant, and I'll give them credit that their losses are (to me) respectable, there's just 2 of them, and one of them is LSU, so they're down here. |
16 | Clemson Tigers | If they handled Louisville then they'd be easily in the top 10, but you got whooped, you live in tier 3 until further notice. |
17 | Texas A&M Aggies | same song as Clemson, argument for them to be above since the win over ND is better than what Clemson has, my gut says otherwise, idk. |
18 | Iowa State Cyclones | Looked very shaky for weeks but kept pulling out the W, karma finally struck back, I'll give them the last spot in Tier 3 out of respect but I don't think they end the season with just one loss. |
19 | Army West Point | Tell your kids about undefeated Army, I will. |
20 | Washington State Cougars | Army and below is a bit of the "outcast" tier, there's plenty of arguments for them to be higher, but I just cant quite do it. |
21 | Pittsburgh Panthers | Odd duck, getting pounded by SMU has me very confused on them. Still a 1 loss team, they can quickly rebound with the parity this season. |
22 | Colorado Buffaloes | Prime is now somewhat soundly in the running for a XII Championship appearance, proving a fool out of me. Above KState despite the loss because losing @Nebraksa is better than losing @Houston. |
23 | Louisville Cardinals | Dub over top 10 team = ranked |
24 | South Carolina Gamecocks | Dub over top 10 team = ranked |
25 | Kansas State Wildcats | This is entirely my bias, this spot could very easily go to Vandy or a bunch of other options, but KState is my fav team, and I want them to stay ranked :) |
Teams Ranked:
Rank | Team | Unusualness |
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1 | Oregon Ducks | 0.00 |
2 | Georgia Bulldogs | 0.12 |
3 | Ohio State Buckeyes | 0.00 |
4 | Miami Hurricanes | 0.00 |
5 | Texas Longhorns | 0.00 |
6 | Penn State Nittany Lions | 0.21 |
7 | Tennessee Volunteers | 0.00 |
8 | BYU Cougars | 0.00 |
9 | Indiana Hoosiers | -0.59 |
10 | Boise State Broncos | 0.00 |
11 | Notre Dame Fighting Irish | 0.00 |
12 | Alabama Crimson Tide | 0.00 |
13 | LSU Tigers | 0.36 |
14 | SMU Mustangs | -0.03 |
15 | Ole Miss Rebels | 0.00 |
16 | Clemson Tigers | 0.56 |
17 | Texas A&M Aggies | 0.00 |
18 | Iowa State Cyclones | -0.05 |
19 | Army West Point | 0.00 |
20 | Washington State Cougars | 0.00 |
21 | Pittsburgh Panthers | 0.00 |
22 | Colorado Buffaloes | 0.00 |
23 | Louisville Cardinals | 0.00 |
24 | South Carolina Gamecocks | 0.00 |
25 | Kansas State Wildcats | -0.40 |