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HieloLuz Ballot for 2024 Week 12

Ballot Type: Computer

Submitted: Nov. 10, 2024, 4:01 p.m.

Overall Rationale: These rankings are a pure resume based points system. Teams are assigned a tier based on their rating (1-7). Points are gained for wins, subtracted for losses, based on the opponents tier. Small modifiers for game closeness (Win/Loss Bonuses/Penalties = WB, WP, LB, LP) and SOS based on Opponent's record. | If two teams are next to each other in the rankings, and have played head to head, the head to head winner will be ranked higher, regardless of points. | | | | Week 11 | Biggest Riser: Georgia Tech (+26) | Biggest Drop: UCF (-28) | New teams: Clemson, South Carolina, Western Kentucky | Dropped from rankings: Iowa State (15), LSU (19), Colorado (24) | Next 5: Colorado, James Madison, LSU, UNLV, Navy | Worst Team Kent State (-207) | | | | Playoff projections *Conference Autobid | | Rose: 1. Oregon* | Sugar: 6. Alabama* | Fiesta: 5. BYU* | Peach: 7. Boise State* | 5 v 12: 12. Penn State @ 2. Ohio State | 6 v 11: 11. Miami (FL) @ 3. Notre Dame | 7 v 10: 10. Texas @ 4. Indiana | 8 v 9: 9. Army @ 8. SMU* | | | |

Rank Team Reason
1 Oregon Ducks With the chaos of the week Oregon is locked into the top spot as long as they keep winning. Boise |Tier 2| and Ohio State |2| are the best wins of anyone. 213
2 Ohio State Buckeyes Blowout win over Purdue |7| keeps them solidly at the 2 spot and they gain some seperation thanks to the chaos below. 164
3 Notre Dame Fighting Irish They throttle Florida State |7| and move way up. Multiple wins are looking great right now and preventing the NIU |5| from keeping them too far down. 137
4 Indiana Hoosiers Still searching for a quality win. Nebraska |4| remains their only good win. 137
5 BYU Cougars BYU escapes the Holy War in ugly fashion, but they escaped. A couple of great wins against SMU |2| and Kansas State |2| are holding up what is turning into a week schedule. 130
6 Alabama Crimson Tide Highest ranked two loss team and I don't see that changing anytime soon. Tons of quality wins over Western Kentucky |3|, Georgia |3|, South Carolina |3|, and LSU |3|.
7 Boise State Broncos Nothing changes for Boise, just keep winning. 126
8 SMU Mustangs SMU wins the bye week, moving up 1 spot thanks to losses all around them. 111
9 Army West Point North Texas |5| is now their best win on the year, a loss to Notre Dame likely ends their playoff dreams. 95
10 Texas Longhorns Vandy |4| remains their only decent win. But they'll have opportunities to get a big win at the end of the year. 89
11 Miami Hurricanes The inability to blow out teams they should easily handle finally catches up to Miami and they fall 7 spots. Win out and they're in but any loss probably ruins their season. 85
12 Penn State Nittany Lions They handle Washington and find themself back in the playoff race. Win out and they can make it. 81
13 Ole Miss Rebels Here begins a clump of SEC teams without much separating them. A huge win over Georgia |3| will put Ole Miss in front for now. 80
14 Tennessee Volunteers Alabama |2| is Tennessee's entire resume. Their next best win is Oklahoma |5|. They've faced a weak schedule up to now but have some big games to end the year. 61
15 Georgia Bulldogs Georgia comes crashing down to earth after the blowout loss, dropping 10 spots. They have a couple of quality wins, and have room for more to end the year. 53
16 Texas A&M Aggies The final SEC team in the middle, Their wins over LSU |3| and Missouri |4| keeping them here. 42
17 Louisville Cardinals Louisville has the hardest schedule of year in all of FBS, with their opponents having a combined win percentage of 73%. This gets them the honor of the highest 3 loss team, with all 3 of those losses coming to teams currently in line for a playoff birth. 34
18 Washington State Cougars Story is the same, keep winning but even then it's probably not enough. But chaos is never ending, giving them a small chance. 22
19 Clemson Tigers Clemson climbs back into the Top 25 with a win over Virginia Tech |4|. 2 chances for big wins coming up, they'll need to win them both to have a shot at the playoff. 17
20 Kansas State Wildcats Tulane |3| and Colorado |3| wins keeping them ranked. They'll have 3 games against mid tier teams to end the year which gives them a chance to rise in the rankings quickly with wins. 4
21 Tulane Green Wave Louisiana |3| is looking like their only quality win right now, but they have chances for quality wins at the end of the season. 5
22 Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns Head to head shenanigans drop them to 22. No quality wins to speak of likely rules them out of the playoffs. 13
23 South Carolina Gamecocks Breaks the top 25 for the first time this year after their wins over Texas A&M |3| and Vandy |4|, they are only the 2nd 3 loss team to be ranked. 0
24 Pittsburgh Panthers Dream season comes crashing down around Pitt with another loss. Lot's of close wins hurts them a lot. -1
25 WKU Hilltoppers Best win is Sam Houston State |4|, who is quietly having a good season in their own right. But their losses to Alabama |2| and Boston College |4| aren't bad.

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