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fm22fnam Ballot for 2024 Week 13

Ballot Type: Human

Submitted: Nov. 17, 2024, 4:19 p.m.

Overall Rationale: Human poll based on AP poll and Coaches Poll ranked teams only. Ranked by overall vibes and deserving-ness

Rank Team Reason
1 Oregon Ducks Undisputed #1 currently
2 Indiana Hoosiers SOS may not be the best, but this is an undefeated B1G team. Probably not better than Oregon, but absolutely deserve the #2 spot.
3 Ohio State Buckeyes Lost a close game to Oregon. Been decent since then. Indiana will be a test.
4 Penn State Nittany Lions One loss to a great Ohio State team. Still deserving of #4 spot for now.
5 Texas Longhorns Despite struggle to Arkansas, still only a one loss team. By far the best looking SEC team at the moment. Looks better than most other 1 loss teams.
6 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Loss to NIU is only thing keeping them out of top 4 at this point for me. Have handled teams pretty well since then.
7 SMU Mustangs Pretty much a lock for ACC title appearance at this point. Some less than stellar performances, but still looks better overall than Miami.
8 Miami Hurricanes Only one loss, but also only a couple of points from not being ranked in this poll. Very ugly wins, but still wins. Think SMU wins the head-to-head, so they stay below them.
9 BYU Cougars Loss to Kansas after ugly win against Utah last week. Beating SMU earlier this year helps their SOS though.
10 Army West Point Yes, this is probably too high of a ranking for Army. But they've handled their opponents well this season and are undefeated. We will see how good they are next week against Notre Dame.
11 Georgia Bulldogs I have to somehow arrange these 4 SEC teams. Georgia looks to have the better overall product still after beating Tennessee.
12 Tennessee Volunteers Loss to Georgia hurts. Easily up next to Texas if not for that. Have to rank them below Georgia, but they are clearly better than Bama and the eye test makes me think they could beat Ole Miss too.
13 Boise State Broncos Boise State's struggle against Nevada looks bad on their resume. However, they also almost beat the #1 team. Considered ranking them above Georgia, but think that's slightly unfair to these good SEC teams which keep beating each other. So I stuck Boise State right in the center of this grouping. instead
14 Ole Miss Rebels I don't like putting Ole Miss here, but I don't think I can rate them too high after losses to Kentucky and a evermore disappointing LSU team. Hoping these SEC teams work themselves out before the end of the season.
15 Alabama Crimson Tide Beat Georgia to start the season, but have not looked as good since. Think it's fair to say they are the worse of the 4 SEC teams in this chunk.
16 Colorado Buffaloes The Buffs control their own destiny. Assuming a win against Kansas and Oklahoma State, Colorado sees themselves guaranteed a spot in the Big 12 Championship. The loss to a typically disappointing Nebraska team is the one big stain on their resume, as Kansas State is one of the better teams in the conference this year. Travis Hunter is dang near a lock for the Heisman at this point. Safe to say Deion Sanders' team deserves this ranking for now and we will see how the next weeks go.
17 Texas A&M Aggies I believe they are the worst of the 2 loss SEC teams, but they still have a good resume. Losses only to a decent South Carolina and a now top 6 Notre Dame. Argument could definitely be made they are better than Bama. Kinda waiting for the Texas game to really get a gauge on this team.
18 Clemson Tigers This is a perfectly average year for Clemson. They haven't looked bad, but they haven't looked great either. Almost certainly a top 10 team though without the Louisville loss. South Carolina game will be interesting.
19 Tulane Green Wave Handling business in their conference very well. Guaranteed to play Army in the American championship at this point. Close losses to Oklahoma and Kansas State keep them from being highly ranked in the Top 10. Still a really good team with a chance for a #12 playoff spot.
20 Iowa State Cyclones A good 2 loss Big 12 team. Not much to say about them. They've done well this year. Iowa State's closer loss to Tech gives them the edge between these two.
21 Arizona State Sun Devils A good 2 loss Big 12 team. Not much to say about them. They've done well this year. Iowa State's closer loss to Tech gives them the edge between these two.
22 UNLV Rebels A very close loss to Syracuse and Boise State keeps them from being undefeated. Syracuse may not be the best this year, but Boise State clearly is having a run. Feel like this is a fair placement for the team likely to play a rematch against Boise State in the MWC championship.
23 Memphis Tigers Idk, felt like putting them here. I like Memphis
24 Washington State Cougars Felt like I had to give the Pac 12 some representation, even if they don't deserve it. They probably aren't going to be ranked next week.
25 South Carolina Gamecocks With losses to 3 good SEC teams this probably isn't a fair ranking. I don't care, it's still three losses. Beat Clemson and then you can jump up.

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