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JamesDontPlayNoGames Ballot for 2024 Week 14

Ballot Type: Human

Submitted: Nov. 25, 2024, 9:47 a.m.

Rank Team Reason
1 Oregon Ducks
2 Ohio State Buckeyes
3 Texas Longhorns
4 SMU Mustangs SMU is a top five team. I feel like they are so disrespected in the polls out there. One loss on the season to a good BYU team. If Texas or Notre Dame or Ohio State had the exact same schedule and results, they would no doubt be top five.
5 Penn State Nittany Lions
6 Notre Dame Fighting Irish
7 Georgia Bulldogs
8 Tennessee Volunteers
9 Miami Hurricanes
10 Boise State Broncos I know their schedule isn't the most impressive, but aside from beating Oregon (which was a close one) they've done all you can ask them to do.
11 Indiana Hoosiers
12 Arizona State Sun Devils ASU is rolling right now. Winners of four straight including wins over Kansas State and BYU.
13 Clemson Tigers
14 BYU Cougars BYU likely would have dropped three spots more if it wasn't for Bama, Ole Miss, and A&M losing. Arizona State isn't a bad loss, but BYU's season seems to be collapsing before our eyes.
15 Alabama Crimson Tide Alabama is a really confusing team. They beat Georgia and Mizzou, plus won on the road at LSU and Wisconsin, but then lose to Vandy and Oklahoma. I dropped them 6 spots from my poll last week. It was probably the worst performance by Alabama that I can remember. They should not be a playoff team if the season ended today and even in a couple weeks time I have a difficult time seeing how they could be unless a lot of things break their way. That being said, the committee will probably still put them in.
16 Ole Miss Rebels Similar to Alabama, Ole Miss is an odd one to rank. Impressive wins against Georgia and at South Carolina, but then losses to Kentucky and now Florida.
17 South Carolina Gamecocks I really want to rank South Carolina above Bama and Ole Miss. They seem to be the better team at this point in the season, but the Gamecocks lost both head to head matchups against them, albeit a close one to Bama.
18 Iowa State Cyclones Statistically, ISU dominated the game at Utah. It was really three mistakes that kept Utah in the game. Pick six, muffed punt, and a blocked punt. Those can't be overlooked because they are massive mistakes, but ISU overcame those and gets a good road win in a tough environment, even if Utah is having a down year.
19 Tulane Green Wave
20 Texas A&M Aggies
21 Army West Point Tough loss for Army, but not unexpected. I still think this is a good team. They just lost to a potentially great team in Notre Dame.
22 UNLV Rebels
23 Illinois Fighting Illini
24 Memphis Tigers
25 Kansas State Wildcats This last spot on my list was down to Colorado or Kansas State. Since KSU won the head to head and they have the same record, I give the nod to the Wildcats.

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