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thealbinotitan1 Ballot for 2024 Week 16 & Bowls

Ballot Type: Human

Submitted: Dec. 9, 2024, 3:24 p.m.

Overall Rationale: Best deserving

Rank Team Reason
1 Oregon Ducks Only remaining undefeated need to say more. However they need to focus because they have a tough road ahead of them
2 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Notre Dame is untested and will play week 1 on the new playoff but would have a bye if it were available
3 Georgia Bulldogs Georgia is the top dog in the sec again this time defeating Texas with their backup Quarterback. Unfortunately for FSU fans their backup didn’t drop them out of contention
4 Boise State Broncos Boise st should be in the 4 team playoff but wouldn’t get a chance because of brands so this is why this format shines. Also Jeanty is the best player in the country for getting this team as far as they have come. This is something broncos fans should look upon with pride for the season they have had
5 Arizona State Sun Devils ASU a party school picked dead last in the big 12 now gets the conferences first 12 team playoff bid and only school to make it. Just shows how preseason projections have ruined the sport because this team would be ranked higher in the actual playoffs if it weren’t for the projections of how conference will preform
6 Texas Longhorns Texas is the only team to make the playoffs from last years field. And now they have unfinished business to take care of. Now can they avenge their only 2 losses or will they be the able to dodge Georgia
7 Penn State Nittany Lions Penn st did it again and lost to a top 10 ranked team. But at least this time they put up a hell of a fight and if it weren’t for drew Allar doing his best Jaxson Dart impression would have put them in position. But now this game against SMU is must win for Franklin to keep his job I think.
8 SMU Mustangs SMU and their QB have performed really well this year and it looked like their inexperience in the big ACC championship game. But I think they showed they were the better team in the second half but as they say it was to little to late
9 Ohio State Buckeyes OSU may fire Day if they don’t win this game unfortunately Tennessee isn’t a slouch
10 Tennessee Volunteers Tennessee is a really good team but can Nico do it on the road against a really good team in a hostile environment or will the vols advance
11 Indiana Hoosiers Indiana has their best season in school history with the big question being can they improve on this with a huge win over instate “team” Notre Dame and prove their superiority over Indiana
12 South Carolina Gamecocks South Carolina has had a really good season and now to a bowl game to build on for next year but with Sellers and that dline it might be time for the boosters to piney up and go for gold
13 Clemson Tigers Clemson once again knocked Alabama out of the playoffs but Texas is up next. Can their offense preform against one of if not the best defense in the country
14 Alabama Crimson Tide Alabama could cry about this but in reality if you want to make it don’t lose to 6-6 teams and especially don’t lose to them by being dominated instead of fluke loses. But their sos is currently boosted by the fact the SEC is just artificially highly rated due to brands
15 Miami Hurricanes Miami is good offensively but horrible defensively and if christinbol doesn’t get this November/ December thing fixed they wont be needing to worry about about January
16 BYU Cougars BYU has gotten screwed by the committee and people in general. Talk all you want about oocsos but byu did exactly what you want and scheduled and beat a playoff team and has the best out of conference win on the season, but narratives against the big12 as the leftovers are too strong and it ultimately hurt their chances
17 Ole Miss Rebels Ole miss like bama has nobody but themselves to complain to. They need to look in the mirror and see why they lost to Florida and Kentucky and fix those things instead of trying to blow up the whole CFB landscape
18 Iowa State Cyclones Iowa st finally gets to 10 wins leaving vandy as the last remaining p5 team to not have a ten win season. Matt Campbell reminded everyone of why he was a top coaching prospect for teams and yet Saturday showed why he fell off. Can the cyclones make it 11 wins with their bowl game? let’s see
19 Army West Point Army caps a great season with a conference title* except their biggest game is next week and let’s see if their season is truly successful by beating navy
20 Memphis Tigers Memphis has had a quietly good season and will be a mainstay in the American race til they leave or go down the bad coach route
21 Illinois Fighting Illini Illinois is a good team that can’t beat better teams. They need to either fix that or get better to improve on this year
22 Colorado Buffaloes Colorado is probably going to drop back down next year without shadur and hunter but it was fun this year and buffs fans can be to mad about a bowl this year after what they have been through recently
23 UNLV Rebels UNLV and the go go offense can to a screeching halt however this isn’t to diminish their season as they did beat Kansas and went undefeated in conference except for Boise st
24 Missouri Tigers Missouri had a bad season this year for their expectations. And Eli will be in for another ruff one when Brady cook leaves
25 Syracuse Orange Syracuse and McCord have had a good season but by saying McCord I don’t mean to define the rest of the team but wanted to highlight him after last year

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