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daredassdude Ballot for 2024 Final

Ballot Type: Human

Submitted: Jan. 21, 2025, 1:11 p.m.

Overall Rationale: Overall Record, H2H, Transitive Wins, Strength of Schedule, Bowl Wins

Rank Team Reason
1 Ohio State Buckeyes CFP National Champions
2 Notre Dame Fighting Irish CFP Finalist
3 Oregon Ducks Only 1-loss Power 4 team with a loss to the #1 team
4 Penn State Nittany Lions Losses to my #1, #2, and #3
5 Georgia Bulldogs Losses to Alabama and Ole Miss put Georgia below Penn State
6 Texas Longhorns Losses to Georgia twice automatically ranks them below Georgia
7 Indiana Hoosiers 11-2 team with losses to #1 and #2. My Top 6 is on a different tier from Indiana
8 Arizona State Sun Devils Losses to Cincy and Tech weighed ASU down to #8. Having the best performance over all Quarterfinal runner-ups lands them at #8
9 BYU Cougars ASU's game vs Texas, BYU's blowout vs Colorado, BYU's win over SMU, 11-2 record, all give BYU the nod in my Top 10
10 Boise State Broncos Consolation ranking for the best Group-of-5 team with losses only to #3 and #4.
11 SMU Mustangs Playoff team that went 11-1 prior to December. Were gonna make my top 10 until ASU and BYU played their bowl games.
12 Tennessee Volunteers Despite an easier SOS compared to the average SEC team, they still made the CFP with a 10-2 record, which gives them the edge over Ole Miss.
13 Ole Miss Rebels Dominant in their wins, lost to teams they shouldn't have lost to. Story of Ole Miss in the Kiffin era.
14 Iowa State Cyclones All computer ratings favor Iowa State over Illinois, so they are ranked #14.
15 Illinois Fighting Illini Beat South Carolina so bad, they caused Shane Beamer to throw a fit, lol. They get the edge over Alabama.
16 Alabama Crimson Tide Most computer ratings have Alabama in the Top 10 despite losing 4 games. Doesn't fly with us humans. Ranked below Illinois for losing to a B1G team that lost to Illinois.
17 LSU Tigers Alabama > LSU > S Carolina > Clemson
18 South Carolina Gamecocks Alabama > LSU > S Carolina > Clemson
19 Clemson Tigers Alabama > LSU > S Carolina > Clemson. Conference championship prevents them from being ranked lower than any ACC team not named SMU.
20 Michigan Wolverines An 8-5 team that deserves a Top 25 ranking for their wins over Ohio State and Alabama. Protest vote to get Michigan ranked.
21 Syracuse Orange Syracuse > Miami > Louisville
22 Miami Hurricanes Syracuse > Miami > Louisville
23 Florida Gators An 8-5 team that deserves a Top 25 ranking for their wins over LSU and Ole Miss. Protest vote to help Florida.
24 Louisville Cardinals Syracuse > Miami > Louisville
25 Missouri Tigers Would rank them at #20, but seeing Colorado ranked in the AP Top 25, I can't afford to have Michigan get snubbed, and Mizzou will likely finish ranked here, so they are at #25

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