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Zloggt Ballot for 2024 Final

Ballot Type: Human

Submitted: Jan. 24, 2025, 9:28 a.m.

Overall Rationale: Every five teams makes up one tier, for a total of five tiers in the poll. Also, put some thought into this final poll, obviously accounting for postseason results, but generally not trying to make all the bowl games TOO impactful (at least outside of the CFP ones but even then I can't really hold them against the team if everybody else above or below loses in some other fashion hahaha).

Rank Team Reason
1 Ohio State Buckeyes The UNANIMOUS and UNDENIABLE champions of the world, whether you like it or not...congrats!
2 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Funny enough, I had them at #2 in my previous ballot...and boy, was that some divine inspiration, huh? Good show all around though...
3 Oregon Ducks Hey...being a transitive national champion (and also still being THE best team solely in terms of the regular season) can be a decent consolation prize, ah? Hopefully it lifts your spirits while chowing down on bread scraps and chopped grapes...
4 Penn State Nittany Lions Have them leapfrogging Texas because not only did they dominate their own wins more, but also was much closer to beating Notre Dame than Texas was at beating Ohio State...so yeah, #4 is deserved...
5 Texas Longhorns ...of course, all respect to the Longhorns as well, who also had a decent run in them all the way to the semifinals. Sure, they're a bit (or far) more luckier than the other top guys, but in an expanded format like this, you gotta give up the beef (heh) and show credit where it's due...
6 Boise State Broncos Ok...maybe I guess having them at #3 OVERALL might've been an overrating...but hey, they looked good all year long, and then
7 Georgia Bulldogs Woof...talk about fizzling out...though I suppose that they at least WON their conference, so that is good...and I suppose that dealing with so much between Beck's injury and all that had happened in New Orleans...so I don't think all is bad in Kirby's Wonderland...so good luck next year...
8 Indiana Hoosiers ELEVEN-WIN-INDIANA!! Alas, it was really an unfortunate end to what has been an absolute dream season in Bloomington...but still, what a year to remember for the Hoosiers! And hey, when your ONLY dropped games are to the national champion and the national runner-up...I think that presents quite a good argument/excuse for a quality loss lol
9 Arizona State Sun Devils Great season, Solar Satans! Hopefully you run it back again in September!
10 Iowa State Cyclones What a way to cap off a great year in Ames! Hopefully you can enjoy all the Pop-Tarts during the offseason...
11 SMU Mustangs Alas, it was not meant to be...but still, good for SMU for, uh, resetting itself back into the national spotlight! And it only took a small loan of, uh, a couple million. Mere couch change, really...
12 Tennessee Volunteers In retrospect, getting pummeled by Ohio State in the Shoe doesn't seem so bad...well, they never really looked good in that game either way, but it's not the worst thing in the world when looking back at it. At least there's another chance next year, ah?
13 Ole Miss Rebels Fine...good job, Coach Freshwater (and Co.)...
14 BYU Cougars Alas...they came close to sniffing the Playoff, but ultimately came short of the it. Disappointing? Perhaps so. But hey, ain't nothing that can sooth such a feeling more than whooping them Prime Time boys in primetime all in front of the nation's watching eyes, ah? That's worth a celebratory Swig, I suppose!
15 Illinois Fighting Illini WOOOO!!!! Maybe they're higher than they should be, but c'mon! After St. Bert and his motley crew helped cap off an incredible season that Urbana-Champaign hasn't seen in decades by dispatching of the Dixie Menace that's destroying the very moral fabric of the sport in the Cheez-It Bowl (all due respect to South Carolina)...I think I deserve to be a bit biased with the team(s) I love hahahaha.
16 Army West Point Maybe a bit overrated? Perhaps...but hey, gotta respect the troops and the great effort they've put into the year!
17 South Carolina Gamecocks Out of all the 3-loss SEC teams, these guys are the one whose case is the most sympathetic for me, with the close losses and BS reffing against LSU and whatnot...you guys tried hard, but alas, it was just not enough against the mighty B1G...heh...much respect though, as I said.
18 Missouri Tigers WOOOO AGAIN!!! Yeah, Mizzou has been a bit overrated this season, especially when it became clear that this wasn't the same team as last season...but honestly, after righting the (tempered) course following a streaky middle part of the year, all capped off by a nice clutch win against Iowa in the Music City Bowl...I suppose it DOES NOT hurt to have them at a reasonable position. And also...of course, ain't no better opportunity to be so biased for my favorite teams hahaha!!
19 Alabama Crimson Tide
20 UNLV Rebels Rebs! God, what a great season it's been for them...beating the same team that beat them in their last bowl game...getting ranked...almost making it into the CFP...and even pulling off the bowl game win AFTER Odom got poached...what a fun ride in the Sin City! And I hope Sluka enjoyed watching the guys play even BETTER from the sidelines lol
21 Clemson Tigers
22 Syracuse Orange
23 Memphis Tigers
24 Miami Hurricanes
25 Navy Midshipmen

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