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idiot:\u251c\u00e9\u252c\u00e1\u251c\u00e9\u252c\u00e1\u251c\u00e9\u252c\u00e1\u251c\u00e9\u252c\u00e11. Let me assure you, I am fully aware that I am an idiot.\u251c\u00e9\u252c\u00e1\u251c\u00e9\u252c\u00e1\u251c\u00e9\u252c\u00e1\u251c\u00e9\u252c\u00e12. 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They are going to bring Urban back, they don't give a shit)" }, { "rank": 10, "team": { "id": 7, "handle": "miami", "name": "Miami Hurricanes" }, "rationale": "Good team last year, returning a pretty nice amount of production per Bill C, and a proven coach.\u251c\u00e9\u252c\u00e1" }, { "rank": 11, "team": { "id": 19, "handle": "oklahoma", "name": "Oklahoma Sooners" }, "rationale": "Not 100% confident in Lincoln Riley without an other-worldly good QB. We'll see.\u251c\u00e9\u252c\u00e1" }, { "rank": 12, "team": { "id": 21, "handle": "tcu", "name": "TCU Horned Frogs" }, "rationale": "Gary Patterson." }, { "rank": 13, "team": { "id": 35, "handle": "pennstate", "name": "Penn State Nittany Lions" }, "rationale": "Have been solid for 2 straight years. Have a really good coach. But also lost one of the best RBs in the country.\u251c\u00e9\u252c\u00e1" }, { "rank": 14, "team": { "id": 45, "handle": "stanford", "name": "Stanford Cardinal" }, "rationale": "They have a running back who is pretty good.\u251c\u00e9\u252c\u00e1" }, { "rank": 15, "team": { "id": 29, "handle": "michigan", "name": "Michigan Wolverines" }, "rationale": "This feels about where they should be, based on some decent success in Harbaugh's first two years followed by a down season from which they are returning most of their players.\u251c\u00e9\u252c\u00e1" }, { "rank": 16, "team": { "id": 47, "handle": "usc", "name": "USC Trojans" }, "rationale": "Losing a LOT from last year, but they always have good enough athletes to compete.\u251c\u00e9\u252c\u00e1" }, { "rank": 17, "team": { "id": 24, "handle": "westvirginia", "name": "West Virginia Mountaineers" }, "rationale": "Will is a good QB. 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"rationale": "" }, { "rank": 15, "team": { "id": 47, "handle": "usc", "name": "USC Trojans" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 16, "team": { "id": 29, "handle": "michigan", "name": "Michigan Wolverines" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 17, "team": { "id": 13, "handle": "virginiatech", "name": "Virginia Tech Hokies" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 18, "team": { "id": 80, "handle": "ucf", "name": "UCF Knights" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 19, "team": { "id": 58, "handle": "mississippistate", "name": "Mississippi State Bulldogs" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 20, "team": { "id": 24, "handle": "westvirginia", "name": "West Virginia Mountaineers" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 21, "team": { "id": 4, "handle": "floridastate", "name": "Florida State Seminoles" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 22, "team": { "id": 109, "handle": "boisestate", "name": "Boise State Broncos" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 23, "team": { "id": 20, "handle": "oklahomastate", "name": "Oklahoma State Cowboys" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 24, "team": { "id": 43, "handle": "oregon", "name": "Oregon Ducks" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 25, "team": { "id": 129, "handle": "troy", "name": "Troy Trojans" }, "rationale": "" } ] }, { "id": 22226, "username": "bgr308", "ballot_type": "Human", "submission_date": "2018-08-17T23:06:59.304000+00:00", "overall_rationale": "Started out with a list of all 130 FBS teams and took out the teams\u251c\u00e9\u252c\u00e1 I could not argue at all about being top 25 caliber. I then narrowed the list down to 40 teams and put them into 5 tiers (top 5, top 10, top 15, top 25, and likely outside the top 25). I then put together a top 40 ranking.The google doc below will show how and what I did. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1XYpT2cl_Sor4HqJzvWrsdNgOjW1eLtB9wbKysRJi8Qk/edit?usp=sharing", "entries": [ { "rank": 1, "team": { "id": 51, "handle": "alabama", "name": "Alabama Crimson Tide" }, "rationale": "Alabama." }, { "rank": 2, "team": { "id": 2, "handle": "clemson", "name": "Clemson Tigers" }, "rationale": "Nasty D-Line and will have an improved offense" }, { "rank": 3, "team": { "id": 19, "handle": "oklahoma", "name": "Oklahoma Sooners" }, "rationale": "I don't think the dropoff between Mayfield and Murray is going to be as big as many think." }, { "rank": 4, "team": { "id": 49, "handle": "washington", "name": "Washington Huskies" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 5, "team": { "id": 55, "handle": "georgia", "name": "Georgia Bulldogs" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 6, "team": { "id": 34, "handle": "ohiostate", "name": "Ohio State Buckeyes" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 7, "team": { "id": 38, "handle": "wisconsin", "name": "Wisconsin Badgers" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 8, "team": { "id": 53, "handle": "auburn", "name": "Auburn Tigers" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 9, "team": { "id": 35, "handle": "pennstate", "name": "Penn State Nittany Lions" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 10, "team": { "id": 47, "handle": "usc", "name": "USC Trojans" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 11, "team": { "id": 30, "handle": "michiganstate", "name": "Michigan State Spartans" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 12, "team": { "id": 45, "handle": "stanford", "name": "Stanford Cardinal" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 13, "team": { "id": 21, "handle": "tcu", "name": "TCU Horned Frogs" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 14, "team": { "id": 29, "handle": "michigan", "name": "Michigan Wolverines" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 15, "team": { "id": 7, "handle": "miami", "name": "Miami Hurricanes" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 16, "team": { "id": 24, "handle": "westvirginia", "name": "West Virginia Mountaineers" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 17, "team": { "id": 67, "handle": "notredame", "name": "Notre Dame Fighting Irish" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 18, "team": { "id": 20, "handle": "oklahomastate", "name": "Oklahoma State Cowboys" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 19, "team": { "id": 58, "handle": "mississippistate", "name": "Mississippi State Bulldogs" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 20, "team": { "id": 80, "handle": "ucf", "name": "UCF Knights" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 21, "team": { "id": 109, "handle": "boisestate", "name": "Boise State Broncos" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 22, "team": { "id": 43, "handle": "oregon", "name": "Oregon Ducks" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 23, "team": { "id": 13, "handle": "virginiatech", "name": "Virginia Tech Hokies" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 24, "team": { "id": 83, "handle": "fau", "name": "FAU Owls" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 25, "team": { "id": 9, "handle": "ncstate", "name": "NC State Wolfpack" }, "rationale": "" } ] }, { "id": 22227, "username": "Bill3ffinMurray", "ballot_type": "Human", "submission_date": "2018-08-20T03:22:04.686000+00:00", "overall_rationale": "", "entries": [ { "rank": 1, "team": { "id": 51, "handle": "alabama", "name": "Alabama Crimson Tide" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 2, "team": { "id": 55, "handle": "georgia", "name": "Georgia Bulldogs" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 3, "team": { "id": 2, "handle": "clemson", "name": "Clemson Tigers" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 4, "team": { "id": 34, "handle": "ohiostate", "name": "Ohio State Buckeyes" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 5, "team": { "id": 38, "handle": "wisconsin", "name": "Wisconsin Badgers" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 6, "team": { "id": 49, "handle": "washington", "name": "Washington Huskies" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 7, "team": { "id": 19, "handle": "oklahoma", "name": "Oklahoma Sooners" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 8, "team": { "id": 35, "handle": "pennstate", "name": "Penn State Nittany Lions" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 9, "team": { "id": 7, "handle": "miami", "name": "Miami Hurricanes" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 10, "team": { "id": 53, "handle": "auburn", "name": "Auburn Tigers" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 11, "team": { "id": 67, "handle": "notredame", "name": "Notre Dame Fighting Irish" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 12, "team": { "id": 29, "handle": "michigan", "name": "Michigan Wolverines" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 13, "team": { "id": 47, "handle": "usc", "name": "USC Trojans" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 14, "team": { "id": 58, "handle": "mississippistate", "name": "Mississippi State Bulldogs" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 15, "team": { "id": 30, "handle": "michiganstate", "name": "Michigan State Spartans" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 16, "team": { "id": 24, "handle": "westvirginia", "name": "West Virginia Mountaineers" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 17, "team": { "id": 21, "handle": "tcu", "name": "TCU Horned Frogs" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 18, "team": { "id": 22, "handle": "texas", "name": "Texas Longhorns" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 19, "team": { "id": 45, "handle": "stanford", "name": "Stanford Cardinal" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 20, "team": { "id": 13, "handle": "virginiatech", "name": "Virginia Tech Hokies" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 21, "team": { "id": 80, "handle": "ucf", "name": "UCF Knights" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 22, "team": { "id": 4, "handle": "floridastate", "name": "Florida State Seminoles" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 23, "team": { "id": 109, "handle": "boisestate", "name": "Boise State Broncos" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 24, "team": { "id": 33, "handle": "northwestern", "name": "Northwestern Wildcats" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 25, "team": { "id": 63, "handle": "texasam", "name": "Texas A&M Aggies" }, "rationale": "" } ] }, { "id": 22228, "username": "Blooblod", "ballot_type": "Human", "submission_date": "2018-08-18T01:11:16.018000+00:00", "overall_rationale": "My preseason poll is based solely on team rosters/depth charts, returning experience, and coaching. Schedules aren't factored in for my rankings but they are for my predicted records if you care to read my reasoning for each team's placement. A few teams that were in my top 25 at various points throughout the offseason but didn't end up making the final cut: FAU, LSU, Maryland (one year picking them as my dark horse will finally pan out), and Northwestern. As you can see, I wrote pretty long-ass reasons for my preseason poll but as the season goes on will only be doing so for rankings that I see being controversial.", "entries": [ { "rank": 1, "team": { "id": 51, "handle": "alabama", "name": "Alabama Crimson Tide" }, "rationale": "We've all come to accept the fact that Tua Tagovailoa is the greatest football player to ever walk the Earth and that this will be the SEC's most explosive offense ever. With both of those being true, my only real concern for this team is the secondary--the five projected starters return a combined two games started. This group will almost definitely be playing at a high level towards the end of the year, but it will be interesting to see if they experience growing pains early on. My Crimson Tide record prediction: 11-1. I think they slip up somewhere along the way, and if I were forced to pick where . . . congratulations, Missouri Tigers, you're upsetting the Crimson Tide in their own stadium on October 13th." }, { "rank": 2, "team": { "id": 2, "handle": "clemson", "name": "Clemson Tigers" }, "rationale": "You're probably tired of hearing about whether or not Trevor Lawrence will take Kelly Bryant's job, so let's talk about the d-line instead. Oh, you're tired of hearing about them too? Okay, well the rest of the defense will still be good. Kendall Joseph is a stud LB moving to the Mike role. In the secondary, I'm looking for a big jump this year from corners Trayvon Mullen and Mark Fields (the latter of whom still hasn't locked down a starting spot however). My Tigers record prediction: 11-1. Like Alabama, I think Clemson slips up and loses a game that they shouldn't. My personal prediction is that they lose at Wake Forest to the Clawffense--but a loss to Boston College in Chestnut Hill wouldn't shock me either." }, { "rank": 3, "team": { "id": 34, "handle": "ohiostate", "name": "Ohio State Buckeyes" }, "rationale": "Ohio State replaces talent as well as anyone in the country, and this year they don't even have a whole lot to replace. 17th year senior J.T. Barrett is finally gone, but as a fan of the team that got dismantled by Dwayne Haskins' arm, I'm all aboard the Dwayne Train (although I wouldn't mind seeing it run off the tracks). The d-line, headlined by Nick \"I Can't Believe There's Another One\" Bosa, is going to be an elite group. The secondary is home to one of my biggest picks for a potential breakout star: Jeffrey Okudah. The song remains the same for the Buckeyes and even in the most difficult division in football this team will almost assuredly win double digit games. My Buckeyes record prediction: 11-1. The B1G East is just too good to make it through unscathed. Penn State gets revenge on the Buckeyes in a potential Whiteout game at Beaver Stadium." }, { "rank": 4, "team": { "id": 55, "handle": "georgia", "name": "Georgia Bulldogs" }, "rationale": "Jake Fromm was always going to be the week one starter, but even if Justin Fields takes meaningful snaps both QBs will have a shiny new weapon to throw to in Cal transfer Demetris Robertson. If he proves to be the same player that he was before injury, Robertson is one of the most dangerous receivers in the country and UGA's offense could have a dynamic that it lacked last season. Make no mistake, the run game is still going to be what this offense is all about and the line blocking for runners could somehow be better than last year's despite losing first round draft pick Isaiah Wynn. Concerns about the defense might be warranted . . . to some extent. Losing Roquan Smith is huge and probably isn't something that can just be patched over, but this defense is still stacked. Look for D'Andre Walker to have a monster year; he had 13.5 TFLs last year despite being behind Lorenzo Carter. The secondary is home to two potential All-Americans in DeAndre Baker and J.R. Reed. My Bulldogs record prediction: 12-0. Congratulations UGA, you're the only team that I have going undefeated in the regular season." }, { "rank": 5, "team": { "id": 38, "handle": "wisconsin", "name": "Wisconsin Badgers" }, "rationale": "Thiccsconsin returns the girthiest o-line in the country--and we all know girth is what really matters. With 27 potential All-Americans starting on the o-line, Jonathan Taylor will have plenty of holes to run through as he aims to take home the Doak Walker Award. The defense will be headlined by the LB corps--T.J. Edwards in particular being a Butkus candidate, but don't sleep on Ryan Connelly or Andrew Van Ginkel having huge seasons either. The LBs wouldn't be able to do their job without massive, backflipping NT Olive Sagapolu in the middle. Elsewhere on the line, look for Isaiahh Loudermilk to have a breakout year if and when he's healthy. The secondary has some questions, but D'Cota Dixon is one of the best returning safeties in the country and CB Dontye Carriere-Williams showed promise last year. My Badgers record prediction: 11-1. The cross-division schedule isn't as forgiving this year, and with road trips to both Michigan and Penn State the Badgers probably won't go undefeated in the regular season." }, { "rank": 6, "team": { "id": 49, "handle": "washington", "name": "Washington Huskies" }, "rationale": "DBU is probably down in Baton Rouge (I know I probably just pissed off like two of the three people who will read this) but Washington looks to be gunning for that title as well. The 2016 UW secondary was one of the best in recent memory but this year's might be even better--and it's certainly deeper. This secondary might have seven EVENTUAL All-americans. Byron Murphy is a legitimate Thorpe candidate . . . oh, and so are Taylor Rapp and Jordan Miller. On offense, Jake \"Noodle Arm\" Browning gets as much criticism as he does love--both probably being fair. The receiving corps is a concern, but if Chico McClatcher is the same guy he was before injury he should be a reliable target. Myles Gaskin should continue his trend of steady improvement and could even be an All-American. My Huskies record prediction: 11-1. I gave the Huskies the W in their season opener against Auburn, but that game is definitely a coin flip that could go either way. I have their one loss coming from archrival Oregon Ducks. I think the Ducks get revenge for being embarrassed by the Huskies the last two times they met and Eugene goes crazy for a night. Quack." }, { "rank": 7, "team": { "id": 35, "handle": "pennstate", "name": "Penn State Nittany Lions" }, "rationale": "I feel like Penn State lost someone pretty good this offseason, but for the life of me I can't remember who. Oh well, they're probably replaceable. Look for Trace \"50-50 Ball\" McSorley to break the 50-50 ball stereotype this season as he propels the Nittany Lions to another great season. Miles Sanders, who for some reason didn't play a big role last season, is also a huge breakout candidate--but don't sleep on Mark Allen either. James Franklin has hinted at this possibly being the year of the o-line in Happy Valley, which probably left a lot of the Nittany Lion faithful confused being that most of them probably don't know what an o-line is. The LB corps just got a huge boost with the return of the previously-dismissed Manny Bowen. The d-line replaces both DTs but should still be great at all four spots. A trio of talented corners will hope to take some pressure off a safety tandem that could be a weak spot. Also, I still have no idea what position Lamont Wade plays. My Nittany Lions record prediction: 10-2. I think Akron takes a step back this year, but Terry Bowden has been around too long to not have some tricks up his sleeve. Look for Bowden and the Zips to win two of their 12 meetings with the Nittany Lions this season." }, { "rank": 8, "team": { "id": 19, "handle": "oklahoma", "name": "Oklahoma Sooners" }, "rationale": "I'm being told by my sources that former Oklahoma QB, Maker Bayfield, did in fact really do this shit. But even without Bayfield, the Sooners will trot out one of the best offenses in the country. Kyler \"Literally Willie Mays\" Murray has gotten a lot of attention this offseason for being drafted to play an irrelevant sport. He's projected to be the starting QB for the Sooners, but I wouldn't forget about Austin Kendall either. Expecting either one of them to be Bayfield is wildly unfair, but regardless of who the QB is in Norman, Lincoln Riley will have this offense humming. The defense is where the questions lie. As an outsider, I'll admit that everyone on OU's defense kind of blends together into one amorphous being--even former recruiting gem Caleb Kelly. Unfortunately, Caleb Kelly no longer exists as his molecular structure has been fully absorbed by the amorphous being at this point. Look for true freshman Brendan Radley-Hiles to make an impact in the secondary and hopefully not be absorbed by the amorphous being. My Sooners record prediction: 11-1. I have the Sooners cruising to an 11-0 start, only to fall to West Virginia in Morgantown in a shootout for the ages. Some guys just want to watch couches burn." }, { "rank": 9, "team": { "id": 7, "handle": "miami", "name": "Miami Hurricanes" }, "rationale": "The U had some huge losses on the d-line this offseason, but don't let that distract you from the fact that Kansas beat Texas in football. Miami will still have a scary-good d-line though; DEs Joe Jackson and Demetrius Jackson missed a combined nine games last season but still racked up 18 TFLs and 10 sacks together . . . oh, and they both played less snaps than now-departed Chad Thomas and Trent Harris. Shaquille Quarterman and Michael Pinckney leads one of the best LB corps in the country while Jaquan Johnson and Michael Jackson lead what could also be one of the best secondaries. The offense's preview is pretty simple. RBs: stacked. Receivers: stacked. O-line: tackles and center should be good, guards could be a problem. QB: . . . yikes. My Hurricanes record prediction: 11-1. It seems like a lot of people are skeptical of the Canes repeating a double digit win regular season but I think this team is absolutely stacked outside of QB and OG. I have Boston College knocking off the Canes in a crazy night game in Chestnut Hill, but that's the only L." }, { "rank": 10, "team": { "id": 30, "handle": "michiganstate", "name": "Michigan State Spartans" }, "rationale": "After a 3-9 season in 2016 it was easy to write off the Spartans and say that their incredible run was coming to an end. But then Mike Dantonio engineered one of the most impressive turnarounds in recent memory to get the Spartans back to double digit wins; and they return most of last year's team too. Brian Lewerke will look to build on a promising first year as a starter and a spectacular WR trio should help him do that. The o-line loses Brian Allen, but the other four starters all return. What's crazy is that MSU will have ANOTHER Allen starting at center this year in Matt Allen. That makes SEVEN STRAIGHT YEARS of having an Allen brother start at center. The defense should be one of the best in the country. Kenny Willekes was quietly dominant last year and the Spartans have a quartet of dangerous DTs on the interior of the line. At LB, Joe Bachie is a Dude and Andrew Dowell is a guy. The third LB spot could be a concern, but one of the guys in the mix is Bullough Clone #457. In the secondary, David Dowell could have a breakout year (seriously, what the hell is with all the brothers in EL) and the CB duo of Josiah Scott (who unfortunately will miss time with injury) and Justin Layne should remind fans of another recent MSU CB duo. My Spartans record prediction: 10-2. I think the Spartans get the ever-important home win against the Wolverines, but had to roll with the Buckeyes and Nittany Lions in their other two tough East match-ups.\u251c\u00e9\u252c\u00e1" }, { "rank": 11, "team": { "id": 53, "handle": "auburn", "name": "Auburn Tigers" }, "rationale": "The Tigers will showcase a d-line with a freakish amount of potential. Derrick Brown, Marlon Davidson, and Dontavius Russell are all proven studs. T.D. Moultry looks to be the new starter at the Buck LB/DE position, but Auburn has two more edge rushers behind him in Nick Coe and Big Kat Bryant that could probably start at most schools across the country. Jamel Dean and Javaris Davis should combine to be a dangerous CB duo, and while the safeties probably won't be as good as the corners they look to at least be reliable. The offense will be interesting this year. The o-line has a lot of new faces, but Marquel Harrell and Mike Horton are solid at both guard spots. If the line gives Jarrett Stidham at least decent protection he could have a huge year. Gus Malzahn always seems to find a good RB--look for Kam Martin to have a big season. My Tigers record prediction: 9-3. The Tigers have a brutal schedule for the second year in a row. If you look at it, you can probably figure out exactly who I had them losing to. Auburn could definitely win any of those three games, but it will be a tough task." }, { "rank": 12, "team": { "id": 67, "handle": "notredame", "name": "Notre Dame Fighting Irish" }, "rationale": "The Irish return a ton on defense this year. Look for senior DT Crooked Jerry Tillery to lead the d-line garner some attention from draft scouts. At LB, Drue Tranquill is now fully transitioned from safety/rover and will start alongside Te'Von Coney. The secondary is led by Julian Love, but all of the other starters and even a few of the backups are reliable. The defense might not pop on screen like Clemson or Alabama, but it doesn't have an apparent weak spot. The offense, on the other hand, does have a weakness. The passing game, or rather the lack of one, could dictate how ND's season goes. Even with the losses of Mike McGlinchey and Quenton Nelson this o-line should still steamroll most opponents and clear room for runners, but if Wimbush hasn't learned to throw a football to another human it could be a rough season for this offense. My Fighting Irish record prediction: 9-3. I think Michigan gets revenge for being shutout the last time this rivalry was played. Despite how good this defense might be, look for Bryce Love and Malcolm Perry to run wild and give Notre Dame their other two losses. The good news is that the Irish get the win against archrival USC to close the season.\u251c\u00e9\u252c\u00e1" }, { "rank": 13, "team": { "id": 29, "handle": "michigan", "name": "Michigan Wolverines" }, "rationale": "Since I'm no longer sporting a Michigan flair I feel like, for transparency, I should mention that I'm a U-M fan. Hopefully we'll see better QB play from Shea \"Literally Tom Brady\" Peppers than we did from a less-than-ideal QB situation last season, but how the o-line plays will dictate whether this offense sinks or swims. Cesar Ruiz looks to be a stud at center and Ben Bredeson is a reliable guard, but outside of that not much is settled. The good news is that Ed Warriner is now coaching the line and, maybe more importantly, the whole line is being coached by the same guy Hopefully a simpler scheme will make a difference for this line, but only time will tell. The skill positions look to be a good with a formidable RB duo and a quartet of ridiculously talented second-year WRs--any of whom could have a breakout season. The defense is the same old story for Don Brown. The front seven and corners shouldn't concern Michigan fans at all, but both safety spots could be worrisome. My Wolverines record prediction: 9-3. The schedule for the Wolverines is absolutely brutal this year, and even though this is a team with the potential to beat anyone in the country they might not even reach double digit wins. If the Wolverines beat the Irish in the season opener, I think their struggles against rivals still continue with losses at MSU and OSU. Their third loss is a nice surprise from Northwestern." }, { "rank": 14, "team": { "id": 45, "handle": "stanford", "name": "Stanford Cardinal" }, "rationale": "For the first time in seemingly forever, the Stanford defense is actually a pretty big concern of mine. Bobby Okereke leads a LB corps that should be decent and Alijah Holder could have a big year at CB, but outside of that I think it's fair to question this defense. An unproven d-line could cause problems. The line on the other side of the ball could be Stanford's best in at least a few years however. Look for the line to take another step forward with five potential all-conference picks. Having the best RB in the country run behind a line like this is a recipe for a stellar ground game. My Cardinal record prediction: 10-2. I think Stanford gets some good breaks here, especially getting USC early, and I'm not sure they'll be as good as a 10-2 record might indicate. Their road game against Washington is a tough one that I have the Cardinal losing, but before that happens I think Arizona State pulls of a shocking upset in the desert." }, { "rank": 15, "team": { "id": 47, "handle": "usc", "name": "USC Trojans" }, "rationale": "USC has one of the most talented rosters in the country once again, but the playoff aspirations of the Trojans rest on the shoulders of a true freshman. The offense around J.T. Daniels should give him plenty of help, but tough road games at Stanford and Texas early in the season will be a trial by fire for the young QB. A snakebitten o-line hopes to be much improved this season and could make a world of difference. On defense, look for Christian Rector and Cameron Smith to have huge years and for a pair of redshirt freshman DTs to make a name for themselves in Marlon Tuipulotu and Jay Tufele. The pressure's on for Iman Marshall as it's his last chance to prove that he can be a lockdown corner for the Trojans. My Trojans record prediction: 9-3. J.T. Daniels will show his youth in week two against Stanford. After a close win against Texas, Khalil Tate runs wild against a defense that is otherwise stout for the rest of the year. By the time Notre Dame rolls around in week 13, J.T. Daniels is fully settled in and the Trojans are looking like one of the best teams in the country--but ND squeaks out a win in a close and possibly controversial game between these rival superpowers." }, { "rank": 16, "team": { "id": 21, "handle": "tcu", "name": "TCU Horned Frogs" }, "rationale": "The season-ending injury to Ross Blacklock can't be understated. Even if he wasn't going to be the best player on their defensive front he was the most irreplaceable. TCU's front six will still be a huge strength. DEs Ben Banogu and L.J. Collier will make life unpleasant for opposing QBs while Ty Summers and NIU transfer Jawuan Johnson will form a dominant LB duo. I think Johnson is a particularly interesting case--he might have been the best G5 LB in the country last year and now he transfers to a defensive system that is conducive to LBs putting up huge numbers under a coach known for developing defensive talent. I have Johnson as a sleeper Butkus candidate. The offense has a few more questions, particularly at QB and o-line. Hopes are high for QB Shawn Robinson, but he's far from a sure thing. WR Jalen Reagor broke out for 170 yards against Stanford in the Something Bowl at the end of last season; look for him to step into the national spotlight this season. My Horned Frogs record prediction: 9-3. I was already tentative on my original 10-2 prediction for the Horned Frogs, so the Blacklock injury knocks them down a whole game. I think Ohio State and Oklahoma both best TCU, but so will Texas thanks to a stout performance from Todd Orlando's defense." }, { "rank": 17, "team": { "id": 43, "handle": "oregon", "name": "Oregon Ducks" }, "rationale": "This isn't your father's Oregon Ducks teams. While there's still plenty of talent at the offensive skill positions, gone is the abundance of undersize guys who run 4.30s. Beefy lines of scrimmage on both sides of the ball is what will power the Ducks under Mario Cristobal. Yeah, beef isn't a word you normally associate with Oregon football. Somehow I've made it this far without mentioning Justin Herbert. Now I've mentioned him. On defense, Jim Leavitt has put together a surprisingly tough group with a potential superstar at each level. Jalen Jelks, one of the most underrated players in the country, headlines the d-line while Troy Dye leads the LB group. Look for OLB Justin Hollins to take a big step forward and help both the LBs and the DL cause havoc. In the secondary, \"safety\" Ugo Amadi will lead the way with CB Thomas Graham Jr. as a potential breakout candidate. My Ducks record prediction: 10-2. The schedule definitely helps the Ducks here, plus I have them getting the W in their hardest game of the season against Washington. I do foresee slip ups against Stanford and Utah though." }, { "rank": 18, "team": { "id": 4, "handle": "floridastate", "name": "Florida State Seminoles" }, "rationale": "You know a program is doing something right when their worst season in 40 years still results in going to a bowl*. This roster is still loaded, but it's not without holes. The o-line always seems to be a concern in Tallahassee despite always having a wealth of talent; we'll have to see if this year's line lives up to its potential. Cam Akers is a potential star at RB and the rest of the skill positions are solid. The defense is what really makes FSU dangerous though. DEs Brian Burns and Joshua Kaindoh will find themselves in opposing offense's backfields quite often, and Demarcus Christmas is a potential breakout candidate on the inside. The LB corps will have three guys with little to no experience but, being that this is FSU we're talking about, they're obviously all talented. The secondary has more starter-quality guys than you can count, but the one who really stands out is All-American hopeful Levonta Taylor. My final Seminoles record prediction: 9-3. I have FSU winning the games they should and losing the ones that, at this point, they look to be underdogs in." }, { "rank": 19, "team": { "id": 58, "handle": "mississippistate", "name": "Mississippi State Bulldogs" }, "rationale": "The underdogs for the title of best defensive line in the country (not including Clemson) are down in Starkville. Jeffery Simmons might just be the best DT in the country (not including Ed Oliver) while Montez Sweat quietly led the SEC in TFLs for last season. The rest of the defense isn't quite as potent, but should still be good. CB Jamal Peters hasn't lived up to his potential yet, but this could be the year he puts it all together. On offense, new head coach Joe Moorhead has some nice pieces to work with. Elgton Jenkins leads a reliable offensive line that should keep Nick Fitzgerald upright most of the time. And, while the WR corps is a huge question mark, RB Aeris Williams crossed the 1,000 rushing yard threshold last season. My Bulldogs record prediction: 9-3. I think Mississippi State will be fall to both Alabama and Auburn, and for the second year in a row LSU will get a much-needed win from an opponent that has a nuclear meltdown in the 4th quarter." }, { "rank": 20, "team": { "id": 1, "handle": "bostoncollege", "name": "Boston College Eagles" }, "rationale": "Don't look now, but Boston College might be becoming the Wisconsin of the East Coast. They've still got a long way to go if that is indeed the destination, but A.J. Dillon is as good of a runner as you'll find in college football and he'll be running behind a veteran offensive line. The passing game is still a concern, but as long as it isn't completely nonexistent the offense should be able to find a way to move the chains. BC always seems to be good on defense. They lost mega-star DE Harold Landry but return Zach Allen on the other side of the line as well as ballhawking safety Lukas Denis. Connor Strachan returns from injury to lead the LB corps while John Lamont and Kevin Bletzer are both breakout candidates. My Golden Eagles record prediction: 9-3. I think BC will make some noise when they beat Miami and start the season 9-0 with A.J. Dillon Heisman hype in full swing a playoff talk creeping up. A disappointing 0-3 finish will leave a bad taste in fans' mouths, but this would still be a successful season for the Golden Eagles and a huge building block for the future of this program." }, { "rank": 21, "team": { "id": 24, "handle": "westvirginia", "name": "West Virginia Mountaineers" }, "rationale": "It was tempting to put the Mountaineers a lot higher than this due to their sexy, sexy passing offense powered by Will Grier and what is arguably the best receiving corps in the country. Look for left tackle Yodny Cajuste to become a household name this season. When it comes to defense I'm probably not as low on WVU are you are, dear reader, but it could still be a major source of headaches for the Mountaineers. The defense does have one verified Mega-Dude in Butkus candidate David Long. My Mountaineers record prediction: 8-4. The highlight here is WVU's season finale win over 11-0 Oklahoma in Morgantown." }, { "rank": 22, "team": { "id": 80, "handle": "ucf", "name": "UCF Knights" }, "rationale": "There seems to be a lot of skepticism regarding the Citronauts and their ability to replicate a season similar to last year. I happen to be in the camp that believes they have the potential to be almost as good. The defense loses a lot, and mama came callin' for Scott Frost, but this is still a team with hopes of making the G5 NY6 bid. New HC Josh Heupel produced a prolific passing offense at Missouri last season, and UCF returns McKenzie Milton to help him replicate that success in Orlando. Defensive attrition could be a real concern though. Pat Jasinski and Trysten Hill will lead a front seven that strives to thrive in the middle of a youth movement. My Citronauts record prediction: 11-1. P6 jokes aside, the AAC is a tough conference and chances are UCF won't go undefeated in it again. I have them losing a road game to Memphis, but that could set up the AAC Championship as the perfect revenge game for UCF." }, { "rank": 23, "team": { "id": 109, "handle": "boisestate", "name": "Boise State Broncos" }, "rationale": "Boise State seems to be the consensus favorite to fill in the G5 NY6 spot, and looking at their roster it's pretty easy to see why. Brett Rypien is an efficient QB, Alexander Mattison is a returning 1,000 yard rusher, and the o-line looks to be strong again. The defense is absolutely stacked, and not just by G5 standards. David Moa, Curtis Weaver, and Jabril Frazier are all-conference candidates on the line while the secondary is just loaded at every single spot. My Broncos record prediction: 11-1. Boise State has a tough non-conference schedule with road trips to Troy and Oklahoma State, but I think they pass both tests. The Broncos got lucky with the conference slate; getting both Fresno State and SDSU at home--but I think Juwan Washington still carries SDSU to the upset win." }, { "rank": 24, "team": { "id": 61, "handle": "southcarolina", "name": "South Carolina Gamecocks" }, "rationale": "Did you know Cocks QB Jake Bentley should only be a freshman in high school? The young guy will have help on offense with Cocks teammate Deebo Samuel returning from injury. Rico Dowdle and A.J. Turner will form the Cocks' RB duo. Both Dowdle and Turner are guys, but I'm hesitant to call either a Dude quite yet. Donnell Stanley will lead a Cocks offensive line that will play anywhere from poorly to quite well. On the other side of the ball, Muschamp has the Cocks playing (insert any of the following adjectives: aggressive, gritty, gutsy, passionate, staunch, tough) defense that will give even the best teams on the Cocks' schedule trouble. Cocks DE D.J. Wonnum is quietly returning from a 13 TFL season while Cocks CB Rashad Fenton hopes to prove that he really is one of the best corners in the SEC. My Cocks record prediction: 9-3. I don't think they upset either Georgia or Clemson, and I have Jimbo leading A&M to a hard-fought victory, but don't count the Cocks out in any of those games." }, { "rank": 25, "team": { "id": 16, "handle": "iowastate", "name": "Iowa State Cyclones" }, "rationale": "Iowa State was one of the best stories of 2017. After a seemingly infinite existence of being locked in the cellar of the Big 12 and being condemned to an eternity of ineptitude despite surprisingly loyal and hardcore fans, Matt Campbell finally brought the Cyclones out into the light. On October 7th, Iowa State shocked the college football world when they upset #3 Oklahoma IN Norman. Then, three weeks later, they did it again when they upset #4 TCU. Matt Campbell has brought an optimism back to Ames that hasn't been there in, well, maybe forever. QB Kyle Kempt is back with a\u251c\u00e9\u252c\u00e1 sixth\u251c\u00e9\u252c\u00e1 year of eligibility, and while Allen Lazard is gone look for Hakeem Butler to fill in his footsteps. The defense is solid but unspectacular at every level. The Cyclones return productive LB duo\u251c\u00e9\u252c\u00e1 Marcel Spears Jr. and Willie Harvey, and on the back end Bryan Peavy (who has been one of my personal favorites since he was a freshman) will have his eyes on the Thorpe Award. My Cyclones record prediction: 8-4. I don't have Iowa State pulling off any Earth-shattering upsets this year, but look for the Cyclones to give the top teams in the Big 12 a run for their money." } ] }, { "id": 22229, "username": "BlueFalcon89", "ballot_type": "Human", "submission_date": "2018-08-17T01:47:30.075000+00:00", "overall_rationale": "", "entries": [ { "rank": 1, "team": { "id": 55, "handle": "georgia", "name": "Georgia Bulldogs" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 2, "team": { "id": 51, "handle": "alabama", "name": "Alabama Crimson Tide" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 3, "team": { "id": 2, "handle": "clemson", "name": "Clemson Tigers" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 4, "team": { "id": 38, "handle": "wisconsin", "name": "Wisconsin Badgers" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 5, "team": { "id": 53, "handle": "auburn", "name": "Auburn Tigers" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 6, "team": { "id": 35, "handle": "pennstate", "name": "Penn State Nittany Lions" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 7, "team": { "id": 7, "handle": 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Has questions at QB, but not enough to shake them from the top spot." }, { "rank": 2, "team": { "id": 51, "handle": "alabama", "name": "Alabama Crimson Tide" }, "rationale": "Returning most pieces of a great offense, but with a relatively untested (but talented) defense." }, { "rank": 3, "team": { "id": 55, "handle": "georgia", "name": "Georgia Bulldogs" }, "rationale": "Replacing some great guys on defense, but that offense will only keep getting better." }, { "rank": 4, "team": { "id": 38, "handle": "wisconsin", "name": "Wisconsin Badgers" }, "rationale": "No longer a sleeper team. Wisconsin is the real deal, as is that offense." }, { "rank": 5, "team": { "id": 34, "handle": "ohiostate", "name": "Ohio State Buckeyes" }, "rationale": "As talented as ever, especially with Dobbins. I just think there's room to question if they're the best team in the Big 10." }, { "rank": 6, "team": { "id": 35, "handle": "pennstate", "name": "Penn State Nittany Lions" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 7, "team": { "id": 49, "handle": "washington", "name": "Washington Huskies" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 8, "team": { "id": 19, "handle": "oklahoma", "name": "Oklahoma Sooners" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 9, "team": { "id": 67, "handle": "notredame", "name": "Notre Dame Fighting Irish" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 10, "team": { "id": 21, "handle": "tcu", "name": "TCU Horned Frogs" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 11, "team": { "id": 29, "handle": "michigan", "name": "Michigan Wolverines" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 12, "team": { "id": 53, "handle": "auburn", "name": "Auburn Tigers" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 13, "team": { "id": 24, "handle": "westvirginia", "name": "West Virginia Mountaineers" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 14, "team": { "id": 47, "handle": "usc", "name": "USC Trojans" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 15, "team": { "id": 7, "handle": "miami", "name": "Miami Hurricanes" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 16, "team": { "id": 30, "handle": "michiganstate", "name": "Michigan State Spartans" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 17, "team": { "id": 58, "handle": "mississippistate", "name": "Mississippi State Bulldogs" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 18, "team": { "id": 45, "handle": "stanford", "name": "Stanford Cardinal" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 19, "team": { "id": 22, "handle": "texas", "name": "Texas Longhorns" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 20, "team": { "id": 57, "handle": "lsu", "name": "LSU Tigers" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 21, "team": { "id": 43, "handle": "oregon", "name": "Oregon Ducks" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 22, "team": { "id": 109, "handle": "boisestate", "name": "Boise State Broncos" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 23, "team": { "id": 13, "handle": "virginiatech", "name": "Virginia Tech Hokies" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 24, "team": { "id": 80, "handle": "ucf", "name": "UCF Knights" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 25, "team": { "id": 61, "handle": "southcarolina", "name": "South Carolina Gamecocks" }, "rationale": "" } ] }, { "id": 22232, "username": "BorisNumber1", "ballot_type": "Human", "submission_date": "2018-08-18T02:35:29.122000+00:00", "overall_rationale": "", "entries": [ { "rank": 1, "team": { "id": 51, "handle": "alabama", "name": "Alabama Crimson Tide" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 2, "team": { "id": 55, "handle": "georgia", "name": "Georgia Bulldogs" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 3, "team": { "id": 2, "handle": "clemson", "name": "Clemson Tigers" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 4, "team": { "id": 38, "handle": "wisconsin", "name": "Wisconsin Badgers" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 5, "team": { "id": 49, "handle": "washington", "name": "Washington Huskies" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 6, "team": { "id": 19, "handle": "oklahoma", "name": "Oklahoma Sooners" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 7, "team": { "id": 53, "handle": "auburn", "name": "Auburn Tigers" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 8, "team": { "id": 34, "handle": "ohiostate", "name": "Ohio State Buckeyes" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 9, "team": { "id": 7, "handle": "miami", "name": "Miami Hurricanes" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 10, "team": { "id": 29, "handle": "michigan", "name": "Michigan Wolverines" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 11, "team": { "id": 67, "handle": "notredame", "name": "Notre Dame Fighting Irish" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 12, "team": { "id": 47, "handle": "usc", "name": "USC Trojans" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 13, "team": { "id": 30, "handle": "michiganstate", "name": "Michigan State Spartans" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 14, "team": { "id": 57, "handle": "lsu", "name": "LSU Tigers" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 15, "team": { "id": 35, "handle": "pennstate", "name": "Penn State Nittany Lions" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 16, "team": { "id": 45, "handle": "stanford", "name": "Stanford Cardinal" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 17, "team": { "id": 21, "handle": "tcu", "name": "TCU Horned Frogs" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 18, "team": { "id": 13, "handle": "virginiatech", "name": "Virginia Tech Hokies" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 19, "team": { "id": 20, "handle": "oklahomastate", "name": "Oklahoma State Cowboys" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 20, "team": { "id": 48, "handle": "utah", "name": "Utah Utes" }, "rationale": "Not a popular ranking, but I expect Utah to bounce back this year. They'll continue to be a consistently good football team under Whittingham." }, { "rank": 21, "team": { "id": 80, "handle": "ucf", "name": "UCF Knights" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 22, "team": { "id": 4, "handle": "floridastate", "name": "Florida State Seminoles" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 23, "team": { "id": 27, "handle": "iowa", "name": "Iowa Hawkeyes" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 24, "team": { "id": 24, "handle": "westvirginia", "name": "West Virginia Mountaineers" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 25, "team": { "id": 58, "handle": "mississippistate", "name": "Mississippi State Bulldogs" }, "rationale": "" } ] }, { "id": 22233, "username": "BosskOnASegway", "ballot_type": "Human", "submission_date": "2018-08-20T13:07:41.754000+00:00", "overall_rationale": "", "entries": [ { "rank": 1, "team": { "id": 51, "handle": "alabama", "name": "Alabama Crimson Tide" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 2, "team": { "id": 2, "handle": "clemson", "name": "Clemson Tigers" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 3, "team": { "id": 34, "handle": "ohiostate", "name": "Ohio State Buckeyes" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 4, "team": { "id": 55, "handle": "georgia", "name": "Georgia Bulldogs" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 5, "team": { "id": 49, "handle": "washington", "name": "Washington Huskies" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 6, "team": { "id": 38, "handle": "wisconsin", "name": "Wisconsin Badgers" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 7, "team": { "id": 19, "handle": "oklahoma", "name": "Oklahoma Sooners" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 8, "team": { "id": 35, "handle": "pennstate", "name": "Penn State Nittany Lions" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 9, "team": { "id": 53, "handle": "auburn", "name": "Auburn Tigers" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 10, "team": { "id": 29, "handle": "michigan", "name": "Michigan Wolverines" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 11, "team": { "id": 47, "handle": "usc", "name": "USC Trojans" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 12, "team": { "id": 67, "handle": "notredame", "name": "Notre Dame Fighting Irish" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 13, "team": { "id": 30, "handle": "michiganstate", "name": "Michigan State Spartans" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 14, "team": { "id": 7, "handle": "miami", "name": "Miami Hurricanes" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 15, "team": { "id": 45, "handle": "stanford", "name": "Stanford Cardinal" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 16, "team": { "id": 21, "handle": "tcu", "name": "TCU Horned Frogs" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 17, "team": { "id": 20, "handle": "oklahomastate", "name": "Oklahoma State Cowboys" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 18, "team": { "id": 4, "handle": "floridastate", "name": "Florida State Seminoles" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 19, "team": { "id": 22, "handle": "texas", "name": "Texas Longhorns" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 20, "team": { "id": 58, "handle": "mississippistate", "name": "Mississippi State Bulldogs" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 21, "team": { "id": 109, "handle": "boisestate", "name": "Boise State Broncos" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 22, "team": { "id": 24, "handle": "westvirginia", "name": "West Virginia Mountaineers" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 23, "team": { "id": 83, "handle": "fau", "name": "FAU Owls" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 24, "team": { "id": 32, "handle": "nebraska", "name": "Nebraska Cornhuskers" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 25, "team": { "id": 57, "handle": "lsu", "name": "LSU Tigers" }, "rationale": "" } ] }, { "id": 22234, "username": "boxman151515", "ballot_type": "Human", "submission_date": "2018-08-18T17:16:29.041000+00:00", "overall_rationale": "I will rely more on S&P+ and other metrics as the season goes on and will give more detail rationales for each of my rankings following a few weeks. But there's not a whole lot to go off of in the preseason, so this is just a gut feeling of mine based off what we know about the rosters, coaching staffs, etc. I suspect that by week 2, my rankings will look vastly different once we have some data to work with and can see if teams pass the eye test.", "entries": [ { "rank": 1, "team": { "id": 51, "handle": "alabama", "name": "Alabama Crimson Tide" }, "rationale": "I don't think this requires much of an explanation.\u251c\u00e9\u252c\u00e1" }, { "rank": 2, "team": { "id": 2, "handle": "clemson", "name": "Clemson Tigers" }, "rationale": "Dabo Swinney has built a powerhouse at Clemson, and this year should look a lot like the last few. Expect the Tigers, led by a terrifying defense, to win the ACC and make a run at another national title." }, { "rank": 3, "team": { "id": 55, "handle": "georgia", "name": "Georgia Bulldogs" }, "rationale": "I figured Smart would build Georgia up into a powerhouse at some point, but getting as close as they did to a national title in 2017 was a surprise. I suspect Georgia will give Alabama fits in the SEC for years to come. So much talent on both sides of the ball." }, { "rank": 4, "team": { "id": 34, "handle": "ohiostate", "name": "Ohio State Buckeyes" }, "rationale": "Ohio State might be the most talented team in the country. I know the Urban Meyer situation does nothing to help the team. I suspect he'll remain their head coach, but even if he's not, this is still a team to be reckoned with. Don't underestimate how much distractions can hurt a team, but this team will be a tough one to beat all year, regardless of who's coaching." }, { "rank": 5, "team": { "id": 38, "handle": "wisconsin", "name": "Wisconsin Badgers" }, "rationale": "Jonathan Taylor is my preseason Heisman pick. Expect Wisconsin's offense to be potent this year between Taylor, a stacked offensive line and Alex Hornibrook taking another leap forward. The defense will undoubtedly be good, but they have to replace a lot of talent there, so it might not be quite as great as we're used to under Chryst. But watch out for the Badgers." }, { "rank": 6, "team": { "id": 49, "handle": "washington", "name": "Washington Huskies" }, "rationale": "Petersen is probably the best coach in the country not named Saban, Meyer or Swinney. The way he's built up Washington, the way he built up Boise State, is nothing short of impressive. They return so much talent that I expect them to tear their way through the Pac-12 with few issues." }, { "rank": 7, "team": { "id": 19, "handle": "oklahoma", "name": "Oklahoma Sooners" }, "rationale": "Yeah, they don't have Baker Mayfield anymore. But I don't expect OU to take much of a step back. Riley proved he's a hell of a head coach last year, and I'm not concerned about their talent level or anything like that. They'll be impressive yet again." }, { "rank": 8, "team": { "id": 30, "handle": "michiganstate", "name": "Michigan State Spartans" }, "rationale": "Yet again, I think Mark Dantonio's Spartans are being overlooked. Do people not realize this was a 10-win team last year that returns pretty much everybody? Lewerke will prove to be one of the best QBs in the country, and they're solid-to-great across most position groups. They're a dark-horse Big Ten/playoff contender." }, { "rank": 9, "team": { "id": 53, "handle": "auburn", "name": "Auburn Tigers" }, "rationale": "Unfortunately for Auburn, they play in the same conference as Alabama and Georgia. Fortunately for them, their passing attack should be lights-out with Stridham and a strong receiving corps, and the defense should be one of the best in the country. Don't count them out." }, { "rank": 10, "team": { "id": 35, "handle": "pennstate", "name": "Penn State Nittany Lions" }, "rationale": "No Barkley will hurt Penn State, but now we'll get to see what Trace McSorley can do without him. I suspect he'll do just fine, and might thrive in the spotlight. This team is talented, and James Franklin has given them a swagger that can go a long way in tough games." }, { "rank": 11, "team": { "id": 67, "handle": "notredame", "name": "Notre Dame Fighting Irish" }, "rationale": "People like to talk about Alabama, Clemson, Michigan and other schools having the best defense in the country, but it might end up being Notre Dame's. They return everyone from a killer defense last year. They'll be in every game because of that. If they can avoid injuries on offense, they'll be extremely dangerous." }, { "rank": 12, "team": { "id": 7, "handle": "miami", "name": "Miami Hurricanes" }, "rationale": "The QB situation is sort of iffy, and the defensive line might take a step back. But if they can sort those situations out, Miami could win the ACC. They're stacked pretty much everywhere else." }, { "rank": 13, "team": { "id": 29, "handle": "michigan", "name": "Michigan Wolverines" }, "rationale": "The defense is downright terrifying. Each position group has a potential All-American. The schedule is brutal, but the defense should keep them in every game. Whether Michigan makes a run at the playoff or stumbles to another 8-win campaign will depend on if the offense can improve. I suspect it will under Shea Patterson, working with a strong WR group." }, { "rank": 14, "team": { "id": 45, "handle": "stanford", "name": "Stanford Cardinal" }, "rationale": "Stanford is one of the most consistent programs in the country. Expect that to be the case again. Bryce Love will tear it up in the Pac-12. If there's a team that'll beat Washington out west, this is the team." }, { "rank": 15, "team": { "id": 58, "handle": "mississippistate", "name": "Mississippi State Bulldogs" }, "rationale": "I'd rank Mississippi State higher were it not for a coaching change, which can be an adjustment even for the most talented teams. And make no mistake, this is a talented team that will run all over you and whose d-line will destroy your o-line." }, { "rank": 16, "team": { "id": 21, "handle": "tcu", "name": "TCU Horned Frogs" }, "rationale": "QB is a gigantic question mark. But if they can sort that out, Gary Patterson will give Oklahoma a run for its money. OSU will provide a good test early on, and their Big 12 schedule is somewhat favorable." }, { "rank": 17, "team": { "id": 13, "handle": "virginiatech", "name": "Virginia Tech Hokies" }, "rationale": "This time next year I'll be talking about VT as a playoff contender. Probably not the case this year, as it's a young team, but expect a solid 9-win season from the Hokies." }, { "rank": 18, "team": { "id": 80, "handle": "ucf", "name": "UCF Knights" }, "rationale": "Scott Frost quickly built a powerhouse at UCF. He's gone, but so many others remain. They'll dominate the American yet again.\u251c\u00e9\u252c\u00e1" }, { "rank": 19, "team": { "id": 109, "handle": "boisestate", "name": "Boise State Broncos" }, "rationale": "Like Alabama, I don't think Boise State being ranked requires much of an explanation. It's just expected at this point." }, { "rank": 20, "team": { "id": 57, "handle": "lsu", "name": "LSU Tigers" }, "rationale": "More of the same seems to be in store for LSU: They'll be tough, they'll give teams trouble, but a brutal schedule likely limits them.\u251c\u00e9\u252c\u00e1" }, { "rank": 21, "team": { "id": 47, "handle": "usc", "name": "USC Trojans" }, "rationale": "Questions abound at QB, and we'll see if the rush defense improves. But USC is talented, as always, and it'd be silly to dismiss USC.\u251c\u00e9\u252c\u00e1" }, { "rank": 22, "team": { "id": 4, "handle": "floridastate", "name": "Florida State Seminoles" }, "rationale": "Last year was a disaster for FSU, but Taggart inherits a situation that would make most new coaches envious. I think they're a year away from being great again, but a lot of talented young players make the Seminoles dangerous." }, { "rank": 23, "team": { "id": 61, "handle": "southcarolina", "name": "South Carolina Gamecocks" }, "rationale": "They have to replace a lot of talent on defense, but don't be surprised if this team makes a run. The offense brings back pretty much everyone, and that could carry them while the defense finds its identity." }, { "rank": 24, "team": { "id": 83, "handle": "fau", "name": "FAU Owls" }, "rationale": "Lane Kiffin might pull a Scott Frost and get this team noticed on a national scale this season. Lots of talent, and you can never underestimate the power of a team having an identity, even if it's Lane Kiffin's identity.\u251c\u00e9\u252c\u00e1" }, { "rank": 25, "team": { "id": 20, "handle": "oklahomastate", "name": "Oklahoma State Cowboys" }, "rationale": "It's a transition year for the Cowboys this season, but Mike Gundy should be able to scramble together a decent, respectable season, especially since the Big 12 is somewhat weak beyond OU and TCU." } ] }, { "id": 22235, "username": "Branzilla91", "ballot_type": "Human", "submission_date": "2018-08-19T20:29:28.902000+00:00", "overall_rationale": "", "entries": [ { "rank": 1, "team": { "id": 51, "handle": "alabama", "name": "Alabama Crimson Tide" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 2, "team": { "id": 2, "handle": "clemson", "name": "Clemson Tigers" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 3, "team": { "id": 55, "handle": "georgia", "name": "Georgia Bulldogs" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 4, "team": { "id": 38, "handle": "wisconsin", "name": "Wisconsin Badgers" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 5, "team": { "id": 49, "handle": "washington", "name": "Washington Huskies" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 6, "team": { "id": 34, "handle": "ohiostate", "name": "Ohio State Buckeyes" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 7, "team": { "id": 19, "handle": "oklahoma", "name": "Oklahoma Sooners" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 8, "team": { "id": 35, "handle": "pennstate", "name": "Penn State Nittany Lions" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 9, "team": { "id": 24, "handle": "westvirginia", "name": "West Virginia Mountaineers" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 10, "team": { "id": 53, "handle": "auburn", "name": "Auburn Tigers" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 11, "team": { "id": 30, "handle": "michiganstate", "name": "Michigan State Spartans" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 12, "team": { "id": 45, "handle": "stanford", "name": "Stanford Cardinal" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 13, "team": { "id": 7, "handle": "miami", "name": "Miami Hurricanes" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 14, "team": { "id": 21, "handle": "tcu", "name": "TCU Horned Frogs" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 15, "team": { "id": 39, "handle": "arizona", "name": "Arizona Wildcats" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 16, "team": { "id": 67, "handle": "notredame", "name": "Notre Dame Fighting Irish" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 17, "team": { "id": 4, "handle": "floridastate", "name": "Florida State Seminoles" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 18, "team": { "id": 80, "handle": "ucf", "name": "UCF Knights" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 19, "team": { "id": 47, "handle": "usc", "name": "USC Trojans" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 20, "team": { "id": 13, "handle": "virginiatech", "name": "Virginia Tech Hokies" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 21, "team": { "id": 29, "handle": "michigan", "name": "Michigan Wolverines" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 22, "team": { "id": 58, "handle": "mississippistate", "name": "Mississippi State Bulldogs" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 23, "team": { "id": 109, "handle": "boisestate", "name": "Boise State Broncos" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 24, "team": { "id": 43, "handle": "oregon", "name": "Oregon Ducks" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 25, "team": { "id": 83, "handle": "fau", "name": "FAU Owls" }, "rationale": "" } ] }, { "id": 22236, "username": "brobroma", "ballot_type": "Human", "submission_date": "2018-08-16T19:59:47.515000+00:00", "overall_rationale": "", "entries": [ { "rank": 1, "team": { "id": 2, "handle": "clemson", "name": "Clemson Tigers" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 2, "team": { "id": 51, "handle": "alabama", "name": "Alabama Crimson Tide" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 3, "team": { "id": 38, "handle": "wisconsin", "name": "Wisconsin Badgers" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 4, "team": { "id": 55, "handle": "georgia", "name": "Georgia Bulldogs" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 5, "team": { "id": 49, "handle": "washington", "name": "Washington Huskies" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 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I prefer to let on-field results speak for themselves. The opinions contained below reflect my attempt to over-correct for all the hype and propaganda we've been basking in since January. This poll isn't supposed to be a joke, but it is supposed to expose the problems I see with preseason polls in general. My controversy score will probably be higher than I'm aiming for, but I am still trying to keep it down. I promise the real poll during the season will make much more sense.Put differently, the poll below isn't *too* far from what I think is reasonable, but who can say for sure when we haven't seen anyone play yet?Human poll while my computer poll gorges itself on early-season data. Around week 1-2 I'll switch to hybrid as I tweak settings and manually shift teams around slightly to correct the algorithm, but I'll start listing my algorithm's scores at that point. The first week when I don't make any manual adjustments, I'll switch it to computer. That should be around week 4-6. Expect it to start aligning more closely with the consensus by week 9-10.There is method behind my madness, my rationale is based on the idea that a poll should be predictive, not just descriptive. In service to that idea, I focus on team-level statistics like wins, strength of opponent, and where a team is likely to finish in conference based on all the other statistics. Individual statistics I believe are more subject to variability, and can't be relied upon to predict the results of games week-to-week.Algorithm status: testing and tweaking using old/hypothetical dataAlgorithm completion: 82%SettingsGrowth: 22.5%Ranked: 22.0%Undefeated: 36.0%Loss Quality: 5.5%Road Trip: 18%", "entries": [ { "rank": 1, "team": { "id": 49, "handle": "washington", "name": "Washington Huskies" }, "rationale": "If they win all their games they'll be the undisputed #1. For now they're #1 because everyone else tried too hard to not be #1. 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In a vacuum they're #2 or so." }, { "rank": 7, "team": { "id": 53, "handle": "auburn", "name": "Auburn Tigers" }, "rationale": "Can't put them higher because they lost to UCF. Can't put them lower because they haven't had any offseason problems, really." }, { "rank": 8, "team": { "id": 38, "handle": "wisconsin", "name": "Wisconsin Badgers" }, "rationale": "Dropped a few spots after the news about their top receiver." }, { "rank": 9, "team": { "id": 21, "handle": "tcu", "name": "TCU Horned Frogs" }, "rationale": "9-19 or so are very uncertain for me. Any of these teams could go 12-1 or 8-4. Don't worry about the order. Note that not many of these teams had a lot of media coverage this off-season." }, { "rank": 10, "team": { "id": 7, "handle": "miami", "name": "Miami Hurricanes" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 11, "team": { "id": 35, "handle": "pennstate", "name": "Penn State Nittany Lions" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 12, "team": { "id": 58, "handle": "mississippistate", "name": "Mississippi State Bulldogs" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 13, "team": { "id": 13, "handle": "virginiatech", "name": "Virginia Tech Hokies" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 14, "team": { "id": 24, "handle": "westvirginia", "name": "West Virginia Mountaineers" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 15, "team": { "id": 45, "handle": "stanford", "name": "Stanford Cardinal" }, "rationale": "They have a returning Stanford Heisman (TM) winner and some engineering schematics titled \"Success\"." }, { "rank": 16, "team": { "id": 30, "handle": "michiganstate", "name": "Michigan State Spartans" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 17, "team": { "id": 4, "handle": "floridastate", "name": "Florida State Seminoles" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 18, "team": { "id": 20, "handle": "oklahomastate", "name": "Oklahoma State Cowboys" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 19, "team": { "id": 29, "handle": "michigan", "name": "Michigan Wolverines" }, "rationale": "Why is Michigan at the back of the 9-19 bloc? Shea Patterson." }, { "rank": 20, "team": { "id": 83, "handle": "fau", "name": "FAU Owls" }, "rationale": "The Fightin' Freshwaters have no excuse not to run away with the C-USA and land in a NY6." }, { "rank": 21, "team": { "id": 47, "handle": "usc", "name": "USC Trojans" }, "rationale": "The Darnold's offensive line and receiver corps made him look much better than he actually is. Most of them are still around. USC isn't going away yet." }, { "rank": 22, "team": { "id": 80, "handle": "ucf", "name": "UCF Knights" }, "rationale": "Frost held this team together. Heupel doesn't do defense. UCF will lose some shootouts." }, { "rank": 23, "team": { "id": 43, "handle": "oregon", "name": "Oregon Ducks" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 24, "team": { "id": 36, "handle": "purdue", "name": "Purdue Boilermakers" }, "rationale": "Apparently there's a hype train? No, I mean a literal train. A steam locomotive. Because they make boilers? You know what, forget I said anything." }, { "rank": 25, "team": { "id": 109, "handle": "boisestate", "name": "Boise State Broncos" }, "rationale": "What poll would be complete without the most consistent G5 team at #25?" } ] }, { "id": 22249, "username": "ChickenTaco", "ballot_type": "Human", "submission_date": "2018-08-16T19:05:34.473000+00:00", "overall_rationale": "", "entries": [ { "rank": 1, "team": { "id": 51, "handle": "alabama", "name": "Alabama Crimson Tide" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 2, "team": { "id": 2, "handle": "clemson", "name": "Clemson Tigers" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 3, "team": { "id": 38, "handle": "wisconsin", "name": "Wisconsin Badgers" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 4, "team": { "id": 55, "handle": "georgia", "name": "Georgia Bulldogs" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 5, "team": { "id": 34, "handle": "ohiostate", "name": "Ohio State Buckeyes" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 6, "team": { "id": 35, "handle": "pennstate", "name": "Penn State Nittany Lions" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 7, "team": { "id": 49, "handle": "washington", "name": "Washington Huskies" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 8, "team": { "id": 30, "handle": "michiganstate", "name": "Michigan State Spartans" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 9, "team": { "id": 45, "handle": "stanford", "name": "Stanford Cardinal" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 10, "team": { "id": 53, "handle": "auburn", "name": "Auburn Tigers" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 11, "team": { "id": 21, "handle": "tcu", "name": "TCU Horned Frogs" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 12, "team": { "id": 67, "handle": "notredame", "name": "Notre Dame Fighting Irish" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 13, "team": { "id": 19, "handle": "oklahoma", "name": "Oklahoma Sooners" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 14, "team": { "id": 7, "handle": "miami", "name": "Miami Hurricanes" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 15, "team": { "id": 4, "handle": "floridastate", "name": "Florida State Seminoles" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 16, "team": { "id": 29, "handle": "michigan", "name": "Michigan Wolverines" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 17, "team": { "id": 47, "handle": "usc", "name": "USC Trojans" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 18, "team": { "id": 48, "handle": "utah", "name": "Utah Utes" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 19, "team": { "id": 24, "handle": "westvirginia", "name": "West Virginia Mountaineers" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 20, "team": { "id": 16, "handle": "iowastate", "name": "Iowa State Cyclones" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 21, "team": { "id": 9, "handle": "ncstate", "name": "NC State Wolfpack" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 22, "team": { "id": 115, "handle": "sandiegostate", "name": "San Diego State Aztecs" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 23, "team": { "id": 80, "handle": "ucf", "name": "UCF Knights" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 24, "team": { "id": 109, "handle": "boisestate", "name": "Boise State Broncos" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 25, "team": { "id": 110, "handle": "coloradostate", "name": "Colorado State Rams" }, "rationale": "" } ] }, { "id": 22250, "username": "chrisb19", "ballot_type": "Human", "submission_date": "2018-08-20T15:25:35.797000+00:00", "overall_rationale": "The top half of these ranking were a lot easier - we know what Bama, UGA, Clemson, Oklahoma, etc, will look like. Everyone loses talent and there's always coaching turnover, but those are pretty known quantities. Once you get past the top tier of each conference, things get muddled - more turnover, more question marks, a wider margin for either improvement or regression, and more \"maybe maybe not\" games on the schedule. There are 10 teams that I almost put on and 10 teams I almost left off. There's a ton of fluidity with preseason rankings, and there will be some huge moves after week 1 because of some of the epic match-ups we get to witness (Washington/Auburn, Miami/LSU, VT/FSU). That's part of why I love college football. Because outside of a few sure bets, it's impossible to anticipate how the season will shake out. There are so many teams that seem to be ABOUT the same skill level and nobody knows who will excel and who will regress. Let's watch some football.", "entries": [ { "rank": 1, "team": { "id": 51, "handle": "alabama", "name": "Alabama Crimson Tide" }, "rationale": "Nick Saban is a case of \"until he proves me wrong.\" As nervous as I am about the turnover on the coaching staff (two new coordinators) and defensive talent sent to the NFL, plus the QB \"battle,\" it just never feels safe to bet against the dynasty of Saban. The West is in another rebuilding year outside of the perennial powers and it seems like, yet again, the Iron Bowl will likely determine a spot in the SEC Championship." }, { "rank": 2, "team": { "id": 2, "handle": "clemson", "name": "Clemson Tigers" }, "rationale": "Clemson continues to recruit well under Sweeney and their new QB could bring them up to a new level of play on offense. On defense, Venables continues to put up stout defensive units. Aside from a week 2 trip to the new-look Aggies, their schedule is heavily backloaded which could be a blessing in terms of integrating Lawrence) or a curse (a lot of tough games in a row to wear them down). They still feel like odds-on favorites to win the ACC and have a shot at the playoff." }, { "rank": 3, "team": { "id": 55, "handle": "georgia", "name": "Georgia Bulldogs" }, "rationale": "UGA feels a lot like Bama - a manageable schedule aside from the Auburn game and a tricky week 2 trip to a rebuilt SCar team, a lot of guys leaving on defense, and a question at quarterback. Unlike Bama, however, there's virtually no coaching turnover, so an offense and defense that were both clicking last season shouldn't suffer too much lost production. Taking advantage of Tennessee and Florida rebuilding, Georgia should be back in contention for the SEC title and a shot at the playoff." }, { "rank": 4, "team": { "id": 19, "handle": "oklahoma", "name": "Oklahoma Sooners" }, "rationale": "I was really impressed with Lincoln Riley in year one. Having Bob Stoops calling the defense didn't hurt, either. The Big XII is still on a bit of a downswing (unless you buy the West Virginia hype), so Oklahoma's schedule will be manageable again. Of course, Baker Mayfield is a huge difference maker and they're going to lose a lot of production with him gone. But I think there's enough continuity that they remain the Big XII's best shot at returning to the playoff." }, { "rank": 5, "team": { "id": 49, "handle": "washington", "name": "Washington Huskies" }, "rationale": "Washington returns most of their offensive production in Browning and Gaskin, as well as their defensive coordinator who came out of nowhere to put up impressive numbers with that unit. The Pac12 North is a 2-team race unless Oregon surprises some people in Cristobal's first year. The Huskies' week one contest against Auburn is going to show a lot of people whether either of these teams deserve the preseason hype. A loss will narrow their path to the playoff, even though both teams will still be among the favorites in the division." }, { "rank": 6, "team": { "id": 38, "handle": "wisconsin", "name": "Wisconsin Badgers" }, "rationale": "Wisconsin returns their entire O line and Jonathan Taylor, which coming off a 13-win season, is a lot. Despite some rebuilding on defense they should be among the favorites to return to the Big Ten title game and potentially win it this year. Wisconsin has the added benefit of being in the easier division." }, { "rank": 7, "team": { "id": 53, "handle": "auburn", "name": "Auburn Tigers" }, "rationale": "Auburn loses 2 of their star RBs, but Malzahn's run game scheme turns out 1000-yard rushers consistently. Paired with one of the more exciting QBs in the league, Auburn should continue to have an aggressive and efficient offense paired with Kevin Steele's reliably stout defensive unit. A brutal schedule that opens with Washington and closes, as usual, with games against UGA and Bama in the span of 3 weeks will certainly test this team. But if they take 2 out of 3, they should be odds-on favorites to get into the playoff, SEC title or no." }, { "rank": 8, "team": { "id": 35, "handle": "pennstate", "name": "Penn State Nittany Lions" }, "rationale": "The good news: Trace McSorley is back. The bad news is that Joe Moorhead and Saquon Barkley are gone. A tough schedule that includes both Michigan teams, Ohio State, and Wisconsin is going to give them a lot to prove, but Penn State still feels like one of the top teams in the Big Ten." }, { "rank": 9, "team": { "id": 34, "handle": "ohiostate", "name": "Ohio State Buckeyes" }, "rationale": "While Urban Meyer hasn't reached the stratospheric heights of Nick Saban, he's another guy that just seems to reload talent on the field and the sidelines every year. If they can weather the Zach Smith scandal and a September that features games against TCU and Penn State, they should have one of the easier back halves of the season." }, { "rank": 10, "team": { "id": 7, "handle": "miami", "name": "Miami Hurricanes" }, "rationale": "Mark Richt is a perennial 10-win coach and until he fixes his defensive problems, his Miami team will have the same ceiling that was all too familiar to UGA fans for 15 years. I anticipate a very similar season to last year - 10 wins in the relatively easy ACC and then getting exposed in a bowl game against a 10 win team from a more competitive conference." }, { "rank": 11, "team": { "id": 45, "handle": "stanford", "name": "Stanford Cardinal" }, "rationale": "Bryce Love is back, David Shaw is still there, and Stanford will continue to bring their brand of jumbo packages and body-shot football to the Pac12. While they're not overloaded with talent like Washington, they're still widely considered the second best team in the Pac12 North. A tricky schedule that opens with SDSU and then features a week 2 matchup against USC, plus November dates with both Washington and UCLA will make it a tough run to come through unscathed. But they're still one of the top teams in the conference." }, { "rank": 12, "team": { "id": 29, "handle": "michigan", "name": "Michigan Wolverines" }, "rationale": "Harbaugh has taken longer than most people expected to get Michigan back to the level he was hired for. A lot of that has been due to the inconsistency at the QB position. Shea Patterson showed a ton of potential under Hugh Freeze at Ole Mill, and if he fixes Michigan's problems there they could have a better-than-usual offense coupled with a stifling defense. We won't know until we see how quickly Patterson fits into that system." }, { "rank": 13, "team": { "id": 30, "handle": "michiganstate", "name": "Michigan State Spartans" }, "rationale": "State is coming off of two very uneven years for the very even Mark Dantonio. They return a lot of production from last year's ten-win team and should be able to hang around and make things interesting in the Big Ten East." }, { "rank": 14, "team": { "id": 21, "handle": "tcu", "name": "TCU Horned Frogs" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 15, "team": { "id": 67, "handle": "notredame", "name": "Notre Dame Fighting Irish" }, "rationale": "Notre Dame, like Sparty, had a disappointing 2016 and then rebounded in a big way last year after cleaning house and firing most of their assistant coaches. This year Kelly has yet another new DC but someone who was in the system last year, and his OC returning, as well as a lot of production. They should be set up for another 10-win season." }, { "rank": 16, "team": { "id": 47, "handle": "usc", "name": "USC Trojans" }, "rationale": "The Pac12 South is in a brutal rebuild right now with new head coaches at UCLA, Arizona, and Arizona State. While Utah will still hang around to challenge USC, and they have to replace Darnold's production at quarterback, they're still favorites to win the South. A tricky schedule that sees their annual match-ups against the Irish and the Cardinal, plus an OOC visit to Tom Herman's resurgent Texas team could provide some landmines to avoid schedule-wise. But they should still finish the season in pole position for a shot at the Pac12 title. Avoiding Washington and Oregon out of the North gives them a slightly easier path." }, { "rank": 17, "team": { "id": 57, "handle": "lsu", "name": "LSU Tigers" }, "rationale": "LSU is perennially a mystery team for me. After getting rid of Les Miles for having the ceiling he had, they made Ed Orgeron their head coach. So far it's been difficult to see whether Coach O has a higher ceiling than being the 3rd best team in the SEC West, but nobody has had success knocking off Alabama. They always look like a 9- or 10-win team with the possibility to get a couple of big scalps. This year the Tigers host UGA in what should be one of the best cross-divisional match-ups of the season. When Miles was forced out it was due to a severe lack of offensive production and an inability to develop good QB play. Now LSU has an Ohio St transfer taking snaps and a new offensive coordinator, coupled with Dave Aranda as DC, one of the best assistant coaches in the league. An opening weekend clash against Miami will do a lot to set unrealistic expectations for one of these teams, and drawing UGA from the East gives them a trickier schedule than usual. A lot depends on what the new offense looks like." }, { "rank": 18, "team": { "id": 24, "handle": "westvirginia", "name": "West Virginia Mountaineers" }, "rationale": "A lot of people are high on the Mountaineers but I will never fully trust an offense that got defeated by an especially stiff breeze in Morgantown a few years ago. Yes, they return Will Grier. But I think a lot of the hype is just people casting about for a third team to like in the Big XII given the uncertainty surrounding a lot of programs in that conference. Oklahoma remains the clear number 1, TCU is a solid second choice, and then it gets really muddled really quickly. Will Texas make the jump? Can Oklahoma State rebuild quickly enough? Maybe this is the year that the Mountaineers put it all together but for me they still have a ceiling around 8-9 wins." }, { "rank": 19, "team": { "id": 13, "handle": "virginiatech", "name": "Virginia Tech Hokies" }, "rationale": "Justin Fuente has shown his Memphis days weren't a fluke in his first two seasons at VT. Keeping Bud Foster around was a huge coup for him. This year is a young team but in the ACC they should have a decently high floor if a pretty low ceiling. They won't compete with Miami or Clemson but they should be able to hang around near the top of the table outside of that top echelon." }, { "rank": 20, "team": { "id": 43, "handle": "oregon", "name": "Oregon Ducks" }, "rationale": "Oregon had a rough offseason with Willie Taggart decamping to the talent-rich fields of Florida State. This also marks their third new head coach in as many seasons. But they have an elite QB (if he stays healthy) and they managed to keep their defensive coordinator, Jim Leavitt, who made a giant leap forward in his first year. Will it be enough to challenge their rivals Washington for the Pac12 North? Unlikely. But they should put together an 8 win season with a lot of room to improve next year." }, { "rank": 21, "team": { "id": 80, "handle": "ucf", "name": "UCF Knights" }, "rationale": "How much was last season a flash in the pan and how much was owed to Scott Frost, now the head coach at Nebraska? Only time will tell. UCF loses a lot of talent both on the field and on the sidelines, with the relatively unproven Josh Heupel (formerly OC at Mizzou) taking over. But it's really hard to leave a team that went 13-0 with a bowl win over Auburn out of the rankings entirely." }, { "rank": 22, "team": { "id": 61, "handle": "southcarolina", "name": "South Carolina Gamecocks" }, "rationale": "I was not a big Will Muschamp fan when he went to Florida. His offense was totally hapless and the job looked way, way too big for him. While Kirby Smart is equally explosive on the sidelines, he had a much better sense of discipline in his first year as a head coach. I think Muschamp's time at Auburn going back to DC was beneficial for him, as are the lowered expectations at South Carolina. With Tennessee and Florida both rebuilding (for the 2nd time in recent memory), South Carolina seems poised for the kind of 9- or 10-win season that Spurrier delivered before abruptly departing. They return a lot of offensive production as well. I still think that's more a factor of the competition in the East than their talent level, which is why they're down among the end of the rankings. A week 2 matchup against UGA and a week 14 matchup against Clemson will tell us a lot about exactly where Muschamp has this program." }, { "rank": 23, "team": { "id": 4, "handle": "floridastate", "name": "Florida State Seminoles" }, "rationale": "Taggert inherits an FSU team that had a BAD 2017 but has a lot of pieces in place to improve in 2018. They could improve by a couple of wins and surprise everyone, but at the outset it looks like they're the 4th best team in the ACC and on track for an 8-win season this year. An opening weekend tilt against VT will be a lot of fun in shaping the ACC race." }, { "rank": 24, "team": { "id": 58, "handle": "mississippistate", "name": "Mississippi State Bulldogs" }, "rationale": "Miss State lost one of my favorite head coaches when UF made the very obvious decision to poach Dan Mullen. Joe Moorhead is taking over his first HC gig at a school with VERY fixed ceilings, but he also inherits one of the strongest dual-threat QBs in the SEC. Once you get past Bama and Auburn the SEC West gets muddled in a hurry. There's a chance that the Bulldogs pull off an 8-win season, or they could finish below .500. This slot could really go to Miss St, Ole Miss, or A&M. There are a lot of known unknowns right now in the SEC West." }, { "rank": 25, "team": { "id": 22, "handle": "texas", "name": "Texas Longhorns" }, "rationale": "I'm more bullish than most on the Longhorns (no pun intended). Todd Orlando is one of the best DCs in the country and Herman's lucky he hasn't gotten poached for a head coach gig yet. Last year Texas had a strong defense and a sputtering offense. If they can improve on offense and not lose too much production on defense, they're going to be solidly in the second tier of Big XII schools (the tier that isn't Oklahoma and TCU). I'm rooting for them to be back, even if I only see an 8 or 9-win team this season." } ] }, { "id": 22251, "username": "cmdrcaboose2", "ballot_type": "Human", "submission_date": "2018-08-16T18:01:16.028000+00:00", "overall_rationale": "", "entries": [ { "rank": 1, "team": { "id": 51, "handle": "alabama", "name": "Alabama Crimson Tide" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 2, "team": { "id": 55, "handle": "georgia", "name": "Georgia Bulldogs" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 3, "team": { "id": 2, "handle": "clemson", "name": "Clemson Tigers" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 4, "team": { "id": 34, "handle": "ohiostate", "name": "Ohio State Buckeyes" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 5, "team": { "id": 38, "handle": "wisconsin", "name": "Wisconsin Badgers" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 6, "team": { "id": 49, "handle": "washington", "name": "Washington Huskies" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 7, "team": { "id": 29, "handle": "michigan", "name": "Michigan Wolverines" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 8, "team": { "id": 67, "handle": "notredame", "name": "Notre Dame Fighting Irish" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 9, "team": { "id": 19, "handle": "oklahoma", "name": "Oklahoma Sooners" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 10, "team": { "id": 53, "handle": "auburn", "name": "Auburn Tigers" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 11, "team": { "id": 7, "handle": "miami", "name": "Miami Hurricanes" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 12, "team": { "id": 35, "handle": "pennstate", "name": "Penn State Nittany Lions" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 13, "team": { "id": 45, "handle": "stanford", "name": "Stanford Cardinal" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 14, "team": { "id": 30, "handle": "michiganstate", "name": "Michigan State Spartans" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 15, "team": { "id": 47, "handle": "usc", "name": "USC Trojans" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 16, "team": { "id": 58, "handle": "mississippistate", "name": "Mississippi State Bulldogs" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 17, "team": { "id": 4, "handle": "floridastate", "name": "Florida State Seminoles" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 18, "team": { "id": 13, "handle": "virginiatech", "name": "Virginia Tech Hokies" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 19, "team": { "id": 22, "handle": "texas", "name": "Texas Longhorns" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 20, "team": { "id": 24, "handle": "westvirginia", "name": "West Virginia Mountaineers" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 21, "team": { "id": 21, "handle": "tcu", "name": "TCU Horned Frogs" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 22, "team": { "id": 54, "handle": "florida", "name": "Florida Gators" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 23, "team": { "id": 80, "handle": "ucf", "name": "UCF Knights" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 24, "team": { "id": 61, "handle": "southcarolina", "name": "South Carolina Gamecocks" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 25, "team": { "id": 48, "handle": "utah", "name": "Utah Utes" }, "rationale": "" } ] }, { "id": 22252, "username": "CockADoodleBOOM", "ballot_type": "Human", 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Bama Act IV happens this season." }, { "rank": 3, "team": { "id": 38, "handle": "wisconsin", "name": "Wisconsin Badgers" }, "rationale": "I'm buying into the Wisconsin hype. Sure, the B1G West will likely be more competitive than last season but that shouldn't stop Wisconsin from yet again reaching the B1GCG. The Badgers will easily have one of the best offensive lines in the country, giving Hornibrook plenty of time to make reads while also opening up monstrous holes for Taylor. Defense has some reloading to do but shouldn't be a concern." }, { "rank": 4, "team": { "id": 49, "handle": "washington", "name": "Washington Huskies" }, "rationale": "Last I checked, Washington returns 17 players this season. Browning and Gaskin returning are huge and Petersen is among my favorite coaches. The Dawgs of the west-coast have a lot of hype to live up to. I imagine they'll be the clear Pac-12 favorites to make the playoffs. Their game against Auburn will be a huge indication of how well their season goes. If they win, great! They'll be able to handle almost anyone. If they lose, it's not the end of the world obviously but they'd have to win out, likely in convincing fashion, if they want to make the playoffs." }, { "rank": 5, "team": { "id": 34, "handle": "ohiostate", "name": "Ohio State Buckeyes" }, "rationale": "Urban Meyer is, in my opinion, the second best head coach in the country behind Saban. With the investigation going on, I wouldn't blame other pollsters for ranking OSU lower. My prediction is that Urban keeps his job and that the assistant coaches are doing a swell job keeping the players in line so that this \"distraction\" doesn't interfere with practice. We'll likely know what happens by the time this poll is released,This ranking is all about the talent OSU has. OSU, UGA, and Alabama have been three of the best recruiting teams as of recent. Haskins might struggle a bit through the years but I think Ohio State's offense will be better than last season's. In fact, I think Ohio State will be a much better team than last year's squad. The problem is that nearly all the other B1G East teams will be improved too. If OSU can get through TCU, MSU, PSU, Michigan, and the Spoilermakers then they could be our new #1." }, { "rank": 6, "team": { "id": 55, "handle": "georgia", "name": "Georgia Bulldogs" }, "rationale": "Georgia's offense will be much stronger than last year's squad. Georgia could have another one of the best offensive lines in the country and Fromm will have many targets suiting up (Nauta, Godwin, Ridley, and newcomer Robertson). Chubb+Michel will be missed but Swift will be more than serviceable and Herrien+Holyfield will get touches until Zeus and company are fully transitioned. The defense will have to reload many crucial spots but the talent Kirby and Mel have for said reload doesn't leave me too worried. The offense might have to carry the team for the beginning of the season but by November the Dawg defense should be clicking. They may not end up as a top 10 defense this year but I still see them ending up as a top 20 unit. Whelp. As an update I just saw that Zeus injured his other leg. This is definitely a bummer and I wish the kid a speedy and complete recovery. It's really unfortunate but the offense will likely be more pass heavy than recent years anyways so there's no reason for Zamir's recovery to be rushed." }, { "rank": 7, "team": { "id": 19, "handle": "oklahoma", "name": "Oklahoma Sooners" }, "rationale": "Everyone is so focused on Baker Mayfield leaving that they forgot about guys like Rodney Anderson returning. If you didn't watch the Rose Bowl last season (how dare you) then you missed Anderson consistently thrashing Georgia's defense. The jury is still out on Murray and since it's an even year the BIG12 could miss the playoffs entirely (fantastic analysis on my part, I know) but the Sooner offense should be electric as usual. Stoops doesn't exactly instill confidence in a lot of the OU faithful but the defense has to get better or at least stay the same, right?" }, { "rank": 8, "team": { "id": 30, "handle": "michiganstate", "name": "Michigan State Spartans" }, "rationale": "They return everyone. I think it's actually 19 total returners this season? I was tempted to place MSU above OSU simply because of returning experience and Dantonio is a fine coach himself. I'm kind of feeling a flashback to the 2015 season when OSU was hyped up to be THE Big Ten team to beat and although everyone understood MSU would be good there was still a level of disrespek. MSU gets OSU at home this year and if Dantonio does his rain dance I expect a low scoring affair where MSU would be favored." }, { "rank": 9, "team": { "id": 7, "handle": "miami", "name": "Miami Hurricanes" }, "rationale": "Richt seems to be rejuvenated at his alma mater and has a solid number of returning players to work with. I'm hearing that he still isn't great at building offense lines though. No matter, as their defense should be stout. The big question is will coastal chaos knock off the Hurricanes? Maybe, but it's not worth predicting when/where chaos strikes and in the ACC Coastal it's like trying to pinpoint what food just gave you Montezuma's revenge. Sure, the signs of chaos are there but your gut is all over the place and it's best to just buckle down for the bowel-twisting ride you're about to set out on." }, { "rank": 10, "team": { "id": 53, "handle": "auburn", "name": "Auburn Tigers" }, "rationale": "Auburn is an odd team as I can never truly predict where the Gus Bus will take them. Like I said before, the Washington game will be a huge sign of how these teams' seasons will go. It could very well be a playoff implication game and for our sake (as well as the players' safety) I hope it's better than the Chick-fil-a kickoff game from last year. Kerryon Johnson will be missed since the guy was simply a beast. Stidham will probably play incredibly well. Games @ Tuscaloosa and Athens late-season will be tough especially since both teams are looking for regular-season revenge. Overall, Auburn returns as much as Georgia but Auburn's defense has the slight advantage of returning more." }, { "rank": 11, "team": { "id": 29, "handle": "michigan", "name": "Michigan Wolverines" }, "rationale": "Another Big 10 team that returns most of their experienced players. Shea looked pretty good at Ole Miss but I haven't quite bought into his hype as much as everyone else. Thankfully (for Michigan fans), you could literally stick a mop bucket in at QB and it'd do better than O'Korn. I think Michigan will be vastly improved compared to last year but their schedule is brutal. @ND, Wisconsin, @MSU, PSU, and @OSU? They could go 2-3 in those games and still finish a top 10 team." }, { "rank": 12, "team": { "id": 67, "handle": "notredame", "name": "Notre Dame Fighting Irish" }, "rationale": "Notre Dame's defense will be solid. I also expect Wimbush to play consistently better than last season. Similarly to Michigan, ND has a rough schedule. Michigan, Stanford, @VT, @USC, and their easier games are still against teams like FSU, Navy, and Northwestern." }, { "rank": 13, "team": { "id": 35, "handle": "pennstate", "name": "Penn State Nittany Lions" }, "rationale": "Losing Barkley hurts but the PSU offense should still click fine with McSorley . The glaring issues are that Moorhead is gone and that the defense looks like they're returning only 3 men (last I checked). The good news is that PSU has a nice slate of Happy Valley games this season. @Wiscy and @Michigan will still be tough but it's at least manageable. Jeez, just filling out this preseason poll makes me realize how much of a bloodbath the Big Ten is this year." }, { "rank": 14, "team": { "id": 109, "handle": "boisestate", "name": "Boise State Broncos" }, "rationale": "My nomination for the best G5 team and they're usually a pretty safe bet. 10 returning starters on defense with a solid transfer from Idaho. If they can beat OkSt (*spoiler* they probably will) then their G5 bowl game bid depends on getting through Fresno which will be no easy task." }, { "rank": 15, "team": { "id": 45, "handle": "stanford", "name": "Stanford Cardinal" }, "rationale": "Another team with another departed OC. Luckily for Stanford, they still retain the current face of their program and David Shaw has proven himself as a coach that can make Stanford seasons consistently good (he only has two seasons with more than 3 losses). However, outside of the UC Davis and Oregon State games they don't exactly have any \"gimme\" games on their schedule. I predict that they'll start slow and drop ~3 games before rounding out the season and finishing strong." }, { "rank": 16, "team": { "id": 24, "handle": "westvirginia", "name": "West Virginia Mountaineers" }, "rationale": "Originally my pick for #1 BIG12 team, WVU likely has the most hyped up offense of the 2018 season. Will Grier is certainly really good but relying strictly on offense will not get them too far. WVU's defense wasn't very good in 2017 and I see that they're only returning maybe 5 players from that unit. If WVU wants a BIG12CG appearance they'll need a better defense." }, { "rank": 17, "team": { "id": 58, "handle": "mississippistate", "name": "Mississippi State Bulldogs" }, "rationale": "Usually I will not give a solid rank to a team with a HC change (FSU, TA&MU, etc.) yet Mississippi State returns so many starters, many of which were instrumental to their previous season, I can't ignore them. I can't say that MSU was better off with Mullen than Moorhead (b/c Moorhead just doesn't have the sample size yet) but even if Moorhead is insanely good it generally takes at least a season or two for a new HC to become adjusted. The expectations might be too high on Miss St this season but y'know what? I'm contributing to the hype problem too." }, { "rank": 18, "team": { "id": 13, "handle": "virginiatech", "name": "Virginia Tech Hokies" }, "rationale": "Josh Jackson's been named the starting QB which is good news for the Fighting Gobblers considering the offseason rumors. VT lost some of their defensive players over the course of the offseason and have to replace others due to the draft but Bud Foster has proven himself among the DC elite in CFB. VT's offense will likely be improved although they need some WRs to step up big with Cam Philips gone." }, { "rank": 19, "team": { "id": 21, "handle": "tcu", "name": "TCU Horned Frogs" }, "rationale": "TCU only returns about half of their starters. Luckily for them, the other top BIG12 teams seem to be missing out on a lot too. The early OSU game will likely be a lose for the Horned Frogs but Gary Patterson is a great coach and will have TCU in a decent bowl game come bowl season. Going against Ben Bangou in practice will definitely help improve a more inexperienced offense." }, { "rank": 20, "team": { "id": 61, "handle": "southcarolina", "name": "South Carolina Gamecocks" }, "rationale": "SCar has been slowly yet surely improving the last couple of years. They'll definitely be the underdog against UGA in their second game of the season but if they win they could end up in the SECCG. Keep in mind this team was younger and without Deebo last year and they still played #1 Georgia insanely closely in Athens. Game 2 in Columbia with a reloading defense is a Bulldog nightmare. One of these seasons SCar will take down Clemson; it probably won't be this year but soon." }, { "rank": 21, "team": { "id": 47, "handle": "usc", "name": "USC Trojans" }, "rationale": "Ah yes, the other USC. Not as much energy surrounding the Trojans since r/The_Darnold packed their bags and took a Jet out to the east coast. You aren't a premier football school if you don't have talent and USC has plenty of it. I'm predicting a slow start but the PAC12 South is completely open still." }, { "rank": 22, "team": { "id": 111, "handle": "fresnostate", "name": "Fresno State Bulldogs" }, "rationale": "A lot of people only brought up the 2017 Fresno State team when they were trying to discredit Alabama. I think it was unfair to Fresno State because what they were able to do last year was incredible. They went from 1-11 to a completely new team. They protect the ball on offense, they got immense pressure on opposing offenses, and they return all-star caliber players on each side of the field. I'm excited for their matchup against Boise State because the winner of that game could very well be crowned as the best G5 team in the country." }, { "rank": 23, "team": { "id": 80, "handle": "ucf", "name": "UCF Knights" }, "rationale": "UCF is another G5 team that had quite the turnaround. 0-12 in 2015 to undefeated in 2017. Sure, they'll miss Frost but I think the offense will still be alright with the return of Milton. If I were a UCF fan, I'd really be missing Shaquem Griffin. That guy was the epitome of the football spirit. Not only was he a beast but he seemed to be the whole team's source of inspiration. The AAC is arguably the most competitive G5 conference and dropping just one game to USF, Navy, or Memphis could take them out of not only the G5 Peach Bowl bid but also out of conference contention." }, { "rank": 24, "team": { "id": 54, "handle": "florida", "name": "Florida Gators" }, "rationale": "Like MSU, I generally won't rank teams with a brand new HC. The thing with UF that makes them an exception is that they return 19 starters (granted, I haven't followed the Fulmer Cup much this offseason so that number could be different now). Plus their HC is a solid coach and he has good history with the program. I don't think Florida will contend for the East but crazier things have happened. The WLOCP can get crazy so who knows; maybe Florida can pull a huge upset (pls no). I definitely do not think they'll miss bowl season again and I actually think Florida's future looks pretty bright under Mullen. If he wants to keep UF fans on his side he might have to start recruiting at a higher level but he's shown that he doesn't need 5* players to produce talented rosters." }, { "rank": 25, "team": { "id": 83, "handle": "fau", "name": "FAU Owls" }, "rationale": "\"Wow, r/Extra_Excrement. You are truly a voter of the people!\" -comment of someone if anyone actually reads my poll (big if). The way Kiffin was able to turn a low-tier G5 team into a national name is crazy. Their offense returns half the number of players their defense returns but I see this as a good thing. Their defense will be more experienced and their offense will probably reload and perform well anyways. Now, I'm not saying that FAU will beat Oklahoma. If they do, then I'll maybe draw something mildly amusing in MS Paint. Book it.They probably won't win that game. You don't need to beat a top 10 team to make the top 25 though. FAU is the clear favorite in the CUSA and they'll probably give most teams they face quite the challenge." } ] }, { "id": 22273, "username": "FellKnight", "ballot_type": "Human", "submission_date": "2018-08-16T17:38:19.577000+00:00", "overall_rationale": "", "entries": [ { "rank": 1, "team": { "id": 80, "handle": "ucf", "name": "UCF Knights" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 2, "team": { "id": 51, "handle": "alabama", "name": "Alabama Crimson Tide" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 3, "team": { "id": 2, "handle": "clemson", "name": "Clemson Tigers" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 4, "team": { "id": 55, "handle": "georgia", "name": "Georgia Bulldogs" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 5, "team": { "id": 29, "handle": "michigan", "name": "Michigan Wolverines" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 6, "team": { "id": 34, "handle": "ohiostate", "name": "Ohio State Buckeyes" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 7, "team": { "id": 38, "handle": "wisconsin", "name": "Wisconsin Badgers" }, "rationale": "" }, { 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they look positioned to make another good run in 2018." }, { "rank": 10, "team": { "id": 30, "handle": "michiganstate", "name": "Michigan State Spartans" }, "rationale": "Michigan State had some struggles last season, including a shellacking by Ohio State, but they went 10-3 and look poised for another good year." }, { "rank": 11, "team": { "id": 49, "handle": "washington", "name": "Washington Huskies" }, "rationale": "I was fairly unimpressed by the Huskies last season, as I think they benefited from a relatively weak schedule, and that carries over into my ranking here." }, { "rank": 12, "team": { "id": 7, "handle": "miami", "name": "Miami Hurricanes" }, "rationale": "While Miami will have some very strong positions this season, they have enough short on experience that I hesitate to rank them higher." }, { "rank": 13, "team": { "id": 45, "handle": "stanford", "name": "Stanford Cardinal" }, "rationale": "Stanford got off to a rocky start last season, and didn't end the season the way they would have liked, but 10-4 is still nothing to sneeze at and Stanford looks to be in a good position going into the 2018 season." }, { "rank": 14, "team": { "id": 47, "handle": "usc", "name": "USC Trojans" }, "rationale": "The Trojans lost a couple tough games last season, but the bigger challenge for them will be overcoming the loss of Sam Darnold." }, { "rank": 15, "team": { "id": 21, "handle": "tcu", "name": "TCU Horned Frogs" }, "rationale": "TCU went 11-3 last season, with two of those losses coming to Oklahoma; I think they're in good shape for 2018." }, { "rank": 16, "team": { "id": 20, "handle": "oklahomastate", "name": "Oklahoma State Cowboys" }, "rationale": "Oklahoma State's 2017 record, 10-3, makes for a promising start to 2018, but Mike Gundy cut off his mullet, so who knows anymore." }, { "rank": 17, "team": { "id": 13, "handle": "virginiatech", "name": "Virginia Tech Hokies" }, "rationale": "Virginia Tech, 9-4 in 2017, certainly benefited from a weak schedule last season, but they didn't really lose any games they shouldn't have and have a chance to prove themselves in 2018." }, { "rank": 18, "team": { "id": 58, "handle": "mississippistate", "name": "Mississippi State Bulldogs" }, "rationale": "While getting a new head coach can be daunting for a program, Mississippi State looks like it will hit the ground running with former Penn State OC Joe Moorhead." }, { "rank": 19, "team": { "id": 57, "handle": "lsu", "name": "LSU Tigers" }, "rationale": "Apart from a baffling loss to Troy, LSU had a strong 2017 campaign and looks to build on that work in 2018." }, { "rank": 20, "team": { "id": 33, "handle": "northwestern", "name": "Northwestern Wildcats" }, "rationale": "I think Northwestern is criminally underrated; while starting last season 2-3, the team reeled off eight straight wins and looks good going into 2018." }, { "rank": 21, "team": { "id": 27, "handle": "iowa", "name": "Iowa Hawkeyes" }, "rationale": "Despite going 8-5 last season, three of Iowa's losses (and three of their wins) were within one possession and I think they end up a bit higher this season." }, { "rank": 22, "team": { "id": 29, "handle": "michigan", "name": "Michigan Wolverines" }, "rationale": "Michigan went 8-5 last season, including losing their last three games; I'm not nearly as optimistic about their 2018 campaign as many others." }, { "rank": 23, "team": { "id": 109, "handle": "boisestate", "name": "Boise State Broncos" }, "rationale": "Boise State, 11-3 in 2017, looks to be slightly ahead of their G5 competition as the season begins." }, { "rank": 24, "team": { "id": 80, "handle": "ucf", "name": "UCF Knights" }, "rationale": "UCF's undefeated season was certainly impressive, and I think they deserved more recognition than they received, but the loss of Scott Frost makes me dubious about a repeat performance." }, { "rank": 25, "team": { "id": 74, "handle": "memphis", "name": "Memphis Tigers" }, "rationale": "Memphis had a very good season at 11-3 and look to be one of the better-positioned teams in the American this season." } ] }, { "id": 22282, "username": "Ghost_of_Dude", "ballot_type": "Human", "submission_date": "2018-08-20T13:32:48.566000+00:00", "overall_rationale": "Lol preseason rationale.\u251c\u00e9\u252c\u00e1But seriously, just a combination of teams that historically perform well and recruit well, accounting a bit for returning production and a dash of teams I just think will be good this year.\u251c\u00e9\u252c\u00e1Notable exceptions that I wanted to include that barely missed the cut: Oregon, Northwestern, FAU (yes seriously), Texas (something something they're back), Florida State (still a stupid amount of talent, last year be damned), West Virginia", "entries": [ { "rank": 1, "team": { "id": 51, "handle": "alabama", "name": "Alabama Crimson Tide" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 2, "team": { "id": 2, "handle": "clemson", "name": "Clemson Tigers" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 3, "team": { "id": 34, "handle": "ohiostate", "name": "Ohio State Buckeyes" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 4, "team": { "id": 49, "handle": "washington", "name": "Washington Huskies" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 5, "team": { "id": 53, "handle": "auburn", "name": "Auburn Tigers" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 6, "team": { "id": 38, "handle": "wisconsin", "name": "Wisconsin Badgers" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 7, "team": { "id": 55, "handle": "georgia", "name": "Georgia Bulldogs" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 8, "team": { "id": 19, "handle": "oklahoma", "name": "Oklahoma Sooners" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 9, "team": { "id": 35, "handle": "pennstate", "name": "Penn State Nittany Lions" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 10, "team": { "id": 67, "handle": "notredame", "name": "Notre Dame Fighting Irish" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 11, "team": { "id": 30, "handle": "michiganstate", "name": "Michigan State Spartans" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 12, "team": { "id": 7, "handle": "miami", "name": "Miami Hurricanes" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 13, "team": { "id": 29, "handle": "michigan", "name": "Michigan Wolverines" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 14, "team": { "id": 47, "handle": "usc", "name": "USC Trojans" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 15, "team": { "id": 21, "handle": "tcu", "name": "TCU Horned Frogs" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 16, "team": { "id": 45, "handle": "stanford", "name": "Stanford Cardinal" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 17, "team": { "id": 58, "handle": "mississippistate", "name": "Mississippi State Bulldogs" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 18, "team": { "id": 13, "handle": "virginiatech", "name": "Virginia Tech Hokies" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 19, "team": { "id": 20, "handle": "oklahomastate", "name": "Oklahoma State Cowboys" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 20, "team": { "id": 57, "handle": "lsu", "name": "LSU Tigers" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 21, "team": { "id": 80, "handle": "ucf", "name": "UCF Knights" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 22, "team": { "id": 48, "handle": "utah", "name": "Utah Utes" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 23, "team": { "id": 39, "handle": "arizona", "name": "Arizona Wildcats" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 24, "team": { "id": 109, "handle": "boisestate", "name": "Boise State Broncos" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 25, "team": { "id": 63, "handle": "texasam", "name": "Texas A&M Aggies" }, "rationale": "" } ] }, { "id": 22283, "username": "GilBrandt", "ballot_type": "Human", "submission_date": "2018-08-17T22:03:13.545000+00:00", "overall_rationale": "Who has two thumbs and has no idea?! Top half is semi-serious and bottom half are teams I have a good gut feeling about", "entries": [ { "rank": 1, "team": { "id": 51, "handle": "alabama", "name": "Alabama Crimson Tide" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 2, "team": { "id": 2, "handle": "clemson", "name": "Clemson Tigers" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 3, "team": { "id": 55, "handle": "georgia", "name": "Georgia Bulldogs" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 4, "team": { "id": 53, "handle": "auburn", "name": "Auburn Tigers" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 5, "team": { "id": 49, "handle": "washington", "name": "Washington Huskies" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 6, "team": { "id": 29, "handle": "michigan", "name": "Michigan Wolverines" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 7, "team": { "id": 38, "handle": "wisconsin", "name": "Wisconsin Badgers" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 8, "team": { "id": 34, "handle": "ohiostate", "name": "Ohio State Buckeyes" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 9, "team": { "id": 35, "handle": "pennstate", "name": "Penn State Nittany Lions" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 10, "team": { "id": 24, "handle": "westvirginia", "name": "West Virginia Mountaineers" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 11, "team": { "id": 67, "handle": "notredame", "name": "Notre Dame Fighting Irish" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 12, "team": { "id": 13, "handle": "virginiatech", "name": "Virginia Tech Hokies" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 13, "team": { "id": 19, "handle": "oklahoma", "name": "Oklahoma Sooners" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 14, "team": { "id": 58, "handle": "mississippistate", "name": "Mississippi State Bulldogs" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 15, "team": { "id": 54, "handle": "florida", "name": "Florida Gators" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 16, "team": { "id": 80, "handle": "ucf", "name": "UCF Knights" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 17, "team": { "id": 83, "handle": "fau", "name": "FAU Owls" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 18, "team": { "id": 109, "handle": "boisestate", "name": "Boise State Broncos" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 19, "team": { "id": 43, "handle": "oregon", "name": "Oregon Ducks" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 20, "team": { "id": 36, "handle": "purdue", "name": "Purdue Boilermakers" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 21, "team": { "id": 20, "handle": "oklahomastate", "name": "Oklahoma State Cowboys" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 22, "team": { "id": 63, "handle": "texasam", "name": "Texas A&M Aggies" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 23, "team": { "id": 61, "handle": "southcarolina", "name": "South Carolina Gamecocks" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 24, "team": { "id": 4, "handle": "floridastate", "name": "Florida State Seminoles" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 25, "team": { "id": 99, "handle": "buffalo", "name": "Buffalo Bulls" }, "rationale": "" } ] }, { "id": 22286, "username": "goblue10", "ballot_type": "Human", "submission_date": "2018-08-16T17:54:09.367000+00:00", "overall_rationale": "", "entries": [ { "rank": 1, "team": { "id": 51, "handle": "alabama", "name": "Alabama Crimson Tide" }, "rationale": "ugh" }, { "rank": 2, "team": { "id": 2, "handle": "clemson", "name": "Clemson Tigers" }, "rationale": "double up ugh ugh" }, { "rank": 3, "team": { "id": 19, "handle": "oklahoma", "name": "Oklahoma Sooners" }, "rationale": "I believe in Kyler Murray" }, { "rank": 4, "team": { "id": 55, "handle": "georgia", "name": "Georgia Bulldogs" }, "rationale": "They lose some on defense but the offense should be killer" }, { "rank": 5, "team": { "id": 34, "handle": "ohiostate", "name": "Ohio State Buckeyes" }, "rationale": "If Meyer is gone drop them below Wiscy" }, { "rank": 6, "team": { "id": 49, "handle": "washington", "name": "Washington Huskies" }, "rationale": "Is Jake Browning E L I T E? That will determine the season." }, { "rank": 7, "team": { "id": 38, "handle": "wisconsin", "name": "Wisconsin Badgers" }, "rationale": "This could be the best Wisconsin team in awhile, particularly on offense" }, { "rank": 8, "team": { "id": 21, "handle": "tcu", "name": "TCU Horned Frogs" }, "rationale": "yeah sure why not" }, { "rank": 9, "team": { "id": 53, "handle": "auburn", "name": "Auburn Tigers" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 10, "team": { "id": 7, "handle": "miami", "name": "Miami Hurricanes" }, "rationale": "Get a quarterback and then we'll talk" }, { "rank": 11, "team": { "id": 30, "handle": "michiganstate", "name": "Michigan State Spartans" }, "rationale": "they return practically everyone from a pretty good team." }, { "rank": 12, "team": { "id": 24, "handle": "westvirginia", "name": "West Virginia Mountaineers" }, "rationale": "\"Grier to Sills\" will hopefully overshadow \"so who's gonna play defense\"" }, { "rank": 13, "team": { "id": 35, "handle": "pennstate", "name": "Penn State Nittany Lions" }, "rationale": "McSorley is the truth but losing Moorhead and Barkley's gotta be worth something right? Right? Pls" }, { "rank": 14, "team": { "id": 67, "handle": "notredame", "name": "Notre Dame Fighting Irish" }, "rationale": "Is Brandon Wimbush E V E N A V E R A G E? That will determine the season." }, { "rank": 15, "team": { "id": 29, "handle": "michigan", "name": "Michigan Wolverines" }, "rationale": "fuck man I just wanna be happy" }, { "rank": 16, "team": { "id": 45, "handle": "stanford", "name": "Stanford Cardinal" }, "rationale": "I 100% guarantee that Bryce Love will finish 2nd in the Heisman vote to a quarterback." }, { "rank": 17, "team": { "id": 20, "handle": "oklahomastate", "name": "Oklahoma State Cowboys" }, "rationale": "yeah about here seems fine" }, { "rank": 18, "team": { "id": 47, "handle": "usc", "name": "USC Trojans" }, "rationale": "SO who's gonna play QB? They'll probably still win the south because who else is going to? Utah?" }, { "rank": 19, "team": { "id": 9, "handle": "ncstate", "name": "NC State Wolfpack" }, "rationale": "Last year was The Year, but the offense should still be pretty good." }, { "rank": 20, "team": { "id": 58, "handle": "mississippistate", "name": "Mississippi State Bulldogs" }, "rationale": "If Moorhead can get the offense to click in his system they could get real good real fast. All the pieces are there." }, { "rank": 21, "team": { "id": 13, "handle": "virginiatech", "name": "Virginia Tech Hokies" }, "rationale": "I'll believe Bud Foster has a bad defense when I see it with my own god damned eyes." }, { "rank": 22, "team": { "id": 18, "handle": "kansasstate", "name": "Kansas State Wildcats" }, "rationale": "whatever" }, { "rank": 23, "team": { "id": 80, "handle": "ucf", "name": "UCF Knights" }, "rationale": "Maybe it was all Frost, maybe it's maybelline" }, { "rank": 24, "team": { "id": 33, "handle": "northwestern", "name": "Northwestern Wildcats" }, "rationale": "I'm still not convinced they're, like, good but shit man they won 10 games last year right?" }, { "rank": 25, "team": { "id": 106, "handle": "toledo", "name": "Toledo Rockets" }, "rationale": "T-O-L!" } ] }, { "id": 22287, "username": "GoBlueScrewOSU7", "ballot_type": "Human", "submission_date": "2018-08-17T02:26:51.640000+00:00", "overall_rationale": "", "entries": [ { "rank": 1, "team": { "id": 51, "handle": "alabama", "name": "Alabama Crimson Tide" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 2, "team": { "id": 2, "handle": "clemson", "name": "Clemson Tigers" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 3, "team": { "id": 55, "handle": "georgia", "name": "Georgia Bulldogs" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 4, "team": { "id": 34, "handle": "ohiostate", "name": "Ohio State Buckeyes" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 5, "team": { "id": 53, "handle": "auburn", "name": "Auburn Tigers" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 6, "team": { "id": 19, "handle": "oklahoma", "name": "Oklahoma Sooners" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 7, "team": { "id": 49, "handle": "washington", "name": "Washington Huskies" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 8, "team": { "id": 38, "handle": "wisconsin", "name": "Wisconsin Badgers" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 9, "team": { "id": 29, "handle": "michigan", "name": "Michigan Wolverines" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 10, "team": { "id": 35, "handle": "pennstate", "name": "Penn State Nittany Lions" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 11, "team": { "id": 67, "handle": "notredame", "name": "Notre Dame Fighting Irish" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 12, "team": { "id": 30, "handle": "michiganstate", "name": "Michigan State Spartans" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 13, "team": { "id": 7, "handle": "miami", "name": "Miami Hurricanes" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 14, "team": { "id": 58, "handle": "mississippistate", "name": "Mississippi State Bulldogs" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 15, "team": { "id": 57, "handle": "lsu", "name": "LSU Tigers" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 16, "team": { "id": 47, "handle": "usc", "name": "USC Trojans" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 17, "team": { "id": 4, "handle": "floridastate", "name": "Florida State Seminoles" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 18, "team": { "id": 80, "handle": "ucf", "name": "UCF Knights" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 19, "team": { "id": 20, "handle": "oklahomastate", "name": "Oklahoma State Cowboys" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 20, "team": { "id": 45, "handle": "stanford", "name": "Stanford Cardinal" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 21, "team": { "id": 13, "handle": "virginiatech", "name": "Virginia Tech Hokies" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 22, "team": { "id": 21, "handle": "tcu", "name": "TCU Horned Frogs" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 23, "team": { "id": 43, "handle": "oregon", "name": "Oregon Ducks" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 24, "team": { "id": 63, "handle": "texasam", "name": "Texas A&M Aggies" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 25, "team": { "id": 36, "handle": "purdue", "name": "Purdue Boilermakers" }, "rationale": "" } ] }, { "id": 22288, "username": "Greflingorax", "ballot_type": "Human", "submission_date": "2018-08-16T19:35:14.081000+00:00", "overall_rationale": "Basically just my wildly under-informed impressions as to how this season will pan out.\u251c\u00e9\u252c\u00e1 This will have no bearing on my rankings throughout the season, just my (likely to be very wrong) predictions for 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I've tried to double check on certain roles/coaches. Also, it's a preseason poll, so fuck you anyway for having a problem with it.", "entries": [ { "rank": 1, "team": { "id": 51, "handle": "alabama", "name": "Alabama Crimson Tide" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 2, "team": { "id": 55, "handle": "georgia", "name": "Georgia Bulldogs" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 3, "team": { "id": 2, "handle": "clemson", "name": "Clemson Tigers" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 4, "team": { "id": 34, "handle": "ohiostate", "name": "Ohio State Buckeyes" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 5, "team": { "id": 38, "handle": "wisconsin", "name": "Wisconsin Badgers" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 6, "team": { "id": 49, "handle": "washington", "name": "Washington Huskies" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 7, "team": { "id": 19, "handle": "oklahoma", "name": "Oklahoma Sooners" }, "rationale": "Don't get too excited Sooner fans. For what it's worth, I think from here to probably 14th I'd rank as a tie if I could." }, { "rank": 8, "team": { "id": 53, "handle": "auburn", "name": "Auburn Tigers" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 9, "team": { "id": 30, "handle": "michiganstate", "name": "Michigan State Spartans" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 10, "team": { "id": 29, "handle": "michigan", "name": "Michigan Wolverines" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 11, "team": { "id": 35, "handle": "pennstate", "name": "Penn State Nittany Lions" }, "rationale": "Gut feeling says, despite the homer-hype, Penn State will be the most underwhelming of the B1G powerhouses this year. There's still a decently mentored OC and McSquirrely, but the loss in assets on offense will cost us games that would've been wins with last year's roster." }, { "rank": 12, "team": { "id": 67, "handle": "notredame", "name": "Notre Dame Fighting Irish" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 13, "team": { "id": 20, "handle": "oklahomastate", "name": "Oklahoma State Cowboys" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 14, "team": { "id": 57, "handle": "lsu", "name": "LSU Tigers" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 15, "team": { "id": 109, "handle": "boisestate", "name": "Boise State Broncos" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 16, "team": { "id": 7, "handle": "miami", "name": "Miami Hurricanes" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 17, "team": { "id": 83, "handle": "fau", "name": "FAU Owls" }, "rationale": "The faU.So hot right now." }, { "rank": 18, "team": { "id": 48, "handle": "utah", "name": "Utah Utes" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 19, "team": { "id": 24, "handle": "westvirginia", "name": "West Virginia Mountaineers" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 20, "team": { "id": 33, "handle": "northwestern", "name": "Northwestern Wildcats" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 21, "team": { "id": 80, "handle": "ucf", "name": "UCF Knights" }, "rationale": "Why so low compared to Boise or the FAU? Consider it fear of uncertainty in the complete change in staff. Still got Milton, and an otherwise solid team, but I'm unknowledgeable of Hypuel to put any confidence in him untested." }, { "rank": 22, "team": { "id": 13, "handle": "virginiatech", "name": "Virginia Tech Hokies" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 23, "team": { "id": 58, "handle": "mississippistate", "name": "Mississippi State Bulldogs" }, "rationale": "This is just my love for JoeMo and riding on good expectations of a seasoned QB." }, { "rank": 24, "team": { "id": 63, "handle": "texasam", "name": "Texas A&M Aggies" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 25, "team": { "id": 75, "handle": "navy", "name": "Navy Midshipmen" }, "rationale": "" } ] }, { "id": 22296, "username": "Hobbes_121", "ballot_type": "Human", "submission_date": "2018-08-17T16:22:23.402000+00:00", "overall_rationale": "", "entries": [ { "rank": 1, "team": { "id": 51, "handle": "alabama", "name": "Alabama Crimson Tide" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 2, "team": { "id": 2, "handle": "clemson", "name": "Clemson Tigers" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 3, "team": { "id": 55, "handle": "georgia", "name": "Georgia Bulldogs" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 4, "team": { "id": 34, "handle": "ohiostate", "name": "Ohio State Buckeyes" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 5, "team": { "id": 38, "handle": "wisconsin", "name": "Wisconsin Badgers" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 6, "team": { "id": 19, "handle": "oklahoma", "name": "Oklahoma Sooners" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 7, "team": { "id": 35, "handle": "pennstate", "name": "Penn State Nittany Lions" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 8, "team": { "id": 53, "handle": "auburn", "name": "Auburn Tigers" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 9, "team": { "id": 7, "handle": "miami", "name": "Miami Hurricanes" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 10, "team": { "id": 49, "handle": "washington", "name": "Washington Huskies" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 11, "team": { "id": 30, "handle": "michiganstate", "name": "Michigan State Spartans" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 12, "team": { "id": 29, "handle": "michigan", "name": "Michigan Wolverines" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 13, "team": { "id": 47, "handle": "usc", "name": "USC Trojans" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 14, "team": { "id": 67, "handle": "notredame", "name": "Notre Dame Fighting Irish" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 15, "team": { "id": 80, "handle": "ucf", "name": "UCF Knights" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 16, "team": { "id": 45, "handle": "stanford", "name": "Stanford Cardinal" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 17, "team": { "id": 13, "handle": "virginiatech", "name": "Virginia Tech Hokies" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 18, "team": { "id": 21, "handle": "tcu", "name": "TCU Horned Frogs" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 19, "team": { "id": 57, "handle": "lsu", "name": "LSU Tigers" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 20, "team": { "id": 24, "handle": "westvirginia", "name": "West Virginia Mountaineers" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 21, "team": { "id": 20, "handle": "oklahomastate", "name": "Oklahoma State Cowboys" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 22, "team": { "id": 61, "handle": "southcarolina", "name": "South Carolina Gamecocks" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 23, "team": { "id": 58, "handle": "mississippistate", "name": "Mississippi State Bulldogs" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 24, "team": { "id": 109, "handle": "boisestate", "name": "Boise State Broncos" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 25, "team": { "id": 33, "handle": "northwestern", "name": "Northwestern Wildcats" }, "rationale": "" } ] }, { "id": 22297, "username": "hokies220", "ballot_type": "Human", "submission_date": "2018-08-16T17:56:29.509000+00:00", "overall_rationale": "Preseason polls are worthless, but I'm doing one anyways because I'm so excited for the season to be starting in less than 10 days. Not even doing a joke poll although we all know Kansas deserves that #1 spot.", "entries": [ { "rank": 1, "team": { "id": 51, "handle": "alabama", "name": "Alabama Crimson Tide" }, "rationale": "This is their world and we're just living in it." }, { "rank": 2, "team": { "id": 2, "handle": "clemson", "name": "Clemson Tigers" }, "rationale": "ThEiR EnTiRe D-LiNe CoUlD WrEcK ThE NfL" }, { "rank": 3, "team": { "id": 34, "handle": "ohiostate", "name": "Ohio State Buckeyes" }, "rationale": "Urban had previous knowledge of my preseason ranking" }, { "rank": 4, "team": { "id": 49, "handle": "washington", "name": "Washington Huskies" }, "rationale": "This is the year for the Huskies I can feel it**This is probably not going to work out" }, { "rank": 5, "team": { "id": 38, "handle": "wisconsin", "name": "Wisconsin Badgers" }, "rationale": "Can they actually win the B1G this time?\u251c\u00e9\u252c\u00e1" }, { "rank": 6, "team": { "id": 55, "handle": "georgia", "name": "Georgia Bulldogs" }, "rationale": "Excited to see where it all falls apart for them this year." }, { "rank": 7, "team": { "id": 30, "handle": "michiganstate", "name": "Michigan State Spartans" }, "rationale": "Fully buying the Spartans this year" }, { "rank": 8, "team": { "id": 53, "handle": "auburn", "name": "Auburn Tigers" }, "rationale": "Will Auburn win 5 games or 13?" }, { "rank": 9, "team": { "id": 19, "handle": "oklahoma", "name": "Oklahoma Sooners" }, "rationale": "Trust OU more than anyone else in the Big 12 for obvious reasons. It's their conference." }, { "rank": 10, "team": { "id": 45, "handle": "stanford", "name": "Stanford Cardinal" }, "rationale": "Love is optimism. Optimism is Love." }, { "rank": 11, "team": { "id": 36, "handle": "purdue", "name": "Purdue Boilermakers" }, "rationale": "THIS TRAIN IS POWERED BY PURE UNBRIDLED HYPE" }, { "rank": 12, "team": { "id": 24, "handle": "westvirginia", "name": "West Virginia Mountaineers" }, "rationale": "Should be really good. Feel like I've said that before." }, { "rank": 13, "team": { "id": 29, "handle": "michigan", "name": "Michigan Wolverines" }, "rationale": "If Patterson is even semi competent then they should contend for the conference." }, { "rank": 14, "team": { "id": 35, "handle": "pennstate", "name": "Penn State Nittany Lions" }, "rationale": "Wow this division is tough ain't it?" }, { "rank": 15, "team": { "id": 80, "handle": "ucf", "name": "UCF Knights" }, "rationale": "Can they have near as much success without Frost? Maybe." }, { "rank": 16, "team": { "id": 67, "handle": "notredame", "name": "Notre Dame Fighting Irish" }, "rationale": "Don't know what to expect from them, but Wimbush is a threat and they won 10 games last year so I'm thinking 10 wins is possible again." }, { "rank": 17, "team": { "id": 20, "handle": "oklahomastate", "name": "Oklahoma State Cowboys" }, "rationale": "Gundy should have a top 25 team all season long unless.." }, { "rank": 18, "team": { "id": 109, "handle": "boisestate", "name": "Boise State Broncos" }, "rationale": "These guys spoil it early on." }, { "rank": 19, "team": { "id": 7, "handle": "miami", "name": "Miami Hurricanes" }, "rationale": "Not entirely sure how convinced I am that they'll be good again, but preseason top 20 seems fair." }, { "rank": 20, "team": { "id": 21, "handle": "tcu", "name": "TCU Horned Frogs" }, "rationale": "Just got some terrible injury news which is unfortunate, but they should be a 9+ win team." }, { "rank": 21, "team": { "id": 83, "handle": "fau", "name": "FAU Owls" }, "rationale": "Singletary is back. Lane Train likes Singletary the rest of the CUSA does not." }, { "rank": 22, "team": { "id": 47, "handle": "usc", "name": "USC Trojans" }, "rationale": "Bit of a disappointment last year compared to what could've been, but they're USC they should just reload and win the south again." }, { "rank": 23, "team": { "id": 39, "handle": "arizona", "name": "Arizona Wildcats" }, "rationale": "UNLESS KHALIL TATE RUNS AWAY WITH THE DIVISION. Get it, runs away, because he's extremely mobile." }, { "rank": 24, "team": { "id": 129, "handle": "troy", "name": "Troy Trojans" }, "rationale": "Put some respect on their name." }, { "rank": 25, "team": { "id": 65, "handle": "army", "name": "Army West Point" }, "rationale": "Yeah what's up that's right. Rounding out a preseason top 25 with FSU or Miss State or VT or Oregon is boring. In 2018 Army is coming for that ass." } ] }, { "id": 22298, "username": "HUSKEROYAL", "ballot_type": "Human", "submission_date": "2018-08-19T23:37:05.250000+00:00", "overall_rationale": "", "entries": [ { "rank": 1, "team": { "id": 80, "handle": "ucf", "name": "UCF Knights" }, "rationale": "It's a new year and what better way to start off this poll than with the defending national champions? UCF may have lost their head coach and dilf in Scott Frost, but many players return including QB Milton. This team may not go another year undefeated, but as defending champions there is nobody that I can say is definitively better than UCF." }, { "rank": 2, "team": { "id": 51, "handle": "alabama", "name": "Alabama Crimson Tide" }, "rationale": "Who else would be worthy of #2 other than the defending CFP committee champions? With Satan - I mean Saban - himself, the Tide are always a solid choice for the top of the polls. I fully expect Alabama to reach the CFP again, but this time deservingly as SEC Champion." }, { "rank": 3, "team": { "id": 55, "handle": "georgia", "name": "Georgia Bulldogs" }, "rationale": "Georgia was very close to winning the CFP, but like every other Georgia sports team, they blew it. They return great players on offense, but there are concerns on defense (notably the loss of Roquan Smith). They might drop a game during the season, but I still think they'll at least win the SEC East." }, { "rank": 4, "team": { "id": 2, "handle": "clemson", "name": "Clemson Tigers" }, "rationale": "Clemson looked outstanding most of last season before falling flat against Alabama in the CFP. Whether they start Bryant or that top freshman they brought in, their offense should be solid. Their real strength might be the defense, however, with a daunting front seven. With FSU under a new head coach, I like Clemson's chances of winning the ACC and reaching the CFP for a fourth straight season." }, { "rank": 5, "team": { "id": 19, "handle": "oklahoma", "name": "Oklahoma Sooners" }, "rationale": "Oklahoma was right on the doorstep of the CFP title game before that heartbreaking Rose Bowl loss to Georgia. They lost Heisman Trophy winner Baker Mayfield, but their offense will continue to thrive under Kyler Murray, a solid replacement. They will most likely win the Big 12 again, but the key factor in whether or not OU will take the next step in the national picture will be their defense." }, { "rank": 6, "team": { "id": 184, "handle": "northdakotastate", "name": "North Dakota State Bison" }, "rationale": "Can't have a preseason top 25 without the defending NCAA playoff national champions! The most dominant dynasty of the past decade will look to win another NCAA playoff, which would be their seventh title in eight seasons! When's the last time anyone has done that?" }, { "rank": 7, "team": { "id": 49, "handle": "washington", "name": "Washington Huskies" }, "rationale": "Has any program benefited from their head coach taking another job quite like Washington? Since Sark left in 2013, Chris Petersen has made the Huskies a national title contender. There is a lot to like about this team. They should be the favorites to take the Pac 12 title and make a push for the CFP." }, { "rank": 8, "team": { "id": 34, "handle": "ohiostate", "name": "Ohio State Buckeyes" }, "rationale": "The cloud of the Urban Meyer investigation may cause uncertainty over the program, but there is plenty of talent to be solid even if Meyer receives the axe. This team should be competing for the title in the toughest division in college football, and should once again make a push for the CFP." }, { "rank": 9, "team": { "id": 29, "handle": "michigan", "name": "Michigan Wolverines" }, "rationale": "The Wolverines have had a solid defense for a few years now, but the offense now has a competent QB in Shea Patterson. This team could finally take a division title that Michigan has evaded since the creation of divisions in the B1G as well as silencing the doubters of HC Jim Harbaugh, who has done a better job than r/CFB wants you to believe. The Wolverines may have the toughest schedule in the country, however, with trips to Noter Dame, MSU, and tOSU as well as games against Penn State, Wisconsin, and Nebraska." }, { "rank": 10, "team": { "id": 53, "handle": "auburn", "name": "Auburn Tigers" }, "rationale": "This team was interesting down the stretch last year, with wins against both CFP finalists, but losses against one of those CFP teams in the SEC Championship game as well as the loss in the Sugar Bowl to National Champions UCF. There is a lot to like about this team on paper as well, but Auburn has struggled to deliver with expectations in some previous seasons." }, { "rank": 11, "team": { "id": 38, "handle": "wisconsin", "name": "Wisconsin Badgers" }, "rationale": "The Badgers return a strong core of talent from a team that finished 13-1 last year and was at the doorstep to reaching the CFP. Their schedule is tougher this time around with trips to Michigan and Penn State, but this team should still win the Big Ten West and a contender for the CFP." }, { "rank": 12, "team": { "id": 30, "handle": "michiganstate", "name": "Michigan State Spartans" }, "rationale": "The Spartans recovered nicely from a disastrous 2016 season last year. They are stuck in the toughest division in college football, but they host both Michigan and Ohio State as well as avoiding Wisconsin from the West." }, { "rank": 13, "team": { "id": 7, "handle": "miami", "name": "Miami Hurricanes" }, "rationale": "Mark Richt's program made tremendous strides in his second season, going 10-0 before dropping the final 3 games. This team should once again be solid and compete for the ACC Coastal title, but cane they take the next step this year?" }, { "rank": 14, "team": { "id": 67, "handle": "notredame", "name": "Notre Dame Fighting Irish" }, "rationale": "Noter Dame has plenty of talent on their team to be great this season. Their schedule is difficult, but if Wimbush can become a decent passer, this team could be interesting come November." }, { "rank": 15, "team": { "id": 45, "handle": "stanford", "name": "Stanford Cardinal" }, "rationale": "Standford has been a solid program under Shaw, and I expect that to continue this year. They may not have as much talent on paper as Washington, but their style gives them a chance to compete for a Pac 12 title." }, { "rank": 16, "team": { "id": 35, "handle": "pennstate", "name": "Penn State Nittany Lions" }, "rationale": "Barkley is gone, but McSorley is still under center. They don't seem as good on paper as tOSU, Michigan, or MSU, but James Franklin is an outstanding coach and I expect the Lions to be competitive each week." }, { "rank": 17, "team": { "id": 22, "handle": "texas", "name": "Texas Longhorns" }, "rationale": "TEXAS IS BACK... well, not yet. This team has potential to win their first conference title in almost a decade. As long as Tim Beck doesn't completely fuck up their offense (which I would NOT count on), this team could be a real surprise. There's tough matchups with USC and Oklahoma, but perhaps their toughest game will be the last game of the regular season against Kansas. I wonder what happened the last time Texas played on the road against Kansas..." }, { "rank": 18, "team": { "id": 47, "handle": "usc", "name": "USC Trojans" }, "rationale": "Sam \"wouldn't have it any other way\" Darnold is gone, but the Trojans always have talent on their team. It will be interesting to see how this team manages a difficult schedule early on with trips to Stanford, Texas, and Arizona in September." }, { "rank": 19, "team": { "id": 58, "handle": "mississippistate", "name": "Mississippi State Bulldogs" }, "rationale": "Mullen might be gone, but Moorhead is a solid replacement. QB Fitzgerald should once again lead the Clangas to a successful season despite a somewhat difficult schedule." }, { "rank": 20, "team": { "id": 43, "handle": "oregon", "name": "Oregon Ducks" }, "rationale": "Taggart may have left after just one season, but there is a solid base of players on the team. The new coach Cristobal worked wonders at an FIU program that was an absolute disaster before he took over. I expect this program to be a darkhorse to win the Pac 12, as well as being a surprise team this season." }, { "rank": 21, "team": { "id": 61, "handle": "southcarolina", "name": "South Carolina Gamecocks" }, "rationale": "Like Oregon, I see South Carolina as a darkhorse and surprise team. Muschamp has bounced back quite nicely from his tumultuous Florida tenure and has a solid program to work with in Columbia. I can easily see this team pulling off a huge upset Week 2 as Georgia comes to town.\u251c\u00e9\u252c\u00e1" }, { "rank": 22, "team": { "id": 24, "handle": "westvirginia", "name": "West Virginia Mountaineers" }, "rationale": "Will Grier is among the best quarterbacks in college football and should lead West Virginia to a solid season in 2018. His absence at the end of last season showed, as the Mountaineers dropped the last three games last season. This team should contend for the Big 12 Championship this season if things go right." }, { "rank": 23, "team": { "id": 109, "handle": "boisestate", "name": "Boise State Broncos" }, "rationale": "The Broncos are always among the best G5 programs and should be again this season. They seem to be a shoe-in to win the Mountain West this season. If they can run the table, this team has a chance to make a New Years' Six Bowl." }, { "rank": 24, "team": { "id": 13, "handle": "virginiatech", "name": "Virginia Tech Hokies" }, "rationale": "I like Fuente as a coach, and the Hokies are a solid program. They, along with the Hurricanes, will be the main competitors for the ACC Coastal title." }, { "rank": 25, "team": { "id": 32, "handle": "nebraska", "name": "Nebraska Cornhuskers" }, "rationale": "Two words: SCOTT FROST. This team will be much better than most would expect. Nebraska has been sabotaged from the inside by crooks such as former Chancellor Perlman and former ADs Steve Pedersen and Shawn Eichorst. Now that the prodigal son is at the helm, this team will start to become a contender once again. There is has been a lot of work needed on the team that Eichorst and Riley torpedoed, and Frost and his staff are perfect for the fixing. This team will finish at least 8-4 this season. BOOK IT." } ] }, { "id": 22299, "username": "I_am_bot_beep_boop", "ballot_type": "Hybrid", "submission_date": "2018-08-17T19:07:36.112000+00:00", "overall_rationale": "I have a set guideline of factors, including: Conference, SOS, Returning Starters, 3 year wins/3 year playoff appearances, Head Coach, retaining high stat leaders, and more. I give a weight to each category and this is what spit out. For the regular season, there will be other factors but the rankings will go off the preseason start", "entries": [ { "rank": 1, "team": { "id": 2, "handle": "clemson", "name": "Clemson Tigers" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 2, "team": { "id": 51, "handle": "alabama", "name": "Alabama Crimson Tide" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 3, "team": { "id": 38, "handle": "wisconsin", "name": "Wisconsin Badgers" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 4, "team": { "id": 19, "handle": "oklahoma", "name": "Oklahoma Sooners" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 5, "team": { "id": 34, "handle": "ohiostate", "name": "Ohio State Buckeyes" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 6, "team": { "id": 49, "handle": "washington", "name": "Washington Huskies" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 7, "team": { "id": 30, "handle": "michiganstate", "name": "Michigan State Spartans" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 8, "team": { "id": 55, "handle": "georgia", "name": "Georgia Bulldogs" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 9, "team": { "id": 45, "handle": "stanford", "name": "Stanford Cardinal" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 10, "team": { "id": 29, "handle": "michigan", "name": "Michigan Wolverines" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 11, "team": { "id": 7, "handle": "miami", "name": "Miami Hurricanes" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 12, "team": { "id": 35, "handle": "pennstate", "name": "Penn State Nittany Lions" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 13, "team": { "id": 109, "handle": "boisestate", "name": "Boise State Broncos" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 14, "team": { "id": 53, "handle": "auburn", "name": "Auburn Tigers" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 15, "team": { "id": 58, "handle": "mississippistate", "name": "Mississippi State Bulldogs" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 16, "team": { "id": 21, "handle": "tcu", "name": "TCU Horned Frogs" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 17, "team": { "id": 33, "handle": "northwestern", "name": "Northwestern Wildcats" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 18, "team": { "id": 13, "handle": "virginiatech", "name": "Virginia Tech Hokies" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 19, "team": { "id": 47, "handle": "usc", "name": "USC Trojans" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 20, "team": { "id": 67, "handle": "notredame", "name": "Notre Dame Fighting Irish" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 21, "team": { "id": 80, "handle": "ucf", "name": "UCF Knights" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 22, "team": { "id": 20, "handle": "oklahomastate", "name": "Oklahoma State Cowboys" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 23, "team": { "id": 18, "handle": "kansasstate", "name": "Kansas State Wildcats" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 24, "team": { "id": 115, "handle": "sandiegostate", "name": "San Diego State Aztecs" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 25, "team": { "id": 27, "handle": "iowa", "name": "Iowa Hawkeyes" }, "rationale": "" } ] }, { "id": 22300, "username": "icklebush", "ballot_type": "Human", "submission_date": "2018-08-19T23:32:19.054000+00:00", "overall_rationale": "", "entries": [ { "rank": 1, "team": { "id": 51, "handle": "alabama", "name": "Alabama Crimson Tide" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 2, "team": { "id": 2, "handle": "clemson", "name": "Clemson Tigers" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 3, "team": { "id": 55, "handle": "georgia", "name": "Georgia Bulldogs" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 4, "team": { "id": 34, "handle": "ohiostate", "name": "Ohio State Buckeyes" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 5, "team": { "id": 19, "handle": "oklahoma", "name": "Oklahoma Sooners" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 6, "team": { "id": 38, "handle": "wisconsin", "name": "Wisconsin Badgers" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 7, "team": { "id": 53, "handle": "auburn", "name": "Auburn Tigers" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 8, "team": { "id": 35, "handle": "pennstate", "name": "Penn State Nittany Lions" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 9, "team": { "id": 49, "handle": "washington", "name": "Washington Huskies" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 10, "team": { "id": 67, "handle": "notredame", "name": "Notre Dame Fighting Irish" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 11, "team": { "id": 7, "handle": "miami", "name": "Miami Hurricanes" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 12, "team": { "id": 30, "handle": "michiganstate", "name": "Michigan State Spartans" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 13, "team": { "id": 45, "handle": "stanford", "name": "Stanford Cardinal" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 14, "team": { "id": 58, "handle": "mississippistate", "name": "Mississippi State Bulldogs" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 15, "team": { "id": 47, "handle": "usc", "name": "USC Trojans" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 16, "team": { "id": 29, "handle": "michigan", "name": "Michigan Wolverines" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 17, "team": { "id": 21, "handle": "tcu", "name": "TCU Horned Frogs" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 18, "team": { "id": 13, "handle": "virginiatech", "name": "Virginia Tech Hokies" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 19, "team": { "id": 4, "handle": "floridastate", "name": "Florida State Seminoles" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 20, "team": { "id": 24, "handle": "westvirginia", "name": "West Virginia Mountaineers" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 21, "team": { "id": 80, "handle": "ucf", "name": "UCF Knights" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 22, "team": { "id": 57, "handle": "lsu", "name": "LSU Tigers" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 23, "team": { "id": 109, "handle": "boisestate", "name": "Boise State Broncos" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 24, "team": { "id": 61, "handle": "southcarolina", "name": "South Carolina Gamecocks" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 25, "team": { "id": 43, "handle": "oregon", "name": "Oregon Ducks" }, "rationale": "" } ] }, { "id": 22301, "username": "itsabearcannon", "ballot_type": "Human", "submission_date": "2018-08-16T20:00:29.025000+00:00", "overall_rationale": "Understandably a way too early poll, but I think this accurately reflects the state of CFB in the moment. Not all teams have explanations because this is the preseason and some teams just sit where they sit by virtue of being bookended by clearly better or worse teams. Explanations for all teams will come after Week 1.", "entries": [ { "rank": 1, "team": { "id": 51, "handle": "alabama", "name": "Alabama Crimson Tide" }, "rationale": "Defending national champion, #1 recruiting class, A&M and Auburn at home, I'm confident right now in the Tide." }, { "rank": 2, "team": { "id": 55, "handle": "georgia", "name": "Georgia Bulldogs" }, "rationale": "Defending runner-ups, no major losses to the program, and definitely on the upswing history-wise. Here's waiting to see if Kirby keeps the standards up for year 2 or if it's a fluke." }, { "rank": 3, "team": { "id": 38, "handle": "wisconsin", "name": "Wisconsin Badgers" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 4, "team": { "id": 2, "handle": "clemson", "name": "Clemson Tigers" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 5, "team": { "id": 7, "handle": "miami", "name": "Miami Hurricanes" }, "rationale": "I like Richt's chances in year two. Banking on the second-year bump." }, { "rank": 6, "team": { "id": 30, "handle": "michiganstate", "name": "Michigan State Spartans" }, "rationale": "With Ohio State possibly out of the picture in the near future and MSU playing UM and OSU at home, I think they legitimately have a shot at a B10 title, assuming they can get past Wisconsin." }, { "rank": 7, "team": { "id": 19, "handle": "oklahoma", "name": "Oklahoma Sooners" }, "rationale": "Perennial B12 contenders at this point but still unsure if they're going to be okay with the QB situation without Mayfield" }, { "rank": 8, "team": { "id": 34, "handle": "ohiostate", "name": "Ohio State Buckeyes" }, "rationale": "Low, I know, but this is until Urban's status is secure one way or the other. I think no small amount of tOSU's success is due to him, and without him I think the Buckeyes suffer." }, { "rank": 9, "team": { "id": 35, "handle": "pennstate", "name": "Penn State Nittany Lions" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 10, "team": { "id": 53, "handle": "auburn", "name": "Auburn Tigers" }, "rationale": "I see Auburn right now as on a downswing with a disappointing end to 2017. Hopefully they prove me wrong." }, { "rank": 11, "team": { "id": 49, "handle": "washington", "name": "Washington Huskies" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 12, "team": { "id": 80, "handle": "ucf", "name": "UCF Knights" }, "rationale": "#disrespek" }, { "rank": 13, "team": { "id": 29, "handle": "michigan", "name": "Michigan Wolverines" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 14, "team": { "id": 22, "handle": "texas", "name": "Texas Longhorns" }, "rationale": "Again, second year bump plays a factor here. Easily the most unreliable vote on this ballot but it's for #itoldyouso points." }, { "rank": 15, "team": { "id": 45, "handle": "stanford", "name": "Stanford Cardinal" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 16, "team": { "id": 47, "handle": "usc", "name": "USC Trojans" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 17, "team": { "id": 67, "handle": "notredame", "name": "Notre Dame Fighting Irish" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 18, "team": { "id": 57, "handle": "lsu", "name": "LSU Tigers" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 19, "team": { "id": 21, "handle": "tcu", "name": "TCU Horned Frogs" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 20, "team": { "id": 13, "handle": "virginiatech", "name": "Virginia Tech Hokies" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 21, "team": { "id": 20, "handle": "oklahomastate", "name": "Oklahoma State Cowboys" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 22, "team": { "id": 58, "handle": "mississippistate", "name": "Mississippi State Bulldogs" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 23, "team": { "id": 4, "handle": "floridastate", "name": "Florida State Seminoles" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 24, "team": { "id": 24, "handle": "westvirginia", "name": "West Virginia Mountaineers" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 25, "team": { "id": 63, "handle": "texasam", "name": "Texas A&M Aggies" }, "rationale": "" } ] }, { "id": 22302, "username": "JaxofAllTrades13", "ballot_type": "Hybrid", "submission_date": "2018-08-17T15:14:46.984000+00:00", "overall_rationale": "Welcome to JaxofAllTrades13's Inaugural Poll!\u251c\u00e9\u252c\u00e1The poll is simple; I have a select number of stats I like in teams and a formula to mash those stats into a score (see below). Now, that's a lot of number crunching, so that's where the human element comes in. I only run the formula for teams I believe deserve to have a shot at being ranked.\u251c\u00e9\u252c\u00e1Examples:\u251c\u00e9\u252c\u00e1\u251c\u00e9\u252c\u00e1Week 6: you're 6-0, you're getting checked and I'd be in shock if you're not ranked.\u251c\u00e9\u252c\u00e1\u251c\u00e9\u252c\u00e1Week 6: you're a G5 team at 5-1, you're getting checked and probably ranked.\u251c\u00e9\u252c\u00e1\u251c\u00e9\u252c\u00e1Week 6: you're a P5 team 3-3 that beat Bama, I'm checking you, but you probably won't have the stats to get ranked.\u251c\u00e9\u252c\u00e1\u251c\u00e9\u252c\u00e1Week 6: you're a P5 team at 3-3 with no ranked wins, I'm unlikely to check you.\u251c\u00e9\u252c\u00e1\u251c\u00e9\u252c\u00e1Week 6: you're a team that's 0-6, I'm not wasting my time checking you.Somebody's not going to like where they end up. Sorry, not sorry. I'm sticking with this formula for this season. I'll be tracking how often I'm way off the official poll, and if this is bad, I'll scrap it next season and try again. If you want to know if I checked your team/what their rank was outside of the Top 25, just ask!\u251c\u00e9\u252c\u00e1Here's the formula: (Average Margin of Victory) + (Average Margin of Yards per Game)/50 + (Turnover Margin)/3 + (Ranked Wins)*3 = ScoreBasically: 1 Ranked win = +9 Turnover margin = +3 MoV = +150 Yd/game marginHere is post the Postseason from last as the Preseason Ballot and an example!\u251c\u00e9\u252c\u00e1", "entries": [ { "rank": 1, "team": { "id": 51, "handle": "alabama", "name": "Alabama Crimson Tide" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 2, "team": { "id": 80, "handle": "ucf", "name": "UCF Knights" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 3, "team": { "id": 34, "handle": "ohiostate", "name": "Ohio State Buckeyes" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 4, "team": { "id": 35, "handle": "pennstate", "name": "Penn State Nittany Lions" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 5, "team": { "id": 2, "handle": "clemson", "name": "Clemson Tigers" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 6, "team": { "id": 19, "handle": "oklahoma", "name": "Oklahoma Sooners" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 7, "team": { "id": 55, "handle": "georgia", "name": "Georgia Bulldogs" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 8, "team": { "id": 38, "handle": "wisconsin", "name": "Wisconsin Badgers" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 9, "team": { "id": 67, "handle": "notredame", "name": "Notre Dame Fighting Irish" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 10, "team": { "id": 53, "handle": "auburn", "name": "Auburn Tigers" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 11, "team": { "id": 49, "handle": "washington", "name": "Washington Huskies" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 12, "team": { "id": 83, "handle": "fau", "name": "FAU Owls" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 13, "team": { "id": 21, "handle": "tcu", "name": "TCU Horned Frogs" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 14, "team": { "id": 20, "handle": "oklahomastate", "name": "Oklahoma State Cowboys" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 15, "team": { "id": 81, "handle": "usf", "name": "USF Bulls" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 16, "team": { "id": 16, "handle": "iowastate", "name": "Iowa State Cyclones" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 17, "team": { "id": 45, "handle": "stanford", "name": "Stanford Cardinal" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 18, "team": { "id": 129, "handle": "troy", "name": "Troy Trojans" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 19, "team": { "id": 74, "handle": "memphis", "name": "Memphis Tigers" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 20, "team": { "id": 120, "handle": "appalachianstate", "name": "Appalachian State Mountaineers" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 21, "team": { "id": 7, "handle": "miami", "name": "Miami Hurricanes" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 22, "team": { "id": 115, "handle": "sandiegostate", "name": "San Diego State Aztecs" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 23, "team": { "id": 13, "handle": "virginiatech", "name": "Virginia Tech Hokies" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 24, "team": { "id": 57, "handle": "lsu", "name": "LSU Tigers" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 25, "team": { "id": 111, "handle": "fresnostate", "name": "Fresno State Bulldogs" }, "rationale": "" } ] }, { "id": 22303, "username": "JCiLee", "ballot_type": "Human", "submission_date": "2018-08-17T20:15:16.977000+00:00", "overall_rationale": "", "entries": [ { "rank": 1, "team": { "id": 51, "handle": "alabama", "name": "Alabama Crimson Tide" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 2, "team": { "id": 2, "handle": "clemson", "name": "Clemson Tigers" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 3, "team": { "id": 55, "handle": "georgia", "name": "Georgia Bulldogs" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 4, "team": { "id": 49, "handle": "washington", "name": "Washington Huskies" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 5, "team": { "id": 34, "handle": "ohiostate", "name": "Ohio State Buckeyes" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 6, "team": { "id": 19, "handle": "oklahoma", "name": "Oklahoma Sooners" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 7, "team": { "id": 38, "handle": "wisconsin", "name": "Wisconsin Badgers" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 8, "team": { "id": 29, "handle": "michigan", "name": "Michigan Wolverines" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 9, "team": { "id": 53, "handle": "auburn", "name": "Auburn Tigers" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 10, "team": { "id": 24, "handle": "westvirginia", "name": "West Virginia Mountaineers" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 11, "team": { "id": 45, "handle": "stanford", "name": "Stanford Cardinal" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 12, "team": { "id": 30, "handle": "michiganstate", "name": "Michigan State Spartans" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 13, "team": { "id": 35, "handle": "pennstate", "name": "Penn State Nittany Lions" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 14, "team": { "id": 7, "handle": "miami", "name": "Miami Hurricanes" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 15, "team": { "id": 47, "handle": "usc", "name": "USC Trojans" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 16, "team": { "id": 57, "handle": "lsu", "name": "LSU Tigers" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 17, "team": { "id": 13, "handle": "virginiatech", "name": "Virginia Tech Hokies" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 18, "team": { "id": 39, "handle": "arizona", "name": "Arizona Wildcats" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 19, "team": { "id": 67, "handle": "notredame", "name": "Notre Dame Fighting Irish" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 20, "team": { "id": 80, "handle": "ucf", "name": "UCF Knights" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 21, "team": { "id": 109, "handle": "boisestate", "name": "Boise State Broncos" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 22, "team": { "id": 4, "handle": "floridastate", "name": "Florida State Seminoles" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 23, "team": { "id": 63, "handle": "texasam", "name": "Texas A&M Aggies" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 24, "team": { "id": 43, "handle": "oregon", "name": "Oregon Ducks" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 25, "team": { "id": 16, "handle": "iowastate", "name": "Iowa State Cyclones" }, "rationale": "" } ] }, { "id": 22304, "username": "JeromesNiece", "ballot_type": "Human", "submission_date": "2018-08-19T17:10:56.536000+00:00", "overall_rationale": "This is what I predict the final poll to look like at the end of the 2018 season. ", "entries": [ { "rank": 1, "team": { "id": 51, "handle": "alabama", "name": "Alabama Crimson Tide" }, "rationale": "Bama is an automatic at #1 until proven otherwise." }, { "rank": 2, "team": { "id": 2, "handle": "clemson", "name": "Clemson Tigers" }, "rationale": "Dabo is building a Bama-like Death Star at Clemson, and they have a relatively easy path to the playoff this year. That D-Line will be absurd." }, { "rank": 3, "team": { "id": 49, "handle": "washington", "name": "Washington Huskies" }, "rationale": "I think the Huskies will be far and away the best team in the Pac-12 this year and will be in the playoff for the second time in three years. Jake Browning will have a much bigger year than last year behind a more experienced O-line." }, { "rank": 4, "team": { "id": 55, "handle": "georgia", "name": "Georgia Bulldogs" }, "rationale": "Georgia looks poised to being a national title contender again in 2018, and no one on their schedule really scares me. I predict they will play Bama in the SEC title game and may make the playoff regardless of the outcome of that game." }, { "rank": 5, "team": { "id": 34, "handle": "ohiostate", "name": "Ohio State Buckeyes" }, "rationale": "Urban Meyer is still the head coach as I am writing this, and he has built a perennial title contender in Columbus. The gauntlet in the Big Ten East this year and the lingering Zach Smith controversy knocks them to fifth but I would not be surprised at all to see them in the playoff." }, { "rank": 6, "team": { "id": 38, "handle": "wisconsin", "name": "Wisconsin Badgers" }, "rationale": "Wisconsin returns a lot from a team that nearly made the playoff last year. Jonathon Taylor is my favorite to win the Heisman. " }, { "rank": 7, "team": { "id": 19, "handle": "oklahoma", "name": "Oklahoma Sooners" }, "rationale": "We'll see how Lincoln Riley handles the loss of Baker Mayfield but I see no reason to believe the Sooners won't be the class of the Big 12 once again in 2018." }, { "rank": 8, "team": { "id": 7, "handle": "miami", "name": "Miami Hurricanes" }, "rationale": "The Canes are on the come up and I think Mark Richt may have a viable challenger to Clemson here at Miami. Their schedule is relatively easy and I predict they return to the ACC title game." }, { "rank": 9, "team": { "id": 30, "handle": "michiganstate", "name": "Michigan State Spartans" }, "rationale": "Sparty returns a scary amount of talent, avoids Wisconsin in the regular season and hosts Michigan and Ohio State. They should probably be the favorites to come out of this stacked Big Ten East." }, { "rank": 10, "team": { "id": 67, "handle": "notredame", "name": "Notre Dame Fighting Irish" }, "rationale": "Brian Kelly is due for a big season, and I could see it happening with this schedule. I think they will beat Michigan to open the year and spend most of the season in the top 10." }, { "rank": 11, "team": { "id": 35, "handle": "pennstate", "name": "Penn State Nittany Lions" }, "rationale": "Trace McSorely is one of the best returning QBs in the country, and I don't think the loss of Saquon Barkley will ultimately hurt Penn State too much. They will be a top-10 quality team but may drop a couple between the Big Ten East gauntlet and Wisconsin." }, { "rank": 12, "team": { "id": 45, "handle": "stanford", "name": "Stanford Cardinal" }, "rationale": "Stanford just feels right at home in the 10-20 range. Bryce Love will be a beast this year (again) but I don't see them getting past Washington." }, { "rank": 13, "team": { "id": 109, "handle": "boisestate", "name": "Boise State Broncos" }, "rationale": "Brett Rypien is a great returning QB, and I see Boise State easily grabbing the G5 NY6 spot this year." }, { "rank": 14, "team": { "id": 47, "handle": "usc", "name": "USC Trojans" }, "rationale": "USC loses a lot of talent on offense, and I'm not completely sold on Clay Helton being a long-term success for the Trojans. Hard to put them lower than 15th in a relatively weak Pac-12 South, though" }, { "rank": 15, "team": { "id": 53, "handle": "auburn", "name": "Auburn Tigers" }, "rationale": "This Auburn team could be excellent but their schedule is brutal. They play Washington at a neutral site and Georgia and Bama on the road, and if they lose all three like I think they will, they probably won't be in the top 10." }, { "rank": 16, "team": { "id": 29, "handle": "michigan", "name": "Michigan Wolverines" }, "rationale": "Michigan will definitely have an elite defense, but whether or not Michigan is a title contender will hinge on their offense. Shea Patterson is getting a lot of hype but I'm not sure he will succeed behind this O-Line. I see Michigan going 2-3 against ND, Wisconsin, Penn State, Michigan State, Ohio State." }, { "rank": 17, "team": { "id": 22, "handle": "texas", "name": "Texas Longhorns" }, "rationale": "I think Tom Herman is about to take a big next step with Texas this year. Would not be surprised if they made it to the Big 12 title game " }, { "rank": 18, "team": { "id": 4, "handle": "floridastate", "name": "Florida State Seminoles" }, "rationale": "FSU is way too talented to be a 7-6 team again. They will be a top-25 quality team at least but probably will not make it past Clemson in the Atlantic" }, { "rank": 19, "team": { "id": 21, "handle": "tcu", "name": "TCU Horned Frogs" }, "rationale": "TCU is not very experienced this year but Gary Patterson always fields a great team. I don't see them beating OSU early but they could sneak into the Big 12 title game" }, { "rank": 20, "team": { "id": 58, "handle": "mississippistate", "name": "Mississippi State Bulldogs" }, "rationale": "Nick Fitzgerald will be great but I have a hard time seeing them make it very far in the SEC West with a new system under Joe Moorehead. They will be a very solid team but they will definitely lose to Bama and a couple other SEC teams." }, { "rank": 21, "team": { "id": 43, "handle": "oregon", "name": "Oregon Ducks" }, "rationale": "The Ducks with Justin Herbert had very strong potential last year. 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Simple as that." }, { "rank": 2, "team": { "id": 55, "handle": "georgia", "name": "Georgia Bulldogs" }, "rationale": "Georgia is very real, and I like what they have returning.\u251c\u00e9\u252c\u00e1" }, { "rank": 3, "team": { "id": 2, "handle": "clemson", "name": "Clemson Tigers" }, "rationale": "Clemson is going to win the ACC this year handily I think, but I'm not sure if I think they're better than Georgia.\u251c\u00e9\u252c\u00e1" }, { "rank": 4, "team": { "id": 34, "handle": "ohiostate", "name": "Ohio State Buckeyes" }, "rationale": "We'll have to see how all the drama unfolds, but OSU should be back at the top again." }, { "rank": 5, "team": { "id": 19, "handle": "oklahoma", "name": "Oklahoma Sooners" }, "rationale": "The offensive line and skill positions should be enough to overcome average QB play. 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They have a lot of question marks, but they may just have answers for those." }, { "rank": 24, "team": { "id": 80, "handle": "ucf", "name": "UCF Knights" }, "rationale": "UCF lost a lot from their amazing run last season, but I'm sure they picked up some valuable Spencerian along the way. They'll still be really good.\u251c\u00e9\u252c\u00e1" }, { "rank": 25, "team": { "id": 18, "handle": "kansasstate", "name": "Kansas State Wildcats" }, "rationale": "Not enough people are talking about KState. 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"id": 13, "handle": "virginiatech", "name": "Virginia Tech Hokies" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 19, "team": { "id": 80, "handle": "ucf", "name": "UCF Knights" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 20, "team": { "id": 45, "handle": "stanford", "name": "Stanford Cardinal" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 21, "team": { "id": 57, "handle": "lsu", "name": "LSU Tigers" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 22, "team": { "id": 61, "handle": "southcarolina", "name": "South Carolina Gamecocks" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 23, "team": { "id": 109, "handle": "boisestate", "name": "Boise State Broncos" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 24, "team": { "id": 22, "handle": "texas", "name": "Texas Longhorns" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 25, "team": { "id": 39, "handle": "arizona", "name": "Arizona Wildcats" }, "rationale": "" } ] }, { "id": 22317, "username": "mellolizard", "ballot_type": "Human", "submission_date": "2018-08-20T03:15:47.521000+00:00", "overall_rationale": "", "entries": [ { "rank": 1, "team": { "id": 51, "handle": "alabama", "name": "Alabama Crimson Tide" }, "rationale": "do i even need to explain myself?" }, { "rank": 2, "team": { "id": 2, "handle": "clemson", "name": "Clemson Tigers" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 3, "team": { "id": 55, "handle": "georgia", "name": "Georgia Bulldogs" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 4, "team": { "id": 19, "handle": "oklahoma", "name": "Oklahoma Sooners" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 5, "team": { "id": 7, "handle": "miami", "name": "Miami Hurricanes" }, "rationale": "I might have them too high but I think the U is back.\u251c\u00e9\u252c\u00e1" }, { "rank": 6, "team": { "id": 38, "handle": "wisconsin", "name": "Wisconsin Badgers" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 7, "team": { "id": 35, "handle": "pennstate", "name": "Penn State Nittany Lions" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 8, "team": { "id": 34, "handle": "ohiostate", "name": "Ohio State Buckeyes" }, "rationale": "This is my prediction if Meyer IS fired.\u251c\u00e9\u252c\u00e1 If he is there, I am moving them up to 2.\u251c\u00e9\u252c\u00e1" }, { "rank": 9, "team": { "id": 49, "handle": "washington", "name": "Washington Huskies" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 10, "team": { "id": 53, "handle": "auburn", "name": "Auburn Tigers" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 11, "team": { "id": 30, "handle": "michiganstate", "name": "Michigan State Spartans" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 12, "team": { "id": 67, "handle": "notredame", "name": "Notre Dame Fighting Irish" }, "rationale": "Don't make me regret this ND.\u251c\u00e9\u252c\u00e1" }, { "rank": 13, "team": { "id": 45, "handle": "stanford", "name": "Stanford Cardinal" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 14, "team": { "id": 29, "handle": "michigan", "name": "Michigan Wolverines" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 15, "team": { "id": 58, "handle": "mississippistate", "name": "Mississippi State Bulldogs" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 16, "team": { "id": 47, "handle": "usc", "name": "USC Trojans" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 17, "team": { "id": 4, "handle": "floridastate", "name": "Florida State Seminoles" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 18, "team": { "id": 43, "handle": "oregon", "name": "Oregon Ducks" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 19, "team": { "id": 109, "handle": "boisestate", "name": "Boise State Broncos" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 20, "team": { "id": 24, "handle": "westvirginia", "name": "West Virginia Mountaineers" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 21, "team": { "id": 13, "handle": "virginiatech", "name": "Virginia Tech Hokies" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 22, "team": { "id": 21, "handle": "tcu", "name": "TCU Horned Frogs" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 23, "team": { "id": 80, "handle": "ucf", "name": "UCF Knights" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 24, "team": { "id": 32, "handle": "nebraska", "name": "Nebraska Cornhuskers" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 25, "team": { "id": 5, "handle": "georgiatech", "name": "Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets" }, "rationale": "My sleeper for the ACC coastal.\u251c\u00e9\u252c\u00e1" } ] }, { "id": 22318, "username": "Miami_da_U", "ballot_type": "Human", "submission_date": "2018-08-16T19:49:50.460000+00:00", "overall_rationale": "", "entries": [ { "rank": 1, "team": { "id": 2, "handle": "clemson", "name": "Clemson Tigers" }, "rationale": "Filthy Dline, which imo is the most important position group on a team (with OL being 2nd). Great talent at QB. Think they are angry after how last season ended, and that trash loss to Syracuse. Many guys that could have left early stayed. They have a lot of talent and a lot of experience that chose not to go the NFL so that they could win another National Championship..\u251c\u00e9\u252c\u00e1This is more like 1a with bama at 1b though. Clemson has a solid schedule. @ Texas A&M and @ FSU. Then South Carolina to finish off the season." }, { "rank": 2, "team": { "id": 51, "handle": "alabama", "name": "Alabama Crimson Tide" }, "rationale": "Theyve been reloading at an elite level for years. Surprised Saban isn't just going with Tua as QB1. I think rotating between the qbs isn't going to have the best effect on the offense.\u251c\u00e9\u252c\u00e1I really dislike when teams like Bama schedule teams like The Citadel in the final few weeks of the season. If both Bama and Clemson finished undefeated I'd rank Clemson higher, which is why I have them higher here." }, { "rank": 3, "team": { "id": 38, "handle": "wisconsin", "name": "Wisconsin Badgers" }, "rationale": "Literally ALL their tough games are on the road. If they win those, they'll get bonus points in my book for that. I fully expect them to be playing in the B1G championship. The only question is will they finally win it?. They ended the season very strong against Miami, but the question is will they take the next step or will they just kinda stall in place? Wisconsin has a high floor, but we'll see if they have a high ceiling or not." }, { "rank": 4, "team": { "id": 55, "handle": "georgia", "name": "Georgia Bulldogs" }, "rationale": "They are killing it in recruiting. However they did just lose a shit load of upperclassman that all chose to return which created that dream season they had last season. Pretty solid schedule, so they'll be tested for sure. I don't think they're as good of a team as they were last year though. I wont be surprised if they win out or if they drop 2 games. But right now they're more proven than Miami, Oklahoma (w/out Baker), and tOSU (possibly w/out Meyer). So they deserve to be ranked higher at the moment.\u251c\u00e9\u252c\u00e1" }, { "rank": 5, "team": { "id": 7, "handle": "miami", "name": "Miami Hurricanes" }, "rationale": "I know the most about Miami:Talent wise, they're the best they've been in over a decade and a half. they have one of the top LB and DB groups in the Nation with Jaquan Johnson, Michael Jackson, Shaq Quarterman, Mike Pinkney, etc. They lost a lot on the DL, but I don't expect any drop off at all, as they essentially just reloaded at the position. So defensively I think they are set to be better than last year where they were at or near the top in turnovers, sacks, tfls, yards/play, etc.\u251c\u00e9\u252c\u00e1Offensively RB and WR is loaded, but have major questions along the OL and QB. the OL has a lot of experience, but they weren't very good last year, especially in the run game. And now they moved their former RT to LT, and former RG to RT. If those two position switches work out their OLine will be good, if not this offense could stumble (though likely still be quite explosive). At Qb, Malik Rosier is going to start, and I think most Hurricane fans are hoping one of the Freshman (Nkosi Perry, Jarren Williams, or Cade Weldon) step up and beat him out for the starting job.\u251c\u00e9\u252c\u00e1So ultimately if they get good QB play, and the OLine holds up, they have a great chance at winning out, at least until Clemson. Can they beat Clemson? Or at least keep it close and still make the CFP?\u251c\u00e9\u252c\u00e1" }, { "rank": 6, "team": { "id": 34, "handle": "ohiostate", "name": "Ohio State Buckeyes" }, "rationale": "They'd be higher on the list, but Personally I think Urban Meyer is at least suspended, if not fired. This has been a major distraction for the team, and I definitely think its going to have negative affects on the season. Plus they have an awesome schedule @TCU, @PSU, and @MSU! plus the home game vs Michigan and even Oregon State making it two P5 non con games, which is what I like to see. The Talent and schedule is there for tOSU to make the CFP. If Urban Meyer is cleared, they have a solid shot (though I don't think they go undefeated). If he's not, I doubt they do." }, { "rank": 7, "team": { "id": 19, "handle": "oklahoma", "name": "Oklahoma Sooners" }, "rationale": "Sorry OU fans, I just don't believe they'll be as good without Baker Mayfield running things on offense. I don't think there will be a massive dropoff or anything, especially with Rodney Anderson and the talent at WR, but they're gunna have to prove themselves before I rank them above teams 3-6. I think the offense will be great, just maybe not ELITE.Add that to the fact their Defense lost some big players and they already struggled mightily at times last season, and I'm not as optimistic as most seem to be about the Sooners. I think they really NEED the incoming freshman to step up this season, and I'm sure some will, but they'll also make freshman mistakes. Without Baker Mayfield they need the defense to be More consistent than last year. If they step up, they'll win the B12. If not, well....they'll still probably win the B12, but wont be CFP bound at least." }, { "rank": 8, "team": { "id": 49, "handle": "washington", "name": "Washington Huskies" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 9, "team": { "id": 47, "handle": "usc", "name": "USC Trojans" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 10, "team": { "id": 53, "handle": "auburn", "name": "Auburn Tigers" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 11, "team": { "id": 30, "handle": "michiganstate", "name": "Michigan State Spartans" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 12, "team": { "id": 29, "handle": "michigan", "name": "Michigan Wolverines" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 13, "team": { "id": 67, "handle": "notredame", "name": "Notre Dame Fighting Irish" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 14, "team": { "id": 35, "handle": "pennstate", "name": "Penn State Nittany Lions" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 15, "team": { "id": 45, "handle": "stanford", "name": "Stanford Cardinal" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 16, "team": { "id": 4, "handle": "floridastate", "name": "Florida State Seminoles" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 17, "team": { "id": 21, "handle": "tcu", "name": "TCU Horned Frogs" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 18, "team": { "id": 13, "handle": "virginiatech", "name": "Virginia Tech Hokies" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 19, "team": { "id": 58, "handle": "mississippistate", "name": "Mississippi State Bulldogs" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 20, "team": { "id": 57, "handle": "lsu", "name": "LSU Tigers" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 21, "team": { "id": 24, "handle": "westvirginia", "name": "West Virginia Mountaineers" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 22, "team": { "id": 109, "handle": "boisestate", "name": "Boise State Broncos" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 23, "team": { "id": 80, "handle": "ucf", "name": "UCF Knights" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 24, "team": { "id": 22, "handle": "texas", "name": "Texas Longhorns" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 25, "team": { "id": 61, "handle": "southcarolina", "name": "South Carolina Gamecocks" }, "rationale": "" } ] }, { "id": 22319, "username": "mickeyquicknumbers", "ballot_type": "Human", "submission_date": "2018-08-16T19:28:30.532000+00:00", "overall_rationale": "", "entries": [ { "rank": 1, "team": { "id": 34, "handle": "ohiostate", "name": "Ohio State Buckeyes" }, "rationale": "\n Ahh\n whatever. Statistically I think Ohio State on the whole graded out as the\n second best team last year behind Alabama. I know they lose a tremendous\n amount of talent, but they're closer to Alabama than they are the other 128\n teams in the nation as far as being able to \"next man up\" with\n elite recruits. I expect Chase Young and Nick Bosa to edge Clemson for best\n pair of DE's in the nation (sorry Michigan). An offense that was overally\n pretty great should get even better this year with Webber/Dobbs complimenting\n a QB that I don't think will be a drop off from JT Barett and a WR group that\n will keep getting better. I have a few minor reservations about Alabama (and\n all other teams below them) but no reservations about Ohio State, so I keep\n them here for now." }, { "rank": 2, "team": { "id": 38, "handle": "wisconsin", "name": "Wisconsin Badgers" }, "rationale": "\n The\n more I think about Wisconsin, the more I love Wisconsin. There's a decent\n chance they finish with outright the best offensive line in the nation. They\n have a rising sophomore who should be one of the 5-10 best running backs in\n the nation, a high efficiency QB, and a WR group that was super young last\n year (two freshman, two sophomores in their top 4). The sometimes-laborious\n offense will be something of a tank this year. That offensive outlook is\n perfect to pair with a defense that was one of the 5-ish best in the nation\n last year and returns 7 of their 13ish primary playmakers, I don't think .\n What do you get when you pair a top-5 nationally ranked defense an absolute\n steamroller offense? You get one of the best teams in the nation." }, { "rank": 3, "team": { "id": 51, "handle": "alabama", "name": "Alabama Crimson Tide" }, "rationale": "\n Called\n me crazy (or don't), but I think 3rd is a good spot for our defending\n champions. First point, I think this will be one of the best Alabama offenses\n ever. The OL will be the best it has been in years, the Harris duo at RB I\n think will be the best overall running back room since Lacy/Yeldon in 2012,\n and Tua *might* be the first true NFL quality QB they've had in the Saban\n era. All fine on that front. I have two concerns however dropping them to\n 3rd. The first is the abnormally high defensive attrition (even for Bama) -\n all 6 of their primary DB's are gone; 100% secondary turnover is a really big\n deal for everyone, everywhere, including Alabama. The defensive line despite\n having an all american type jumbo DE in Raekwon Davis I think will be a rebuilding\n unit (think 2013). The other issues that makes me nervous for Alabama is the\n coaching turnover, where they have undergone the biggest turnover of staff of\n any one year of the Saban era. Tosh Lupoi has been groomed, but it's the\n first time they've had someone other than a confirmed guru at DC since 2007.\n I don't love Mike Locksley all that much as an offensive architect either.\n They are still Alabama, and still have the most talented roster in the nation\n outright and the best head coach outright, and so they can't really drop all\n that far. I think a 1st round playoff exit seems right for them this year." }, { "rank": 4, "team": { "id": 49, "handle": "washington", "name": "Washington Huskies" }, "rationale": "\n Last\n was a letdown in the results column, but Washington was very good regardless.\n While Browning didn't take \"the next step\" he and Miles Gaskin\n still form an extremely envious RB/QB combo. Combined with the bulk of the\n defense returning, including almost every major playmaker sans the elite Vita\n Vea; I see nobody else with the combination of experience, talent, and high\n quality coaching on both sides of the ball in the Pac12 having a good\n argument for moving in front of them going into the season." }, { "rank": 5, "team": { "id": 55, "handle": "georgia", "name": "Georgia Bulldogs" }, "rationale": "\n Georgia\n is tough cookie to pin down this preseason. While they are quickly getting to\n that Ohio State/Alabama level of talent, I think Smarts recruiting efforts\n need about one more year to translate to them putting together a continuous\n stream of goliath teams. I think even with the passing game taking a step\n forward, this team as a whole will dip slightly from where they were last\n year due sheerly to the loss of volume of veterans in Chubb, Michell, Wynn at\n LT, Roquan Smith, Trenton thompson, Lorenzo Carter, Aaron Davis, Dominick\n Sanders, John Atkins, Davin Belamy, Malcolm Parrish & Reggie Carter." }, { "rank": 6, "team": { "id": 29, "handle": "michigan", "name": "Michigan Wolverines" }, "rationale": "There have been a good number deep dives *why* Michigan underperformed their 2017 expecations (by my count, they underperformed by one game, which is fine). The passing game was truly atrocious last year, and upgrading from 2017 passing to \"decent\" - which is what I think the floor for Patterson is - will be a world of difference. The defense was young last year and will return to being one of the 2-3 best in the nation this year. The run game was serviceable and now likely complemented by a passing game that is serviceable I think Michigan is looking at a top-30 type offense; combine those together and you have IMO the 6th best team in the nation. In fact, I would argue that the biggest difference between 2018 Michigan and 2018 Clemson is that Michigan will have better QB play than what Clemson gets out of Bryant or a true freshman in Lawrence." }, { "rank": 7, "team": { "id": 2, "handle": "clemson", "name": "Clemson Tigers" }, "rationale": "\n Clemson\n was about the 6thish best team last year; with some serious flaws and some\n amazing individual units balancing out to make for a great team. I expect\n them to be almost identical in quality to 2017, so I I keep them here at 7.\n The defense was one of the best in the nation outright (S&P+ 2nd), and\n returns a true god-level defensive line. They'll miss a few good pieces in\n the back 7; but adequate replacements for O'Daniel, Van Smith, and Ryan\n Carter are all they need to maintain uber-elite defensive status, especially\n with Venables at the the helm. Offensively, I'm not sure Clemson was even\n top-25 last year. Kelly Bryant had problems as a passer, and I'm not sure\n Lawrence will be the answer until 2019. The run game was more reliable - but\n neither stood up particularly well against the singular elite defense they\n played last year. The good news for them is that I don't think they play an\n elite defense at all in the regular season, and so they should be primed for\n another playoff run via crushing their opponent's offense one at a time." }, { "rank": 8, "team": { "id": 30, "handle": "michiganstate", "name": "Michigan State Spartans" }, "rationale": "Michigan State's \"rebuilding\" year last year ended with them having a borderline top-5 defense in the nation, which returns the vast majority of its starters and 2-deep. They lost Harlon Barnett at DC, but Dantonio will not let this team's defense fall off from the loss of a DC as Narduzzi's departure showed. Lewerke's emergence and and OL maturing this year = a step forward for the offense as I think MSU moves from being just outside of the top-10 to just inside of it." }, { "rank": 9, "team": { "id": 53, "handle": "auburn", "name": "Auburn Tigers" }, "rationale": "Regardless of everything, every year, predicting Auburn feels like a shot in the dark. Stidham and an improving group of receivers should open up the passing game this year; but the running game will need to rely more on Martin who I'm not sure can replicate the strong ground game they had last year from Pettway and Johnson. The total offensive line reset has me nervous, but everyone outside of the top-5 or 6 teams have question marks littering their starting lineup. Defensively the front 7 will be deep and talented, being defined by a top-5 quality defensive line, while Kevin Steele continues to baffle LSU and Clemson fans everywhere." }, { "rank": 10, "team": { "id": 58, "handle": "mississippistate", "name": "Mississippi State Bulldogs" }, "rationale": "Call me part of the hype train if you want. But Joe Morehead's similar philosophied offense looks like be a great shape to move forward with the team that Dan Mullen built. Nick Fitzgerald is deeply flawed but experienced enough to make some strides into competent passing under Morehead's schemes, which was undoubtedly their biggest issue last year. Defensively Schoop and Grantham are in the same tier of DC's and this defense which was quite good last year returns all but 3 members of its 2-deep which means big things to come for this season. A 9-3 type season with a difficult schedule feels just right for this squad." }, { "rank": 11, "team": { "id": 109, "handle": "boisestate", "name": "Boise State Broncos" }, "rationale": "Seems like an easy pick for the G5 major bowl bid. 11-3 last year with Rypien and Mattison ready to tag team an experienced offense, and 10 starters back from one of the top-4 non-P5 defenses. With Fresno State (at home) and Oklahoma State (in something of a rebuild) I think an 11-1 regular season is an easy prediction to make for this team that will have more collective experience than they've had in a looooong time." }, { "rank": 12, "team": { "id": 45, "handle": "stanford", "name": "Stanford Cardinal" }, "rationale": "\n I\n picked Stanford higher than most last year. That was a mistake for three\n reasons. First, the passing game took a while to find itself - that *should*\n not be quite as much of an issue this year as I expect Costello to mature or\n be beaten by a player who does make the passing game very good. Second, the\n offensive line had some uncharacteristic issues (stanford ranked 101st in\n rushing success rate), which I think will also be fixed with the maturation\n of some of the best recruits in the nation. Third, the defense was\n top-to-bottom lacking. They lose a tremendous amount of experience this year.\n I think the offense will return to being on the top offenses in the nation,\n but the defense scares me too much to put them any higher." }, { "rank": 13, "team": { "id": 4, "handle": "floridastate", "name": "Florida State Seminoles" }, "rationale": "\n A\n tricky ranking for sure. FSU still has one of the 5 or 6 most talented teams\n in the nation, regardless of their abomination of a 2017 season. The offense,\n while probably not becoming elite overnight, should still take tremendous\n leaps forward moving to a run-dominant system with plausibly one of the 3-4 best RB duos in the nation in Cam Akers and Jacques Patrick. Quarterback play will also\n likely see a large improvement, no longer relying on a true freshman to\n execute a notoriously difficult pro style scheme. Defensively, moving on from\n Charles Kelly at DC should make all the difference. Despite losing 7\n starters, the Seminoles starting 11 will likely comprise two 5-star defensive\n linemen and two 5-star corners, with 5 of the remaining 7 positions filled by\n top-100 nationally ranked recruits. Inexperience with system overhauls (and a\n killer slate - playing Notre Dame, Clemson, Miami & Virginia Tech)\u251c\u00e9\u252c\u00e1 will likely cost them 3 games or so. This\n is largely a guess of what talent can mature into in one year without\n dysfunctional coaching overruning the gameday results." }, { "rank": 14, "team": { "id": 67, "handle": "notredame", "name": "Notre Dame Fighting Irish" }, "rationale": "I have some trepidation about Notre Dame's offense this year pushing me down on them compared to most. The loss of Josh Adams (the heart and soul of this offense), their best WR, and 2 of the 5 best offensive lineman in the nation (Nelson & McGlinchey) makes me think Notre Dame will have a non-negligible drop from the 24th ranked offense of 2018. The defense will be carrying the team this year, ranked 27th last year and returning just about every major playmaker as well as a tremendous amount of depth. With that said, the ND defensive turnaround was largely a product of savant Mike Elko's development, and he's gone to TAMU now. I think they'll end up stout-but-not-elite defense and inconsistent offense netting right around 14th nationally." }, { "rank": 15, "team": { "id": 35, "handle": "pennstate", "name": "Penn State Nittany Lions" }, "rationale": "\n Last\n year Penn State ended up being almost underrated. Both the offense and the\n defense were borderline top-10 units. This year I think they'll take a step\n back, in part because of massive attrition, and in part due to the departure\n of offensive savant Joe Morehead. Losing Saquon Barkley's 1900 yards from\n scrimmage is big sure, but then also losing go-to receiver Daesean Hamilton,\n and go-to tight end target Mike Gesicki make for a trio of bigtime\n replacements needed to compliment the offense around Trace McSworley. The\n defense too, loses a tremendous amount of experience, including the entire\n starting secondary, and the two leading tacklers at linebacker. While I don't\n expect Penn State to fall off a cliff thanks to the talent they've amassed\n (hello Miles Sanders, Juwon Johnson, Lamont Wade) - I do expect a step back\n on both sides of the ball due to personnel; so this seems about right." }, { "rank": 16, "team": { "id": 7, "handle": "miami", "name": "Miami Hurricanes" }, "rationale": "\n Malik\n Rosier on the whole played better than anyone expected, and anyone seems to\n be remembering right now. If he gets passed for the starting job that means\n good things for Miami. The receiving group will miss Berrios and Herndon, but\n there is tons of talent waiting in the wings. While the offense should take\n steps forward, I have Miami ranked comparatively lower than most polls\n because the defensive line is a tremendous question mark for this team. Of\n the five lead tacklers, four are leaving, and that could be a huge problem\n for a defense that relies on such aggressive line play. As a result I think\n they'll finish about 10-3 again." }, { "rank": 17, "team": { "id": 19, "handle": "oklahoma", "name": "Oklahoma Sooners" }, "rationale": "\n A\n defense that was noticeably bad retains its defensive coordinator and losses a\n considerable amount of experience. A pair of high quality backs, and a very\n good receiving group should assuage the loss of Baker Mayfield a bit - but\n the dropoff from Baker Mayfield to a \"pretty good\" QB is\n tremendous, and even if the offense remains at a borderline-top-10 level, not\n being able to swallow teams whole on the offensive side is going to cost\n Oklahoma a couple of games in 2018. I'm sure people will not only not like\n how low this ranking is, but the fact that they're still the highest rated\n team in the Big 12, but I'm just not seeing what teams from this conference\n have the roster to put together a great run this year." }, { "rank": 18, "team": { "id": 22, "handle": "texas", "name": "Texas Longhorns" }, "rationale": "\n Get yr\n hot taeks here, I guess. This defense was unspectacularly pretty good last\n year - a top-25 national type unit - and with a ton of rising seniors on the\n depth chart I think they inch their way into the teens, making them probably\n the 2nd best defense in the Big 12 behind TCU. Offensively they were a mess;\n I think they find their footing as Ehlinger becomes a sophomore and the\n receiving group steps forward with experience. The OL is problematic (less a\n big deal in the big-12 than in other conferences) and the running game is in\n dire need of an emerging star; but with those kinds of problems you can still\n put together a 9-4 type season the way I think texas will." }, { "rank": 19, "team": { "id": 80, "handle": "ucf", "name": "UCF Knights" }, "rationale": "An undefeated top-5ish type team that returns an elite QB with no major holes left by attrition (except *maybe* at DE) ranked 19th preseason? I hate myself for succumbing to this logic but simply put I don't like the fact that Frost and all 9 of his assistants are gone in 2018. Heupel made Missouri look good (after being fired from Oklahoma) but he's a complete unknown as a head coach and being nervous for his debut season is appropriate. I don't think anyone would argue with UCF being ranked in the 7-9th range preseason if the staff continuity had remained." }, { "rank": 20, "team": { "id": 63, "handle": "texasam", "name": "Texas A&M Aggies" }, "rationale": "\n In 2010\n Jimbo Fisher took an FSU team that had gone 7-6 three times the last four\n years, and got them to 10-4 and ranked 16th in the final rankings, his\n greatest help in doing so was by hiring an elite defensive coordinator (Mark\n Stoops) to shore up a terrible defense. Sound familiar? This time he's doing\n it in a much much tougher division, and with perhaps some more roster issues,\n but I expect a transformation nonetheless. TAMU direly needs new skill\n position players to emerge, but Nick Starkel has the potential to transform\n the offense into a top-25ish unit; and Mike Elko will quickly improve a\n defense with several unheralded defensive talents (Dodson, Aalaka, Durham,\n Myles Jones, Charles Oliver) that were unable to turn into a cohesive\n defensive unit under Chavis." }, { "rank": 21, "team": { "id": 21, "handle": "tcu", "name": "TCU Horned Frogs" }, "rationale": "More than any specific personnel reason, I have TCU ranked because Gary Patterson has earned my trust as head coach to whip together a team out of whatever he has available. The defense was probably the best in the Big 12 last year, and undergoes a partial rebuild with some key losses (Boesen, Howard, Orr, Texada were quite a quartet of playmakers), and the offense is functionally starting from scratch (4 new offensive linemen and no Kenny Trill) but unlike any other team in this conference I'm pretty comfortable with them regardless. Darius Anderson could have a big year ahead (he was more efficient than Kyle HIcks anyways) and Shawn Robinson has had several years to incubate as a backup.\u251c\u00e9\u252c\u00e1" }, { "rank": 22, "team": { "id": 24, "handle": "westvirginia", "name": "West Virginia Mountaineers" }, "rationale": "As of right now I'm not predicting a single Big 12 team to be better than 9-3 this year; but that also means I think there will be a cluster of teams at the top with 8-4/9-3 type seasons. West Virginia last year had a fun offense and a horrific defense, but I think that both will creep up enough this year (with maybe the best WR/QB combo in the nation) to ease them into the 8-4 quality range." }, { "rank": 23, "team": { "id": 1, "handle": "bostoncollege", "name": "Boston College Eagles" }, "rationale": "\n Boston\n College is my true wildcard of 2018, and frankly is only here because this is\n a power ranking - their schedule is impossibly difficult. With that said,\n they've got some excellent component parts on their defense (Zach Allen,\n Lukas Denis, Will Harris, Isaac Yiadom, John Lamot) to have a near-2015\n quality defense; and this time potentially an offense to match. They have one\n of the best RB's in the ACC now with AJ Dillon, a quarterback who is now a\n sophomore instead of a freshman (this typifies improvement), return their\n entire receiving core group, and might have one of the best OL's in the ACC\n this year as well. Last year they ranked right around 100th in offensive\n S&P+, but I think that leap can be massive in 2019. A top-20ish defense\n with a top-40ish offense should be able to sneak their way into a top-25\n overall ranking." }, { "rank": 24, "team": { "id": 61, "handle": "southcarolina", "name": "South Carolina Gamecocks" }, "rationale": "I think south Carolina overperformed their actual team quality a bit last year; which if I'm being optimistic is the first time Muschamp can probably say that so that's a nice breakthrough.\u251c\u00e9\u252c\u00e1 An offense that was frankly pretty bad last year returns just about every key player and also get's back Deebo Samuels and maybe most importantly now has an OC that isn't Kurt flippin' Roper. I expect big leaps into \"decency\" on offense, and a defense that was probably just outside of the T25 in quality last year to be comfortably within it in 2018. It seems like there is an opportunity for at least 1 SEC East team to fall upward into a 9-4 type season, and while I was briefly tempted to put UF in, South Carolina has the more convincing collection of arguments so here they are." }, { "rank": 25, "team": { "id": 47, "handle": "usc", "name": "USC Trojans" }, "rationale": "Nothing about USC looks particularly promising on the surface except for a scattered position or two. But there are only 3 teams that are outright more talented than them going down the whole roster (and those teams are ranked 1st 3rd and 5th), so imagine the Trojans will end up just sort of meandering around with true freshman QB growing pains this year but still end up with a borderline-ranked quality team." } ] }, { "id": 22320, "username": "mjacksongt", "ballot_type": "Human", "submission_date": "2018-08-19T22:30:45.503000+00:00", "overall_rationale": "", "entries": [ { "rank": 1, "team": { "id": 2, "handle": "clemson", "name": "Clemson Tigers" }, "rationale": "Clemson has more returning talent than the other team in the top 2 of CFB, Alabama (particularly on defense). That's enough for me to move them to #1." }, { "rank": 2, "team": { "id": 51, "handle": "alabama", "name": "Alabama Crimson Tide" }, "rationale": "Lots of pieces to replace on D, though there is experience. Alabama's version of question marks exist at the LB spots; the secondary must be rebuilt." }, { "rank": 3, "team": { "id": 38, "handle": "wisconsin", "name": "Wisconsin Badgers" }, "rationale": "A returning efficient passer at QB, along with one of the nation's best RBs and OLs; plus a very good DC. This is Wisconsin's year to break into the Playoff, or they won't do it for a while - though they'll have to manage a tough schedule." }, { "rank": 4, "team": { "id": 49, "handle": "washington", "name": "Washington Huskies" }, "rationale": "Washington was sneaky very good last year, and doesn't have a lot to replace." }, { "rank": 5, "team": { "id": 34, "handle": "ohiostate", "name": "Ohio State Buckeyes" }, "rationale": "They will drop if Meyer gets fired. They would've been 3rd, but the longer the investigation delays the more they drop. If Meyer does get fired, Tim Beck now controls their entire offense." }, { "rank": 6, "team": { "id": 53, "handle": "auburn", "name": "Auburn Tigers" }, "rationale": "Less to replace than Georgia or Alabama, but less talent than either to do it, and less of a track record than Alabama at least. They've got to retool a running game that looked pretty bad without Kerryon Johnson, but most of the rest of the team comes back." }, { "rank": 7, "team": { "id": 55, "handle": "georgia", "name": "Georgia Bulldogs" }, "rationale": "I think the young RBs and LBs are going to be good, but not good enough to replace 3 standout seniors - not yet. I think Roquan Smith was a bigger loss than the preseason articles are talking about. And that monster freshman class is still freshmen. They'll be very good - just not playoff level in 2018." }, { "rank": 8, "team": { "id": 35, "handle": "pennstate", "name": "Penn State Nittany Lions" }, "rationale": "They lost the flashy guys who look good winning football games (Barkley and DBs) but returned the guys that just win football games (the OL and DL). They could be a top 15 team in the country and not be a top 3 team in their division." }, { "rank": 9, "team": { "id": 19, "handle": "oklahoma", "name": "Oklahoma Sooners" }, "rationale": "Losing Mayfield hurts - he was one of the best in CFB history after all - but the running game should return in a big way, and Lincoln Riley gets a full offseason as the Head Honcho.\u251c\u00e9\u252c\u00e1" }, { "rank": 10, "team": { "id": 7, "handle": "miami", "name": "Miami Hurricanes" }, "rationale": "They've certainly got talent - and are more talented than every team they play. But they were so inconsistent last year and I can't see that changing much. The DL needs work, and they return talent from an OL that wasn't spectacular last year. The skill positions and back 7 on D should be great though." }, { "rank": 11, "team": { "id": 21, "handle": "tcu", "name": "TCU Horned Frogs" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 12, "team": { "id": 30, "handle": "michiganstate", "name": "Michigan State Spartans" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 13, "team": { "id": 67, "handle": "notredame", "name": "Notre Dame Fighting Irish" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 14, "team": { "id": 29, "handle": "michigan", "name": "Michigan Wolverines" }, "rationale": "Don Brown is a fantastic DC with a top-10 level defense. The questions are at QB - and I don't think Shea Patterson is a top-10 level answer." }, { "rank": 15, "team": { "id": 58, "handle": "mississippistate", "name": "Mississippi State Bulldogs" }, "rationale": "Joe Moorhead is going to do well, and he's got the biggest piece in place to ensure a smooth transition - Nick Fitzgerald at QB is a steadying presence that will pull them forward, but is Shoop the guy to bring the defense up to NY6 level?" }, { "rank": 16, "team": { "id": 47, "handle": "usc", "name": "USC Trojans" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 17, "team": { "id": 57, "handle": "lsu", "name": "LSU Tigers" }, "rationale": "The talent they have...we'll know very quickly who they are after they play Miami in Week 1." }, { "rank": 18, "team": { "id": 4, "handle": "floridastate", "name": "Florida State Seminoles" }, "rationale": "They've got the talent to be good (at least by recruiting rankings). Last year gave them depth. This year could either be another year outside the top 25 or they'll be solidly in the top 15." }, { "rank": 19, "team": { "id": 45, "handle": "stanford", "name": "Stanford Cardinal" }, "rationale": "Bryce Love is good on his own, David Shaw is a solid coach....don't think they're top 15 worthy yet though." }, { "rank": 20, "team": { "id": 75, "handle": "navy", "name": "Navy Midshipmen" }, "rationale": "Year 2 of Malcom Perry at QB - that's when option QBs take the biggest leap." }, { "rank": 21, "team": { "id": 24, "handle": "westvirginia", "name": "West Virginia Mountaineers" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 22, "team": { "id": 13, "handle": "virginiatech", "name": "Virginia Tech Hokies" }, "rationale": "Bud Foster is going to have to work magic with the Defensive backfield." }, { "rank": 23, "team": { "id": 61, "handle": "southcarolina", "name": "South Carolina Gamecocks" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 24, "team": { "id": 20, "handle": "oklahomastate", "name": "Oklahoma State Cowboys" }, "rationale": "Mason Rudolph is a big loss, but Gundy has shown he can reload in the past." }, { "rank": 25, "team": { "id": 1, "handle": "bostoncollege", "name": "Boston College Eagles" }, "rationale": "The best RB in the ACC is in Boston - and he's fantastic." } ] }, { "id": 22321, "username": "moistats_", "ballot_type": "Human", "submission_date": "2018-08-19T21:27:51.214000+00:00", "overall_rationale": "", "entries": [ { "rank": 1, "team": { "id": 2, "handle": "clemson", "name": "Clemson Tigers" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 2, "team": { "id": 51, "handle": "alabama", "name": "Alabama Crimson Tide" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 3, "team": { "id": 67, "handle": "notredame", "name": "Notre Dame Fighting Irish" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 4, "team": { "id": 49, "handle": "washington", "name": "Washington Huskies" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 5, "team": { "id": 38, "handle": "wisconsin", "name": "Wisconsin Badgers" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 6, "team": { "id": 24, "handle": "westvirginia", "name": "West Virginia Mountaineers" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 7, "team": { "id": 29, "handle": "michigan", "name": "Michigan Wolverines" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 8, "team": { "id": 55, "handle": "georgia", "name": "Georgia Bulldogs" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 9, "team": { "id": 19, "handle": "oklahoma", "name": "Oklahoma Sooners" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 10, "team": { "id": 7, "handle": "miami", "name": "Miami Hurricanes" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 11, "team": { "id": 47, "handle": "usc", "name": "USC Trojans" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 12, "team": { "id": 109, "handle": "boisestate", "name": "Boise State Broncos" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 13, "team": { "id": 35, "handle": "pennstate", "name": "Penn State Nittany Lions" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 14, "team": { "id": 30, "handle": "michiganstate", "name": "Michigan State Spartans" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 15, "team": { "id": 34, "handle": "ohiostate", "name": "Ohio State Buckeyes" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 16, "team": { "id": 21, "handle": "tcu", "name": "TCU Horned Frogs" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 17, "team": { "id": 45, "handle": "stanford", "name": "Stanford Cardinal" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 18, "team": { "id": 74, "handle": "memphis", "name": "Memphis Tigers" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 19, "team": { "id": 3, "handle": "duke", "name": "Duke Blue Devils" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 20, "team": { "id": 53, "handle": "auburn", "name": "Auburn Tigers" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 21, "team": { "id": 48, "handle": "utah", "name": "Utah Utes" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 22, "team": { "id": 33, "handle": "northwestern", "name": "Northwestern Wildcats" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 23, "team": { "id": 20, "handle": "oklahomastate", "name": "Oklahoma State Cowboys" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 24, "team": { "id": 83, "handle": "fau", "name": "FAU Owls" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 25, "team": { "id": 1, "handle": "bostoncollege", "name": "Boston College Eagles" }, "rationale": "" } ] }, { "id": 22322, "username": "monkeymatt1836", "ballot_type": "Human", "submission_date": "2018-08-17T23:17:28.169000+00:00", "overall_rationale": "", "entries": [ { "rank": 1, "team": { "id": 51, "handle": "alabama", "name": "Alabama Crimson Tide" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 2, "team": { "id": 2, "handle": "clemson", "name": "Clemson Tigers" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 3, "team": { "id": 38, "handle": "wisconsin", "name": "Wisconsin Badgers" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 4, "team": { "id": 34, "handle": "ohiostate", "name": "Ohio State Buckeyes" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 5, "team": { "id": 55, "handle": "georgia", "name": "Georgia Bulldogs" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 6, "team": { "id": 49, "handle": "washington", "name": "Washington Huskies" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 7, "team": { "id": 30, "handle": "michiganstate", "name": "Michigan State Spartans" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 8, "team": { "id": 19, "handle": "oklahoma", "name": "Oklahoma Sooners" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 9, "team": { "id": 21, "handle": "tcu", "name": "TCU Horned Frogs" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 10, "team": { "id": 53, "handle": "auburn", "name": "Auburn Tigers" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 11, "team": { "id": 67, "handle": "notredame", "name": "Notre Dame Fighting Irish" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 12, "team": { "id": 35, "handle": "pennstate", "name": "Penn State Nittany Lions" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 13, "team": { "id": 45, "handle": "stanford", "name": "Stanford Cardinal" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 14, "team": { "id": 7, "handle": "miami", "name": "Miami Hurricanes" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 15, "team": { "id": 109, "handle": "boisestate", "name": "Boise State Broncos" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 16, "team": { "id": 24, "handle": "westvirginia", "name": "West Virginia Mountaineers" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 17, "team": { "id": 61, "handle": "southcarolina", "name": "South Carolina Gamecocks" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 18, "team": { "id": 58, "handle": "mississippistate", "name": "Mississippi State Bulldogs" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 19, "team": { "id": 29, "handle": "michigan", "name": "Michigan Wolverines" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 20, "team": { "id": 47, "handle": "usc", "name": "USC Trojans" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 21, "team": { "id": 43, "handle": "oregon", "name": "Oregon Ducks" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 22, "team": { "id": 33, "handle": "northwestern", "name": "Northwestern Wildcats" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 23, "team": { "id": 80, "handle": "ucf", "name": "UCF Knights" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 24, "team": { "id": 20, "handle": "oklahomastate", "name": "Oklahoma State Cowboys" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 25, "team": { "id": 9, "handle": "ncstate", "name": "NC State Wolfpack" }, "rationale": "" } ] }, { "id": 22323, "username": "MonkeyPunch", "ballot_type": "Human", "submission_date": "2018-08-20T14:45:13.108000+00:00", "overall_rationale": "Pre-season rankings were based off of last years total wins.\u251c\u00e2\u252c\u00e9\u251c\u00e9\u252c\u00e1 The team with the highest number of wins gets first, everyone else gets placed based on where I felt the team was this year.\u251c\u00e2\u252c\u00e9\u251c\u00e9\u252c\u00e1 Since this is pre-season and will have NO bearing on my regular season votes, this was an opportunity to give last year's great teams a shout out.\u251c\u00e2\u252c\u00e9\u251c\u00e9\u252c\u00e1 What you will not find in these rankings:\u251c\u00e2\u252c\u00e9\u251c\u00e9\u252c\u00e1 Teams ranked based off of what players they got, what media outlets think they will do or what fans want them to do.\u251c\u00e2\u252c\u00e9\u251c\u00e9\u252c\u00e1 This pre-season poll strictly rewards on field performance and since there were 26 teams that got double digit wins, one of those teams has to be left out.\u251c\u00e2\u252c\u00e9\u251c\u00e9\u252c\u00e1 Sorry Army.", "entries": [ { "rank": 1, "team": { "id": 80, "handle": "ucf", "name": "UCF Knights" }, "rationale": "Only undefeated team of 2017.\u251c\u00e2\u252c\u00e9\u251c\u00e9\u252c\u00e1 They were 13-0 and earned preseason top marks because of it.\u251c\u00e2\u252c\u00e9\u251c\u00e9\u252c\u00e1" }, { "rank": 2, "team": { "id": 51, "handle": "alabama", "name": "Alabama Crimson Tide" }, "rationale": "13-1" }, { "rank": 3, "team": { "id": 38, "handle": "wisconsin", "name": "Wisconsin Badgers" }, "rationale": "13-1" }, { "rank": 4, "team": { "id": 55, "handle": "georgia", "name": "Georgia Bulldogs" }, "rationale": "13-2" }, { "rank": 5, "team": { "id": 2, "handle": "clemson", "name": "Clemson Tigers" }, "rationale": "12-2" }, { "rank": 6, "team": { "id": 19, "handle": "oklahoma", "name": "Oklahoma Sooners" }, "rationale": "12-2" }, { "rank": 7, "team": { "id": 34, "handle": "ohiostate", "name": "Ohio State Buckeyes" }, "rationale": "12-2" }, { "rank": 8, "team": { "id": 35, "handle": "pennstate", "name": "Penn State Nittany Lions" }, "rationale": "11-2" }, { "rank": 9, "team": { "id": 109, "handle": "boisestate", "name": "Boise State Broncos" }, "rationale": "11-3 (Go Broncos!)" }, { "rank": 10, "team": { "id": 129, "handle": "troy", "name": "Troy Trojans" }, "rationale": "11-2\u251c\u00e2\u252c\u00e9\u251c\u00e9\u252c\u00e1" }, { "rank": 11, "team": { "id": 21, "handle": "tcu", "name": "TCU Horned Frogs" }, "rationale": "11-3" }, { "rank": 12, "team": { "id": 47, "handle": "usc", "name": "USC Trojans" }, "rationale": "11-3" }, { "rank": 13, "team": { "id": 83, "handle": "fau", "name": "FAU Owls" }, "rationale": "11-3" }, { "rank": 14, "team": { "id": 106, "handle": "toledo", "name": "Toledo Rockets" }, "rationale": "11-3" }, { "rank": 15, "team": { "id": 49, "handle": "washington", "name": "Washington Huskies" }, "rationale": "10-3" }, { "rank": 16, "team": { "id": 53, "handle": "auburn", "name": "Auburn Tigers" }, "rationale": "10-4" }, { "rank": 17, "team": { "id": 115, "handle": "sandiegostate", "name": "San Diego State Aztecs" }, "rationale": "10-3" }, { "rank": 18, "team": { "id": 111, "handle": "fresnostate", "name": "Fresno State Bulldogs" }, "rationale": "10-4" }, { "rank": 19, "team": { "id": 67, "handle": "notredame", "name": "Notre Dame Fighting Irish" }, "rationale": "10-3" }, { "rank": 20, "team": { "id": 20, "handle": "oklahomastate", "name": "Oklahoma State Cowboys" }, "rationale": "10-3" }, { "rank": 21, "team": { "id": 30, "handle": "michiganstate", "name": "Michigan State Spartans" }, "rationale": "10-3" }, { "rank": 22, "team": { "id": 74, "handle": "memphis", "name": "Memphis Tigers" }, "rationale": "10-3" }, { "rank": 23, "team": { "id": 7, "handle": "miami", "name": "Miami Hurricanes" }, "rationale": "10-3" }, { "rank": 24, "team": { "id": 81, "handle": "usf", "name": "USF Bulls" }, "rationale": "10-2" }, { "rank": 25, "team": { "id": 33, "handle": "northwestern", "name": "Northwestern Wildcats" }, "rationale": "10-3" } ] }, { "id": 22324, "username": "mynameisjona", "ballot_type": "Human", "submission_date": "2018-08-20T06:14:20.565000+00:00", "overall_rationale": "Half dartboard half good logic. 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We STILL haven't seen Tua play an entire game, but he gets three warm ups in Lamar Jackson-less Louisville, Arkansas State, and a rebuilding Ole Miss to get ready for the meat of their schedule. We already all know about the rest of the roster. The only question won't be if Bama is a playoff team, but instead, can Georgia exact revenge in the SEC title game to finally knock them out of the playoff?" }, { "rank": 2, "team": { "id": 55, "handle": "georgia", "name": "Georgia Bulldogs" }, "rationale": "Right now, I think the bulldogs are the second best team in the country. I also think they won't be making the playoff. They should be favored in every game they play this year with their three hardest games being every one they have against Tigers (I think Mullen needs at least one year to build up Florida). They should win all of those games to set up a \"win and you're in\" scenario for the playoff at the SEC title, but until then, you should expect to watch an extremely efficient Georgia look every bit like a champion on the way there." }, { "rank": 3, "team": { "id": 2, "handle": "clemson", "name": "Clemson Tigers" }, "rationale": "The Clemson D-line is the best unit in CFB this year by a wide margin. They fall to 3rd in my poll, though, because they seem to lack consistent production from every single unit on the other side of the ball. Being able to fall back on that D-line definitely helps an offense be conservative, but Kelly Bryant had 9 games throwing under 210 yards which killed them when they finally faced another elite team in the playoff. They should go undefeated all the way to the ACC title game since their hardest game is against a team coming off a 7-6 season with a complete coaching turnover. I will be shocked if they don't make the playoff, but they need more on offense to perform once they get there." }, { "rank": 4, "team": { "id": 38, "handle": "wisconsin", "name": "Wisconsin Badgers" }, "rationale": "Is this year the year that Wisconsin finally runs through their schedule to claim their first playoff era B1G title? I think it is. They drew two of the best teams in the country for their cross division games with Penn State and Michigan, yet they still have an easier schedule than last year's unbelievable gauntlet. The winner of the Michigan/Wisconsin game will set themselves up to be the biggest challenger to Ohio State for the title this year, and as of now, I think Wisconsin's experience puts them in position to win that game on the way to the B1G title. They still need to improve, however, to win in the playoff against the 3 teams above them." }, { "rank": 5, "team": { "id": 34, "handle": "ohiostate", "name": "Ohio State Buckeyes" }, "rationale": "If Ohio State can navigate all the current turmoil and get their potential turned into production, They have the best outside shot of knocking off the top 3 for a playoff victory. They are loaded with talent as always and have one of the most interesting out of conference lineups again this year to get in good experience before they hit their more difficult B1G play. I think that they'll be the second top 5 team to be on the outside looking in, though, because there is too much chaos and positional turnover for them to overcome." }, { "rank": 6, "team": { "id": 49, "handle": "washington", "name": "Washington Huskies" }, "rationale": "My last predicted playoff team for this season is Washington. They face a favorable conference schedule (no Khalil Tate or USC) and a blow to the cupcake argument with Auburn and BYU out of conference, assuming BYU is better. Most of the questions about this team will be answered in week 1 when we see if Auburn can live up to their hype while Washington vies for another playoff run. If they go 1-0, they should be heavily favored in every other game and sweep through the rest of their schedule into a PAC 12 title game against USC. This year is shaping up to have the most important Conference Championship weekend of the playoff era." }, { "rank": 7, "team": { "id": 19, "handle": "oklahoma", "name": "Oklahoma Sooners" }, "rationale": "Last year was Oklahoma's shot at a title due to their unstoppable offense. Sadly, their can't-make-a-stoppable defense cost them their shot by giving us one of the wildest shootout games in CFB history against Georgia. Now they face the daunting task of replacing almost twice as much production as any other team in the top ten. They open this season with three teams showing tons of potential to possibly try and put the Sooners on upset alert. If Oklahoma makes it to 3-0 they have a good shot at an undefeated Big XII title, but I predict they'll lose a game or two along the way and find themselves on the outside looking in at the playoffs." }, { "rank": 8, "team": { "id": 47, "handle": "usc", "name": "USC Trojans" }, "rationale": "For the first time in 2 years, no one will have to listen to the over-the-top Darnold hype during every game. The problem with that, though, is that Darnold deserved \"most\" of that hype and will be next to irreplaceable for the Trojans heading into this season. By relying on a true freshman QB in Daniels, USC has set themselves up for either incredible success or demoralizing defeat. Even outside of QB, USC is replacing 60% of their offensive production and 35% on the defensive side of the ball. They have recruited at an elite level, but there is so much that can go wrong for them. I expect them to hold this spot by being more talented than the rest of their division, but they will have plenty of opportunity to crash and burn and are likely the leading candidate to fall out of the top 10 first." }, { "rank": 9, "team": { "id": 29, "handle": "michigan", "name": "Michigan Wolverines" }, "rationale": "Having watched Patterson through his recruiting cycle and playing time in the SEC, I am completely bought into the hype that he can make a big difference for this Michigan squad. I'm more bought into their returning production, though, with 78% coming back on both sides of the ball from what was a very good team. The few new pieces and addition at quarterback might push this team over the edge for a B1G title, but until they prove they can do more than their 2017 version, OSU and Wisconsin have the edge." }, { "rank": 10, "team": { "id": 53, "handle": "auburn", "name": "Auburn Tigers" }, "rationale": "I will admit that I think the Auburn hype heading into this season has gotten a little out of hand, and even with that, I have them in the top 10. There is no denying the talent on both sides of the ball. There is just too much talent in the rest of their conference and even division for them to expect to finish the year ranked much higher than this spot. They should have beat LSU last year but every game between such highly recruiting teams can become a toss up. They should avenge that loss this year, but their two underdog victories will likely be avenged too. Ending the season with the top 2 teams in their 3 last games sets them up for an incredible season that crashes down the stretch. This Auburn team is very good, but they have just as much potential for losses like they experienced in their two post-season games last year, and I don't see them making the leap past UGA and Bama just yet. I felt the same about them against those juggernauts last year, though, so we'll see if they can prove me wrong again." }, { "rank": 11, "team": { "id": 30, "handle": "michiganstate", "name": "Michigan State Spartans" }, "rationale": "Michigan State surprised everyone last year by following up their 3-9 season with a 10-3 campaign that saw victories over Penn State and Michigan. They now come into this year with the highest returning production in FBS at 92%. They have all of the potential for another 10+ win season, but with 3 top 15 teams in their division, they still have alot standing in their way." }, { "rank": 12, "team": { "id": 7, "handle": "miami", "name": "Miami Hurricanes" }, "rationale": "Miami enters this season as my second best team in the ACC, yet I'm still not very high on them actually unseating Clemson from the top spot. This should be a down year for the ACC with Clemson in the drivers seat, a good Miami in the back, and no one else even in the car. Virginia Tech and FSU have some possible potential and will likely end up in the bottom of half of the top 25 at season's end. But Clemson and Miami are the only two teams vying for new year's bowl spots with Clemson being the closest thing in the country to a playoff lock." }, { "rank": 13, "team": { "id": 35, "handle": "pennstate", "name": "Penn State Nittany Lions" }, "rationale": "You know a division is loaded when its 4th best team is ranked 13th in the country. Penn State will suffer this year not from a lack of coaching or talent but instead a murder's row scheduler that will be next to impossible to complete unscathed. I don't mean to disrespect a defending conference champion, but they will need that little bit of luck they had in close games last year to come through again if they expect to defend their title. They proved last year that they can take down the B1G's giants when given the chance. Four giants maybe too many for anyone to take down in one season though." }, { "rank": 14, "team": { "id": 67, "handle": "notredame", "name": "Notre Dame Fighting Irish" }, "rationale": "Every year it's a toss up with Notre Dame that you never know just how they'll fare despite who they recruited and how much they return. They come into this season off of an incredible 2017 campaign with most returning production on defense in all of FBS and near the bottom amount returning on the offensive side of the ball. With their top RB gone, they'll need the replacements to be good since they ranked 110th in passing efficiency last season. The passing attack obviously has no where to go but up and I expect them to improve there slightly while holding things tight on defense and keeping the running game going. I don't think these Irish have the potential to move up much past this point, especially with their loaded schedule, but they will compete in almost every game and should finish with 9 wins by the time the season's over." }, { "rank": 15, "team": { "id": 57, "handle": "lsu", "name": "LSU Tigers" }, "rationale": "LSU was heading into this season with a big question mark at QB even before the 3rd and 4th members of the depth chart announced their transfers. With Lindsey Scott already off setting the JUCO ranks on fire last year with his performances, LSU is putting alot of hope into the future of Myles Brennan going forward as a legit QB threat. He should get another year to learn, though, as Burrow, a former Ohio State backup QB, takes the reigns into this season. Could you have a more LSU QB situation than this? Like in several years past, LSU brings a likely top 10 defense into the season, but unlike many other years, LSU doesn't have an early season Heisman-hype RB to help alleviate the pressure on the QB position. If Burrow and Brennan don't pan out or, even worse, get injured, this could be a disaster of a season. The tigers should still put up some impressive performances, though, while winning a few underdog matches to likely get 9 wins before seasons end. Can they play spoiler to the top two teams in the country both coming to Death Valley? Maybe. But everybody in their backfield needs to show that they're capable first." }, { "rank": 16, "team": { "id": 80, "handle": "ucf", "name": "UCF Knights" }, "rationale": "The best team in UCF history capped off last season with one of the more impressive bowl wins of the 2017 season and departure of their program building coach. It will be next to impossible for this UCF squad to match those highs, but they should still be a top 20 team that will be a tough outing for any opponent from any conference. Look to their week 4 matchup against FAU to decide if either of those teams have a shot at sneaking into the top 15 with the potential to end the season as the highest ranked team in Florida." }, { "rank": 17, "team": { "id": 24, "handle": "westvirginia", "name": "West Virginia Mountaineers" }, "rationale": "Oklahoma's biggest challenger for the Big XII title will not come from the state of the Texas. Instead West Virginia and even more so Will Grier's arm will be the main hurdle for Oklahoma to overcome. Just like last year, this squad comes into the season with loads of offensive potential, but questions about depth and production on the defensive side of the ball. I don't expect WVU to drop more than 1 if any games heading into their last week showdown with OU. They just have to be prepared to take on the Sooners 2 times in two weeks if they want to go beyond a good 10+ win season and start talking playoff potential." }, { "rank": 18, "team": { "id": 45, "handle": "stanford", "name": "Stanford Cardinal" }, "rationale": "Bryce Love might be even better this year than last year, and if he is, Stanford could surprise a ton of people as the PAC 12 favorite. The most consistent PAC team of this last decade has set themselves up for a great season if they can get all of their new pieces on the defensive side of the ball to produce. History says that Shaw's squad will be ready, but even if they're not, Love might drag this team to a PAC title by himself." }, { "rank": 19, "team": { "id": 58, "handle": "mississippistate", "name": "Mississippi State Bulldogs" }, "rationale": "Mississippi State returns over 80% production on both sides of the ball, including one of the best weapons in the country with Nick Fitzgerald at QB. MSU faces the same problems as their fellow acronym brothers from the north that they have created a winning culture but play in a division with 3 yearly top 15 recruiters. Just like Stanford above them, MSU will ride on their Heisman hopeful candidate to carry them as far as he can. We'll see if Fitzgerald is up to the challenge." }, { "rank": 20, "team": { "id": 21, "handle": "tcu", "name": "TCU Horned Frogs" }, "rationale": "Every Gary Patterson coached team has the potential to surprise people and contend for a title. Most times in the past when they did, though, there were fewer question about the QB position. If the Horned Frogs get consistent production out of their signal caller, they should be poised to ride a defense into a 9+ win season. Whoever takes snaps better learn quick, though with Ohio State looming in just the 3rd week before a brutal stretch of conference games." }, { "rank": 21, "team": { "id": 20, "handle": "oklahomastate", "name": "Oklahoma State Cowboys" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 22, "team": { "id": 13, "handle": "virginiatech", "name": "Virginia Tech Hokies" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 23, "team": { "id": 61, "handle": "southcarolina", "name": "South Carolina Gamecocks" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 24, "team": { "id": 33, "handle": "northwestern", "name": "Northwestern Wildcats" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 25, "team": { "id": 4, "handle": "floridastate", "name": "Florida State Seminoles" }, "rationale": "" } ] }, { "id": 22335, "username": "Pikachu1989", "ballot_type": "Human", "submission_date": "2018-08-20T01:01:40.278000+00:00", "overall_rationale": "", "entries": [ { "rank": 1, "team": { "id": 51, "handle": "alabama", "name": "Alabama Crimson Tide" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 2, 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"" }, { "rank": 17, "team": { "id": 109, "handle": "boisestate", "name": "Boise State Broncos" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 18, "team": { "id": 47, "handle": "usc", "name": "USC Trojans" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 19, "team": { "id": 13, "handle": "virginiatech", "name": "Virginia Tech Hokies" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 20, "team": { "id": 43, "handle": "oregon", "name": "Oregon Ducks" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 21, "team": { "id": 80, "handle": "ucf", "name": "UCF Knights" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 22, "team": { "id": 20, "handle": "oklahomastate", "name": "Oklahoma State Cowboys" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 23, "team": { "id": 61, "handle": "southcarolina", "name": "South Carolina Gamecocks" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 24, "team": { "id": 24, "handle": "westvirginia", "name": "West Virginia Mountaineers" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 25, "team": { "id": 33, "handle": "northwestern", "name": "Northwestern Wildcats" }, "rationale": "" } ] }, { "id": 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So, instead, I'm just going to take a composite of the S&P+ and the FPI as my starting point and make a couple of adjustments based on whatever internal bullshit actually motivates me. I'll comment on each team that I move out of its analytics-ordained orbit. ", "entries": [ { "rank": 1, "team": { "id": 51, "handle": "alabama", "name": "Alabama Crimson Tide" }, "rationale": "I'm the conductor on the Tua hype train. All aboard! Composite: 50.5" }, { "rank": 2, "team": { "id": 2, "handle": "clemson", "name": "Clemson Tigers" }, "rationale": "Clemson is the #1 team in my composite but QB is a large part of my evaluation for teams and I'm just not crazy about the Tigers' situation yet. 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If they can get solid QB play, they could be really good." }, { "rank": 9, "team": { "id": 49, "handle": "washington", "name": "Washington Huskies" }, "rationale": "I think the Pac12 sucks but they're probably going to be the best team in it." }, { "rank": 10, "team": { "id": 53, "handle": "auburn", "name": "Auburn Tigers" }, "rationale": "They did beat Alabama last year..." }, { "rank": 11, "team": { "id": 30, "handle": "michiganstate", "name": "Michigan State Spartans" }, "rationale": "Should be pretty solid. coming off a season with 10 wins and some nice victories over teams like Michigan and Penn state. Keep them away from your puppies." }, { "rank": 12, "team": { "id": 45, "handle": "stanford", "name": "Stanford Cardinal" }, "rationale": "Stanford should be solid but not playoffs solid.\u251c\u00e2\u252c\u00e9\u251c\u00e9\u252c\u00e1" }, { "rank": 13, "team": { "id": 35, "handle": "pennstate", "name": "Penn State Nittany Lions" }, "rationale": "Gross." }, { "rank": 14, "team": { "id": 47, "handle": "usc", "name": "USC Trojans" }, "rationale": "Reigning pac-12 champs. Have a new QB to break in." }, { "rank": 15, "team": { "id": 29, "handle": "michigan", "name": "Michigan Wolverines" }, "rationale": "Last year they beat the bad teams and lost to the good ones. A similar season would keep them around here." }, { "rank": 16, "team": { "id": 4, "handle": "floridastate", "name": "Florida State Seminoles" }, "rationale": "I think Francois is a pretty good qb. If he plays well, this team should be a lot better than they were last year. People forget they were in that Alabama game before he went down. 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From those rankings I separated them into separate tiers to re-rank within. Each team had a result that was scaled between 0 and 1, and I delineated the tiers where the difference between teams was greater than .005. Within the tiers I would re-rank based on which team(s) I think are better using a variety of criteria (Experience, Quality of various Position Groups, Opinion based on preseason previews, pre-existing knowledge).\u251c\u00e9\u252c\u00e1Once the season starts, I will base the re-ranking within tiers on what I observe of the teams, head-to-head, common opponents, conference strength, etc. I will also add a performance-based component to my poll once games start. I will use different ratios of my pre-season ranking combined with the performance-based ranking as the season goes along. While I will quickly phase out the pre-season ranking (under 25% around the end of September) I will not get rid of it entirely, but it will be down around 5% by the end of the season.The Pre-season ranking formula is: 45% the previous 5 seasons of SRS from college football reference (Starting with most recent season: 50%, 30%, 10%, 5%, 5%), 25% the 2-year recruiting average from Rivals (Starting with most recent class: 25%, 75%), 25% Experience Points from Phil Steele's Experience Chart, 5% Head Coaching continuity based on how many years the current Head Coach has been at the school (Max 10 years).For this poll, the tier separations occurred after the following ranks: 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 9, 11, 13, 18, 20, 21, 22, 27. Georgia Tech and Kansas State just missed out on the rankings as they were in the final tier, but I ranked them 4th and 5th within the tier. I feel bad that there are no G5 teams in my rankings as I think Central Florida and Boise State should be ranked. Once the performance-based ranking begins to be included I'm assuming more G5 teams will appear in my rankings. Boise State was the highest ranked G5 team, but they came in at 35th. Central Florida came in at 40th.", "entries": [ { "rank": 1, "team": { "id": 51, "handle": "alabama", "name": "Alabama Crimson Tide" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 2, "team": { "id": 2, "handle": "clemson", "name": "Clemson Tigers" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 3, "team": { "id": 34, "handle": "ohiostate", "name": "Ohio State Buckeyes" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 4, "team": { "id": 49, "handle": "washington", "name": "Washington Huskies" }, "rationale": "The first tier containing multiple teams occurred here. I ranked Washington over Wisconsin because I think Washington has a better QB and Defense." }, { "rank": 5, "team": { "id": 38, "handle": "wisconsin", "name": "Wisconsin Badgers" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 6, "team": { "id": 29, "handle": "michigan", "name": "Michigan Wolverines" }, "rationale": "I was surprised that Michigan came in so high in my computer rankings, occupying a tier by themselves here. I went back into the components of my rankings and it looked like the recruiting 2-year Avg was what bumped them into the Top 10. They were 6th as well in my adjusted 2-year recruiting average." }, { "rank": 7, "team": { "id": 55, "handle": "georgia", "name": "Georgia Bulldogs" }, "rationale": "Georgia was an easy choice to put at the top of this tier over Stanford and Notre Dame." }, { "rank": 8, "team": { "id": 45, "handle": "stanford", "name": "Stanford Cardinal" }, "rationale": "I ranked Stanford over Notre Dame due to being a more experienced team and having maybe the best RB in the country in Bryce Love." }, { "rank": 9, "team": { "id": 67, "handle": "notredame", "name": "Notre Dame Fighting Irish" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 10, "team": { "id": 30, "handle": "michiganstate", "name": "Michigan State Spartans" }, "rationale": "It was a tough decision to determine who would be ranked higher between MSU and Auburn and round out the Top 10. I ended up deferring to MSU due to having significantly more experience." }, { "rank": 11, "team": { "id": 53, "handle": "auburn", "name": "Auburn Tigers" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 12, "team": { "id": 19, "handle": "oklahoma", "name": "Oklahoma Sooners" }, "rationale": "I ranked Oklahoma over Miami in this tier due to being more set at QB with Kyler Murray." }, { "rank": 13, "team": { "id": 7, "handle": "miami", "name": "Miami Hurricanes" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 14, "team": { "id": 58, "handle": "mississippistate", "name": "Mississippi State Bulldogs" }, "rationale": "Mississippi State comes out on top of this 5-team tier. The decision came down to Miss. St. and USC. I went with Miss. 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They're above Florida though as they're a team that I would likely not have ranked if I was doing a pure human poll." }, { "rank": 18, "team": { "id": 54, "handle": "florida", "name": "Florida Gators" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 19, "team": { "id": 63, "handle": "texasam", "name": "Texas A&M Aggies" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 20, "team": { "id": 33, "handle": "northwestern", "name": "Northwestern Wildcats" }, "rationale": "I ranked Texas A&M over Northwestern as it is a bit of a transition year replacing key players in the Secondary and a great RB in Justin Jackson." }, { "rank": 21, "team": { "id": 22, "handle": "texas", "name": "Texas Longhorns" }, "rationale": "Is Texas back? 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43, "handle": "oregon", "name": "Oregon Ducks" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 23, "team": { "id": 129, "handle": "troy", "name": "Troy Trojans" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 24, "team": { "id": 9, "handle": "ncstate", "name": "NC State Wolfpack" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 25, "team": { "id": 23, "handle": "texastech", "name": "Texas Tech Red Raiders" }, "rationale": "" } ] }, { "id": 22394, "username": "WeenisWrinkle", "ballot_type": "Human", "submission_date": "2018-08-20T13:27:03.433000+00:00", "overall_rationale": "", "entries": [ { "rank": 1, "team": { "id": 51, "handle": "alabama", "name": "Alabama Crimson Tide" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 2, "team": { "id": 2, "handle": "clemson", "name": "Clemson Tigers" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 3, "team": { "id": 55, "handle": "georgia", "name": "Georgia Bulldogs" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 4, "team": { "id": 34, "handle": "ohiostate", "name": "Ohio State Buckeyes" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 5, "team": { "id": 19, "handle": "oklahoma", "name": "Oklahoma Sooners" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 6, "team": { "id": 38, "handle": "wisconsin", "name": "Wisconsin Badgers" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 7, "team": { "id": 35, "handle": "pennstate", "name": "Penn State Nittany Lions" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 8, "team": { "id": 49, "handle": "washington", "name": "Washington Huskies" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 9, "team": { "id": 29, "handle": "michigan", "name": "Michigan Wolverines" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 10, "team": { "id": 53, "handle": "auburn", "name": "Auburn Tigers" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 11, "team": { "id": 67, "handle": "notredame", "name": "Notre Dame Fighting Irish" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 12, "team": { "id": 21, "handle": "tcu", "name": "TCU Horned Frogs" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 13, "team": { "id": 7, "handle": "miami", "name": "Miami Hurricanes" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 14, "team": { "id": 13, "handle": "virginiatech", "name": "Virginia Tech Hokies" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 15, "team": { "id": 30, "handle": "michiganstate", "name": "Michigan State Spartans" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 16, "team": { "id": 45, "handle": "stanford", "name": "Stanford Cardinal" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 17, "team": { "id": 47, "handle": "usc", "name": "USC Trojans" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 18, "team": { "id": 80, "handle": "ucf", "name": "UCF Knights" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 19, "team": { "id": 9, "handle": "ncstate", "name": "NC State Wolfpack" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 20, "team": { "id": 4, "handle": "floridastate", "name": "Florida State Seminoles" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 21, "team": { "id": 20, "handle": "oklahomastate", "name": "Oklahoma State Cowboys" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 22, "team": { "id": 24, "handle": "westvirginia", "name": "West Virginia Mountaineers" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 23, "team": { "id": 61, "handle": "southcarolina", "name": "South Carolina Gamecocks" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 24, "team": { "id": 16, "handle": "iowastate", "name": "Iowa State Cyclones" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 25, "team": { "id": 57, "handle": "lsu", "name": "LSU Tigers" }, "rationale": "" } ] }, { "id": 22395, "username": "wesman212", "ballot_type": "Human", "submission_date": "2018-08-20T14:05:58.251000+00:00", "overall_rationale": "", "entries": [ { "rank": 1, "team": { "id": 2, "handle": "clemson", "name": "Clemson Tigers" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 2, "team": { "id": 51, "handle": "alabama", "name": "Alabama Crimson Tide" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 3, "team": { "id": 34, "handle": "ohiostate", "name": "Ohio State Buckeyes" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 4, "team": { "id": 55, "handle": "georgia", "name": "Georgia Bulldogs" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 5, "team": { "id": 49, "handle": "washington", "name": "Washington Huskies" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 6, "team": { "id": 38, "handle": "wisconsin", "name": "Wisconsin Badgers" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 7, "team": { "id": 19, "handle": "oklahoma", "name": "Oklahoma Sooners" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 8, "team": { "id": 7, "handle": "miami", "name": "Miami Hurricanes" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 9, "team": { "id": 53, "handle": "auburn", "name": "Auburn Tigers" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 10, "team": { "id": 67, "handle": "notredame", "name": "Notre Dame Fighting Irish" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 11, "team": { "id": 29, "handle": "michigan", "name": "Michigan Wolverines" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 12, "team": { "id": 35, "handle": "pennstate", "name": "Penn State Nittany Lions" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 13, "team": { "id": 30, "handle": "michiganstate", "name": "Michigan State Spartans" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 14, "team": { "id": 22, "handle": "texas", "name": "Texas Longhorns" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 15, "team": { "id": 45, "handle": "stanford", "name": "Stanford Cardinal" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 16, "team": { "id": 13, "handle": "virginiatech", "name": "Virginia Tech Hokies" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 17, "team": { "id": 58, "handle": "mississippistate", "name": "Mississippi State Bulldogs" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 18, "team": { "id": 4, "handle": "floridastate", "name": "Florida State Seminoles" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 19, "team": { "id": 54, "handle": "florida", "name": "Florida Gators" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 20, "team": { "id": 24, "handle": "westvirginia", "name": "West Virginia Mountaineers" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 21, "team": { "id": 21, "handle": "tcu", "name": "TCU Horned Frogs" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 22, "team": { "id": 61, "handle": "southcarolina", "name": "South Carolina Gamecocks" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 23, "team": { "id": 109, "handle": "boisestate", "name": "Boise State Broncos" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 24, "team": { "id": 80, "handle": "ucf", "name": "UCF Knights" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 25, "team": { "id": 74, "handle": "memphis", "name": "Memphis Tigers" }, "rationale": "" } ] }, { "id": 22397, "username": "woakley", "ballot_type": "Human", "submission_date": "2018-08-16T22:16:55.659000+00:00", "overall_rationale": "Overall rationale is prior year results balanced with returning players and how I see the season for each team going. A lot of speculation in my first poll (especially towards the bottom), but hey its a preseason poll what do you expect", "entries": [ { "rank": 1, "team": { "id": 51, "handle": "alabama", "name": "Alabama Crimson Tide" }, "rationale": "Defending National Champs, Nick Saban, Good Recruiting class, Talented young QB. I could go on, but I dont think theres really a point" }, { "rank": 2, "team": { "id": 2, "handle": "clemson", "name": "Clemson Tigers" }, "rationale": "They return a majority of the team that has had such success over the past couple of years. Lost to Alabama in the semi's but they should have a very talented defense and they return most of their offensive weapons" }, { "rank": 3, "team": { "id": 55, "handle": "georgia", "name": "Georgia Bulldogs" }, "rationale": "Young team last year, and returning majority along with a talented recruiting class. One of the better quarterbacks in the SEC. Team that was a second half away from winning the natty.\u251c\u00e9\u252c\u00e1" }, { "rank": 4, "team": { "id": 38, "handle": "wisconsin", "name": "Wisconsin Badgers" }, "rationale": "Giving Wisconsin some respect here. Stout defense and a pedigree of success over the past couple of years. They seem to always have a good running game, and all of the major offensive pieces return. Lost some starters on defense, but I would expect them to stay strong on that side" }, { "rank": 5, "team": { "id": 19, "handle": "oklahoma", "name": "Oklahoma Sooners" }, "rationale": "Good Argument could be made for slotting them over Wisconsin, but I want to see what Kyler Murray has for Oklahama before buying into too much hype. Would be hard to see them regress too much under Lincoln Riley, but for now I think Wisconsin is deserving of the 4 spot over them" }, { "rank": 6, "team": { "id": 7, "handle": "miami", "name": "Miami Hurricanes" }, "rationale": "Is the U back? Oh yeah, the U is back. Miami proved last year that the can once again hang with the big dogs of college football. This team will go as far as the defense and arm of Rosier can carry them. Big test with LSU right out of the gate will tell us right away who the U will be this year" }, { "rank": 7, "team": { "id": 53, "handle": "auburn", "name": "Auburn Tigers" }, "rationale": "Jarret Stidham returns to QB a team that made its way to an SEC championship game and was possibly an SEC championship loss away from making the playoff at 9-2. Lost some talented players (Kerryon Johnson), but Gus has proven that he can replace players and replicate the run game success.\u251c\u00e9\u252c\u00e1" }, { "rank": 8, "team": { "id": 67, "handle": "notredame", "name": "Notre Dame Fighting Irish" }, "rationale": "Notre Dame returns many of the major players for a team that hung tough in a number of big time games last year. Lost a lot of offensive talent on the line and at WR/TE, but another year of experience for the defense and a returning QB make them strong contenders.\u251c\u00e9\u252c\u00e1" }, { "rank": 9, "team": { "id": 49, "handle": "washington", "name": "Washington Huskies" }, "rationale": "Obviously lost some talent on the defensive side, but experience on the offensive side wins out for me. I expect Washington to be able to hold their own in the PAC-12. Tough matchups right out the gate for Washington will show us what we have in them" }, { "rank": 10, "team": { "id": 34, "handle": "ohiostate", "name": "Ohio State Buckeyes" }, "rationale": "Ohio State at 10? You must be crazy! Yeah maybe, but as of the time of this ranking Urban Meyer is still on administrative leave and im not going to underestimate the impact that could have on this team. They are absolutely more talented than many of the teams above, but until Urban gets resolved im staying conservative. Also may be hard to adjust when you lose a QB thats been starting there for the last 15 years in JT Barret" }, { "rank": 11, "team": { "id": 35, "handle": "pennstate", "name": "Penn State Nittany Lions" }, "rationale": "Hear me out. Penn State lost a ton of weapons on offense. They lost a Heisman contender a solid TE and a playmaking receiver in addition to losing some key pieces of the secondary. Even given all that I think that McSorely is talented enough to replace some of that production. I think it's hard to project how Penn State will replace so many pieces, but I have confidence in Franklin that he has Penn State headed down the right path\u251c\u00e9\u252c\u00e1" }, { "rank": 12, "team": { "id": 80, "handle": "ucf", "name": "UCF Knights" }, "rationale": "The G5 darlings of last year. Don't get me wrong, they may have lost as much talent as anyone of the top 15 teams and they lost their entire coaching staff. Even with that, I think they found a more than competent replacement at HC, and I cant overlook how loaded their offense still is. Question mark here is the defense and how they replace the players they lost." }, { "rank": 13, "team": { "id": 30, "handle": "michiganstate", "name": "Michigan State Spartans" }, "rationale": "They return pretty much all of a team that had a very successful campaign in 2017 that was capped with a bowl victory over WSU. Question mark for them is if they can maintain a high level of play through a loaded Big 10, which has tripped them up in recent years" }, { "rank": 14, "team": { "id": 57, "handle": "lsu", "name": "LSU Tigers" }, "rationale": "Their coach sounds like a swamp monster. Whats not to love. Stop me if this sounds familiar to LSU fans, I expect them to have a great defense but their team will only go as far as the offense can carry them. Lately that hasnt been very far. They will be tested right away against Miami, and we'll see if LSU can finally muster a good balanced offense" }, { "rank": 15, "team": { "id": 21, "handle": "tcu", "name": "TCU Horned Frogs" }, "rationale": "You never know what you're going to get with TCU, but IMO they've proven that they can hang. They were a Iowa State loss away from truly being in contention for the playoff last year. I expect them to compete in the Big 12 again" }, { "rank": 16, "team": { "id": 13, "handle": "virginiatech", "name": "Virginia Tech Hokies" }, "rationale": "Justin Fuentes has started to turn the program back in the right direction at Virginia Tech, and I think last season showed it. Lost some talent on defense, but I still expect a strong year from Virginia Tech" }, { "rank": 17, "team": { "id": 45, "handle": "stanford", "name": "Stanford Cardinal" }, "rationale": "Bryce Love? Check. K.J. Costello? Check. Yes they lost 3 regular season games, the PAC 12 championship and their Bowl game. But of those 5 losses only one was more than a touchdown. They won some close ones too, but I think more of those close losses go their way with another year of experience under their belt" }, { "rank": 18, "team": { "id": 58, "handle": "mississippistate", "name": "Mississippi State Bulldogs" }, "rationale": "So much of this team will rest on the health of Nick Fitzgerald and his ability to carry the team. I'm ranking them here assuming that 1. Nick Fitzgerald will be healthy and will stay healthy and 2. Joe Moorehead can sustain the momentum that the program had going into the end of last year. I could be terribly terribly wrong, but hey then you can make fun of me so it all works out." }, { "rank": 19, "team": { "id": 47, "handle": "usc", "name": "USC Trojans" }, "rationale": "This one may be my most controversial, but I just dont buy into USC this year. I think Sam Darnold covered up for a lot of holes on this team last year and that the loss of them and Ronald Jones will be a lot for them to overcome. Combine that with a lot of freshman playing on a team whose OOC schedule includes Texas and Notre Dame and I think we see USC take a step back this year" }, { "rank": 20, "team": { "id": 29, "handle": "michigan", "name": "Michigan Wolverines" }, "rationale": "This ranking isnt really about who Michigan lost, even though they did lose a strong defensive player and a both QB's. This is more about where I think Michigan is at as a team. Michigan could take a step forward and finally turn the corner with one of their highly touted QB prospects, but im not banking on that. Until Michigan builds themselves a consistent offense, they are going to have trouble in the meat grinder that is the Big 10" }, { "rank": 21, "team": { "id": 109, "handle": "boisestate", "name": "Boise State Broncos" }, "rationale": "Boise has done more than enough as a program to cement themselves as one of the best the G5 has to offer. To me I still need to see that they can consistently beat stronger OOC opponents to move them up, and they will have plenty of chances to do so this year" }, { "rank": 22, "team": { "id": 4, "handle": "floridastate", "name": "Florida State Seminoles" }, "rationale": "FSU is not the football team they were last year, and I think we all know that. They should come out this year with an invigorated offense and a healthy defense. FSU is another one of those teams with so much more talent than where they are ranked, but until we see how Taggart coaches in big time games with big time players and how they respond to the nightmare of last year, they stay low in my 25" }, { "rank": 23, "team": { "id": 43, "handle": "oregon", "name": "Oregon Ducks" }, "rationale": "Quack Quack. I think that Oregon will surprise some people this year. They kept a large portion of the coaching staff from last year and Justin Herbert returns. A weak OOC schedule for the Ducks should allow them to build some momentum before they run into their PAC-12 schedule\u251c\u00e9\u252c\u00e1" }, { "rank": 24, "team": { "id": 33, "handle": "northwestern", "name": "Northwestern Wildcats" }, "rationale": "Another team that I think will surprise some people this year. They play in a stacked Big 10, but I think that they have enough talent to make a decent run this year. Dont think theyll be at the top of the league, but they should have enough talent to make some noise.\u251c\u00e9\u252c\u00e1" }, { "rank": 25, "team": { "id": 83, "handle": "fau", "name": "FAU Owls" }, "rationale": "Count me in on the Lane train. The Owls bring back a team with more talent than they've had in a long time. They have some really tough OOC games this year, but I would expect them to roll through C-USA and show that they are a talented team" } ] }, { "id": 22398, "username": "Wurst_Law", "ballot_type": "Human", "submission_date": "2018-08-16T19:35:33.753000+00:00", "overall_rationale": "", "entries": [ { "rank": 1, "team": { "id": 51, "handle": "alabama", "name": "Alabama Crimson Tide" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 2, "team": { "id": 55, "handle": "georgia", "name": "Georgia Bulldogs" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 3, "team": { "id": 38, "handle": "wisconsin", "name": "Wisconsin Badgers" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 4, "team": { "id": 49, "handle": "washington", "name": "Washington Huskies" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 5, "team": { "id": 19, "handle": "oklahoma", "name": "Oklahoma Sooners" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 6, "team": { "id": 2, "handle": "clemson", "name": "Clemson Tigers" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 7, "team": { "id": 29, "handle": "michigan", "name": "Michigan Wolverines" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 8, "team": { "id": 30, "handle": "michiganstate", "name": "Michigan State Spartans" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 9, "team": { "id": 34, "handle": "ohiostate", "name": "Ohio State Buckeyes" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 10, "team": { "id": 21, "handle": "tcu", "name": "TCU Horned Frogs" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 11, "team": { "id": 45, "handle": "stanford", "name": "Stanford Cardinal" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 12, "team": { "id": 80, "handle": "ucf", "name": "UCF Knights" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 13, "team": { "id": 7, "handle": "miami", "name": "Miami Hurricanes" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 14, "team": { "id": 4, "handle": "floridastate", "name": "Florida State Seminoles" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 15, "team": { "id": 22, "handle": "texas", "name": "Texas Longhorns" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 16, "team": { "id": 47, "handle": "usc", "name": "USC Trojans" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 17, "team": { "id": 57, "handle": "lsu", "name": "LSU Tigers" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 18, "team": { "id": 24, "handle": "westvirginia", "name": "West Virginia Mountaineers" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 19, "team": { "id": 54, "handle": "florida", "name": "Florida Gators" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 20, "team": { "id": 35, "handle": "pennstate", "name": "Penn State Nittany Lions" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 21, "team": { "id": 20, "handle": "oklahomastate", "name": "Oklahoma State Cowboys" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 22, "team": { "id": 58, "handle": "mississippistate", "name": "Mississippi State Bulldogs" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 23, "team": { "id": 53, "handle": "auburn", "name": "Auburn Tigers" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 24, "team": { "id": 39, "handle": "arizona", "name": "Arizona Wildcats" }, "rationale": "" }, { "rank": 25, "team": { "id": 13, "handle": "virginiatech", "name": "Virginia Tech Hokies" }, "rationale": "" } ] }, { "id": 22399, "username": "xelphin", "ballot_type": "Human", "submission_date": "2018-08-16T18:56:09.618000+00:00", "overall_rationale": "", "entries": [ { "rank": 1, "team": { "id": 51, "handle": "alabama", "name": "Alabama Crimson Tide" }, "rationale": "Very simply - Defending national champs. Pretty hard to disagree there." }, { "rank": 2, "team": { "id": 55, "handle": "georgia", "name": "Georgia Bulldogs" }, "rationale": "UGA lost some key talent to the NFL, but their latest recruiting class is absolutely stacked and the dawgs will be hungry for revenge. They have a bit to prove, but it would be unfair to not have them nipping at Bama's heels at #2." }, { "rank": 3, "team": { "id": 2, "handle": "clemson", "name": "Clemson Tigers" }, "rationale": "Clemson's Defense is going to be stupidly good again this year. Their Offense doesn't have that much to prove, but if their 24-6 beatdown by Bama in the playoffs last season taught us anything, it's that their offense couldn't capitalize at the highest level.\u251c\u00e9\u252c\u00e1" }, { "rank": 4, "team": { "id": 19, "handle": "oklahoma", "name": "Oklahoma Sooners" }, "rationale": "Taking UGA to double overtime in an incredibly entertaining playoff game made this decision fairly easy. They don't have Baker Mayfield anymore, but Lincoln Riley stepped up and showed he could coach a supremely talented team even as a relative rookie." }, { "rank": 5, "team": { "id": 34, "handle": "ohiostate", "name": "Ohio State Buckeyes" }, "rationale": "Beat up on USC and return a ton of talent." }, { "rank": 6, "team": { "id": 38, "handle": "wisconsin", "name": "Wisconsin Badgers" }, "rationale": "Boy, I never thought I'd be happy putting Wisconsin this high, but they are going to be absolute monsters this season. They have a season that should produce a ton of wins as well, so a single slip could cause them to slide badly." }, { "rank": 7, "team": { "id": 7, "handle": "miami", "name": "Miami Hurricanes" }, "rationale": "Miami has something to prove this year, and will very easily be a power for the ACC. Their talent and pre-season predictions have them this high, but they have a few difficult hurdles. Not playing Clemson in the regular season will definitely help them in the long run - but they will have to play them if they can win out their division of the ACC." }, { "rank": 8, "team": { "id": 35, "handle": "pennstate", "name": "Penn State Nittany Lions" }, "rationale": "The loss of Saquon Barkley hurts, but if they can fill that position with someone half as good, the Nittany Lions are not going to play around. They also have an absolute gauntlet of a schedule, playing Ohio State, Michigan State, Iowa, Michigan, and Wisconsin...though they play all but Michigan at home. If they can arrive in Piscataway in late November without a loss, it's all over." }, { "rank": 9, "team": { "id": 49, "handle": "washington", "name": "Washington Huskies" }, "rationale": "The Pac-12 is always hard to predict, but I would be surprised if Washington is not top-dog (ha!). They open against Auburn, which could very easily derail their season, especially since they follow up two weeks later by playing a personal dark horse: Utah. Their first 3 games are going to be absolutely crucial." }, { "rank": 10, "team": { "id": 67, "handle": "notredame", "name": "Notre Dame Fighting Irish" }, "rationale": "Notre Dame has one hell of a schedule this year, and if they can show up the way they did against LSU in bowl season, they are going to be a team to watch.\u251c\u00e9\u252c\u00e1" }, { "rank": 11, "team": { "id": 30, "handle": "michiganstate", "name": "Michigan State Spartans" }, "rationale": "With a doozy of a schedule, and coming off of the recent scandals rocking the program, this is going to be interesting. 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