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You know the drill. Chris and I have a preliminary ranking. We have a couple thoughts on it. You give your input tonight, we send our final ballot tomorrow morning.
1. Alabama
2. Oregon
3. South Carolina
4. West Virginia
5. Florida
6. Kansas State
7. Notre Dame
This is the end of us being comfortable with the ballot. After this, the next 4-5 teams are all overrated. 8-17 in general is an absolute mess. 20-25 is a worse mess.
8. Oregon State
9. Florida State
10. Stanford
11. Texas
12. Georgia
13. Clemson
14. LSU
15. Oklahoma
16. Texas A&M
17. Southern California
18. Louisville
19. Louisiana Tech
20. Ohio
21. Rutgers
22. Michigan
23. Baylor
24. Western Kentucky
25. Mississippi State
Considering: Cincinnater, Tennessee, Michigan State, Washington, Arizona, Toledo, Duke, San Jose State.
We have thoughts as to why we chose some of these teams over others. We talked about them in a Hangout, which has been recorded for your perusal. We generally go in order, so if you're wondering about the placement of a particular team, it should be easy enough to skip ahead to get our thoughts on that team.
If you have different thoughts, give them in the comments. If we've overrated or underrated somebody, give us arguments to support your position. If we forgot somebody, let us know.