Ballot Type: Hybrid
Submitted: Sept. 25, 2016, 9:44 a.m.
Overall Rationale: This is an entirely resume-based poll; it sums up the value of each win and loss according to the strength of the opponent, with an adjustment for one-score games and home vs road.Opponent strength, instead of being ranked ordinally, is instead simply clustered into one of five groups, with (roughly speaking) 5s as playoff contenders and 1s as cupcakes.  This is done with the help of the Sagarin rankings (to include FCS teams) and adjusted by my personal eyetest ... at the moment it's almost entirely the former, but by midseason it will be more heavily the latter.
Teams Ranked:
Rank | Team | Unusualness |
---|---|---|
1 | Texas A&M Aggies | 2.28 |
2 | Alabama Crimson Tide | 0.00 |
3 | Tennessee Volunteers | 1.61 |
4 | Stanford Cardinal | 0.42 |
5 | Clemson Tigers | 0.00 |
6 | Louisville Cardinals | -1.67 |
7 | Michigan Wolverines | -0.09 |
8 | Nebraska Cornhuskers | 1.35 |
9 | Wake Forest Demon Deacons | 5.19 |
10 | Wisconsin Badgers | -0.38 |
11 | Houston Cougars | -1.40 |
12 | Washington Huskies | 0.00 |
13 | Arizona State Sun Devils | 1.68 |
14 | Utah Utes | 0.02 |
15 | Ohio State Buckeyes | -3.88 |
16 | Baylor Bears | 0.00 |
17 | Boise State Broncos | 0.42 |
18 | Western Michigan Broncos | 1.18 |
19 | West Virginia Mountaineers | 0.08 |
20 | Florida State Seminoles | -0.35 |
21 | Miami Hurricanes | -0.83 |
22 | Minnesota Golden Gophers | 2.65 |
23 | San Diego State Aztecs | 0.00 |
24 | Arkansas Razorbacks | -0.20 |
25 | Navy Midshipmen | 0.00 |
Omissions:
Team | Unusualness |
---|---|
Michigan State Spartans | 0.87 |
Ole Miss Rebels | 0.70 |
TCU Horned Frogs | 0.37 |
Florida Gators | 0.27 |
Total Score: 27.89