Ballot Type: Hybrid

Submitted: Oct. 16, 2016, 1:39 p.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 S&P+ and the Sagarin rankings (to include FCS teams) and adjusted by my personal eyetest ... right now it's about half and half, but it'll move to almost entirely the eyetest by the end of the season.

• Ballot
• Analysis

Rank	Team	Reason
1	Alabama Crimson Tide
2	Clemson Tigers
3	Texas A&M Aggies
4	Michigan Wolverines
5	Ohio State Buckeyes
6	Western Michigan Broncos
7	Nebraska Cornhuskers
8	West Virginia Mountaineers
9	Tennessee Volunteers
10	Louisville Cardinals
11	Washington Huskies
12	Florida State Seminoles
13	Boise State Broncos
14	Houston Cougars
15	Baylor Bears
16	Florida Gators
17	North Carolina Tar Heels
18	USF Bulls
19	Utah Utes
20	Wisconsin Badgers
21	Arkansas Razorbacks
22	Colorado Buffaloes
23	LSU Tigers
24	Pittsburgh Panthers
25	Auburn Tigers

Teams Ranked:

Rank	Team	Unusualness
1	Alabama Crimson Tide	0.00
2	Clemson Tigers	0.85
3	Texas A&M Aggies	1.29
4	Michigan Wolverines	0.00
5	Ohio State Buckeyes	-1.63
6	Western Michigan Broncos	1.49
7	Nebraska Cornhuskers	0.05
8	West Virginia Mountaineers	0.29
9	Tennessee Volunteers	1.48
10	Louisville Cardinals	-0.27
11	Washington Huskies	-3.67
12	Florida State Seminoles	0.15
13	Boise State Broncos	0.00
14	Houston Cougars	0.00
15	Baylor Bears	-0.38
16	Florida Gators	0.00
17	North Carolina Tar Heels	0.66
18	USF Bulls	3.59
19	Utah Utes	0.00
20	Wisconsin Badgers	-1.35
21	Arkansas Razorbacks	-0.09
22	Colorado Buffaloes	0.00
23	LSU Tigers	0.00
24	Pittsburgh Panthers	1.10
25	Auburn Tigers	-0.19

Omissions:

Team	Unusualness
Oklahoma Sooners	1.16
Navy Midshipmen	0.36

Total Score: 20.03