Ballot Type: Computer

Submitted: Sept. 11, 2017, 10:36 a.m.

Overall Rationale: This is a computer poll so it's going to be a little wacky until about week 6. I'm in the process of adjusting one of the key components of it but I can give a high level view of how the scores are computed.It's a combination of Record, Strength of Schedule, Strength of Victory, and effectiveness. Record is what you'd expect, wins/games.SoS is a basic (2*opponent's record + opponent's opponent's record)/3. SoV is SoS but only of the teams you beat. Effectiveness is what I'm kind of changing now. I'm going to be changing it to try and look at how you performed against your averages and against your opponent's averages and the variance of the values. So looking at things like your passing yards vs opponent X. How does it relate with your average pass yards per game? How does it relate to X's passing yards allowed per game? This won't be meaningful in much capacity until later in the year.

• Ballot
• Analysis

Rank	Team	Reason
1	Clemson Tigers	0.75470
2	Penn State Nittany Lions	0.75418
3	Georgia Bulldogs	0.75028
4	Iowa Hawkeyes	0.75010
5	UCLA Bruins	0.74894
6	Oklahoma Sooners	0.74776
7	South Carolina Gamecocks	0.74320
8	USC Trojans	0.74214
9	Colorado Buffaloes	0.73186
10	Louisville Cardinals	0.73122
11	Duke Blue Devils	0.72494
12	Illinois Fighting Illini	0.72127
13	Alabama Crimson Tide	0.71799
14	Wisconsin Badgers	0.71621
15	Minnesota Golden Gophers	0.71382
16	Michigan Wolverines	0.71061
17	Oklahoma State Cowboys	0.70523
18	Oregon Ducks	0.70420
19	Tennessee Volunteers	0.70317
20	TCU Horned Frogs	0.70210
21	Wake Forest Demon Deacons	0.70026
22	Utah Utes	0.69357
23	Maryland Terrapins	0.69356
24	Virginia Tech Hokies	0.69065
25	Michigan State Spartans	0.68611

Teams Ranked:

Rank	Team	Unusualness
1	Clemson Tigers	0.64
2	Penn State Nittany Lions	0.89
3	Georgia Bulldogs	1.99
4	Iowa Hawkeyes	11.89
5	UCLA Bruins	3.89
6	Oklahoma Sooners	-2.91
7	South Carolina Gamecocks	4.30
8	USC Trojans	-1.09
9	Colorado Buffaloes	3.27
10	Louisville Cardinals	0.45
11	Duke Blue Devils	11.95
12	Illinois Fighting Illini	13.07
13	Alabama Crimson Tide	-8.50
14	Wisconsin Badgers	-0.41
15	Minnesota Golden Gophers	9.80
16	Michigan Wolverines	-2.29
17	Oklahoma State Cowboys	-1.34
18	Oregon Ducks	1.20
19	Tennessee Volunteers	0.46
20	TCU Horned Frogs	0.00
21	Wake Forest Demon Deacons	3.98
22	Utah Utes	0.00
23	Maryland Terrapins	0.00
24	Virginia Tech Hokies	-1.70
25	Michigan State Spartans	0.00

Omissions:

Team	Unusualness
Washington Huskies	3.51
LSU Tigers	3.07
Ohio State Buckeyes	2.31
Florida State Seminoles	1.89
Miami Hurricanes	1.16
Auburn Tigers	0.98
Kansas State Wildcats	1.19
Stanford Cardinal	0.95
Washington State Cougars	0.71

Total Score: 101.78