Ballot Type: Human
Submitted: Oct. 10, 2017, 9:12 a.m.
Overall Rationale: I promised to flesh this out more this week, but I'm traveling so I'll do my best for now. Essentially, this is a resume poll that heavily weights wins over 1-loss teams. Otherwise P5 wins are counted as tallies in a team's favor. Losses to undefeated teams are less detrimental than other losses. Based on these factors teams are graded out into a handful of tiers and then ranked within those tiers. Teams are also clumped into a sort of "poll-worthy" category based in these criteria. This clump of teams has no size limit and can certainly be more than 25. Wins over any of these teams will boost a team's ranking within their tier, but not into another tier. There are quite a few 1-loss teams right now boosting resumes, perhaps polishing what may turn out in a few weeks to be turds. But this poll is not meant to be predictive in any way.
Teams Ranked:
| Rank | Team | Unusualness |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Clemson Tigers
|
0.00 |
| 2 |
Georgia Bulldogs
|
0.74 |
| 3 |
TCU Horned Frogs
|
0.80 |
| 4 |
Washington State Cougars
|
0.79 |
| 5 |
Miami Hurricanes
|
1.29 |
| 6 |
UCF Knights
|
2.24 |
| 7 |
Notre Dame Fighting Irish
|
1.36 |
| 8 |
Oklahoma State Cowboys
|
1.23 |
| 9 |
Penn State Nittany Lions
|
-2.81 |
| 10 |
San Diego State Aztecs
|
1.23 |
| 11 |
Alabama Crimson Tide
|
-8.63 |
| 12 |
Washington Huskies
|
-2.00 |
| 13 |
Wisconsin Badgers
|
-1.39 |
| 14 |
USF Bulls
|
0.56 |
| 15 |
Michigan State Spartans
|
0.62 |
| 16 |
Texas Tech Red Raiders
|
2.68 |
| 17 |
Oklahoma Sooners
|
-0.10 |
| 18 |
NC State Wolfpack
|
0.00 |
| 19 |
Navy Midshipmen
|
0.67 |
| 20 |
USC Trojans
|
-1.17 |
| 21 |
Auburn Tigers
|
-1.80 |
| 22 |
Virginia Tech Hokies
|
-1.26 |
| 23 |
Memphis Tigers
|
2.14 |
| 24 |
Stanford Cardinal
|
0.00 |
| 25 |
Indiana Hoosiers
|
0.23 |