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 |