Ballot Type: Computer

Submitted: Oct. 9, 2017, 8:18 a.m.

Overall Rationale: This is a computer poll so it's going to be a little wacky until about week 6 (It's starting to take shape!). 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	0.82044
2	Penn State Nittany Lions	0.76813
3	Alabama Crimson Tide	0.76628
4	Georgia Bulldogs	0.76627
5	TCU Horned Frogs	0.74138
6	Washington Huskies	0.73319
7	Washington State Cougars	0.73265
8	Wisconsin Badgers	0.73036
9	USC Trojans	0.68771
10	Ohio State Buckeyes	0.67858
11	Miami Hurricanes	0.65629
12	UCF Knights	0.64425
13	Michigan State Spartans	0.63601
14	Notre Dame Fighting Irish	0.63281
15	Auburn Tigers	0.62571
16	Michigan Wolverines	0.61901
17	Oklahoma State Cowboys	0.61186
18	Oklahoma Sooners	0.61016
19	San Diego State Aztecs	0.60735
20	Virginia Tech Hokies	0.59908
21	Texas Tech Red Raiders	0.59055
22	Kentucky Wildcats	0.58182
23	NC State Wolfpack	0.57631
24	Utah Utes	0.56708
25	USF Bulls	0.56445

Teams Ranked:

Rank	Team	Unusualness
1	Clemson Tigers	0.00
2	Penn State Nittany Lions	0.71
3	Alabama Crimson Tide	-0.63
4	Georgia Bulldogs	0.00
5	TCU Horned Frogs	0.00
6	Washington Huskies	0.00
7	Washington State Cougars	0.00
8	Wisconsin Badgers	0.00
9	USC Trojans	0.77
10	Ohio State Buckeyes	0.00
11	Miami Hurricanes	0.00
12	UCF Knights	0.93
13	Michigan State Spartans	1.18
14	Notre Dame Fighting Irish	0.00
15	Auburn Tigers	-0.15
16	Michigan Wolverines	0.00
17	Oklahoma State Cowboys	-0.13
18	Oklahoma Sooners	-0.38
19	San Diego State Aztecs	0.00
20	Virginia Tech Hokies	-0.62
21	Texas Tech Red Raiders	0.44
22	Kentucky Wildcats	2.93
23	NC State Wolfpack	-0.52
24	Utah Utes	0.37
25	USF Bulls	-0.92

Omissions:

Team	Unusualness
Navy Midshipmen	0.12
Stanford Cardinal	0.16

Total Score: 10.96