Ballot Type: Hybrid
Submitted: Oct. 30, 2017, 1:12 p.m.
Overall Rationale: I built a computer rating system that takes mostly simple statistics that do include strength of schedule and margin of victory to create what I think is a pretty good general ranking. To avoid weird early season rankings, I added a "bias" score. This score starts with the AP preseason poll and uses it entirely in the first week, and less and less so as the season goes on. The system at this point in the season no longer uses the bias, but may still effect teams indirectly. My system isn't perfect though, so I add my own "eye test" to the rankings is provides. I will never move a team more than 5 spots from where the computer ranks it, as any farther and I think it would be more my ranking than the computers. This week I'll also add the score my system generates as the team reason, to get an idea of what separates the teams
Teams Ranked:
Rank | Team | Unusualness |
---|---|---|
1 | Alabama Crimson Tide | 0.00 |
2 | Georgia Bulldogs | 0.00 |
3 | Notre Dame Fighting Irish | 0.17 |
4 | Ohio State Buckeyes | 0.00 |
5 | Clemson Tigers | 0.07 |
6 | Penn State Nittany Lions | 0.00 |
7 | Wisconsin Badgers | 0.00 |
8 | Oklahoma State Cowboys | 0.56 |
9 | TCU Horned Frogs | 0.09 |
10 | Oklahoma Sooners | 0.00 |
11 | UCF Knights | 0.00 |
12 | Washington Huskies | 0.00 |
13 | Iowa State Cyclones | 0.00 |
14 | USC Trojans | 0.48 |
15 | Miami Hurricanes | -1.50 |
16 | Virginia Tech Hokies | -0.56 |
17 | Washington State Cougars | 1.65 |
18 | Memphis Tigers | 0.24 |
19 | Stanford Cardinal | 0.00 |
20 | Arizona Wildcats | 0.00 |
21 | Auburn Tigers | -0.54 |
22 | NC State Wolfpack | -0.09 |
23 | South Carolina Gamecocks | 1.70 |
24 | Boise State Broncos | 0.97 |
25 | Michigan State Spartans | 0.00 |