Ballot Type: Human
Submitted: Sept. 17, 2018, 9:33 a.m.
Overall Rationale: 34 Teams remain undefeated. There aren't enough data points to really sort out which of 56 one loss teams have better victories.As a result, here's the top 25 based on their best win so far this season.34 Undefeated:Boston College, Clemson, Duke, North Carolina State, Syracuse, Virginia Tech, Indiana, Iowa, Minnesota, Ohio State, Penn State, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, West Virginia, California, Colorado, Oregon, Stanford, Washington State, Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana State, Mississippi State, Missouri, Central Florida, Cincinnati, South Florida, Louisiana Tech, Marshall, North Texas, Notre Dame, Akron, BuffaloCincinnati and Marshall are undefeated against winless opponents so they're the first 2 to get cut.North Carolina State, Syracuse, Virginia Tech, Georgia, Oregon, UCF, North Texas which gets us down to 25 teams.We'll start sorting here.Alabama, LSU, and Notre Dame all have victories over P5 teams which have won all of their other games. So they're your top 3.BC, Clemson, Indiana, Penn State, Ohio State, West Virginia, Cal, Kentucky, Mississippi State, and South Florida all have wins over P5 teams who have won all of their other games. Now we've got 4-13 Sorted by best wins.Duke, Minnesota, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Stanford, Washington State, Missouri, and Buffalo all have victories of G5s who have won all of their other games. 14-21 to be sorted by best wins.Akron and Louisiana Tech have both beaten teams who are have only lost to undefeated teams. So here's 22 and 23... Northwestern might be better than South Alabama... I have no idea. Akron gets 22, Louisiana Tech gets 23.Iowa's opponent of note is Northern Illinois, and Colorado's is Colorado State... Iowa at 24, CSU at 25.Eat a corndog this week.
Rank | Team | Reason |
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1 | LSU Tigers | Auburn and Miami are the best wins on the board so far. |
2 | Alabama Crimson Tide | Louisville and Mississippi makes a better combination than Michigan and Vanderbilt. |
3 | Notre Dame Fighting Irish | |
4 | Ohio State Buckeyes | TCU > aTm |
5 | Clemson Tigers | aTm > .BYU (They have 2 P5 road wins, so they're a P5 level independent like Notre Dame until otherwise noted) |
6 | California Golden Bears | BYU > Florida |
7 | Kentucky Wildcats | Florida > Kansas State |
8 | Mississippi State Bulldogs |  Kansas State > Pitt |
9 | Penn State Nittany Lions |  Pitt > Wake Forest |
10 | Boston College Eagles | Wake > Virginia |
11 | Indiana Hoosiers | Virginia > Illinois |
12 | USF Bulls | Illinois > Tennessee |
13 | West Virginia Mountaineers | Tennessee |
14 | Stanford Cardinal | San Diego State > Boise State |
15 | Oklahoma State Cowboys | Boise State > Fresno State |
16 | Minnesota Golden Gophers |  Fresno State > Army |
17 | Duke Blue Devils | Army > Florida Atlantic |
18 | Oklahoma Sooners | Florida Atlantic > Wyoming |
19 | Missouri Tigers | Wyoming (Sorted Alphabetically)> Eastern Michigan |
20 | Washington State Cougars | Wyoming (Sorted Alphabetically) > Eastern Michigan |
21 | Buffalo Bulls | Eastern Michigan |
22 | Akron Zips | |
23 | Louisiana Tech Bulldogs | |
24 | Iowa Hawkeyes | |
25 | Colorado Buffaloes |
Teams Ranked:
Rank | Team | Unusualness |
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1 | LSU Tigers | 0.82 |
2 | Alabama Crimson Tide | 0.00 |
3 | Notre Dame Fighting Irish | 0.96 |
4 | Ohio State Buckeyes | 0.00 |
5 | Clemson Tigers | 0.00 |
6 | California Golden Bears | 4.71 |
7 | Kentucky Wildcats | 6.56 |
8 | Mississippi State Bulldogs | 0.67 |
9 | Penn State Nittany Lions | 0.00 |
10 | Boston College Eagles | 2.36 |
11 | Indiana Hoosiers | 5.19 |
12 | USF Bulls | 4.12 |
13 | West Virginia Mountaineers | 0.00 |
14 | Stanford Cardinal | -0.78 |
15 | Oklahoma State Cowboys | 0.00 |
16 | Minnesota Golden Gophers | 5.69 |
17 | Duke Blue Devils | 0.28 |
18 | Oklahoma Sooners | -3.65 |
19 | Missouri Tigers | 4.27 |
20 | Washington State Cougars | 1.81 |
21 | Buffalo Bulls | 3.97 |
22 | Akron Zips | 3.12 |
23 | Louisiana Tech Bulldogs | 2.23 |
24 | Iowa Hawkeyes | 0.00 |
25 | Colorado Buffaloes | 0.00 |
Omissions:
Team | Unusualness |
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Georgia Bulldogs | 6.93 |
Auburn Tigers | 2.10 |
Washington Huskies | 1.81 |
Virginia Tech Hokies | 1.93 |
UCF Knights | 0.98 |
TCU Horned Frogs | 1.04 |
Wisconsin Badgers | 0.65 |
Oregon Ducks | 0.71 |
Michigan Wolverines | 0.63 |
Miami Hurricanes | 0.40 |
Texas A&M Aggies | 0.32 |
Total Score: 68.68