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TheJeemTeam Ballot for 2018 Week 7

Ballot Type: Hybrid

Submitted: Oct. 8, 2018, 11 a.m.

Overall Rationale: My hybrid poll utilizes two computer polls. A preseason component that I will phase out as the season goes along and a results-oriented poll. The preseason component is 30% this week and the results-oriented poll is 70%.The Preseason component is made up of Past season's results, Returning production, 2 year recruiting Avg., and Coaching continuity. The results-oriented component is made up of Winning %, Points per Game differential, Yards per Play differential, and Strength of Schedule. Once the overall rankings are developed, I split the teams that are close to each other into tiers and re-rank within the tiers. Things were neat this week as the final tier (Tier K) ended right at the 25th ranked team.

Rank Team Reason
1 Alabama Crimson Tide 1/1 in Tier A
2 Clemson Tigers 1/1 in Tier B
3 Georgia Bulldogs 1/1 in Tier C
4 Ohio State Buckeyes 1/2 in Tier D: Undefeated
5 Oklahoma Sooners 2/2 in Tier D: One loss to Texas (who are probably back)
6 Notre Dame Fighting Irish 1/3 in Tier E: Undefeated
7 Penn State Nittany Lions 2/3 in Tier E: One loss by 1 point to Ohio St.
8 Michigan Wolverines 3/3 in Tier E: One loss by 7 points to Notre Dame
9 West Virginia Mountaineers 1/4 in Tier F: Undefeated
10 UCF Knights 2/4 in Tier F: Undefeated
11 Washington Huskies 3/4 in Tier F: Close loss to quality Auburn
12 Miami Hurricanes 4/4 in Tier F: Blowout loss to quality LSU
13 Florida Gators 1/1 in Tier G
14 Mississippi State Bulldogs 1/1 in Tier H
15 Cincinnati Bearcats 1/2 in Tier I: Not exactly a tough schedule, but they are still 6-0
16 Wisconsin Badgers 2/2 in Tier I: Despite playing a tougher schedule than Cincinnati, their loss to BYU looks pretty bad.
17 Kentucky Wildcats 1/3 in Tier J: Despite my computer not liking TAMU (Kentucky's only  loss) for having two losses, they are to Bama and Clemson. Losing by only 6 to TAMU is better than LSU losing by 8 to Florida IMO, despite Florida being 13th and TAMU unranked.
18 LSU Tigers 2/3 in Tier J: See above Kentucky explanation
19 Memphis Tigers 3/3 in Tier J: Multiple losses against a relatively weak schedule. My computer loves them, so they're ranked though.
20 Texas Longhorns 1/6 in Tier K: Despite loss to Maryland, they have multiple wins against teams better than anyone NC St or Colorado has played
21 NC State Wolfpack 2/6 in Tier K: Have looked slightly better than Colorado against slightly better competition
22 Colorado Buffaloes 3/6 in Tier K: See NC State explanation above.
23 Iowa Hawkeyes 4/6 in Tier K: Only loss to Wisconsin slightly better quality than USU's only loss to Michigan State.
24 Utah State Aggies 5/6 in Tier K: See above explanation for Iowa.
25 Auburn Tigers 6/6 in Tier K: Multiple losses puts them at bottom of the tier.

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