Ballot Type: Computer

Submitted: Oct. 15, 2018, 11:50 a.m.

Overall Rationale: This is a resume-based computer ranking. It starts with no preseason assumptions about any teams. Each week, every team's resume is evaluated fresh from scratch. The algorithm iteratively informs itself about how good every team is, with each iteration's output feeding into the next iteration's input until the rankings stabilize. Thus, the "priors" are the same as the results.

• Ballot
• Analysis

Rank	Team	Reason
1	Notre Dame Fighting Irish
2	Alabama Crimson Tide
3	Clemson Tigers
4	Ohio State Buckeyes
5	LSU Tigers
6	NC State Wolfpack
7	Michigan Wolverines
8	Oklahoma Sooners
9	Texas Longhorns
10	Georgia Bulldogs
11	Florida Gators
12	UCF Knights
13	Kentucky Wildcats
14	Iowa Hawkeyes
15	Cincinnati Bearcats
16	Duke Blue Devils
17	Stanford Cardinal
18	USF Bulls
19	Texas A&M Aggies
20	West Virginia Mountaineers
21	San Diego State Aztecs
22	USC Trojans
23	Army West Point
24	Penn State Nittany Lions
25	Colorado Buffaloes

Teams Ranked:

Rank	Team	Unusualness
1	Notre Dame Fighting Irish	0.71
2	Alabama Crimson Tide	0.00
3	Clemson Tigers	0.00
4	Ohio State Buckeyes	-0.40
5	LSU Tigers	0.00
6	NC State Wolfpack	1.29
7	Michigan Wolverines	0.00
8	Oklahoma Sooners	0.00
9	Texas Longhorns	0.00
10	Georgia Bulldogs	0.00
11	Florida Gators	0.00
12	UCF Knights	0.00
13	Kentucky Wildcats	0.00
14	Iowa Hawkeyes	0.73
15	Cincinnati Bearcats	0.41
16	Duke Blue Devils	3.27
17	Stanford Cardinal	2.71
18	USF Bulls	0.00
19	Texas A&M Aggies	0.00
20	West Virginia Mountaineers	-0.62
21	San Diego State Aztecs	3.70
22	USC Trojans	1.18
23	Army West Point	2.05
24	Penn State Nittany Lions	-0.42
25	Colorado Buffaloes	0.00

Omissions:

Team	Unusualness
Oregon Ducks	2.42
Washington Huskies	1.41
Washington State Cougars	0.35
Mississippi State Bulldogs	0.23
Wisconsin Badgers	0.20
Michigan State Spartans	0.19

Total Score: 22.28