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TheJeemTeam Ballot for 2019 Week 9

Ballot Type: Hybrid

Submitted: Oct. 21, 2019, 7:20 p.m.

Overall Rationale: My poll is a hybrid. I take the results of a computer poll of my own creation and split the teams into tiers based on where it makes sense to break the values. I then look at just the teams within the tiers and re-rank within them based on my observations and feelings of the teams.Computer poll has a preseason component and a performance-based component. I phase the preseason component out as the season goes along. For this week, the preseason component is down to 10% of the overall calculation.

Rank Team Reason
1 Ohio State Buckeyes 1/1 in Tier A: Separated enough from the rest of the pack according to my computer to be the only team in the top tier.
2 LSU Tigers 1/4 in Tier B: At the top of this tier by virtue of having the best win of the 4 undefeated teams in this group (Florida by 14)
3 Alabama Crimson Tide 2/4 in Tier B: Best win was only Texas A&M, but the 19 point win was also the closest any opponent came.
4 Oklahoma Sooners 3/4 in Tier B
5 Clemson Tigers 4/4 in Tier B: Have been looking better, but close call against UNC is by far the closest any team in this group came to getting a loss. Puts them at the bottom.
6 Penn State Nittany Lions 1/1 in Tier C: Only team in this tier. Have looked impressive and are on the precipice of including themselves as a contender.
7 Wisconsin Badgers 1/4 in Tier D: Sit at the top of this tier despite the loss to Illinois. Helps that it was only by 1 point and they've looked dominant in pretty much every other game.
8 Georgia Bulldogs 2/4 in Tier D: Only loss came in 2OT to a decent South Carolina team. Big win over Notre Dame helps them as well. Combined it's enough to put them ahead of Auburn.
9 Auburn Tigers 3/4 in Tier D: Double digit loss to Florida hurts them, as it's the worst loss of the teams in this group. Get the edge on Oregon though for beating them head to head.
10 Oregon Ducks 4/4 in Tier D: Placed behind Auburn for head to head result. They've also looked shaky at times though.
11 Baylor Bears 1/3 in Tier E: Baylor is at the top of this tier by virtue of being undefeated.
12 Utah Utes 2/3 in Tier E: Behind Baylor for loss to USC, but ahead of Notre Dame for being more dominant in wins than Notre Dame against a schedule of generally equal difficulty.
13 Notre Dame Fighting Irish 3/3 in Tier E: See Utah reasoning. Also hurt by only having played 6 games.
14 Florida Gators 1/5 in Tier F: Easily tops of this group for only loss being to LSU.
15 Iowa State Cyclones 2/5 in Tier F: Ahead of other teams with fewer losses due to both losses coming to teams I've ranked. Also much more dominant than SMU against a common opponent (Beat TCU by 25, while SMU only beat by 3)
16 SMU Mustangs 3/5 in Tier F: Behind Iowa State for above stated reasons. Ahead of Memphis and Cincinnati by virtue of being undefeated.
17 Memphis Tigers 4/5 in Tier F: Only loss came by 2 to a good Temple team.
18 Cincinnati Bearcats 5/5 in Tier F: Despite only loss coming to #1 Ohio State, they lost by 42 points. That deficit was too much for me to put them ahead of Memphis.
19 Minnesota Golden Gophers 1/2 in Tier G: Both teams in tier are undefeated, but are relatively unimpressive given opposition. Minnesota gets the edge for playing a more difficult schedule and having played more games.
20 Appalachian State Mountaineers 2/2 in Tier G: As stated above, it really hurts them that they've only played 5 games.
21 Michigan Wolverines 1/6 in Tier H: Only losses have come to highly ranked Wisconsin and Penn State. Have also beaten Iowa.
22 Iowa Hawkeyes 2/6 in Tier H: Only losses have come to ranked teams and win over Iowa State puts them up high. Loss to Michigan head to head puts them behind them.
23 Texas Longhorns 3/6 in Tier H: Losses are to highly ranked teams. Best win is Oklahoma State though, so they're behind Michigan and Iowa.
24 Boise State Broncos 4/6 in Tier H: Bad loss to BYU, but still best in Mountain West.
25 UCF Knights 5/6 in Tier H: Close losses to Pitt and Cincinnati and best win was only against Stanford. Sneaks into the rankings because only other team in tier was Michigan State who have 3 losses, 2 of which by at least 24 points.

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