Ballot Type: Computer
Submitted: Jan. 15, 2020, 4:43 p.m.
Overall Rationale: p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px 'Helvetica Neue'; color: #000000; -webkit-text-stroke: #000000} p.p2 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px 'Helvetica Neue'; color: #000000; -webkit-text-stroke: #000000; min-height: 12.0px} span.s1 {font-kerning: none} For the last week of the year, I figured I would do something fun and submit a probabilistic WL computer poll. It picks a teams most likely power level using only who they beat/lost to and how strong that team was. No preseason ranking, no conference information, no scores. It's kind an evaluation of how hard it would be to play your season and end up with your particular WL results.  Unfortunately, this does mean I don't get to rank NDSU, because the WL rankings are FBS only :(. NDSU's predictive rating was 39.2, good enough to put them right at #26 in my predictive poll.  p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px 'Helvetica Neue'; color: #000000; -webkit-text-stroke: #000000} p.p2 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px 'Helvetica Neue'; color: #000000; -webkit-text-stroke: #000000; min-height: 12.0px} span.s1 {font-kerning: none}
Rank | Team | Reason |
---|---|---|
1 | LSU Tigers | |
2 | Ohio State Buckeyes | |
3 | Clemson Tigers | |
4 | Georgia Bulldogs | |
5 | Florida Gators | |
6 | Oklahoma Sooners | |
7 | Alabama Crimson Tide | |
8 | Penn State Nittany Lions | |
9 | Oregon Ducks | |
10 | Minnesota Golden Gophers | |
11 | Notre Dame Fighting Irish | |
12 | Auburn Tigers | |
13 | Baylor Bears | |
14 | Michigan Wolverines | |
15 | Iowa Hawkeyes | |
16 | Wisconsin Badgers | |
17 | Navy Midshipmen | |
18 | Utah Utes | |
19 | Memphis Tigers | |
20 | Texas A&M Aggies | |
21 | Cincinnati Bearcats | |
22 | Appalachian State Mountaineers | |
23 | Texas Longhorns | |
24 | Air Force Falcons | |
25 | Boise State Broncos |
Teams Ranked:
Rank | Team | Unusualness |
---|---|---|
1 | LSU Tigers | 0.00 |
2 | Ohio State Buckeyes | 0.16 |
3 | Clemson Tigers | -0.08 |
4 | Georgia Bulldogs | 0.00 |
5 | Florida Gators | 0.55 |
6 | Oklahoma Sooners | 0.00 |
7 | Alabama Crimson Tide | 0.00 |
8 | Penn State Nittany Lions | 0.00 |
9 | Oregon Ducks | -1.39 |
10 | Minnesota Golden Gophers | 0.00 |
11 | Notre Dame Fighting Irish | 0.00 |
12 | Auburn Tigers | 0.17 |
13 | Baylor Bears | 0.00 |
14 | Michigan Wolverines | 0.67 |
15 | Iowa Hawkeyes | 0.00 |
16 | Wisconsin Badgers | -0.85 |
17 | Navy Midshipmen | 0.48 |
18 | Utah Utes | 0.00 |
19 | Memphis Tigers | -0.15 |
20 | Texas A&M Aggies | 3.46 |
21 | Cincinnati Bearcats | 0.00 |
22 | Appalachian State Mountaineers | -0.42 |
23 | Texas Longhorns | 0.07 |
24 | Air Force Falcons | 0.00 |
25 | Boise State Broncos | -0.18 |