Ballot Type: Computer

Submitted: Sept. 2, 2020, 3:26 p.m.

Overall Rationale: This is an early draft of a preseason prediction made in a rush to meet the deadline. It should work ok though. It's a BNN trained on 5 years of past results and recruiting. It needs to be regularized better, it's overfitting, but still performs better than a naive preseason model based on one year.

• Ballot
• Analysis

Rank	Team	Reason
1	Ohio State Buckeyes
2	Clemson Tigers
3	Alabama Crimson Tide
4	LSU Tigers
5	Georgia Bulldogs
6	Penn State Nittany Lions
7	Auburn Tigers
8	Oklahoma Sooners
9	Wisconsin Badgers
10	Oregon Ducks
11	Florida Gators
12	Michigan Wolverines
13	Notre Dame Fighting Irish
14	Washington Huskies
15	Texas Longhorns
16	Texas A&M Aggies
17	Utah Utes
18	Iowa Hawkeyes
19	Minnesota Golden Gophers
20	Baylor Bears
21	USC Trojans
22	North Carolina Tar Heels
23	Iowa State Cyclones
24	Oklahoma State Cowboys
25	Tennessee Volunteers

Teams Ranked:

Rank	Team	Unusualness
1	Ohio State Buckeyes	0.24
2	Clemson Tigers	0.00
3	Alabama Crimson Tide	0.00
4	LSU Tigers	0.28
5	Georgia Bulldogs	0.00
6	Penn State Nittany Lions	0.08
7	Auburn Tigers	0.91
8	Oklahoma Sooners	-0.65
9	Wisconsin Badgers	0.20
10	Oregon Ducks	0.00
11	Florida Gators	-0.88
12	Michigan Wolverines	0.41
13	Notre Dame Fighting Irish	-0.67
14	Washington Huskies	3.88
15	Texas Longhorns	0.00
16	Texas A&M Aggies	0.00
17	Utah Utes	0.66
18	Iowa Hawkeyes	1.35
19	Minnesota Golden Gophers	0.00
20	Baylor Bears	1.57
21	USC Trojans	0.00
22	North Carolina Tar Heels	-0.06
23	Iowa State Cyclones	0.00
24	Oklahoma State Cowboys	-0.92
25	Tennessee Volunteers	0.00

Omissions:

Team	Unusualness
UCF Knights	0.71
Cincinnati Bearcats	0.87
Memphis Tigers	0.10

Total Score: 14.43