TheJeemTeam Ballot for 2020 Week 十
Ballot Type: Hybrid
Submitted: Nov. 9, 2020, 6:48 p.m.
Overall Rationale: Right off the bat, I will not be considering teams that have not yet played a game in my poll despite the fact that the other voters voted to include them for some reason. I don't care that other voters are doing it and that it lines up with the AP, I think it's ridiculous to rank a team that hasn't run a single play. Because of this, it will also look like I'm way over-ranking some teams. I know no one will read this, but I'm still putting it here in an attempt to maybe mitigate comments about certain teams. My poll is a hybrid poll that is primarily based on a computer poll I developed. After my computer spits out the results, I take the values that are given for each team and break the ranking into tiers. I'll re-rank within tiers to allow for some adjustment for common sense. The computer poll itself has a preseason component and a performance-based component. The preseason component is based on team performance in recent years, recent recruiting, returning production, and coaching stability. This component was the entirety of my preseason poll. The performance-based component introduces winning percentage, points per game difference, and yards per play difference with strength of schedule adjustment. The overall ranking combines these two different components at different weights depending on how many games a team has played. Given the shorter and more uncertain season, I've sped up the rate at which the preseason component is phased out.
| Rank | Team | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Alabama Crimson Tide
|
1/2 in Tier A |
| 2 |
BYU Cougars
|
2/2 in Tier A |
| 3 |
Ohio State Buckeyes
|
1/2 in Tier B |
| 4 |
Cincinnati Bearcats
|
2/2 in Tier B |
| 5 |
Notre Dame Fighting Irish
|
1/3 in Tier C: Head to head win this past weekend puts them ahead of Clemson. |
| 6 |
Clemson Tigers
|
2/3 in Tier C |
| 7 |
Marshall Thundering Herd
|
3/3 in Tier C |
| 8 |
Wisconsin Badgers
|
1/2 in Tier D |
| 9 |
Coastal Carolina Chanticleers
|
2/2 in Tier D |
| 10 |
Miami Hurricanes
|
1/3 in Tier E: Only loss is to Clemson. Better quality than Florida's loss to Texas A&M and more games played is enough to give them the edge. |
| 11 |
Florida Gators
|
2/3 in Tier E |
| 12 |
USC Trojans
|
3/3 in Tier: Only one game played keeps them at bottom of tier. |
| 13 |
Texas A&M Aggies
|
1/5 in Tier F |
| 14 |
Oklahoma State Cowboys
|
2/5 in Tier F |
| 15 |
SMU Mustangs
|
3/5 in Tier F |
| 16 |
Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns
|
4/5 in Tier F |
| 17 |
North Carolina Tar Heels
|
5/5 in Tier F: Have proven to be a way overhyped team that doesn't deserve to be highly ranked. |
| 18 |
Oklahoma Sooners
|
1/3 in Tier G |
| 19 |
Northwestern Wildcats
|
2/3 in Tier G |
| 20 |
Appalachian State Mountaineers
|
3/3 in Tier G |
| 21 |
Oregon Ducks
|
1/1 in Tier H: Only team in this tier. Welcome back Pac-12, though. |
| 22 |
Georgia Bulldogs
|
1/4 in Tier I: 2 high quality losses. |
| 23 |
Texas Longhorns
|
2/4 in Tier I |
| 24 |
Indiana Hoosiers
|
3/4 in Tier I |
| 25 |
Army West Point
|
4/4 in Tier I |
Teams Ranked:
| Rank | Team | Unusualness |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Alabama Crimson Tide
|
0.00 |
| 2 |
BYU Cougars
|
1.22 |
| 3 |
Ohio State Buckeyes
|
0.00 |
| 4 |
Cincinnati Bearcats
|
0.16 |
| 5 |
Notre Dame Fighting Irish
|
-2.04 |
| 6 |
Clemson Tigers
|
0.00 |
| 7 |
Marshall Thundering Herd
|
1.51 |
| 8 |
Wisconsin Badgers
|
0.60 |
| 9 |
Coastal Carolina Chanticleers
|
0.59 |
| 10 |
Miami Hurricanes
|
0.00 |
| 11 |
Florida Gators
|
-0.37 |
| 12 |
USC Trojans
|
2.21 |
| 13 |
Texas A&M Aggies
|
-1.21 |
| 14 |
Oklahoma State Cowboys
|
0.00 |
| 15 |
SMU Mustangs
|
0.36 |
| 16 |
Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns
|
0.94 |
| 17 |
North Carolina Tar Heels
|
1.72 |
| 18 |
Oklahoma Sooners
|
0.00 |
| 19 |
Northwestern Wildcats
|
0.00 |
| 20 |
Appalachian State Mountaineers
|
4.70 |
| 21 |
Oregon Ducks
|
-1.00 |
| 22 |
Georgia Bulldogs
|
-1.47 |
| 23 |
Texas Longhorns
|
0.00 |
| 24 |
Indiana Hoosiers
|
-2.69 |
| 25 |
Army West Point
|
0.00 |
Iowa State Cyclones
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