Ballot Type: Hybrid
Submitted: Dec. 7, 2020, 5:17 p.m.
Overall Rationale: 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.
Teams Ranked:
Rank | Team | Unusualness |
---|---|---|
1 | Alabama Crimson Tide | 0.00 |
2 | Notre Dame Fighting Irish | 0.00 |
3 | Clemson Tigers | 0.00 |
4 | Ohio State Buckeyes | 0.00 |
5 | Cincinnati Bearcats | 0.00 |
6 | Coastal Carolina Chanticleers | 0.23 |
7 | BYU Cougars | 1.59 |
8 | Miami Hurricanes | 0.01 |
9 | Florida Gators | -0.62 |
10 | Iowa State Cyclones | 0.00 |
11 | Oklahoma Sooners | 0.12 |
12 | USC Trojans | 0.30 |
13 | Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns | 0.26 |
14 | Texas A&M Aggies | -2.62 |
15 | Marshall Thundering Herd | 3.62 |
16 | Tulsa Golden Hurricane | 0.14 |
17 | North Carolina Tar Heels | 0.89 |
18 | Georgia Bulldogs | -0.68 |
19 | Texas Longhorns | 1.15 |
20 | Buffalo Bulls | 0.09 |
21 | Indiana Hoosiers | -3.61 |
22 | UCF Knights | 2.92 |
23 | Colorado Buffaloes | -0.21 |
24 | Wisconsin Badgers | 0.00 |
25 | Northwestern Wildcats | -2.30 |
Omissions:
Team | Unusualness |
---|---|
Iowa Hawkeyes | 1.00 |
Liberty Flames | 0.33 |
San José State Spartans | 0.05 |
Total Score: 22.75