Ballot Type: Computer

Submitted: Oct. 4, 2021, 3:27 p.m.

Overall Rationale: FIRST FIVE OUT: Ole Miss (26.500), Texas Tech (26.100), Rutgers (24.300), San Diego St (24.250), Arizona St (24.200). San Jose St broke the Google Sheet and I didn't catch it last week. My reference uses an e with an accent, but I didn't. I had previously fixed this in my Excel version, but apparently not the Google version. It's fixed now. There are two ideologies for polls: 1. Who would win in a theoretical matchup? and 2. Who has the best report card? This is a 100% computer poll following the latter idea. At the beginning of the season it is hard to know which losses are quality losses and which are bad losses because of everyone's short resume`, so teams will move a lot until week 6 where it will steady out. Because of this, teams who lose early are punished more harshly, but past weeks are recalculated every update. We're starting to get over that as two 2 loss teams made the ranking. Here's the Google Sheets link:  <https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1DJwt6zE8EMaj_Ik7Ggtnm-jZxUmaq7HKf2MwyEbIEIQ/edit?usp=sharing>

• Ballot
• Analysis

Rank	Team	Reason
1	Alabama Crimson Tide	69.600
2	Georgia Bulldogs	67.000
3	Oklahoma State Cowboys	66.500
4	Kentucky Wildcats	66.400
5	Michigan Wolverines	65.400
6	Iowa Hawkeyes	62.100
7	Penn State Nittany Lions	54.700
8	Cincinnati Bearcats	53.625
9	Oklahoma Sooners	51.900
10	Arkansas Razorbacks	50.300
11	BYU Cougars	49.600
12	Texas Longhorns	45.800
13	Notre Dame Fighting Irish	41.000
14	Michigan State Spartans	37.800
15	Mississippi State Bulldogs	36.300
16	Wake Forest Demon Deacons	34.800
17	SMU Mustangs	33.800 TIED WITH OREGON
18	Oregon Ducks	33.800 TIED WITH SMU
19	UTSA Roadrunners	32.700
20	Ohio State Buckeyes	32.100
21	Coastal Carolina Chanticleers	31.600
22	Maryland Terrapins	30.400
23	Kansas State Wildcats	28.900
24	Clemson Tigers	28.100
25	Auburn Tigers	26.600

Teams Ranked:

Rank	Team	Unusualness
1	Alabama Crimson Tide	0.00
2	Georgia Bulldogs	0.00
3	Oklahoma State Cowboys	1.73
4	Kentucky Wildcats	1.59
5	Michigan Wolverines	0.18
6	Iowa Hawkeyes	-0.60
7	Penn State Nittany Lions	-0.42
8	Cincinnati Bearcats	-0.53
9	Oklahoma Sooners	0.00
10	Arkansas Razorbacks	0.62
11	BYU Cougars	0.00
12	Texas Longhorns	1.00
13	Notre Dame Fighting Irish	0.10
14	Michigan State Spartans	0.00
15	Mississippi State Bulldogs	10.10
16	Wake Forest Demon Deacons	0.00
17	SMU Mustangs	0.44
18	Oregon Ducks	-0.56
19	UTSA Roadrunners	1.27
20	Ohio State Buckeyes	-1.39
21	Coastal Carolina Chanticleers	-0.45
22	Maryland Terrapins	3.02
23	Kansas State Wildcats	2.08
24	Clemson Tigers	0.12
25	Auburn Tigers	-0.54

Omissions:

Team	Unusualness
Ole Miss Rebels	1.02
Florida Gators	0.27
Arizona State Sun Devils	0.59
NC State Wolfpack	0.56
San Diego State Aztecs	0.05

Total Score: 29.22