Ballot Type: Computer

Submitted: Nov. 15, 2021, 10:19 a.m.

Overall Rationale: FIRST FIVE OUT: Pitt (29.000), Boise St (28.650), Kentucky (24.900), Utah St (24.150), Utah (23.550). 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 move around a lot early, but have mostly steadied out. Alabama and Cincinnati have dropped a lot recently due to playing bottom 25 teams(#124 New Mexico St and #113 USF). They both have harder opponents the following 2 weeks (#17 Arkansas and #24 Auburn, #45 SMU and #70 East Carolina), so they will be able to rise significantly.  Here's the INTERACTIVE freshly rebuilt Google Sheet if you want to check it out. <https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/16My3i5VVLvHbTRD2GuJbogY9NHk0rfKmj3NOtHR4b14/edit?usp=sharing>

• Ballot
• Analysis

Rank	Team	Reason
1	Georgia Bulldogs	78.700
2	Notre Dame Fighting Irish	63.450
3	Ohio State Buckeyes	62.300
4	Michigan Wolverines	61.650
5	Oklahoma State Cowboys	60.900
6	Michigan State Spartans	58.800
7	Iowa Hawkeyes	58.100
8	Wisconsin Badgers	56.650
9	Alabama Crimson Tide	55.500
10	Ole Miss Rebels	53.300
11	Oklahoma Sooners	51.350
12	Baylor Bears	50.70
13	Wake Forest Demon Deacons	46.550
14	BYU Cougars	44.450
15	Texas A&M Aggies	41.700
16	Cincinnati Bearcats	41.400
17	Arkansas Razorbacks	39.600
18	Purdue Boilermakers	38.300
19	Oregon Ducks	37.450
20	Penn State Nittany Lions	37.400
21	Kansas State Wildcats	35.850
22	San Diego State Aztecs	34.900
23	UTSA Roadrunners	32.800
24	Mississippi State Bulldogs	32.300
25	Auburn Tigers	30.400

Teams Ranked:

Rank	Team	Unusualness
1	Georgia Bulldogs	0.00
2	Notre Dame Fighting Irish	1.56
3	Ohio State Buckeyes	0.04
4	Michigan Wolverines	0.93
5	Oklahoma State Cowboys	0.87
6	Michigan State Spartans	0.00
7	Iowa Hawkeyes	3.06
8	Wisconsin Badgers	1.84
9	Alabama Crimson Tide	-1.85
10	Ole Miss Rebels	0.00
11	Oklahoma Sooners	0.00
12	Baylor Bears	0.00
13	Wake Forest Demon Deacons	0.00
14	BYU Cougars	0.07
15	Texas A&M Aggies	0.15
16	Cincinnati Bearcats	-5.26
17	Arkansas Razorbacks	1.05
18	Purdue Boilermakers	6.94
19	Oregon Ducks	-3.25
20	Penn State Nittany Lions	3.65
21	Kansas State Wildcats	3.77
22	San Diego State Aztecs	0.00
23	UTSA Roadrunners	-1.21
24	Mississippi State Bulldogs	0.72
25	Auburn Tigers	0.00

Omissions:

Team	Unusualness
Houston Cougars	1.70
Pittsburgh Panthers	1.43
Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns	0.58
Utah Utes	0.30
NC State Wolfpack	0.08

Total Score: 40.31