Ballot Type: Hybrid

Submitted: Oct. 4, 2022, 6:57 a.m.

Overall Rationale: Heavily relying on beta_rank (sharpcollegefootball.com) but adjusting for actual outcomes. This is a good compromise between assessing who is the best team, and who is having the best season. Quite a few 2 loss teams are in Beta_Rank's top 25, like Texas at number 3 and SMU at number 11 (lol). There's still enough good undefeated and 1 loss teams out there to where I don't want to include 2 loss teams yet, although it was tempting to rank Texas.

• Ballot
• Analysis

Rank	Team	Reason
1	Alabama Crimson Tide	Beta_Rank number 1
2	Ohio State Buckeyes	Beta_Rank number 2
3	Georgia Bulldogs	Beta_Rank number 4
4	TCU Horned Frogs	I'm just as surprised as you are. Beta_rank number 7, but a couple 1 loss teams ahead of them.
5	Michigan Wolverines	Beta_Rank number 8
6	Penn State Nittany Lions	Beta_Rank number 9
7	Ole Miss Rebels	Beta_Rank number 10
8	Tennessee Volunteers	Beta_Rank number 12
9	USC Trojans	Beta_Rank number 13
10	Clemson Tigers	Beta_Rank number 15
11	Maryland Terrapins	Beta_Rank number 5! Best one loss team in the country, with their only loss being against a good Michigan team
12	Mississippi State Bulldogs	Beta_Rank number 6, only loss is against a still underrated LSU team
13	Minnesota Golden Gophers	Beta_Rank still likes them at number 16 despite the loss against Purdue
14	Kansas State Wildcats	Beta_Rank number 17
15	LSU Tigers	Beta_Rank number 18
16	Kentucky Wildcats	Beta_Rank number 20
17	Wake Forest Demon Deacons	Beta_Rank number 23
18	UCLA Bruins	Beta_Rank number 28, slid them up a few spots due to them being undefeated. I had ignored them previously since they hadn't played anyone, but Washington was a good win
19	Kansas Jayhawks	Beta_Rank number 32, slid them up since they are still undefeated
20	Washington State Cougars	Beta_Rank number 25
21	Washington Huskies	Beta_Rank number 26
22	Illinois Fighting Illini	Beta_Rank number 27
23	Duke Blue Devils	Beta_Rank number 29, nice turnaround job here by Elko
24	Utah Utes	Beta_Rank number 30
25	Syracuse Orange	Beta_Rank number 37, but hey they're undefeated. Still a fairly weak resume here which is preventing me from giving them a bump like I did with UCLA or Kansas.

Teams Ranked:

Rank	Team	Unusualness
1	Alabama Crimson Tide	0.00
2	Ohio State Buckeyes	0.00
3	Georgia Bulldogs	0.00
4	TCU Horned Frogs	1.74
5	Michigan Wolverines	0.00
6	Penn State Nittany Lions	0.48
7	Ole Miss Rebels	0.00
8	Tennessee Volunteers	0.00
9	USC Trojans	0.00
10	Clemson Tigers	-1.48
11	Maryland Terrapins	7.34
12	Mississippi State Bulldogs	1.90
13	Minnesota Golden Gophers	6.43
14	Kansas State Wildcats	1.00
15	LSU Tigers	1.69
16	Kentucky Wildcats	0.00
17	Wake Forest Demon Deacons	0.00
18	UCLA Bruins	0.00
19	Kansas Jayhawks	-0.02
20	Washington State Cougars	2.56
21	Washington Huskies	0.08
22	Illinois Fighting Illini	1.89
23	Duke Blue Devils	2.03
24	Utah Utes	-1.06
25	Syracuse Orange	-0.46

Omissions:

Team	Unusualness
Oklahoma State Cowboys	3.84
Oregon Ducks	2.18
NC State Wolfpack	1.29
BYU Cougars	0.78

Total Score: 38.27