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NielsensFourth Ballot for 2022 Week 8

Ballot Type: Computer

Submitted: Oct. 17, 2022, 11:47 p.m.

Overall Rationale: Computer poll based on recursive Elo calculation. Resume-based. Every game is weighted equally.
(3000, \infty) Elite!
(2800, 3000) Exceptional
(2600, 2800) Good
(2400, 2600) Passable
(2200, 2400) Bad
(2000, 2200) Terrible
(0, 2000) Abysmal

2450 is average FBS performance, 2000 is average FCS performance

Rank Team Reason
1 Ohio State Buckeyes Mean score: 3158
Best result: Toledo, 3419
Worst result: Arkansas State, 3029 (i. e. every game played at elite level)
2 Alabama Crimson Tide Mean score: 3119
Best result: Vanderbilt, 3276
Worst result: #3 Tennessee, 2855
3 Tennessee Volunteers Mean score: 3118
Best result: #20 LSU, 3406
Worst result: Pittsburgh, 2862
4 Georgia Bulldogs Mean score: 3102
Best result: #21 Oregon, 3607 (Best win in CFB)
Worst result: Samford, 2630
5 TCU Horned Frogs Mean score: 3046
Best result: Oklahoma, 3382
Worst result: Tarleton State, 2720
6 Texas Longhorns Mean score: 3035
Best result: Oklahoma, 3562
Worst result: Texas Tech, 2539
7 Michigan Wolverines Mean score: 3033
Best result: #17 Penn State, 3428
Worst result: Colorado State, 2660
8 USC Trojans Mean score: 2993
Best result: Rice, 3315
Worst result: #14 Utah, 2674
9 Ole Miss Rebels Mean score: 2983
Best result: Georgia Tech, 3228
Worst result: Tulsa, 2634
10 Syracuse Orange Mean score: 2983
Best result: #23 NC State, 3250
Worst result: Virginia, 2634
11 Oklahoma State Cowboys Mean score: 2960
12 Clemson Tigers Mean score: 2954
Best result: #23 NC State, 3200
Worst result: Furman, 2530
13 UCLA Bruins Mean score: 2933
14 Utah Utes Mean score: 2905
15 Kansas State Wildcats Mean score: 2899
16 Wake Forest Demon Deacons Mean score: 2876
17 Penn State Nittany Lions Mean score: 2863
18 UCF Knights Mean score: 2861
Best result: Southern Meth., 3141
Worst result: Louisville, 2278
19 Mississippi State Bulldogs Mean score: 2849
20 LSU Tigers Mean score: 2847
Best result: #19 Mississippi State, 3317
Worst result: Florida State, 2532
21 Oregon Ducks Mean score: 2842
Best result: Brigham Young, 3115
Worst result: #4 Georgia, 2329
22 Illinois Fighting Illini Mean score: 2837
23 NC State Wolfpack Mean score: 2819
24 Purdue Boilermakers Mean score: 2813
25 Kansas Jayhawks Mean score: 2813

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