Ballot Type: Computer

Submitted: Nov. 20, 2022, 10:11 a.m.

Overall Rationale: Using Equivalent Wins, one of our computer metrics in r/FakeCollegeFootball. It's purely resume based, with no preseason expectations (all 131 teams start equal with each other) built in. No FCS games are counted - in the (very rare) occasion that a team with an FCS loss is getting close to the top 25, I'll manually adjust to push them back down.

• Ballot
• Analysis

Rank	Team	Reason
1	Georgia Bulldogs	5.705
2	TCU Horned Frogs	5.414
3	Ohio State Buckeyes	5.117
4	Michigan Wolverines	4.640
5	Clemson Tigers	4.299
6	Tennessee Volunteers	3.842 // NOTE: The computer had 6 Alabama 7 LSU 8 Tennessee and that’s objectively stupid so I’ve swapped them around since their scores are pretty close anyway
7	LSU Tigers	3.882
8	Alabama Crimson Tide	4.043
9	USC Trojans	3.779
10	Penn State Nittany Lions	3.658
11	Oregon Ducks	3.561
12	Kansas State Wildcats	2.871
13	Utah Utes	2.859
14	Florida State Seminoles	2.774
15	Troy Trojans	2.773 // I still don’t understand why EQW is so in love with Troy, and I’ve been trying to figure out for a few weeks now. They only have 2 top half wins, 27 South Alabama and 39 Marshall. App State is a Q3 loss. My best guess is because they only have 1 sub 100 win, Texas State, so they’re not being dragged down as much from that aspect as you’d expect a G5 team to? Idk this is my first year adapting this for real football and not FCFB and if it starts giving me stuff like this again next year I might have to change things up.
16	Notre Dame Fighting Irish	2.676
17	Coastal Carolina Chanticleers	2.632
18	UCLA Bruins	2.617
19	North Carolina Tar Heels	2.572
20	Ole Miss Rebels	2.519
21	Washington Huskies	2.466
22	Texas Longhorns	2.354
23	Tulane Green Wave	3.343
24	Oregon State Beavers	3.294
25	UTSA Roadrunners	2.231 // Next 5: UCF, South Alabama, Mississippi State, Cincinnati, Wake Forest

Teams Ranked:

Rank	Team	Unusualness
1	Georgia Bulldogs	0.00
2	TCU Horned Frogs	0.45
3	Ohio State Buckeyes	-0.05
4	Michigan Wolverines	-0.12
5	Clemson Tigers	0.39
6	Tennessee Volunteers	0.67
7	LSU Tigers	0.00
8	Alabama Crimson Tide	0.00
9	USC Trojans	-0.65
10	Penn State Nittany Lions	0.00
11	Oregon Ducks	0.00
12	Kansas State Wildcats	0.18
13	Utah Utes	0.00
14	Florida State Seminoles	0.01
15	Troy Trojans	3.86
16	Notre Dame Fighting Irish	0.00
17	Coastal Carolina Chanticleers	0.50
18	UCLA Bruins	0.00
19	North Carolina Tar Heels	0.00
20	Ole Miss Rebels	0.00
21	Washington Huskies	-1.96
22	Texas Longhorns	0.00
23	Tulane Green Wave	-0.59
24	Oregon State Beavers	-0.25
25	UTSA Roadrunners	0.00

Omissions:

Team	Unusualness
Cincinnati Bearcats	0.91

Total Score: 10.59