Ballot Type: Computer

Submitted: Sept. 5, 2023, 12:31 p.m.

Overall Rationale: My poll is a computer poll based on the idea of looking at how many points a team scored in a given week and comparing it to how many other teams they would have beat with that score (i.e. I hated being the second highest scorer in fantasy football, but losing because I played the highest scoring team). As a result, a team winning 34-17 will look much better in my poll compared to a team that won 17-0 in the same week. I do consider margin of victory and try to incorporate some "competition"/strength of schedule checks as well, but they do not impact my poll as much as people would probably like. So each week a team earns a total number of points and they are ranked by their average throughout the season. My final poll is based off their total score. TLDR: Offense > Defense, I only want cupcakes, and this poll is extremely anti-Iowa.

• Ballot
• Analysis

Rank	Team	Reason
1	Oklahoma Sooners	Team Name Season Total Season Average Oklahoma Sooners 488.47 488.47
2	Oregon Ducks	Oregon Ducks 440.37 440.37
3	Ole Miss Rebels	Ole Miss Rebels 409.20 409.20
4	UCF Knights	UCF Knights 399.45 399.45
5	Auburn Tigers	Auburn Tigers 395.64 395.64
6	Alabama Crimson Tide	Alabama Crimson Tide 393.51 393.51
7	Syracuse Orange	Syracuse Orange 391.93 391.93
8	California Golden Bears	California Golden Bears 374.40 374.40
9	Texas A&M Aggies	Texas A&M Aggies 370.03 370.03
10	Washington Huskies	Washington Huskies 367.59 367.59
11	Tennessee Volunteers	Team Name Season Total Season Average Tennessee Volunteers 367.55 367.55
12	Cincinnati Bearcats	Cincinnati Bearcats 366.17 366.17
13	USC Trojans	USC Trojans 673.22 336.61
14	Texas State Bobcats	Texas State Bobcats 330.72 330.72
15	Washington State Cougars	Washington State Cougars 330.55 330.55
16	Memphis Tigers	Memphis Tigers 323.92 323.92
17	Arkansas Razorbacks	Arkansas Razorbacks 322.63 322.63
18	Florida State Seminoles	Florida State Seminoles 319.68 319.68
19	Kentucky Wildcats	Kentucky Wildcats 318.31 318.31
20	Miami Hurricanes	Team Name Season Total Season Average Miami Hurricanes 304.36 304.36
21	Fresno State Bulldogs	Fresno State Bulldogs 303.35 303.35
22	Georgia Bulldogs	Georgia Bulldogs 301.06 301.06
23	Kansas State Wildcats	Kansas State Wildcats 300.22 300.22
24	Mississippi State Bulldogs	Mississippi State Bulldogs 299.91 299.91
25	Oregon State Beavers	Oregon State Beavers 298.91 298.91 (Next 5 out are Penn State, Notre Dame, Pittsburgh, Texas, and Colorado)

Teams Ranked:

Rank	Team	Unusualness
1	Oklahoma Sooners	2.54
2	Oregon Ducks	1.87
3	Ole Miss Rebels	4.16
4	UCF Knights	14.11
5	Auburn Tigers	10.41
6	Alabama Crimson Tide	0.00
7	Syracuse Orange	18.13
8	California Golden Bears	16.98
9	Texas A&M Aggies	3.55
10	Washington Huskies	0.00
11	Tennessee Volunteers	0.00
12	Cincinnati Bearcats	13.03
13	USC Trojans	-0.72
14	Texas State Bobcats	8.81
15	Washington State Cougars	9.91
16	Memphis Tigers	9.20
17	Arkansas Razorbacks	7.69
18	Florida State Seminoles	-4.21
19	Kentucky Wildcats	5.18
20	Miami Hurricanes	4.76
21	Fresno State Bulldogs	1.75
22	Georgia Bulldogs	-4.27
23	Kansas State Wildcats	-0.84
24	Mississippi State Bulldogs	0.62
25	Oregon State Beavers	-1.57

Omissions:

Team	Unusualness
Michigan Wolverines	4.67
Ohio State Buckeyes	5.35
Penn State Nittany Lions	5.50
Utah Utes	3.57
Notre Dame Fighting Irish	3.26
Texas Longhorns	1.96
North Carolina Tar Heels	1.45
Duke Blue Devils	0.62
LSU Tigers	0.53
Tulane Green Wave	0.54
Colorado Buffaloes	0.16
Wisconsin Badgers	0.56

Total Score: 172.50