Ballot Type: Computer

Submitted: Sept. 10, 2023, 2:43 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	Florida State Seminoles	378.05
2	Syracuse Orange	374.18
3	USC Trojans	362.56
4	Oregon Ducks	346.46
5	Washington Huskies	345.29
6	Oklahoma Sooners	343.03
7	Penn State Nittany Lions	334.72
8	Ole Miss Rebels	331.31
9	Georgia Bulldogs	328.21
10	Oregon State Beavers	317.33
11	Louisville Cardinals	314.88
12	Miami Hurricanes	311.54
13	Memphis Tigers	311.39
14	Kansas State Wildcats	307.77
15	Notre Dame Fighting Irish	304.42
16	Colorado Buffaloes	285.66
17	WKU Hilltoppers	284.88
18	Cincinnati Bearcats	284.48
19	Washington State Cougars	279.96
20	Arkansas Razorbacks	274.67
21	Auburn Tigers	271.78
22	UCF Knights	270.61
23	James Madison Dukes	270.44
24	Georgia Southern Eagles	268.24
25	Texas Longhorns	265.59 Next 5 out are Michigan, Tennessee, Mississippi State, Michigan State, and Duke.

Teams Ranked:

Rank	Team	Unusualness
1	Florida State Seminoles	0.45
2	Syracuse Orange	22.85
3	USC Trojans	0.44
4	Oregon Ducks	1.76
5	Washington Huskies	0.34
6	Oklahoma Sooners	1.71
7	Penn State Nittany Lions	0.00
8	Ole Miss Rebels	1.29
9	Georgia Bulldogs	-0.74
10	Oregon State Beavers	0.77
11	Louisville Cardinals	13.76
12	Miami Hurricanes	0.81
13	Memphis Tigers	12.13
14	Kansas State Wildcats	0.00
15	Notre Dame Fighting Irish	-1.09
16	Colorado Buffaloes	0.00
17	WKU Hilltoppers	8.11
18	Cincinnati Bearcats	4.87
19	Washington State Cougars	0.03
20	Arkansas Razorbacks	4.85
21	Auburn Tigers	1.76
22	UCF Knights	2.72
23	James Madison Dukes	2.02
24	Georgia Southern Eagles	1.18
25	Texas Longhorns	-6.93

Omissions:

Team	Unusualness
Michigan Wolverines	4.77
Ohio State Buckeyes	3.96
Tennessee Volunteers	2.32
Utah Utes	2.48
Alabama Crimson Tide	1.58
Duke Blue Devils	0.97
North Carolina Tar Heels	0.93
LSU Tigers	0.70
UCLA Bruins	0.02
Iowa Hawkeyes	0.05

Total Score: 108.39