Ballot Type: Computer

Submitted: Sept. 18, 2023, 9:42 a.m.

Overall Rationale: ------ TERR (Transitive Extrapolated Round Robin) Rankings ------ These rankings are generated by simulating a round robin schedule between all 133 FBS teams. If two teams have played, then the winner of that game is given a win for that matchup in the TERR standings and the loser is given a loss. If two teams have not played, then we look for the number of first-degree transitive wins the Home Team has over the Away Team and vice versa: the team with more first-degree transitive wins over the other is given a win in the TERR standings and the other team is given a loss. If the Home and Away Teams have either no first-degree transitive wins over the other, or an equal number over each other, then we move onto second-degree transitive wins, then third-degree wins, then fourth-degree, etc. If neither team has any degree of transitive wins over the other, then it is recorded as a tie in the TERR rankings. ------ Each team's TERR records are displayed as (#Wins-#Losses-#Ties) and are meant to be interpreted as communicating the number of FBS teams we know a team is better than, the number of FBS teams we know a team is worse than, and the number of FBS teams we can't compare that particular team to yet. The ranking is generated by calculating win percentages based on the TERR records. To settle tiebreaks, we run the TERR methodology on all tied teams (i.e. create a mini round robin for tied teams with standings based on transitive wins over other tied teams).

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Rank	Team	Reason
1	Miami Hurricanes	12-0-120
2	North Carolina Tar Heels	11-0-121
3	Texas Longhorns	10-0-122
4	Auburn Tigers	9-0-123
5	Colorado Buffaloes	9-0-123
6	Rutgers Scarlet Knights	8-0-124
7	Oklahoma Sooners	7-0-125
8	UCLA Bruins	7-0-125
9	Ole Miss Rebels	6-0-126
10	Florida State Seminoles	6-0-126
11	Syracuse Orange	6-0-126
12	Wake Forest Demon Deacons	6-0-126
13	Michigan Wolverines	6-0-126
14	Fresno State Bulldogs	6-0-126
15	Minnesota Golden Gophers	7-1-124
16	Penn State Nittany Lions	5-0-127
17	USC Trojans	5-0-127
18	Washington State Cougars	5-0-127
19	Oregon State Beavers	5-0-127
20	Texas A&M Aggies	6-1-125
21	Duke Blue Devils	4-0-128
22	Washington Huskies	4-0-128
23	Miami (OH) RedHawks	5-1-126
24	Notre Dame Fighting Irish	4-0-128
25	Liberty Flames	4-0-128

Teams Ranked:

Rank	Team	Unusualness
1	Miami Hurricanes	2.57
2	North Carolina Tar Heels	2.03
3	Texas Longhorns	0.00
4	Auburn Tigers	11.33
5	Colorado Buffaloes	2.28
6	Rutgers Scarlet Knights	7.12
7	Oklahoma Sooners	0.67
8	UCLA Bruins	2.06
9	Ole Miss Rebels	0.69
10	Florida State Seminoles	-0.75
11	Syracuse Orange	7.87
12	Wake Forest Demon Deacons	12.96
13	Michigan Wolverines	-0.89
14	Fresno State Bulldogs	4.33
15	Minnesota Golden Gophers	10.17
16	Penn State Nittany Lions	-2.14
17	USC Trojans	-1.37
18	Washington State Cougars	0.00
19	Oregon State Beavers	-0.37
20	Texas A&M Aggies	4.99
21	Duke Blue Devils	-0.46
22	Washington Huskies	-4.04
23	Miami (OH) RedHawks	2.22
24	Notre Dame Fighting Irish	-3.96
25	Liberty Flames	0.07

Omissions:

Team	Unusualness
Georgia Bulldogs	3.47
Ohio State Buckeyes	4.76
Oregon Ducks	2.66
Utah Utes	2.59
LSU Tigers	0.94
Alabama Crimson Tide	0.85
Iowa Hawkeyes	0.20
Missouri Tigers	0.01

Total Score: 100.81