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HHcougar Ballot for 2023 Week 4

Ballot Type: Hybrid

Submitted: Sept. 17, 2023, 4 p.m.

Overall Rationale: My poll is a hybrid between a computer and a human poll. The formula combines a power ranking (which teams I think are the best), with a resume ranking (which teams I think have the best case to be ranked), and a computer ranking that calculates rankings based on a team point system (each team has a certain number of points and beating a team takes a portion of their points). Each sub-poll is given equal weight, and the final poll is derived from that. The first 3-4 weeks will have drastic swings, but as more data is collected this should even out.

Rank Team Reason
1 Washington Huskies I know Michigan State's in turmoil, but goodness Washington looks E L I T E.
2 USC Trojans
3 Ohio State Buckeyes Ohio State is back, they're going to be 11-0, no doubt.
4 Texas Longhorns Squeaking by Wyoming drops Texas, but they're (Tied with UNC for) #1 in my computer ranking
5 Michigan Wolverines
6 Notre Dame Fighting Irish
7 Florida State Seminoles
8 North Carolina Tar Heels
9 Penn State Nittany Lions
10 Georgia Bulldogs T-10 with Washington State
11 Washington State Cougars T-10 with Georgia
12 Oklahoma Sooners
13 Colorado Buffaloes
14 Ole Miss Rebels
15 Oregon State Beavers T-15 with Miami
16 Miami Hurricanes T-15 with Oregon State
17 Duke Blue Devils
18 Rutgers Scarlet Knights
19 BYU Cougars T-19 with Iowa A road win in SEC country boosts my Coug's resume, and also the points has them rise in the computer rankings.
20 Iowa Hawkeyes T-19 with BYU
21 Auburn Tigers
22 Alabama Crimson Tide T-22 with LSU Bama is dropping like a stone. A TERRIBLE Resume, and unranked in my computer has them just hanging on in my power ranking 'cause Bama', but I don't know how long they can stay there. Milroe needs to be the answer, cause Bama's QBs look awful.
23 LSU Tigers T-22 with Alabama
24 UCLA Bruins T-24 with Wake
25 Wake Forest Demon Deacons T-24 with UCLA I don't think Wake is a top 50 team, but the Computer rank is T-9th. Wut

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