Ballot Type: Computer

Submitted: Sept. 17, 2023, 8:39 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	369.32
2	USC Trojans	362.56
3	Oregon Ducks	360.65
4	Washington Huskies	343.52
5	Syracuse Orange	337.13
6	Ole Miss Rebels	335.43
7	Florida State Seminoles	325.48
8	Miami Hurricanes	309.39
9	Penn State Nittany Lions	306.21
10	Notre Dame Fighting Irish	305.02
11	Washington State Cougars	301.11
12	Ohio State Buckeyes	293.03
13	Georgia Bulldogs	289.19
14	Maryland Terrapins	287.08
15	UCLA Bruins	283.39
16	Colorado Buffaloes	283.17
17	Oregon State Beavers	282.73
18	UCF Knights	278.92
19	Duke Blue Devils	278.23
20	Liberty Flames	276.73
21	Louisville Cardinals	274.62
22	Auburn Tigers	274.05
23	Memphis Tigers	273.47
24	Rutgers Scarlet Knights	266.77
25	Michigan Wolverines	262.74

Teams Ranked:

Rank	Team	Unusualness
1	Oklahoma Sooners	1.89
2	USC Trojans	0.48
3	Oregon Ducks	1.42
4	Washington Huskies	0.00
5	Syracuse Orange	11.58
6	Ole Miss Rebels	1.45
7	Florida State Seminoles	0.00
8	Miami Hurricanes	1.22
9	Penn State Nittany Lions	0.00
10	Notre Dame Fighting Irish	0.00
11	Washington State Cougars	1.63
12	Ohio State Buckeyes	-0.83
13	Georgia Bulldogs	-0.99
14	Maryland Terrapins	10.76
15	UCLA Bruins	0.51
16	Colorado Buffaloes	0.03
17	Oregon State Beavers	0.00
18	UCF Knights	5.28
19	Duke Blue Devils	0.00
20	Liberty Flames	5.07
21	Louisville Cardinals	3.54
22	Auburn Tigers	0.91
23	Memphis Tigers	2.06
24	Rutgers Scarlet Knights	0.00
25	Michigan Wolverines	-3.38

Omissions:

Team	Unusualness
Texas Longhorns	6.64
Utah Utes	2.59
North Carolina Tar Heels	1.39
LSU Tigers	0.94
Alabama Crimson Tide	0.85
Iowa Hawkeyes	0.20
Missouri Tigers	0.01

Total Score: 65.67