Ballot Type: Hybrid

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

Overall Rationale: Using Sharp College Football's Beta_Rank to assess how good a team is while controlling for actual wins/losses to assess who is having the best season. The model is still using preseason data, so results may be a bit wonky

• Ballot
• Analysis

Rank	Team	Reason
1	Georgia Bulldogs
2	Ohio State Buckeyes
3	Michigan Wolverines
4	Washington Huskies
5	Texas Longhorns
6	Utah Utes
7	USC Trojans
8	Oregon State Beavers
9	Penn State Nittany Lions
10	UCLA Bruins
11	Ole Miss Rebels
12	Oregon Ducks
13	Notre Dame Fighting Irish
14	LSU Tigers
15	Tennessee Volunteers
16	Alabama Crimson Tide
17	Kentucky Wildcats
18	Auburn Tigers
19	Iowa Hawkeyes
20	Duke Blue Devils
21	Oklahoma Sooners
22	UCF Knights
23	Clemson Tigers
24	Missouri Tigers
25	North Carolina Tar Heels

Teams Ranked:

Rank	Team	Unusualness
1	Georgia Bulldogs	0.00
2	Ohio State Buckeyes	0.48
3	Michigan Wolverines	0.00
4	Washington Huskies	0.00
5	Texas Longhorns	0.00
6	Utah Utes	0.74
7	USC Trojans	0.00
8	Oregon State Beavers	1.05
9	Penn State Nittany Lions	0.00
10	UCLA Bruins	1.62
11	Ole Miss Rebels	0.18
12	Oregon Ducks	0.00
13	Notre Dame Fighting Irish	-0.61
14	LSU Tigers	0.02
15	Tennessee Volunteers	4.20
16	Alabama Crimson Tide	0.00
17	Kentucky Wildcats	7.94
18	Auburn Tigers	3.23
19	Iowa Hawkeyes	0.52
20	Duke Blue Devils	-0.22
21	Oklahoma Sooners	-0.68
22	UCF Knights	1.92
23	Clemson Tigers	0.42
24	Missouri Tigers	0.00
25	North Carolina Tar Heels	-1.19

Omissions:

Team	Unusualness
Florida State Seminoles	5.94
Miami Hurricanes	0.75
Colorado Buffaloes	0.51
Washington State Cougars	0.79

Total Score: 33.00