Ballot Type: Hybrid

Submitted: Sept. 18, 2023, 12:27 p.m.

Overall Rationale: Week 4 notes: At the moment, Deservedness only factored for the conferences with 9 conference games (Big 12, Big Ten, Pac-12). Next week, it’ll be factored for the conferences with 8 conference games (ACC, SEC, American, CUSA, MAC, Mountain West, Sun Belt) and independents. General notes: -1st layer (computer portion): SP+, opponents’ SP+, opponents’ opponents’ SP+, opponents’ win %, opponents’ opponents’ win % -2nd layer (human portion): home/field/away, key injuries, P5/G5 status, watched game factors (ex: offensive/defensive line domination, rush yards after contact, average point of first contact, defensive penetration on non-inside screens, missed tackles, quarterback throwing release speed, overall turnovers, average starting field position, etc) -3rd layer (human portion): wins/losses vs higher-/lower-/non-ranked teams, recency of those results -4th layer (computer portion): Deservedness = team cannot be ranked over another team with 2+ fewer losses (ex: 10-4 Utah can be ranked over 11-3 USC, but 10-4 Utah cannot be ranked over 12-2 Troy even if Utah beat Troy heads up, rankings have Utah over Troy, and/or I think Utah is better than Troy)

• Ballot
• Analysis

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

Teams Ranked:

Rank	Team	Unusualness
1	Georgia Bulldogs	0.00
2	Michigan Wolverines	0.00
3	Texas Longhorns	0.00
4	Florida State Seminoles	0.00
5	Ohio State Buckeyes	0.00
6	Washington Huskies	0.00
7	Notre Dame Fighting Irish	0.00
8	Oregon Ducks	0.20
9	USC Trojans	0.00
10	Oklahoma Sooners	0.06
11	Penn State Nittany Lions	-0.46
12	LSU Tigers	0.43
13	Alabama Crimson Tide	0.29
14	Utah Utes	0.00
15	UCLA Bruins	0.51
16	Oregon State Beavers	0.00
17	Miami Hurricanes	0.00
18	Duke Blue Devils	0.00
19	Washington State Cougars	0.00
20	Missouri Tigers	0.24
21	Ole Miss Rebels	-0.87
22	North Carolina Tar Heels	-0.57
23	Clemson Tigers	0.42
24	Colorado Buffaloes	-0.10
25	Kansas Jayhawks	0.00

Omissions:

Team	Unusualness
Iowa Hawkeyes	0.20

Total Score: 4.36