Ballot Type: Computer

Submitted: Oct. 1, 2023, 6:44 p.m.

Overall Rationale: FIRST FIVE OUT: 26. UCLA (31.750), 27. Oregon (31.200), 28. Marshall (29.875), 29. Kentucky (29.000), 30. Maryland (28.200). There are two ideologies for polls. 1. Who would win in a theoretical matchup? and 2. Who has the best report card? This is a 100% computer poll following the latter idea. It is driven only on record and strength of schedule, so no pre-season bias. However, that means at the beginning of the season it is hard to know which losses are quality losses and which are bad losses because of everyone's short resume`, so teams will move a lot until week 6 where it will steady out. Because of this, teams who lose early are punished more harshly, but past weeks are recalculated every update. Here is the converted Google Sheets version. If you want to check out a certain team, you can select them on the Team Summary tab. <https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1XJJ8H4Xt0fYMHuBeNaav8czlZRLt618mXhb4KeSEiiI/edit?usp=sharing>

• Ballot
• Analysis

Rank	Team	Reason
1	Texas Longhorns	84.200
2	Miami Hurricanes	72.875
3	Washington Huskies	66.200
4	Penn State Nittany Lions	65.900
5	Michigan Wolverines	61.500
6	Texas A&M Aggies	59.900
7	Oklahoma Sooners	58.800
8	Washington State Cougars	58.750
9	North Carolina Tar Heels	53.875
10	Ohio State Buckeyes	51.000
11	Ole Miss Rebels	50.700
12	Missouri Tigers	50.000
13	Florida State Seminoles	49.250
14	Notre Dame Fighting Irish	48.750
15	Louisville Cardinals	47.700
16	Oregon State Beavers	42.800
17	Alabama Crimson Tide	42.600
18	Wisconsin Badgers	38.625
19	Utah Utes	38.500
20	Georgia Bulldogs	37.600
21	USC Trojans	37.400
22	Rutgers Scarlet Knights	36.300
23	Memphis Tigers	35.000
24	Colorado Buffaloes	34.600
25	Iowa Hawkeyes	33.800

Teams Ranked:

Rank	Team	Unusualness
1	Texas Longhorns	0.07
2	Miami Hurricanes	2.07
3	Washington Huskies	0.17
4	Penn State Nittany Lions	0.08
5	Michigan Wolverines	0.00
6	Texas A&M Aggies	7.56
7	Oklahoma Sooners	0.29
8	Washington State Cougars	0.27
9	North Carolina Tar Heels	0.85
10	Ohio State Buckeyes	-1.21
11	Ole Miss Rebels	1.34
12	Missouri Tigers	0.73
13	Florida State Seminoles	-0.97
14	Notre Dame Fighting Irish	0.00
15	Louisville Cardinals	0.93
16	Oregon State Beavers	0.00
17	Alabama Crimson Tide	-0.14
18	Wisconsin Badgers	6.83
19	Utah Utes	0.00
20	Georgia Bulldogs	-2.43
21	USC Trojans	-2.13
22	Rutgers Scarlet Knights	3.12
23	Memphis Tigers	2.22
24	Colorado Buffaloes	1.19
25	Iowa Hawkeyes	0.14

Omissions:

Team	Unusualness
Oregon Ducks	6.03
Kentucky Wildcats	1.02
Duke Blue Devils	0.68
Maryland Terrapins	0.31
Fresno State Bulldogs	0.35
Tennessee Volunteers	0.18

Total Score: 43.35