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shadowwingnut Ballot for 2023 Week 9

Ballot Type: Computer

Submitted: Oct. 24, 2023, 6:58 a.m.

Overall Rationale: Works like a BCS style computer: No priors, no margin of victory. Numbers included in the explanations are mostly to show differences in ranking points and don't correlate to specific scores.

Rank Team Reason
1 Florida State Seminoles 516.63, Up 4, Top 25 Wins: 22 LSU, 24 Duke
2 Ohio State Buckeyes 512.59, Up 2, Top 25 Wins: 11 Penn St, 14 Notre Dame
3 Texas Longhorns 499.71, Top 1-loss team, Down 1, Top 25 Wins: 4 Alabama; Loss to 7 Oklahoma
4 Alabama Crimson Tide 462.78, Up 8, Top 25 Wins: 13 Ole Miss; Loss to 3 Texas
5 Michigan Wolverines 462.41, Up 3, Top 25 Wins: 23 Minnesota
6 Washington Huskies 461.49, Down 5, Top 25 Wins: 17 Oregon
7 Oklahoma Sooners 455.94, Down 4, Top 25 Wins: 3 Texas
8 Utah Utes 455.01, Up 6, Top 25 Wins: 20 USC, 21 UCLA; Loss to 9 Oregon St
9 Oregon State Beavers 440.10, Up 1, Top 25 Wins: 8 Utah, 21 UCLA; Loss to 37 Washington St
10 Missouri Tigers 430.50, Up 1, Best Win: 26 Kansas St; Loss to 22 LSU
11 Penn State Nittany Lions 428.27, Down 5, Top 25 Wins: 15 Iowa; Loss to 2 Ohio St
12 James Madison Dukes 424.76, Top G5 Team, Up 4, Best Win: 36 Troy
13 Ole Miss Rebels 422.43, Up 2, Top 25 Wins: 22 LSU; Loss to 4 Alabama
14 Notre Dame Fighting Irish 403.58, Top 2-loss team, Down 1, Top 25 Wins: 20 USC, 24 Duke; Losses to 2 Ohio St and 27 Louisville
15 Iowa Hawkeyes 399.74, Down 6, Top 25 Wins: 18 Wisconsin; Losses to 11 Penn St and 23 Minnesota
16 North Carolina Tar Heels 392.99, Down 9, Top 25 Wins: 23 Minnesota; Loss to 85 Virginia (that's a ghastly loss by every metric)
17 Oregon Ducks 392.96, Up 1, Best Win: 37 Washington St; Loss to 6 Washington
18 Wisconsin Badgers 390.59, Up 6, Best Win: 43 Rutgers; Losses to 15 Iowa and 37 Washington St
19 Georgia Bulldogs 385.87, Lowest P5 Undefeated, Up 2, Best Win: 51 Kentucky; Only FBS team to play ZERO Games against top 50 opponents
20 USC Trojans 378.09, Down 1, Best Win: 38 Colorado; Losses to 8 Utah and 14 Notre Dame
21 UCLA Bruins 373.60, Down 1, Best Win: 37 Washington St; Losses to 8 Utah and 9 Oregon St
22 LSU Tigers 367.05. Up 3, Top 25 Wins: 10 Missouri; Losses to 1 Florida St and 13 Ole Miss
23 Minnesota Golden Gophers 366.17, Top 3-loss team, Up 15, Top 25 Wins: 15 Iowa, Losses to 5 Michigan, 16 North Carolina and 68 Northwestern
24 Duke Blue Devils 364.74, Down 7, Best Win: 44 Clemson; Losses to 1 Florida St and 14 Notre Dame
25 Oklahoma State Cowboys 362.97, Up 6, Best Win: 26 Kansas St; Losses to 30 Iowa St and 75 South Alabama

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