Ballot Type: Computer

Submitted: Nov. 6, 2023, 2:49 p.m.

Overall Rationale: FIRST FIVE OUT: 26. Tennessee (30.278), 27. UNC (29.222), 28. Fresno St (28.944), 29. Rutgers (28.167), 30. Kansas St (27.611). 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	Ohio State Buckeyes	78.000
2	Michigan Wolverines	67.278
3	Texas Longhorns	67.000
4	Florida State Seminoles	66.500
5	Washington Huskies	66.222
6	Alabama Crimson Tide	64.000
7	James Madison Dukes	61.111
8	Ole Miss Rebels	57.333
9	Penn State Nittany Lions	54.778
10	Louisville Cardinals	54.389
11	Georgia Bulldogs	53.500
12	Iowa Hawkeyes	48.833
13	Oregon Ducks	46.389
14	Utah Utes	45.778
15	Kansas Jayhawks	42.889
16	Oklahoma Sooners	42.278
17	Oregon State Beavers	40.667
18	Oklahoma State Cowboys	40.500
19	Missouri Tigers	38.389
20	USC Trojans	33.950
21	Duke Blue Devils	32.889
22	Liberty Flames	32.667
23	Troy Trojans	32.222
24	Notre Dame Fighting Irish	32.000
25	LSU Tigers	31.000

Teams Ranked:

Rank	Team	Unusualness
1	Ohio State Buckeyes	0.34
2	Michigan Wolverines	0.00
3	Texas Longhorns	1.43
4	Florida State Seminoles	0.00
5	Washington Huskies	0.00
6	Alabama Crimson Tide	0.38
7	James Madison Dukes	1.31
8	Ole Miss Rebels	0.44
9	Penn State Nittany Lions	0.00
10	Louisville Cardinals	0.00
11	Georgia Bulldogs	-3.24
12	Iowa Hawkeyes	11.48
13	Oregon Ducks	-2.73
14	Utah Utes	0.00
15	Kansas Jayhawks	0.29
16	Oklahoma Sooners	0.00
17	Oregon State Beavers	0.00
18	Oklahoma State Cowboys	0.00
19	Missouri Tigers	-0.06
20	USC Trojans	3.88
21	Duke Blue Devils	4.03
22	Liberty Flames	0.00
23	Troy Trojans	1.71
24	Notre Dame Fighting Irish	0.00
25	LSU Tigers	-0.42

Omissions:

Team	Unusualness
Tennessee Volunteers	1.53
Tulane Green Wave	0.91
Arizona Wildcats	0.31

Total Score: 34.49