Ballot Type: Computer

Submitted: Nov. 26, 2023, 3:56 p.m.

Overall Rationale: FIRST FIVE OUT: 26. Troy (30.083), 27. Liberty (29.067), 28. Tulane (27.458), 29. Kansas (27.333), 30. Miami FL (26.625). 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	Michigan Wolverines	79.500
2	Washington Huskies	79.042
3	Ohio State Buckeyes	70.500
4	Georgia Bulldogs	67.833
5	Texas Longhorns	67.083
6	Florida State Seminoles	65.500
7	Alabama Crimson Tide	61.542
8	Penn State Nittany Lions	59.833
9	Oregon Ducks	59.500
10	Iowa Hawkeyes	57.708
11	Ole Miss Rebels	50.458
12	Louisville Cardinals	50.333
13	Missouri Tigers	49.625
14	Oklahoma Sooners	49.583
15	LSU Tigers	46.208
16	James Madison Dukes	45.333
17	NC State Wolfpack	41.083
18	Notre Dame Fighting Irish	38.458
19	Arizona Wildcats	37.000
20	Utah Utes	35.833
21	Clemson Tigers	35.000
22	Oklahoma State Cowboys	33.250
23	Kansas State Wildcats	32.167
24	North Carolina Tar Heels	31.708
25	Oregon State Beavers	30.625

Teams Ranked:

Rank	Team	Unusualness
1	Michigan Wolverines	0.30
2	Washington Huskies	0.00
3	Ohio State Buckeyes	1.20
4	Georgia Bulldogs	-1.21
5	Texas Longhorns	0.25
6	Florida State Seminoles	-0.13
7	Alabama Crimson Tide	0.00
8	Penn State Nittany Lions	0.43
9	Oregon Ducks	-1.69
10	Iowa Hawkeyes	1.58
11	Ole Miss Rebels	0.00
12	Louisville Cardinals	0.54
13	Missouri Tigers	-0.39
14	Oklahoma Sooners	-0.07
15	LSU Tigers	0.00
16	James Madison Dukes	0.58
17	NC State Wolfpack	0.95
18	Notre Dame Fighting Irish	0.00
19	Arizona Wildcats	-0.13
20	Utah Utes	4.51
21	Clemson Tigers	1.81
22	Oklahoma State Cowboys	0.00
23	Kansas State Wildcats	0.00
24	North Carolina Tar Heels	1.19
25	Oregon State Beavers	-0.11

Omissions:

Team	Unusualness
Tulane Green Wave	1.49
Liberty Flames	0.38
Toledo Rockets	0.47
SMU Mustangs	0.15

Total Score: 19.58