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theb52 Ballot for 2023 Week 15 & Bowls

Ballot Type: Computer

Submitted: Dec. 4, 2023, 8:41 a.m.

Overall Rationale: FIRST FIVE OUT: 26. Oklahoma St (31.077), 27. Troy (30.385), 28. Kansas (29.167), 29. Southern Cal (27.833), 30. Tennessee (26.708). 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>

Rank Team Reason
1 Washington Huskies 83.577
2 Michigan Wolverines 81.846
3 Florida State Seminoles 72.154
4 Texas Longhorns 70.923
5 Ohio State Buckeyes 70.542
6 Alabama Crimson Tide 67.615
7 Georgia Bulldogs 61.808
8 Penn State Nittany Lions 59.500
9 Oregon Ducks 55.962
10 Iowa Hawkeyes 52.538
11 Oklahoma Sooners 51.417
12 Ole Miss Rebels 50.500
13 Missouri Tigers 50.208
14 Louisville Cardinals 47.308
15 LSU Tigers 43.917
16 NC State Wolfpack 43.083
17 James Madison Dukes 42.917
18 Notre Dame Fighting Irish 38.750
19 Utah Utes 35.750
20 Arizona Wildcats 35.625 TIED WITH CLEMSON - Higher spot given to Arizona because they were ranked higher last week
21 Clemson Tigers 35.625 TIED WITH ARIZONA - Higher spot given to Arizona because they were ranked higher last week
22 Liberty Flames 34.538
23 Kansas State Wildcats 33.917
24 Oregon State Beavers 32.458
25 North Carolina Tar Heels 31.792

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