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Charlemagne42 Ballot for 2023 Final

Ballot Type: Computer

Submitted: Jan. 9, 2024, 11:34 a.m.

Overall Rationale: I've left a list to round out the computer's top 32 in the comments for #25, just to illustrate how close to or far from ranked some additional teams are. As a post-season send-off, I also left some comments about how I tune the model pre-season, as well as a couple of benchmarks that can help compare between seasons.

Rank Team Reason
1 Michigan Wolverines 1029 //// The scale is soft-capped at 1000. It was tuned pre-season on prior seasons' data, so that #1 at the end of the season averages around 900-950. Using this tuning setup, the only other team in this computer model's history to exceed 1000 points was 2019 LSU, at a score of 1027. I can't emphasize strongly enough how unusual Michigan's high score is. Truly an arcade-game number. up up down down left right left right B A start
2 Georgia Bulldogs 799
3 Washington Huskies 676
4 Florida State Seminoles 648
5 Alabama Crimson Tide 571
6 Texas Longhorns 484
7 Missouri Tigers 417
8 Ole Miss Rebels 389
9 Oregon Ducks 328
10 Ohio State Buckeyes 302
11 Oklahoma Sooners 277
12 Arizona Wildcats 211
13 Penn State Nittany Lions 202
14 SMU Mustangs 193
15 LSU Tigers 171
16 Louisville Cardinals 143
17 Tulane Green Wave 142
18 Oklahoma State Cowboys 107
19 Kansas State Wildcats 102
20 Tennessee Volunteers 101
21 Kansas Jayhawks 90.4
22 Memphis Tigers 90.0
23 NC State Wolfpack 80 //// Based on the preseason tuning for #1 at 900-950, usually #25 is between 80 and 100. A score of 80 was only achieved by 23 teams, and 100 by only 20 teams, suggesting the field was more widely separated from the top teams than normal.
24 Notre Dame Fighting Irish 79
25 Clemson Tigers 74 //// 26. James Madison 67 || 27. Duke 64.8 || 28. South Dakota State 64.6 || 29. West Virginia 58 || 30. UTSA 47.9 || 31. Iowa 47.6 || 32. Toledo 44

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