Ballot Type: Computer

Submitted: Sept. 3, 2024, 8:10 a.m.

Overall Rationale: The biased unbiased rankings are back. This is essentially a Colley matrix with bias (i.e. every team does not start at .5). The advantage of this is the early rankings should be a lot more palatable than the normal Colley matrix's early rankings. Last year, I used bias based on the previous years ranking, and it caused some weird stuff occasionally. This year I'm going to bias the teams by ESPN's FPI. Essentially, the rating they begin at starts around 1 and descends. At the 50th team, I stop adding any bias (meaning I don't adjust a team lower than .5). This is because last year, this system really punished teams who underwent big turnarounds, and I want to avoid that. It's early, so there are a few ties, I wouldn't think much of it so far.

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Rank	Team	Reason
1	Georgia Bulldogs
2	Alabama Crimson Tide
3	Notre Dame Fighting Irish
4	Penn State Nittany Lions
5	Ohio State Buckeyes	tie
6	Oklahoma Sooners	tie
7	Texas Longhorns	tie
8	USC Trojans
9	Miami Hurricanes
10	Michigan Wolverines
11	Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets
12	Boston College Eagles
13	Kentucky Wildcats	tie
14	Maryland Terrapins	tie ^
15	TCU Horned Frogs	tie ^
16	Ole Miss Rebels	tie
17	Oregon Ducks	tie ^
18	Tennessee Volunteers	tie ^
19	Nebraska Cornhuskers
20	Arizona State Sun Devils	tie
21	Boise State Broncos	tie
22	SMU Mustangs
23	Arizona Wildcats
24	James Madison Dukes	tie
25	Louisville Cardinals	tie, and actually, there are 5 other teams tied for this: Missouri, UNC, Pitt, South Carolina, and Wisconsin.

Teams Ranked:

Rank	Team	Unusualness
1	Georgia Bulldogs	0.00
2	Alabama Crimson Tide	0.33
3	Notre Dame Fighting Irish	0.35
4	Penn State Nittany Lions	0.48
5	Ohio State Buckeyes	0.00
6	Oklahoma Sooners	1.74
7	Texas Longhorns	-0.01
8	USC Trojans	0.28
9	Miami Hurricanes	0.00
10	Michigan Wolverines	0.00
11	Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets	1.16
12	Boston College Eagles	2.37
13	Kentucky Wildcats	7.14
14	Maryland Terrapins	8.68
15	TCU Horned Frogs	7.84
16	Ole Miss Rebels	-1.54
17	Oregon Ducks	-0.63
18	Tennessee Volunteers	-0.38
19	Nebraska Cornhuskers	4.09
20	Arizona State Sun Devils	4.44
21	Boise State Broncos	2.14
22	SMU Mustangs	0.05
23	Arizona Wildcats	0.00
24	James Madison Dukes	0.70
25	Louisville Cardinals	-0.04

Omissions:

Team	Unusualness
Missouri Tigers	2.91
Utah Utes	2.30
Kansas State Wildcats	1.62
Oklahoma State Cowboys	1.58
Kansas Jayhawks	0.99
Iowa Hawkeyes	0.66
LSU Tigers	0.37

Total Score: 54.84