Ballot Type: Computer

Submitted: Sept. 16, 2024, 2:06 p.m.

Overall Rationale: First Five Out: 26 Ohio State (27.250), 27 Oklahoma (26.333 TIE), 28 Michigan St (26.333 TIE), 29 Utah (26.000), 30 Memphis (24.000) 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 harshly, but past weeks are recalculated every update. You can view my methodology here and select an individual team to view on the Team Summary tab <https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Qv4UEZBJ3kaxy5lz5V-aDkls2Y89oJEiqwvkDilS0rc/edit?usp=sharing>

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Rank	Team	Reason
1	Syracuse Orange	78.000
2	Indiana Hoosiers	71.667
3	Alabama Crimson Tide	62.000
4	Arizona State Sun Devils	60.667
5	Georgia Bulldogs	54.667
6	Boise State Broncos	54.250
7	Penn State Nittany Lions	52.500 Tie with USC
8	USC Trojans	52.500 Tie with Penn State
9	Michigan Wolverines	52.333 Tie with Maryland
10	Maryland Terrapins	52.333 Tie with Michigan
11	Texas Longhorns	51.333
12	Washington State Cougars	50.667
13	Oregon Ducks	48.333
14	Miami Hurricanes	41.167
15	UCF Knights	39.500 Tie with LSU
16	LSU Tigers	39.500 Tie with UCF
17	Missouri Tigers	39.167
18	Notre Dame Fighting Irish	38.000
19	Sam Houston Bearkats	37.333
20	Pittsburgh Panthers	36.000
21	Kansas State Wildcats	32.500
22	Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets	31.750
23	North Carolina Tar Heels	31.667
24	BYU Cougars	31.333
25	Duke Blue Devils	30.000

Teams Ranked:

Rank	Team	Unusualness
1	Syracuse Orange	5.71
2	Indiana Hoosiers	6.31
3	Alabama Crimson Tide	0.00
4	Arizona State Sun Devils	8.27
5	Georgia Bulldogs	0.00
6	Boise State Broncos	17.33
7	Penn State Nittany Lions	0.26
8	USC Trojans	0.00
9	Michigan Wolverines	2.46
10	Maryland Terrapins	15.14
11	Texas Longhorns	-5.51
12	Washington State Cougars	1.13
13	Oregon Ducks	-0.25
14	Miami Hurricanes	-0.23
15	UCF Knights	1.23
16	LSU Tigers	0.61
17	Missouri Tigers	-1.80
18	Notre Dame Fighting Irish	0.23
19	Sam Houston Bearkats	6.23
20	Pittsburgh Panthers	1.45
21	Kansas State Wildcats	-1.89
22	Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets	3.06
23	North Carolina Tar Heels	0.66
24	BYU Cougars	0.41
25	Duke Blue Devils	0.00

Omissions:

Team	Unusualness
Ohio State Buckeyes	3.89
Tennessee Volunteers	3.78
Ole Miss Rebels	3.51
Utah Utes	2.92
Oklahoma State Cowboys	2.57
Oklahoma Sooners	1.92
Louisville Cardinals	0.94
Nebraska Cornhuskers	0.81
Iowa State Cyclones	0.66
Northern Illinois Huskies	0.18
Clemson Tigers	0.32

Total Score: 101.65