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Overall Rationale: FIRST FIVE OUT: 26. Army (33.000), 27. Georgia (32.167), 28. Stanford (31.500), 29. LSU and Western Kentucky (Tied at 31.125). 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>

Rank	Team	Reason
1	Alabama Crimson Tide	78.000
2	Texas Longhorns	76.750
3	UCF Knights	70.500
4	Oregon Ducks	65.667
5	Washington State Cougars	63.500
6	Clemson Tigers	60.833
7	Missouri Tigers	56.125
8	USC Trojans	53.333
9	Michigan Wolverines	52.625
10	Tennessee Volunteers	52.500
11	Utah Utes	52.375
12	BYU Cougars	52.125
13	James Madison Dukes	47.167
14	Illinois Fighting Illini	43.500
15	Michigan State Spartans	42.125
16	Navy Midshipmen	40.000
17	Louisville Cardinals	39.667
18	Penn State Nittany Lions	38.500
19	Texas Tech Red Raiders	36.250
20	Duke Blue Devils	35.875
21	Miami Hurricanes	35.750
22	Washington Huskies	35.250
23	Pittsburgh Panthers	34.750
24	Iowa State Cyclones	34.667
25	Ohio State Buckeyes	33.167

Teams Ranked:

Rank	Team	Unusualness
1	Alabama Crimson Tide	0.83
2	Texas Longhorns	0.00
3	UCF Knights	4.85
4	Oregon Ducks	0.78
5	Washington State Cougars	1.66
6	Clemson Tigers	2.16
7	Missouri Tigers	0.33
8	USC Trojans	1.49
9	Michigan Wolverines	0.64
10	Tennessee Volunteers	-1.47
11	Utah Utes	0.00
12	BYU Cougars	0.23
13	James Madison Dukes	3.80
14	Illinois Fighting Illini	0.00
15	Michigan State Spartans	10.11
16	Navy Midshipmen	6.40
17	Louisville Cardinals	0.00
18	Penn State Nittany Lions	-1.91
19	Texas Tech Red Raiders	5.91
20	Duke Blue Devils	1.45
21	Miami Hurricanes	-2.97
22	Washington Huskies	2.78
23	Pittsburgh Panthers	0.00
24	Iowa State Cyclones	-1.18
25	Ohio State Buckeyes	-3.02

Omissions:

Team	Unusualness
Georgia Bulldogs	4.98
Ole Miss Rebels	4.37
LSU Tigers	0.77
Notre Dame Fighting Irish	0.51
Oklahoma State Cowboys	0.49
Indiana Hoosiers	0.20
Oklahoma Sooners	0.48

Total Score: 65.75

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