Ballot Type: Computer

Submitted: Sept. 30, 2024, 12:03 p.m.

Overall Rationale: FIRST FIVE OUT: 26. Oklahoma (35.100), 27. Sam Houston St (33.400), 28. UNLV (31.625), 29. Tennessee tied with Clemson (29.125). 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>

• Ballot
• Analysis

Rank	Team	Reason
1	Alabama Crimson Tide	89.000
2	Missouri Tigers	64.500
3	Texas Longhorns	63.500
4	Michigan Wolverines	60.000
5	Penn State Nittany Lions	57.000
6	Oregon Ducks	56.750
7	Boston College Eagles	56.300
8	Ohio State Buckeyes	50.125
9	USC Trojans	49.375
10	Duke Blue Devils	48.800
11	Washington State Cougars	48.600
12	BYU Cougars	48.200
13	Georgia Bulldogs	48.000
14	Boise State Broncos	46.500
15	Indiana Hoosiers	46.400
16	Rutgers Scarlet Knights	46.375
17	Texas Tech Red Raiders	45.900
18	Iowa State Cyclones	42.125
19	Kansas State Wildcats	41.800
20	Notre Dame Fighting Irish	40.600
21	James Madison Dukes	40.000
22	LSU Tigers	39.600
23	Miami Hurricanes	38.000
24	Pittsburgh Panthers	37.500
25	Colorado Buffaloes	36.500

Teams Ranked:

Rank	Team	Unusualness
1	Alabama Crimson Tide	0.00
2	Missouri Tigers	1.45
3	Texas Longhorns	-0.35
4	Michigan Wolverines	1.24
5	Penn State Nittany Lions	0.09
6	Oregon Ducks	0.00
7	Boston College Eagles	17.69
8	Ohio State Buckeyes	-0.39
9	USC Trojans	0.60
10	Duke Blue Devils	2.84
11	Washington State Cougars	11.33
12	BYU Cougars	0.00
13	Georgia Bulldogs	-0.25
14	Boise State Broncos	1.32
15	Indiana Hoosiers	0.00
16	Rutgers Scarlet Knights	0.93
17	Texas Tech Red Raiders	7.69
18	Iowa State Cyclones	-0.30
19	Kansas State Wildcats	0.00
20	Notre Dame Fighting Irish	0.00
21	James Madison Dukes	0.20
22	LSU Tigers	-0.14
23	Miami Hurricanes	-3.46
24	Pittsburgh Panthers	0.00
25	Colorado Buffaloes	0.00

Omissions:

Team	Unusualness
Tennessee Volunteers	7.42
Clemson Tigers	1.20
Ole Miss Rebels	1.12
Oklahoma Sooners	0.62
Utah Utes	0.50
UNLV Rebels	0.12
Louisville Cardinals	0.16

Total Score: 61.42