Ballot Type: Computer
Submitted: Nov. 10, 2024, 1:09 p.m.
Overall Rationale: Each game, the winning team "steals" a portion of their opponents points. This starts with a base 40% of opponent's points, plus up to 1% bonus based on margin of victory and home/away status. This 40% base decreases as the weeks go on (down to 17.5% by postseason), this is done to limit large swings as the season progresses. The season is ran both forwards and backwards (For example on week 10, the poll calculates weeks 1->10 and then weeks 10->1) and then averages those. This limits being destroyed by a week 1 loss, etc. Starting points are assigned as follows: P5: 500, G5: 400, FCS: 200. The goal of this poll is to (mostly) treat P5 and G5 the same, and rank deserving teams. G5 is punished slightly in the pre-season calculations (20% less points), and even less in current season (~10% less than P5). This is ranking the most "deserving" teams and not an attempt to rank the "best" teams or to be predictive. For example, being ranked above another team does not imply you are the better team or should beat a lower team, just that you had better performance in your season.
Rank | Team | Reason |
---|---|---|
1 | Oregon Ducks | 4520 |
2 | BYU Cougars | 3827 |
3 | Indiana Hoosiers | 3516 |
4 | Notre Dame Fighting Irish | 3021 |
5 | Ohio State Buckeyes | 2918 |
6 | Texas Longhorns | 2859 |
7 | Miami Hurricanes | 2808 |
8 | Alabama Crimson Tide | 2697 |
9 | Penn State Nittany Lions | 2604 |
10 | SMU Mustangs | 2480 |
11 | Tennessee Volunteers | 2370 |
12 | Washington State Cougars | 2306 |
13 | Iowa State Cyclones | 2281 |
14 | Georgia Bulldogs | 2190 |
15 | Boise State Broncos | 2161 |
16 | Army West Point | 2118 |
17 | Pittsburgh Panthers | 2077 |
18 | Ole Miss Rebels | 2018 |
19 | Colorado Buffaloes | 1982 |
20 | Kansas State Wildcats | 1973 |
21 | Texas A&M Aggies | 1970 |
22 | Missouri Tigers | 1874 |
23 | Clemson Tigers | 1781 |
24 | Louisville Cardinals | 1737 |
25 | Syracuse Orange | 1579 |
Teams Ranked:
Rank | Team | Unusualness |
---|---|---|
1 | Oregon Ducks | 0.00 |
2 | BYU Cougars | 0.39 |
3 | Indiana Hoosiers | 0.00 |
4 | Notre Dame Fighting Irish | 0.79 |
5 | Ohio State Buckeyes | -0.70 |
6 | Texas Longhorns | 0.00 |
7 | Miami Hurricanes | 0.81 |
8 | Alabama Crimson Tide | 0.00 |
9 | Penn State Nittany Lions | -0.25 |
10 | SMU Mustangs | 0.00 |
11 | Tennessee Volunteers | -0.26 |
12 | Washington State Cougars | 1.02 |
13 | Iowa State Cyclones | 3.62 |
14 | Georgia Bulldogs | 0.00 |
15 | Boise State Broncos | -0.10 |
16 | Army West Point | 0.00 |
17 | Pittsburgh Panthers | 4.48 |
18 | Ole Miss Rebels | -1.51 |
19 | Colorado Buffaloes | 0.00 |
20 | Kansas State Wildcats | 0.00 |
21 | Texas A&M Aggies | -0.95 |
22 | Missouri Tigers | 0.00 |
23 | Clemson Tigers | -0.76 |
24 | Louisville Cardinals | 0.00 |
25 | Syracuse Orange | 0.25 |
Omissions:
Team | Unusualness |
---|---|
South Carolina Gamecocks | 0.37 |
LSU Tigers | 0.33 |
Tulane Green Wave | 0.15 |
Total Score: 16.74