Ballot Type: Computer

Submitted: Nov. 18, 2024, 12:39 p.m.

Overall Rationale: FIRST FIVE OUT: 26 Louisville (32.200), 27 Missouri (31.750), 28 Tulane (27.636), 29 Duke (27.600), 30 Washington (27.227). 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	Oregon Ducks	79.000
2	Ohio State Buckeyes	65.150
3	Indiana Hoosiers	65.100
4	Penn State Nittany Lions	64.500
5	Alabama Crimson Tide	60.500
6	SMU Mustangs	59.850
7	Notre Dame Fighting Irish	58.800
8	Texas Longhorns	58.100
9	Georgia Bulldogs	56.000
10	Miami Hurricanes	53.950
11	South Carolina Gamecocks	49.000
12	Clemson Tigers	48.250
13	Iowa State Cyclones	46.000
14	Boise State Broncos	45.100
15	BYU Cougars	44.800
16	Ole Miss Rebels	43.900
17	Colorado Buffaloes	43.250
18	Texas A&M Aggies	42.300
19	Pittsburgh Panthers	37.550
20	Tennessee Volunteers	37.500
21	Kansas State Wildcats	35.600
22	LSU Tigers	34.300
23	Arizona State Sun Devils	33.950
24	Illinois Fighting Illini	33.200
25	Syracuse Orange	32.800

Teams Ranked:

Rank	Team	Unusualness
1	Oregon Ducks	0.00
2	Ohio State Buckeyes	0.00
3	Indiana Hoosiers	0.00
4	Penn State Nittany Lions	0.03
5	Alabama Crimson Tide	0.35
6	SMU Mustangs	0.74
7	Notre Dame Fighting Irish	0.00
8	Texas Longhorns	-0.88
9	Georgia Bulldogs	0.00
10	Miami Hurricanes	0.00
11	South Carolina Gamecocks	1.73
12	Clemson Tigers	1.33
13	Iowa State Cyclones	2.53
14	Boise State Broncos	0.00
15	BYU Cougars	0.00
16	Ole Miss Rebels	-1.19
17	Colorado Buffaloes	0.00
18	Texas A&M Aggies	-0.05
19	Pittsburgh Panthers	6.05
20	Tennessee Volunteers	-1.31
21	Kansas State Wildcats	1.92
22	LSU Tigers	2.85
23	Arizona State Sun Devils	-0.27
24	Illinois Fighting Illini	0.00
25	Syracuse Orange	0.08

Omissions:

Team	Unusualness
Army West Point	1.44
Tulane Green Wave	1.28
UNLV Rebels	0.23
Washington State Cougars	0.08

Total Score: 24.35