Ballot Type: Computer

Submitted: Nov. 24, 2024, 11:38 p.m.

Overall Rationale: FIRST FIVE OUT: 26 Texas A&M (34.455), 27 Michigan (33.591), 28 Missouri (32.545), 29 Georgia Tech (31.636), 30 Iowa (30.682). 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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• Analysis

Rank	Team	Reason
1	Oregon Ducks	77.364
2	Penn State Nittany Lions	69.455
3	Ohio State Buckeyes	68.364
4	SMU Mustangs	62.273
5	Notre Dame Fighting Irish	61.636
6	Texas Longhorns	59.909
7	Indiana Hoosiers	57.773
8	Miami Hurricanes	54.091
9	Georgia Bulldogs	52.727
10	Alabama Crimson Tide	50.818
11	Clemson Tigers	47.182
12	Iowa State Cyclones	45.773
13	Arizona State Sun Devils	43.364
14	BYU Cougars	43.182
15	South Carolina Gamecocks	42.364
16	Louisville Cardinals	41.818
17	Kansas State Wildcats	41.273
18	LSU Tigers	40.364
19	Illinois Fighting Illini	39.182
20	Boise State Broncos	38.000
21	Ole Miss Rebels	36.955
22	Syracuse Orange	36.500
23	Tennessee Volunteers	36.455
24	Colorado Buffaloes	35.818
25	Duke Blue Devils	35.682

Teams Ranked:

Rank	Team	Unusualness
1	Oregon Ducks	0.00
2	Penn State Nittany Lions	0.89
3	Ohio State Buckeyes	-0.24
4	SMU Mustangs	0.90
5	Notre Dame Fighting Irish	0.00
6	Texas Longhorns	-0.74
7	Indiana Hoosiers	0.00
8	Miami Hurricanes	0.00
9	Georgia Bulldogs	-0.22
10	Alabama Crimson Tide	0.63
11	Clemson Tigers	0.21
12	Iowa State Cyclones	0.81
13	Arizona State Sun Devils	0.00
14	BYU Cougars	0.23
15	South Carolina Gamecocks	0.00
16	Louisville Cardinals	5.64
17	Kansas State Wildcats	1.31
18	LSU Tigers	6.76
19	Illinois Fighting Illini	0.87
20	Boise State Broncos	-2.07
21	Ole Miss Rebels	-0.37
22	Syracuse Orange	2.66
23	Tennessee Volunteers	-3.19
24	Colorado Buffaloes	0.00
25	Duke Blue Devils	0.00

Omissions:

Team	Unusualness
Tulane Green Wave	1.47
Texas A&M Aggies	0.98
Army West Point	0.34
UNLV Rebels	0.63

Total Score: 31.16