Ballot Type: Computer

Submitted: Jan. 21, 2025, 9:52 a.m.

Overall Rationale: The biased unbiased rankings are back. This is essentially a Colley matrix with bias (i.e. every team does not start at .5). The advantage of this is the early rankings should be a lot more palatable than the normal Colley matrix's early rankings. Last year, I used bias based on the previous years ranking, and it caused some weird stuff occasionally. This year I'm going to bias the teams by ESPN's FPI. Essentially, the rating they begin at starts around 1 and descends. At the 50th team, I stop adding any bias (meaning I don't adjust a team lower than .5). This is because last year, this system really punished teams who underwent big turnarounds, and I want to avoid that

• Ballot
• Analysis

Rank	Team	Reason
1	Ohio State Buckeyes
2	Oregon Ducks
3	Notre Dame Fighting Irish
4	Texas Longhorns
5	Penn State Nittany Lions
6	Georgia Bulldogs
7	Indiana Hoosiers
8	BYU Cougars
9	Alabama Crimson Tide
10	Ole Miss Rebels
11	SMU Mustangs
12	Arizona State Sun Devils
13	Iowa State Cyclones
14	South Carolina Gamecocks
15	Michigan Wolverines
16	Boise State Broncos
17	Tennessee Volunteers
18	Illinois Fighting Illini
19	LSU Tigers
20	Missouri Tigers
21	Miami Hurricanes
22	Louisville Cardinals
23	Clemson Tigers
24	Army West Point
25	Syracuse Orange

Teams Ranked:

Rank	Team	Unusualness
1	Ohio State Buckeyes	0.00
2	Oregon Ducks	0.22
3	Notre Dame Fighting Irish	0.00
4	Texas Longhorns	0.00
5	Penn State Nittany Lions	0.00
6	Georgia Bulldogs	0.00
7	Indiana Hoosiers	0.07
8	BYU Cougars	0.94
9	Alabama Crimson Tide	1.59
10	Ole Miss Rebels	0.12
11	SMU Mustangs	0.00
12	Arizona State Sun Devils	-0.56
13	Iowa State Cyclones	0.00
14	South Carolina Gamecocks	0.62
15	Michigan Wolverines	2.81
16	Boise State Broncos	-1.32
17	Tennessee Volunteers	-0.91
18	Illinois Fighting Illini	0.00
19	LSU Tigers	1.95
20	Missouri Tigers	0.12
21	Miami Hurricanes	-0.28
22	Louisville Cardinals	0.75
23	Clemson Tigers	-1.33
24	Army West Point	-0.20
25	Syracuse Orange	-0.80

Omissions:

Team	Unusualness
UNLV Rebels	0.50
Memphis Tigers	0.33

Total Score: 15.43