Place | Team | Points | #1 Votes | Movement |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Georgia | 100 | 4 | - |
2 | Texas | 88 | 0 | +1 |
3 | Notre Dame | 82 | 0 | +4 |
4 | Ohio State | 80 | 0 | - |
5 | Oregon | 65 | 0 | -3 |
6 | Miami (FL) | 64 | 0 | +7 |
7 | alabama | 62 | 0 | +4 |
8 | Oklahoma | 60 | 0 | - |
9 | USC | 59 | 0 | +9 |
10 | Ole Miss | 58 | 0 | - |
10 | Penn State | 58 | 0 | -4 |
12 | Michigan | 51 | 0 | - |
13 | Tennessee | 42 | 0 | +3 |
14 | Missouri | 37 | 0 | +2 |
14 | Utah | 37 | 0 | +4 |
16 | Oklahoma State | 36 | 0 | -3 |
17 | Georgia Tech | 27 | 0 | NR |
17 | Kansas | 27 | 0 | +6 |
19 | LSU | 24 | 0 | -10 |
20 | Florida State | 22 | 0 | -15 |
20 | Kansas State | 22 | 0 | +3 |
20 | Louisville | 22 | 0 | NR |
20 | SMU | 22 | 0 | -2 |
24 | Boston College | 20 | 0 | NR |
24 | Iowa | 20 | 0 | -2 |
Others receiving votes: Texas A&M (19), Clemson (15), Wisconsin (12), Vanderbilt (11), Kentucky (10), UNLV (8), Maryland (7), Boise State (6), Iowa State (6), NC State (5), Auburn (4), Arizona (3), UCF (3), Washington (3), Virginia Tech (2), Arizona State (1)
Link to the results spreadsheet HERE
Link for next weeks poll HERE
Link to submit your CFP bracket prediction for the contest HERE
I don’t get this group. How is Florida State ranked, while Texas A&M and Clemson aren’t? Never mind that Boston College is 4 spots behind. I didn’t put them on my poll, which means that Florida State got an average of #19 from the other 3 voters. I don’t know how you look at that team and still think the Seminoles are a top 20 team.
alabama is all lowercase, please don’t fix it.
The spreadsheet of votes is locked. I can’t see where all the polls ranked everyone.
I see a few other trends, but I think they are just outliers due to the small sample size. I bet it will all get figured out in the next 2 weeks.
Capitalization is for proper nouns and alabama is not a proper place…
FSU got ranked highly due to one of the computer polls, FSU has played more games but they’ll drop out of that poll in the coming weeks (check the poll in this comment: https://lemmy.world/comment/12160842). But with only 4 ballots that’s enough to keep them ranked.
I’ll look into unlocking the poll results, I certainly want this to be transparent
I didn’t rank Florida State, so make that 2 other voters. b/t this poll and last year’s polls, some of the people using computer polls need to work on refining their algorithms :P
I too would like to see the spreadsheet.
Hopefully, there are more submissions in the coming weeks.
My ballot – still a little weird from preseason expectations, but that’s mostly factored out now. The bigger issue is that 2-3 weeks of data is too small a sample size for the computer to know what to do with. Teams that played P4 teams are very high (even if they lost), whereas teams that played FCS schools are very low (even if they blew them out). Teams that already had a bye are even lower (exacerbated by this season having an extra bye week). It should all be sorted out in a couple weeks.
I will say, by eye test I really disagree with some of these rankings (I mean, ou up to number 4???) but I find the pure data intriguing, especially for spots 40ish through 134 which a lot of people ignore. I’m considering a few tweaks (to diminish the effects of garbage time stat padding), but it would make the algorithm more complex. Without fully automating it, I need to keep it simple enough to tabulate semi-manually every week. Hoping I can use next offseason to tinker with some scripts.
Full ranking:
Rank | Change | Team | Record | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | +1 | Texas | 2-0 | 461 |
2 | -1 | Georgia | 2-0 | 438 |
3 | +2 | Ohio State | 2-0 | 375 |
4 | +3 | Oklahoma | 2-0 | 347 |
5 | +1 | Penn State | 2-0 | 339 |
6 | +5 | USC | 2-0 | 338 |
7 | -4 | Oregon | 2-0 | 323 |
8 | -4 | Florida State | 0-2 | 314 |
9 | +7 | Georgia Tech | 2-1 | 309 |
10 | +0 | SMU | 2-1 | 305 |
11 | -2 | Notre Dame | 1-1 | 302 |
12 | -4 | Miami (FL) | 2-0 | 300 |
13 | +9 | Alabama | 2-0 | 286 |
14 | +13 | Nebraska | 2-0 | 279 |
15 | +3 | Clemson | 1-1 | 277 |
16 | +22 | Tennessee | 2-0 | 271 |
17 | +6 | Ole Miss | 2-0 | 270 |
18 | +1 | Louisville | 2-0 | 267 |
19 | +9 | Maryland | 1-1 | 261 |
T20 | +5 | Missouri | 2-0 | 258 |
T20 | -8 | Texas A&M | 1-1 | 258 |
22 | -10 | LSU | 1-1 | 257 |
23 | +1 | Virginia Tech | 1-1 | 256 |
24 | -9 | Michigan | 1-1 | 253 |
25 | +21 | South Carolina | 2-0 | 252 |
26 | -6 | Oklahoma State | 2-0 | 251 |
T27 | -7 | Iowa State | 2-0 | 250 |
T27 | +9 | North Carolina | 2-0 | 250 |
T27 | -11 | Iowa | 1-1 | 250 |
30 | +7 | Boise State | 1-1 | 244 |
31 | +1 | Utah | 2-0 | 242 |
T32 | -18 | Wisconsin | 2-0 | 237 |
T32 | +0 | Boston College | 2-0 | 237 |
T32 | +11 | Syracuse | 2-0 | 237 |
35 | -10 | Kentucky | 1-1 | 236 |
36 | -6 | Kansas State | 2-0 | 232 |
37 | -6 | Kansas | 1-1 | 231 |
T38 | +11 | Rutgers | 2-0 | 225 |
T38 | +23 | Arizona State | 2-0 | 225 |
40 | -5 | Auburn | 1-1 | 221 |
41 | +14 | UCF | 2-0 | 218 |
42 | +8 | Northwestern | 1-1 | 217 |
T43 | +8 | California | 2-0 | 216 |
T43 | +17 | Nevada | 2-0 | 216 |
T43 | +34 | Northern Illinois | 1-2 | 216 |
T46 | +12 | Texas State | 2-0 | 213 |
T46 | +24 | Pittsburgh | 2-0 | 213 |
48 | -5 | Liberty | 2-0 | 210 |
49 | -4 | UNLV | 2-0 | 209 |
50 | -12 | Arizona | 2-0 | 207 |
51 | -17 | West Virginia | 1-1 | 201 |
T52 | -5 | Indiana | 2-0 | 200 |
T52 | -23 | Miami (OH) | 0-1 | 200 |
54 | +4 | Houston | 0-2 | 198 |
T55 | +8 | Memphis | 2-0 | 197 |
T55 | +9 | Duke | 2-0 | 197 |
T55 | +13 | Illinois | 2-0 | 197 |
58 | -6 | TCU | 2-0 | 196 |
59 | +5 | Washington | 2-0 | 195 |
T60 | +13 | Louisiana | 2-0 | 194 |
T60 | -13 | Minnesota | 1-1 | 194 |
62 | -22 | Florida | 1-1 | 193 |
63 | -22 | Fresno State | 1-1 | 192 |
64 | +0 | Old Dominion | 0-2 | 190 |
T65 | +30 | Washington State | 2-0 | 187 |
T65 | -11 | Colorado | 1-1 | 187 |
67 | +32 | Michigan State | 2-0 | 185 |
68 | +7 | Toledo | 2-0 | 184 |
69 | +15 | Oregon State | 2-0 | 181 |
70 | +1 | Bowling Green | 1-1 | 180 |
T71 | -30 | Appalachian State | 1-1 | 178 |
T71 | -18 | Rice | 1-1 | 178 |
T73 | -16 | UTSA | 1-1 | 175 |
T73 | -1 | FAU | 0-2 | 175 |
75 | +5 | Arkansas | 1-1 | 173 |
T76 | +2 | Baylor | 1-1 | 172 |
T76 | +2 | Sam Houston | 1-1 | 172 |
T76 | +12 | Georgia Southern | 1-1 | 172 |
79 | +17 | BYU | 2-0 | 171 |
80 | +39 | FIU | 1-1 | 170 |
81 | +5 | Cincinnati | 1-1 | 169 |
82 | +22 | Ohio | 1-1 | 168 |
T83 | +7 | Mississippi State | 1-1 | 167 |
T83 | -1 | South Alabama | 0-2 | 167 |
T85 | +11 | ECU | 2-0 | 164 |
T85 | -18 | USF | 1-1 | 164 |
T87 | -6 | Coastal Carolina | 2-0 | 163 |
T87 | -31 | UCLA | 1-0 | 163 |
T89 | -5 | Arkansas State | 2-0 | 162 |
T89 | -28 | Hawaii | 1-1 | 162 |
T89 | +14 | Wake Forest | 1-1 | 162 |
T92 | -4 | Vanderbilt | 2-0 | 160 |
T92 | +17 | Virginia | 2-0 | 160 |
94 | +16 | Army | 2-0 | 159 |
95 | -27 | Texas Tech | 1-1 | 158 |
T96 | +22 | Navy | 2-0 | 156 |
T96 | +9 | Tulane | 1-1 | 156 |
T98 | +14 | Eastern Michigan | 1-1 | 153 |
T98 | +0 | Charlotte | 0-2 | 153 |
100 | +14 | San Jose State | 2-0 | 150 |
101 | -7 | UNT | 2-0 | 149 |
T102 | -3 | James Madison | 2-0 | 148 |
T102 | -11 | Stanford | 1-1 | 148 |
104 | +2 | Marshall | 1-1 | 146 |
105 | +2 | Troy | 0-2 | 145 |
106 | -32 | NC State | 1-1 | 141 |
107 | +22 | UL Monroe | 2-0 | 140 |
108 | -15 | Georgia State | 1-1 | 136 |
109 | -18 | Western Michigan | 0-2 | 134 |
110 | -11 | Jacksonville State | 0-2 | 133 |
111 | +0 | Air Force | 1-1 | 132 |
T112 | -36 | Purdue | 1-0 | 130 |
T112 | +5 | New Mexico State | 1-1 | 130 |
114 | -27 | Wyoming | 0-2 | 128 |
115 | -32 | Utah State | 1-1 | 127 |
116 | +7 | UMass | 0-2 | 126 |
117 | +7 | Tulsa | 1-1 | 125 |
118 | -19 | Western Kentucky | 1-1 | 124 |
119 | -4 | UAB | 1-1 | 122 |
120 | -4 | Akron | 0-2 | 116 |
121 | -14 | Colorado State | 1-1 | 115 |
122 | -10 | New Mexico | 0-2 | 114 |
123 | -2 | Central Michigan | 1-1 | 109 |
T124 | -2 | UConn | 1-1 | 106 |
T124 | +1 | San Diego State | 1-1 | 106 |
126 | -1 | Southern Miss | 1-1 | 101 |
127 | -2 | Buffalo | 1-1 | 98 |
128 | -9 | Middle Tennessee | 1-1 | 97 |
129 | +1 | Kent State | 0-2 | 92 |
130 | +1 | UTEP | 0-2 | 90 |
131 | -3 | Ball State | 1-0 | 86 |
132 | +1 | Temple | 0-2 | 81 |
133 | +1 | Kennesaw State | 0-2 | 80 |
134 | -2 | Louisiana Tech | 1-0 | 73 |
Updated the banner and sidebar!
I see I’m catching a lot of flack here for my computer poll (and understandably so), to which I say: vote in the poll! The more participants, the more my funky algorithm gets drowned out. I will say, I did tweak it this year to further devalue preseason expectations, but I can’t let it just stand on 1.5 weeks of data. Preseason expectations get fully flushed out after week 4.
Also, because the transfer portal makes it so hard to get a read on rosters early in the season, I outsourced the returning production variable to Action Network’s metric. It worked pretty well last year, but I’m not sure they’re on the mark this year. If anyone has a better source (that is free or cheap), I’m willing to give it a try for next year.
USC won. Clemson lost. Clemson is no longer in the poll results.
The only thing that could make this week better is if Georgia had also lost, but… gotta pick the lesser evil 😆
Trends:
- UGA is definitely our favorite so far, let’s see if anyone can bridge that gap
- FSU was a massive loser, even if they maybe should’ve lost even more
- FSU is however, the only “state” school ranked higher than their non “state” sister school
- USC actually lived up to some hype for once in the post Pete Carrol era
- Massive 4 way tie there towards the back of the pack, I think that’s the first time we’ve seen it?
- OSU, SMU and Iowa all won, but didn’t beat the snot out of their opponents enough to not slide.
- Lots of “receiving votes” this week. Means we are far from unified on spots 20-25 especially