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/c/CFB Poll Top 25 Fanaticus
1. Penn State Penn State
2. Ohio State Ohio State
3. Georgia Georgia
4. LSU LSU
5. Iowa State Iowa State
6. Oregon Oregon
7. Miami Miami
8. Tennessee Tennessee
9. South Carolina South Carolina
10. Michigan Michigan
11. Arizona State Arizona State
12. Kansas Kansas
13. Illinois Illinois
14.Texas Texas
15. Florida Florida
16. Ole Miss Mississippi
17. USC USC
T-18. Notre Dame Notre Dame
T-18. Florida State Florida State
20. SMU SMU
T-21. Arizona Arizona
T-21. Maryland Maryland
23. Texas A&M Texas A&M
T-24. Utah Utah
T-24. Purdue Purdue

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| | 1 | Penn State | 88 | 1 | - | | 2 | Ohio State | 85 | 1 | +2 | | 3 | Georgia | 75 | 0 | +4 | | 4 | LSU | 73 | 0 | - | | 5 | Iowa State | 68 | 1 | +15 | | 6 | Oregon | 60 | 0 | -4 | | 7 | Miami (FL) | 59 | 0 | +2 | | 8 | Tennessee | 51 | 0 | +12 | | 9 | South Carolina | 49 | 0 | - | | 10 | Michigan | 45 | 0 | +8 | | 11 | Arizona State | 43 | 0 | -1 | | 12 | Kansas | 41 | 0 | NR | | 13 | Illinois | 36 | 0 | -1 | | 14 | Texas | 35 | 0 | -12 | | 15 | Florida | 33 | 0 | -2 | | 16 | Ole Miss | 32 | 0 | +7 | | 17 | USC | 31 | 0 | NR | | T18 | Notre Dame | 29 | 0 | -12 | | T18 | Florida State | 29 | 0 | NR | | 20 | SMU | 26 | 0 | -5 | | T21 | Arizona | 25 | 0 | NR | | T21 | Maryland | 25 | 1 | NR | | 23 | Texas A&M | 23 | 0 | -6 | | T24 | Utah | 22 | 0 | NR | | T24 | Purdue | 22 | 0 | NR |

Dropped Out: Alabama (8), Clemson (13), Kansas State (15), Oklahoma (18), Boise State (20), Texas Tech (23), Indiana (25)

Others receiving votes: Oklahoma (21), Indiana (20), Auburn (19), Washington (19), TCU (18), Clemson (15), Texas Tech (15), Mississippi State (12), Nebraska (12), Michigan State (11), Alabama (10), Wisconsin (10), BYU (5), Minnesota (4), South Florida (4)

Link to the results spreadsheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1u35gZ-_AAeVcici24eKSJxlMRxa_ENm3T8qCgqzvTJc/edit?gid=109618283#gid=109618283

Link to the Poll (I try to put out a link to the poll every Sunday, and I aim to have the Poll updated Thursday of gameweek): https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1u35gZ-_AAeVcici24eKSJxlMRxa_ENm3T8qCgqzvTJc/edit?gid=109618283#gid=109618283

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[–] olmecSSB@retrolemmy.com 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

I was just about to ask for an explanation about Iowa State getting a first place vote, then I saw Maryland got a first place vote (their only points), and now I need an explanation even more.

Well, at least my poll won't be the most unusual. Here is my poll, just to show that I am not afraid to share either. Feel free to poke it. It is all human.

  1. Ohio State
  2. LSU
  3. Penn State
  4. Oregon
  5. Miami
  6. South Carolina
  7. Georgia
  8. Iowa State
  9. Arizona State
  10. SMU
  11. Clemson
  12. Illinois
  13. Texas
  14. Notre Dame
  15. Indiana
  16. Texas Tech
  17. Florida State
  18. Michigan
  19. Tennessee
  20. Florida
  21. BYU
  22. TCU
  23. Alabama
  24. USF
  25. Nebraska

And the next 5

  1. Kansas State

  2. UNLV

  3. Georgia Tech

  4. Utah

  5. Oklahoma

[–] WVbrU@lemmy.world 1 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago)

Maryland was me. I don't know exactly how that happened. My best guess is that Maryland had a big win over a "decently average" opponent (read: not a cupcake).

How did it decide FAU was decent? I dunno. Based on non-conference games, it thinks the American conference is the best Group of 6 conference, which is probably helping.

Like last year, I'm sure it these outliers will become less frequent and extreme as it gets more data.

[–] anhydrous@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Iowa State was me. Explanation: https://a.lemmy.world/lemmy.world/comment/19186304

They get credit for beating a team that has a > .000 record (Kansas State at .500), and a tad of extra credit for doing it on a neutral field.

My rankings, whether algorithm or hand-picked attempt to avoid results from previous seasons, and try to only look at the current season's results.

I'm curious about Maryland too. Maybe something to do with margin of victory?

[–] olmecSSB@retrolemmy.com 1 points 6 hours ago

Yeah, that is sound logic for a computer poll. Really just week one jank that will even itself out. Although, Iowas State being #1 wouldn't be bad...