Place Team Points #1 Votes Movement
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

  • OlmecEnglish
    1•1 day ago

    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.worldEnglish
      1•20 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.worldEnglish
      1•23 hours ago

      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?

      • OlmecEnglish
        1•5 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…