Things are starting to get interesting. Let’s see how things got shook up this week
Here’s my ballot. Pure computer poll. I had a tie at 25 so I submitted the one that had been ranked higher previously in my poll.
The biggest weirdness is due to some teams having played in week 0 (why USC is ahead of everyone else) but that will normalize soon. I find it somewhat interesting that the model shows a clear top 8 with a sizable drop off to 9, although it’s still way too early to draw any conclusions from that.
T25:
Full ranking:
Rank Change Team Record Points 1 +1 USC 3-0 455 2 -1 Michigan 2-0 406 3 +4 Florida State 2-0 385 4 +4 Texas 2-0 383 5 -1 Utah 2-0 369 6 +3 Notre Dame 3-0 367 7 -4 Georgia 2-0 363 8 -3 Washington 2-0 362 9 +1 Oregon 2-0 311 10 -4 Ohio State 2-0 310 11 +2 North Carolina 2-0 306 12 +6 Oklahoma 2-0 301 13 -2 Penn State 2-0 295 14 - Duke 2-0 291 15 +9 Miami 2-0 288 16 +3 Alabama 1-1 285 17 +3 Texas A&M 1-1 280 18 +5 Ole Miss 2-0 279 19 +2 Wisconsin 1-1 277 20 -5 Tennessee 2-0 275 21 +7 UCLA 2-0 273 22 +12 Auburn 2-0 271 23 -11 LSU 1-1 270 24 +11 Washington State 2-0 269 T25 -9 Louisville 2-0 263 T25 +5 Minnesota 2-0 263 27 -5 Tulane 1-1 258 28 +3 Texas Tech 0-2 257 T29 +12 UCF 2-0 249 T29 -12 Clemson 1-1 249 T29 -3 Illinois 1-1 249 32 +1 Maryland 2-0 238 33 +7 Kansas State 2-0 237 T34 -7 Oregon State 2-0 236 T34 +16 Syracuse 2-0 236 36 +12 California 1-1 234 37 +14 Liberty 2-0 228 T38 -9 Kentucky 2-0 227 T38 +11 Ohio 2-1 227 T38 -13 TCU 1-1 227 41 +5 Arkansas 2-0 226 42 -10 Toledo 1-1 224 T43 +18 Iowa 2-0 222 T43 +14 Purdue 1-1 222 45 +18 Northwestern 1-1 219 46 -2 Baylor 0-2 218 47 +8 Kansas 2-0 216 T48 -3 NC State 1-1 213 T48 +10 UTSA 1-1 213 50 -14 BYU 2-0 212 51 -13 Western Kentucky 2-0 209 52 +44 Rutgers 2-0 207 53 +22 Memphis 2-0 206 T54 -6 Missouri 2-0 204 T54 - Boise State 0-2 204 56 +53 Colorado 2-0 202 57 -15 Florida 1-1 201 58 -19 South Carolina 1-1 200 T59 +9 Mississippi State 2-0 199 T59 +3 Houston 1-1 199 61 -1 Air Force 2-0 198 T62 +7 SMU 1-1 197 T62 -25 South Alabama 1-1 197 64 -21 Troy 1-1 194 65 +17 Wake Forest 2-0 193 66 -19 Wyoming 2-0 192 T67 +19 Oklahoma State 2-0 190 T67 +7 Miami (OH) 1-1 190 T67 -11 UConn 0-2 190 70 -17 Fresno State 2-0 188 71 -12 UNT 0-2 185 T72 -1 Arizona 1-1 183 T72 +21 Coastal Carolina 1-1 183 74 +18 Vanderbilt 2-1 182 75 -3 San Diego State 2-1 181 T76 +14 Rice 1-1 180 T76 - New Mexico State 1-2 180 T78 -11 Michigan State 2-0 179 T78 -13 San Jose State 1-2 179 T78 +20 Virginia Tech 1-1 179 T78 +2 Nebraska 0-2 179 82 +7 Marshall 2-0 178 83 -19 FAU 1-1 177 84 -5 Iowa State 1-1 173 85 +18 FIU 2-1 172 86 -20 Northern Illinois 1-1 171 T87 -14 Arizona State 1-1 170 T87 -2 Pittsburgh 1-1 170 T89 +23 Cincinnati 2-0 167 T89 -1 UTEP 1-2 167 T91 +11 Georgia State 2-0 165 T91 -8 Louisiana 1-1 165 T91 +4 Hawaii 1-2 165 94 +11 JMU 2-0 164 95 -14 Georgia Tech 1-1 162 96 +19 Texas State 1-1 161 T97 -3 Temple 1-1 158 T97 -20 West Virginia 1-1 158 99 +1 Louisiana Tech 2-1 157 100 -30 Buffalo 0-2 155 101 +18 Old Dominion 1-1 153 T102 -5 Army 1-1 150 T102 +16 Georgia Southern 2-0 150 104 +17 UMass 1-2 147 T105 -14 Bowling Green 1-1 145 T105 -27 Navy 1-1 145 T105 -18 USF 1-1 145 T108 +8 Middle Tennessee 0-2 143 T108 -9 Stanford 1-1 143 110 -9 UNLV 1-1 141 T111 +13 Appalachian State 1-1 140 T111 -4 Eastern Michigan 1-1 140 113 -3 ECU 0-2 137 T114 +3 Utah State 1-1 133 T114 +9 Virginia 0-2 133 T116 -12 Boston College 1-1 130 T116 -32 Southern Miss 1-1 130 118 -5 Akron 1-1 127 T119 +3 UAB 1-1 126 T119 +12 Jacksonville State 2-1 126 121 -7 UL Monroe 2-0 125 122 -16 Ball State 0-2 124 123 -12 Central Michigan 1-1 123 T124 -16 Colorado State 0-1 111 T124 +1 Indiana 1-1 111 126 -6 Western Michigan 1-1 108 127 +5 Charlotte 1-1 103 128 -2 New Mexico 1-1 102 T129 - Kent State 0-2 100 T129 +4 Sam Houston 0-2 100 131 -3 Tulsa 1-1 99 132 -5 Arkansas State 0-2 90 133 -3 Nevada 0-2 70 Any particular reason computer poll ranks Kansas so low? Is it due to going 1-7 over the back half of the season last year? I’m asking as the Kansas homer who has been ranking them 25 every week. I get that our poor history drags us down in other computer rankings. Just find it odd some of the teams the computer puts us behind
The poll had Kansas finish last season at 58 of 131 (as the 4th best 6-win team). Looks like the beatdown by Texas really hurt their ranking (sorry), more so than the win over #18 OK State helped.
Going into this season, they were tied for 46th with Boise State. Looks like the amount of talent coming back accounts for the slight rise. The biggest thing holding them back so far is they played an FCS school and all the teams that did (e.g. Oregon, tOSU) are probably lower than they should be at this point in the season because there aren’t enough data points yet. Good news is, KU should be able to beat the crap out of #133 Nevada next week (G5 teams are weighted more on the SOS multiplier).
some of the teams the computer puts us behind
If you’re referring to Cal, Northwestern, and Baylor, it’s because of their strength of schedule thus far. They will all probably drop soon.
Thanks for the thorough explanation. I mostly referring to Toledo and Illinois being ahead of us considering head-to-head results and I look forward to us getting a chance to redeem ourselves from last year vs texas
Yeah, I realized after replying that you’re below Illinois. There’s still a little poll inertia (they were preseason #25), but really the weak W1 opponent is the main thing. If I were doing the rankings by hand, I value head-to-head quite a bit, but the model would suggest that those results are flukes (and if not, it will soon correct itself – Colorado has risen 68 places in just 2 weeks). There’s a little stickiness with Toledo as well (pre-season #35).
redeem ourselves from last year vs texas
That game was a redemption from the year prior… I no longer live in Texas and that may be the only game I can get to this season, so I really hope that doesn’t happen
I’ll hopefully be getting mine in tonight. If I can figure out this Computer Poll shit…lol
Worst comes to worse, I’ll just do some ELO stuff until I get sorted.