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RTT final BlogPoll ballot: week seven

Rank Team Delta
1 Alabama 1
2 Texas 2
3 Penn State 2
4 Oklahoma State 21
5 Texas Tech 9
6 Oklahoma 5
7 Southern Cal 8
8 Florida 18
9 Ohio State 3
10 Utah 3
11 Michigan State 13
12 Boise State 1
13 Missouri 10
14 Kansas 6
15 Georgia 6
16 Brigham Young 6
17 South Florida 1
18 North Carolina 1
19 Virginia Tech 7
20 Wake Forest 6
21 TCU --
22 Ball State 2
23 Vanderbilt 12
24 California 2
25 LSU 13

Dropped Out: Florida State (#16), Kentucky (#19), Georgia Tech (#23).

Tweaked based on the discussion here. You can see the raw, unadjusted computer results for this week below the jump. I decided the following computer quirks might actually be right and decided to live with them rather than follow the herd of humans:

  • Michigan State. The Spartans are 20th and 17th in the major polls, so the computer having them at 9th would seem too high. Still, they're 6-1 halfway through the season with only a respectable loss to Cal in the first game of the season. Yeah, no marquee wins yet, really, but their pass efficiency defense and opponent points per game stats are respectable. I wonder if the computer might be more reliable here than the human polls. After all, the computer doesn't know that THIS IS MICHIGAN STATE FOR CRYING OUT LOUD.
  • LSU. 13th and 14th in the major polls, 15th in the BlogPoll Monday Draft, and 33rd according to the RTT computer. We'll see in a couple of weeks, but here's the thing. They've beaten Appy State, North Texas, Auburn, and Mississippi State, and they got manhandled by one-loss Florida. Even against that competition, their numbers aren't all that impressive. The computer neither knows nor cares that THEY ARE THE DEFENDING NATIONAL CHAMPIONS HAVE A GREAT DAY!
  • Florida. The RTT computer has the Gators at 17, while the BlogPoll Monday draft has them at 4. They have solid but not extraordinary numbers. What the computer doesn't know is that they seem to have fixed whatever ills they had early in the season. Of course, the computer doesn't care, either. It's designed to be strictly a resume system and only cares about the past. If the humans are right that Florida is primed for a run, expect the computer to be along shortly.
  • BYU. The BlogPoll Monday draft says 10, but the computer says 16. The Cougars sport the nation's best third down offense and the nation's second best points per game for opponents, but they've played no one: Northern Iowa, Washington, UCLA, Wyoming, Utah State, New Mexico. I'm going with the computer, considering the competition.

Raw, unadjusted computer rankings (1-34) after the jump.

Rank
Team
WL
SOS
PED
RD
3DO
TD
PEO
EXP
OPPG
TO
3DD
AVG R
W AVG
1
Alabama
1
42
19
2
26
10
55
95
12
52
7
29.18
76.35
2
Texas
1
30
61
3
9
40
3
116
18
11
38
30.00
81.13
3
Penn St.
1
59
7
11
6
8
15
38
6
9
5
15.00
83.24
4
Oklahoma St.
1
51
38
52
11
62
4
45
55
8
8
30.45
94.91
5
Texas Tech
1
56
50
24
8
64
10
68
43
2
4
30.00
99.53
6
Boise St.
1
71
17
62
27
36
7
114
7
22
10
34.00
118.80
7
Ohio St.
11
27
13
23
69
12
51
59
13
94
63
39.55
122.70
8
Utah
1
94
57
8
41
7
25
14
37
43
15
31.09
140.49
9
Michigan St.
11
38
24
60
80
68
62
68
25
62
75
52.09
143.42
10
Oklahoma
16
4
15
25
16
23
2
59
37
6
17
20.00
149.99
11
South Fla.
16
28
26
6
23
11
31
66
31
25
20
25.73
155.58
12
Minnesota
11
46
68
46
79
83
29
112
36
66
38
55.82
157.52
13
Georgia Tech
16
16
3
32
58
6
23
109
4
53
58
34.36
159.24
14
Kansas
16
44
20
12
3
34
11
32
27
14
40
23.00
160.26
15
Georgia
16
12
64
4
19
15
27
90
31
23
29
30.00
160.33
16
BYU
1
114
29
38
1
31
8
49
2
16
76
33.18
162.02
17
Florida
16
43
23
17
28
18
20
116
10
37
29
32.45
165.64
18
North Carolina
16
20
33
61
47
74
32
72
41
91
76
51.18
168.72
19
TCU
11
93
14
1
10
1
100
26
9
39
3
27.91
168.72
20
Missouri
16
24
71
33
14
82
6
32
46
3
80
37.00
169.15
21
Ball St.
1
111
21
87
4
55
9
53
20
15
65
40.09
169.29
22
Northwestern
16
48
46
37
20
37
96
59
23
51
23
41.45
175.06
23
Connecticut
16
41
31
52
52
33
112
109
29
42
60
52.45
179.13
24
Virginia Tech
16
29
83
54
66
35
81
105
34
107
42
59.27
185.19
25
Vanderbilt
16
53
22
51
92
39
106
90
22
117
71
61.73
189.43
26
Cincinnati
16
61
77
13
85
47
19
59
37
40
57
46.45
190.88
27
Tulsa
1
118
104
75
2
101
1
49
71
1
103
56.91
200.02
28
Western Mich.
11
113
62
59
51
60
21
14
54
27
83
50.45
201.74
29
Southern California
29
19
4
10
29
4
12
72
1
19
16
19.55
267.05
30
Florida St.
29
26
12
5
7
2
83
53
21
28
1
24.27
269.71
31
Wake Forest
29
40
1
48
77
17
52
49
16
86
45
41.82
278.10
32
California
29
47
9
14
92
25
43
90
27
33
21
39.09
280.95
33
LSU
29
54
44
28
57
32
47
77
52
36
35
44.64
282.40
34
Pittsburgh
29
49
53
40
44
27
85
77
48
70
44
51.45
283.41