This here's the RTT Ready, Fire, Aim BlogPoll computer ballot. For a complete refresher on what we're doing, go here, here, here, and here. You can also hit the "blogpoll" tag below the post for a list of all of the related stories.
Prior tweaks to the system: (1) added experience ratings; (2) adjusted the weighting with a "square root of the sum of the squares." Why? I'll you why: I don't know. (3) revised the way tied teams were ranked; (4) began sorting the win/loss category based on losing percentage to hopefully alleviate the penalty to teams with early byes; (5) (a) adjusted the weighting of the win/loss factor and (b) adjusted the strength of schedule factor by subjecting the NCAA past opposition figures to a strength of conference rating. Conferences were divided into two categories: BCS and non-BCS; and (6) modified the Conference Ratings so that there were three categories instead of just BCS and non-BCS. The new categories are (a) the SEC and the Big12, (b) the other BCS conferences, and (c) the non-BCS conferences.
Tweaks for this week:
- None, although I think I'd be comfortable with a head-to-head fix to elimate things like Oklahoma being ranked above Texas when they have identical win/loss numbers and the Longhorns beat the Sooners by ten. Not quite sure how to set that up, though.
- The categories again: Win/Loss, Strength of Schedule, Pass Efficiency Defense, Rush Defense, 3rd Down Offense, Total Defense, Pass Efficiency Offense, Experience, Opponents Points Per Game, Total Offense, and 3rd Down Defense. The AVG R column is Average Ranking, and the last column is Weighted Average.
- The current weighting of the categories: 100, 15, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. Then tweaked by the square root of the sum of the squares maneuver.
- Current spreadsheet here.
All right, then. The Top 35, according to the computer:
Rank |
Team |
WL |
SOS |
PED |
RD |
3DO |
TD |
PEO |
EXP |
OPPG |
TO |
3DD |
AVG R |
W AVG |
1 |
Texas Tech | 1 |
6 |
46 |
19 |
3 |
57 |
8 |
68 |
48 |
2 |
28 |
26.00 |
59.85 |
2 |
Alabama | 1 |
27 |
7 |
4 |
37 |
4 |
63 |
95 |
7 |
59 |
2 |
27.82 |
72.29 |
3 |
Oklahoma | 6 |
11 |
30 |
20 |
23 |
51 |
3 |
59 |
56 |
3 |
12 |
24.91 |
76.64 |
4 |
Texas | 6 |
3 |
68 |
6 |
4 |
60 |
2 |
116 |
37 |
9 |
42 |
32.09 |
95.37 |
5 |
Florida | 10 |
9 |
14 |
21 |
21 |
14 |
10 |
116 |
4 |
31 |
22 |
24.73 |
104.74 |
6 |
Penn St. | 6 |
57 |
5 |
9 |
9 |
6 |
23 |
38 |
5 |
19 |
25 |
18.36 |
118.90 |
7 |
Southern California | 10 |
51 |
1 |
3 |
24 |
1 |
12 |
72 |
1 |
12 |
5 |
17.45 |
133.50 |
8 |
Utah | 1 |
77 |
35 |
8 |
45 |
11 |
27 |
14 |
15 |
39 |
11 |
25.73 |
147.10 |
9 |
Ohio St. | 15 |
22 |
10 |
17 |
26 |
7 |
35 |
59 |
6 |
89 |
65 |
31.91 |
147.36 |
10 |
Georgia | 15 |
2 |
63 |
13 |
35 |
28 |
19 |
90 |
63 |
22 |
47 |
36.09 |
153.49 |
11 |
Boise St. | 1 |
80 |
2 |
15 |
33 |
10 |
6 |
114 |
2 |
20 |
6 |
26.27 |
153.53 |
12 |
Missouri | 15 |
8 |
77 |
46 |
8 |
87 |
5 |
32 |
56 |
6 |
79 |
38.09 |
163.09 |
13 |
Oklahoma St. | 15 |
16 |
78 |
32 |
20 |
84 |
4 |
45 |
60 |
7 |
56 |
37.91 |
163.96 |
14 |
Michigan St. | 13 |
56 |
15 |
72 |
79 |
46 |
76 |
68 |
30 |
68 |
51 |
52.18 |
180.08 |
15 |
TCU | 13 |
79 |
8 |
1 |
6 |
2 |
67 |
26 |
3 |
29 |
4 |
21.64 |
188.95 |
16 |
North Carolina | 21 |
28 |
24 |
59 |
31 |
54 |
29 |
72 |
21 |
92 |
72 |
45.73 |
209.13 |
17 |
Florida St. | 21 |
45 |
29 |
14 |
17 |
5 |
72 |
53 |
26 |
37 |
1 |
29.09 |
213.24 |
18 |
Air Force | 15 |
89 |
26 |
58 |
32 |
25 |
14 |
7 |
17 |
63 |
78 |
38.55 |
218.78 |
19 |
Cincinnati | 21 |
35 |
34 |
25 |
114 |
43 |
30 |
59 |
38 |
53 |
14 |
42.36 |
219.68 |
20 |
Ball St. | 1 |
116 |
18 |
76 |
7 |
48 |
7 |
53 |
9 |
11 |
53 |
36.27 |
221.26 |
21 |
BYU | 6 |
114 |
43 |
50 |
2 |
45 |
9 |
49 |
19 |
17 |
103 |
41.55 |
222.62 |
22 |
Pittsburgh | 21 |
49 |
71 |
36 |
60 |
32 |
74 |
77 |
62 |
42 |
62 |
53.27 |
229.12 |
23 |
South Carolina | 26 |
25 |
12 |
11 |
51 |
3 |
60 |
26 |
10 |
86 |
16 |
29.64 |
245.43 |
24 |
Western Mich. | 15 |
105 |
55 |
57 |
43 |
86 |
17 |
14 |
50 |
23 |
76 |
49.18 |
249.14 |
25 |
Tulsa | 10 |
119 |
105 |
37 |
1 |
88 |
1 |
49 |
73 |
1 |
84 |
51.64 |
257.41 |
26 |
Georgia Tech | 26 |
50 |
19 |
41 |
56 |
16 |
62 |
109 |
12 |
65 |
63 |
47.18 |
262.98 |
27 |
Northwestern | 26 |
60 |
49 |
44 |
22 |
58 |
89 |
59 |
39 |
56 |
39 |
49.18 |
271.89 |
28 |
Minnesota | 26 |
59 |
52 |
65 |
71 |
70 |
42 |
112 |
22 |
75 |
27 |
56.45 |
277.80 |
29 |
Oregon | 26 |
65 |
51 |
28 |
71 |
66 |
95 |
38 |
64 |
13 |
54 |
51.91 |
278.78 |
30 |
Central Mich. | 21 |
100 |
104 |
61 |
13 |
98 |
20 |
95 |
81 |
30 |
93 |
65.09 |
288.97 |
31 |
LSU | 32 |
10 |
41 |
23 |
62 |
24 |
68 |
77 |
59 |
33 |
18 |
40.64 |
300.21 |
32 |
Miami (Fla.) | 32 |
36 |
36 |
24 |
97 |
15 |
85 |
18 |
45 |
98 |
63 |
49.91 |
309.84 |
33 |
Oregon St. | 32 |
54 |
25 |
27 |
40 |
17 |
22 |
12 |
45 |
25 |
7 |
27.82 |
309.99 |
34 |
West Virginia | 32 |
55 |
16 |
34 |
53 |
23 |
37 |
53 |
11 |
72 |
81 |
42.45 |
312.40 |
35 |
Virginia Tech | 32 |
30 |
72 |
16 |
80 |
18 |
94 |
105 |
34 |
109 |
30 |
56.36 |
312.52 |
So what human overrides are called for this week? Candidates (those that are around five spots or more off from the major polls) (remember, this will be updated later):
Possibly out of order
- Oklahoma and Texas
Possibly too high
- Penn State
- Utah
- Michigan State
- North Carolina
- Florida State
- Air Force
- Cincinnati
- Western Michigan
Possibly too low
- Florida
- Southern Cal
Any others that you see?
Current draft ballot, without any interventions yet:
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Rank | Team | Delta |
---|---|---|
1 | Texas Tech | -- |
2 | Alabama | -- |
3 | Oklahoma | ![]() |
4 | Texas | -- |
5 | Florida | -- |
6 | Penn State | ![]() |
7 | Southern Cal | ![]() |
8 | Utah | ![]() |
9 | Ohio State | ![]() |
10 | Georgia | ![]() |
11 | Boise State | ![]() |
12 | Missouri | ![]() |
13 | Oklahoma State | ![]() |
14 | Michigan State | ![]() |
15 | TCU | ![]() |
16 | North Carolina | ![]() |
17 | Florida State | ![]() |
18 | Air Force | ![]() |
19 | Cincinnati | ![]() |
20 | Ball State | ![]() |
21 | Brigham Young | ![]() |
22 | Pittsburgh | ![]() |
23 | South Carolina | ![]() |
24 | Western Michigan | ![]() |
25 | Virginia Tech | ![]() |
We'll use up to three vetoes of the computer rankings. Now soliciting suggestions.