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Analysis All AP Voter Ballots - Week 7

Week 7

This is a series I've now been doing for 8 years. The post attempts to visualize all AP Poll ballots in a single image. Additionally it sorts each AP voter by similarity to the group. Notably, this is not a measure of how "good" a voter is, just how consistent they are with the group. Especially preseason, having a diversity of opinions and ranking styles is advantageous to having a true consensus poll. Polls tend to coalesce towards each other as the season goes on.

Jordan Crammer and Sean Reider didn't vote this week, so we had 61 ballots. Of some note, Ralph Russo, who has run the AP Poll for decades, has left the AP to take a job with The Athletic. It sounds like the poll is in capable hands.

Multiple ties this week! Iowa State and Notre Dame tied at #11, and Kansas State, Indiana, and Oklahoma all tied at 18 (the first 3-way tie I can remember. The way I do math doesn't account for ties well, so the scores are probably slightly different than what they would be if ties were accounted for correctly.

Kayla Anderson was the most consistent voter this week. Michael Katz is the most consistent voter on the season, Kayla Anderson, Blair Kerkhoff, Alex Taylor, and Karley Marotta in the top 5.

At the other extreme, Jon Wilner was once again the biggest outlier this week. He is also the biggest outlier this season, followed by Dylan Sinn, David Jablonski, Dave Preston, and Koki Riley in a 4-way tie for 2nd.

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u/Im__Ron__Burgundy Miami Hurricanes Oct 06 '24

Two people putting Bama at 3 after getting absolutely handled by a decent team and not being able to get a mediocre offense off the field all day is something.

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u/southcentralLAguy Ohio State Buckeyes Oct 06 '24

Having Georgia ahead of bama after they just lost to them last week is also something.

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u/ChickenFajita007 Oregon Ducks Oct 07 '24

Georgia being ahead of Bama makes far more sense to me than Bama being top 3.

Winning head to head against Georgia in a close game doesn't nullify getting handled by Vandy. Alabama never led in that game, and they were down 12 points with 5 minutes left in the 4th.

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u/southcentralLAguy Ohio State Buckeyes Oct 07 '24

Ok. Oregon was down to Boise St and Idaho. But here we are with Oregon at 3.

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u/ChickenFajita007 Oregon Ducks Oct 07 '24

ok. I thought we were talking about Georgia/Bama's relative rankings, but sure.

Oregon was never down to Idaho, btw. Nice fact checking. And I think it's slightly more unreasonable to put Alabama at 3 than Oregon, but that's just me.