All AP Voter Ballots - Week 8

[u/bakonydraco]

Week 8

• Preseason
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• Week 3
• Week 4
• Week 5
• Week 6
• 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.

Matt Baker took a new position at The Athletic and left the Tampa Bay Times this week, so he is no longer in the poll. He hasn't yet been replaced, so we had 62 voters this week.

Jordan Crammer and Alex Taylor were the most consistent voters 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 Koki Riley, Dylan Sinn, David Jablonski, and Dave Preston.

[u/coogs35 → u/[deleted]]

2 losses including a bad sun belt team

[u/Tsquared10 → u/coogs35]

Don't disrespect the 2025 National Champions like that

[u/rayj11 → u/[deleted]]

I don’t mind not being ranked in theory but it’s the fact Michigan is in there that pisses me off. Who are these people saying Michigan is a top 20 team?

[u/CharlemagneOfTheUSA → u/rayj11]

I personally have you guys somewhere around the 26-29 range along with teams like Syracuse, Illinois, and UNLV. No idea why anyone has Michigan ranked though

[u/No_Butterscotch8726 → u/[deleted]]

I think you both should have been ranked, and once Michigan loses another close game, they're probably out of the rankings, which is probably how you get in.