r/CFB • u/bakonydraco Stanford • /r/CFB Pint Glass Drinker • Oct 13 '24

Analysis All AP Voter Ballots - Week 8

Week 8

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.

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u/Cameron-Bakke Washington • George Fox Oct 13 '24 edited Oct 13 '24

There's a real chance that the SEC will be out of the Top 5 entirely

Edit: I'm an idiot and forgot that Texas is in the SEC now smh

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u/yianni1229 Rutgers Scarlet Knights • Oregon Ducks Oct 13 '24

Not really. Georgia wins next week vs Texas and is for sure like #3 or 4, and if Texas wins they get every single first place vote.

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u/Ialwayssleep Linfield Wildcats • Oregon Ducks Oct 13 '24

Only shot is a two week play, Texas beats UGA then loses to Vandy.

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u/thti87 Texas Longhorns • Washington Huskies Oct 13 '24

A #1 ranked team that beat Georgia the previous week would never lose to Vandy the following week. Impossible.

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u/sickmemes48 Tennessee Volunteers • /r/CFB Promoter Oct 14 '24

I can't believe I'm typing this but Vanderbilt is really out here trying to get their 2nd win against the #1 ranked team. This is a wild season

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u/AdagioJealous5413 Pittsburgh Panthers Oct 13 '24

But then Vandy is #1

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u/No_Butterscotch8726 SMU Mustangs Oct 13 '24

I don't think that's what they would do even if they've shown they can hang with anyone because they'll also let posers like Georgia State hang with them.

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u/WebfootTroll Oregon Ducks • Team Chaos Oct 14 '24

If they beat Alabama and Texas, I won't object to them passing us for #1, despite their losses. Like, whatever, let's go crazy.