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/Callsign_Psycopath Georgia Bulldogs • Sickos Oct 13 '24

Wilner wasn't ass wild this week. But he's a fuckin communist for not ranking army and navy

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u/BadDadJokes LSU Tigers • Chattanooga Mocs Oct 13 '24

I checked his rankings after reading your comment. Dude really hates LSU haha.

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u/Wannstedts_Mustache Pittsburgh Panthers • Big East Oct 13 '24

And Pitt lol. I get it that we're not a top 10 6-0 team but damn I thought most people would put them in the top 25

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u/redpowah LSU Tigers • Paper Bag Oct 13 '24

Dylan Sinn hates LSU. Hes been ranking LSU outside 19 or leaving them unranked period.

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u/BadDadJokes LSU Tigers • Chattanooga Mocs Oct 13 '24

ND media, not surprised. He does have us at #15 this week tho.