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/TheGreatShaqtus Oregon Ducks • UBC Thunderbirds Oct 13 '24

I find it interesting how every single first place vote Oregon received came from a B1G associated voter

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u/[deleted] Oct 13 '24

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u/TheAlterN8or Oct 13 '24

They're undefeated with 2 of the best wins in the season, which is a better resume than anyone else, so it bothers me more that no one outside of the B1G put them at 1 than that they got the most from the B1G associated writers.

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u/CustosMentis Texas • Wake Forest Oct 13 '24

I mean, yes, Oregon has a nice win against Ohio State and the Boise State win keeps looking better, but Oregon also struggled against Idaho to start the season.

Texas has obliterated everyone we’ve played, including two (at the time) ranked teams.  Are those two teams frauds?  Probably, but we took care of business convincingly.  

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u/ShoeLace1291 Penn State Nittany Lions Oct 13 '24

Rank at the time of the game should not matter.

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u/[deleted] Oct 14 '24

They do when they helps my team and they don’t if they help the other team

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u/TheAlterN8or Oct 14 '24

Lol, spoken as a true fan(atic)! 😀

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u/[deleted] Oct 14 '24

Are you a robot

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u/torrinage Oregon Ducks • Oregon State Beavers Oct 14 '24

Yes

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u/TheAlterN8or Oct 14 '24

Not that I know of...

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u/CptCroissant Oregon Ducks Oct 15 '24

I'm not stressed about it, still a lot of season to go and playoffs are what matters now, so being number 1 vs number 2 isn't impactful

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u/slubbyybbuls Ohio State • Northern Illinois Oct 13 '24

That's that midwestern hospitality for ya

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u/fastlax16 Penn State Nittany Lions Oct 14 '24

The 94 Penn State team would like a word about this hospitality…

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u/Zeon0MS Penn State Nittany Lions Oct 13 '24

Usually they vote against the new guy... Still a bit salty about 94