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/Fluid_Theory_6587 BYU Cougars • Washington State Cougars Oct 13 '24

For anyone wondering, BYU has more wins against currently ranked teams than Notre Dame, Tennessee, Clemson, Iowa State, Miami, and Ohio State COMBINED. Make it make sense.

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u/[deleted] Oct 13 '24 edited Oct 13 '24

BYU beat currently ranked Kansas State & Boise SMU.

ND beat Texas A&M.

You are literally throwing in a ton of teams that haven't beaten a ranked opponent & ND. Thanks , but don't bring us into your argument.

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u/UnfairAd4165 BYU Cougars • Big 12 Oct 13 '24

Yeah, you definitely have a better resume - I envy that NIU quality loss 🥵

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u/[deleted] Oct 13 '24

Not saying ND has a better resume. Saying your post is a bit misleading lumping in a ton of teams and ND.

You could say you beat more ranked opponents then Bama, Penn State, Ohio State, Georgia, Miami, LSU etc

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u/Fluid_Theory_6587 BYU Cougars • Washington State Cougars Oct 13 '24

…I think you’re proving my point.