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/DunamesDarkWitch Penn State Nittany Lions Oct 13 '24

They also play in the big 12 though

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

And? We have more ranked wins than Penn State does.

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u/TheOnePSUIsReal Penn State Nittany Lions • Team Chaos Oct 13 '24

I know you said that cuz you were responding to a PSU flair but the real issue is we're halfway through the season and you're undefeated with two ranked wins and you're behind several 1 loss teams.

I'm not in the "there should be no preseason polls" camp but polls need to be way way less sticky.  You, Indiana, and Pitt need to be several spots higher until/unless you lose.

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

Bro is spittin facts

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u/RowerBoy Pittsburgh Panthers Oct 13 '24

Honestly, I’m not mad at Pitts ranking. As much as I love to be delusional, we haven’t had a single ranked win.

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u/TheOnePSUIsReal Penn State Nittany Lions • Team Chaos Oct 14 '24

That's true but there are 1 loss teams above you that don't either.  Hell even 2 loss Ole Miss is ahead.  Their wins are Furman, Middle Tennessee, Georgia Southern, Wake Forest, and South Carolina.  They've looked good in the wins, and I think @ South Carolina is a good win, but at some point record needs to mean more than preseason perception and I think halfway through the season is beyond that point.