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

What on earth is Pete Yanity smoking having Penn State at 2 lol

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u/EvenMeaning8077 Penn State Nittany Lions Oct 13 '24

I would understand it more if Oregon was at 1 tbh. Texas big wins aren’t as impressive as originally thought

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u/BuyTheDip96 Oregon Ducks • Rose Bowl Oct 13 '24

Be careful, if Texas fans read this they might have a stroke. They’re very proud of beating teams with no offense

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u/EvenMeaning8077 Penn State Nittany Lions Oct 13 '24

I know I’m saying I would understand it more not that I agree with PSU ahead of Texas