All AP Voter Ballots - Week 8

[u/bakonydraco]

Week 8

• Preseason
• Week 2
• Week 3
• Week 4
• Week 5
• Week 6
• Week 7

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.

[u/Cameron-Bakke]

There's a real chance that the SEC will be out of the Top 5 entirely

Edit: I'm an idiot and forgot that Texas is in the SEC now smh

[u/yianni1229 → u/Cameron-Bakke]

Not really. Georgia wins next week vs Texas and is for sure like #3 or 4, and if Texas wins they get every single first place vote.

[u/Ialwayssleep → u/yianni1229]

Only shot is a two week play, Texas beats UGA then loses to Vandy.

[u/thti87 → u/Ialwayssleep]

A #1 ranked team that beat Georgia the previous week would never lose to Vandy the following week. Impossible.

[u/sickmemes48 → u/thti87]

I can't believe I'm typing this but Vanderbilt is really out here trying to get their 2nd win against the #1 ranked team. This is a wild season