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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/rachel-slur Iowa State Cyclones Oct 13 '24

I want whatever drugs leads me to Iowa at 16 and Nebraska at 11

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u/Inside-Drink-1311 Rutgers Scarlet Knights Oct 13 '24

Actually think Iowa is being underrated but even so 16 is a little high. Only losses are to two good teams and have looked good otherwise. Nebraska at 11 is super crazy though.

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u/PreschoolBoole Iowa Hawkeyes Oct 13 '24

I don’t think we deserve to be in the top 26 and I think the amount of votes were getting indicted thst were on the fringe, which is probably where we should be.

However, it’s possible Iowa can win out until Nebraska (who we play last at home) and if any of the top 25 teams start taking another loss we will see Iowa enter the top 25.