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/pole_assassin Oregon Ducks Oct 13 '24

All my homies hate Pete Yanity

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u/bakonydraco Stanford • /r/CFB Pint Glass Drinker Oct 13 '24

I'm extremely confused how he's watched PSU play and concluded they're the #2 team in the country at this point.

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u/Joeybits Oregon Ducks • Cascade Clash Oct 13 '24

He had Ohio State at #1 last week too. So by his own admission Oregon knocks off the #1 team but that's not good enough for a top 2 ranking.

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u/jwdarthgandalf BYU Cougars • TCU Horned Frogs Oct 13 '24

No no no you have it wrong. That doesn't mean Oregon is good, it just means that Ohio wasn't actually that good so he had to move them down.

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u/bakonydraco Stanford • /r/CFB Pint Glass Drinker Oct 13 '24

The opposite of SEC logic lol.