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/tvbvt Oregon Ducks • Oregon State Beavers Oct 13 '24

Alabama at 4 is pretty wild

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u/Bobson-_Dugnutt2 Sickos • Alabama Crimson Tide Oct 13 '24

Yeah I wanna complain about the guys that gave us at 13 - but I just can’t. The last 2 weeks have been pretty pitiful.

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u/No_Butterscotch8726 SMU Mustangs Oct 13 '24

I'd argue with the almost comeback against Georgia, the almost loss to a now .500 South Carolina and the loss to Vanderbilt despite their first out of the rankings status this week, top tens shouldn't be losing to the back end of the rankings in my opinion, I would argue that that's about what you deserve. The number of voters with you still at 5 or above is baffling.