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cartman's FOFC College Football Top 25 poll, Week 3, open for voting
Now that the weekend's games have concluded, time to open up this week's voting. Submissions are due by 6pm Central on Thursday, Sept. 19th.
Here's how last week's poll members fared: Code:
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09-16-2013, 10:50 AM | #2 |
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What the heck, I'll give this a go this time around:
Oregon Ohio State Stanford Florida State Clemson Alabama Miami, FL Louisville LSU Oklahoma State Oklahoma UCLA Georgia Washington Northwestern Baylor Auburn Michigan South Carolina Texas A&M Wisconsin Florida Nebraska Notre Dame Utah State
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09-16-2013, 01:44 PM | #3 |
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1. Alabama (1)
2. Ohio State (2) 3. Oregon (3) 4. Clemson (4) 5. Stanford (5) 6. LSU (7) 7. Louisville (6) 8. Florida State (9) 9. Georgia (8) 10. South Carolina (12) 11. Oklahoma (13) 12. Michigan (10) 13. Oklahoma State (15) 14. Texas A&M (11) 15. Miami (16) 16. UCLA (17) 17. Northwestern (20) 18. Notre Dame (19) 19. Baylor (21) 20. Washington (22) 21. Florida (23) 22. Ole Miss (25) 23. Texas Tech (NR) 24. Arizona State (NR) 25. Wisconsin (18) Dropped out: Nebraska (14), TCU (24) |
09-16-2013, 02:54 PM | #4 |
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1. Alabama (1)
2. Oregon (2) 3. Ohio State (3) 4. Stanford (5) 5. FSU (6) 6. Clemson (7) 7. Louisville (8) 8. LSU (9) 9. Texas A&M (9) 10. Michigan (10) 11. Georgia (11) 12. Oklahoma State (12) 13. Oklahoma (13) 14. Northwestern (15) 15. Miami (16) 16. South Carolina (17) 17. Washington (18) 18. UCLA (19) 19. Ole Miss (24) 20. Notre Dame (20) 21. Florida (21) 22. Baylor (23) 23. Wisconsin (22) 24. Texas Tech (Un) 25. Michigan State (Un) from Jon's Three Cents | Because two cents worth isn't always enough Dropped Out This Week: Nebraska (14), TCU (25)
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09-16-2013, 02:55 PM | #5 |
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Note to Cartman: I have always removed the (last week) from my posts but if you're able to process it equally well with themthen I'll leave them in going forward. That is the native format I use, but if it makes compiling harder then it's no biggie for me to keep removing them if you prefer.
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09-16-2013, 04:09 PM | #6 |
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1. Alabama (1)
2. Stanford (2) 3. Ohio State (3) 4. Oregon (6) 5. Clemson (4) 6. LSU (7) 7. Georgia (8) 8. Louisville (9) 9. Florida State (10) 10. Texas A&M (5) 11. Oklahoma State (12) 12. Michigan (11) 13. South Carolina (13) 14. Northwestern (15) 15. Oklahoma (16) 16. Miami (FL) (18) 17. UCLA (24) 18. Florida (19) 19. Baylor (20) 20. Washington (22) 21. Ole Miss (NR) 22. Notre Dame (23) 23. Arizona State (NR) 24. Michigan State (25) 25. UCF (NR) Dropped Out: Nebraska (14), Wisconsin (17), TCU (21) |
09-16-2013, 05:43 PM | #7 |
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1. Alabama
2. Oregon 3. Ohio State 4. Stanford 5. Clemson 6. LSU 7. Florida State 8. Texas A&M 9. Michigan 10. UCLA 11. Louisville 12. Georgia 13. Northwestern 14. Oklahoma 15. South Carolina 16. Oklahoma State 17. Miami 18. Baylor 19. Washington 20. Florida 21. Notre Dame 22. UCF 23. Fresno State 24. Wisconsin 25. Ole Miss
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1. Alabama
2. Oregon 3. Ohio State 4. Clemson 5. Louisville 6. Stanford 7. Louisiana State 8. Florida State 9. Georgia 10. South Carolina 11. Oklahoma State 12. Texas A&M 13. Northwestern 14. Michigan 15. UCLA 16. Oklahoma 17. Washington 18. Notre Dame 19. Georgia Tech 20. Miami (FL) 21. Wisconsin 22. Baylor 23. Florida 24. Maryland 25. Arizona State
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09-17-2013, 12:21 PM | #9 |
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1. UCLA
2. Florida State 3. Washington 4. Alabama 5. Oregon 6. Auburn 7. Georgia 8. Georgia Tech 9. Texas A&M 10. Clemson 11. Stanford 12. Oklahoma State 13. South Carolina 14. Navy 15. Indiana 16. Louisville 17. Nebraska 18. Louisiana State 19. Oklahoma 20. Miami (FL) 21. Washington State 22. Illinois 23. Arizona 24. Texas Tech 25. Pittsburgh |
09-17-2013, 12:47 PM | #10 |
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1. Alabama
2. Oregon 3. Ohio State 4. LSU 5. Clemson 6. Stanford 7. Florida State 8. Georgia 9. Texas A&M 10. UCLA 11. South Carolina 12. Oklahoma 13. Michigan 14. Oklahoma State 15. Washington 16. Louisville 17. Northwestern 18. Baylor 19. Miami FL 20. Wisconsin 21. Nebraska 22. Notre Dame 23. Utah State 24. Florida 25. Arizona State
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09-17-2013, 01:09 PM | #11 |
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so do people try and screw with the poll on purpose?
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09-17-2013, 02:02 PM | #12 |
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Yeah, it kinda sucks to actually put forth some effort and do a little research only to someone have UCLA and U-Dub in the top 3. I may have to exhibit my all-Texas Top 25 poll next week, with Mizzou being number 1.
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09-17-2013, 02:13 PM | #13 |
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09-17-2013, 02:14 PM | #14 |
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britrock has explained his formula in the past. He admits it is a bit wonky the first few weeks of the season.
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09-17-2013, 02:15 PM | #15 |
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If britrock legitimately believes that, power to him. One of the reasons I submitted a poll today (aside from the fact I always intended to after a few weeks into the season) is that I saw his poll and felt more participation might be needed to water down his submission.
And that comes from a UCLA fan, lol.
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09-17-2013, 02:17 PM | #16 |
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Here's the Top 25 from Solecismic's Football Frontier:
1. Oregon 2. Florida State 3. Oklahoma State 4. Alabama 5. UCLA 6. Louisville 7. Arizona 8. Virginia Tech 9. Georgia 10. Clemson 11. Ohio State 12. Auburn 13. Oklahoma 14. Central Florida 15. Miami, FL 16. LSU 17. Tennessee 18. Washington 19. Baylor 20. Mississippi 21. Florida 22. Texas A&M 23. Mississippi State 24. Nebraska 25. Northwestern My Top 25: And my Top 25: 1. Alabama 2. Oregon 3. Ohio State 4. Clemson 5. Florida State 6. Louisville 7. Stanford 8. Georgia 9. LSU 10. Michigan 11. Oklahoma State 12. South Carolina 13. UCLA 14. Texas A&M 15. Oklahoma 16. Miami(FL) 17. UCLA 19. Northwestern 19. Baylor 20. Florida 21. Michigan State 22. Notre Dame 23. Arizona State 24. Mississippi 25. Nebraska
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09-17-2013, 02:18 PM | #17 | |
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Knowing that there is some reason behind his logic makes me feel better about his poll, but I am still glad I submitted my poll in response. Of course, I put UCLA at #10, so it's not like I am doing much to counter his (and in my biased opinion, UCLA will finish the season in the Top 10 anyway).
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09-17-2013, 02:18 PM | #18 |
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As a point of reference, there are quite a few computer polls that have UCLA ranked high:
College Football Ranking Composite
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09-17-2013, 02:19 PM | #19 | |
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Bruin love! The books are giving NMSU 42.5 points to take a bet against UCLA this Saturday. That's the biggest line versus UCLA in aeons.
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09-17-2013, 02:28 PM | #20 | |
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Yeah, most know I am huge UW fan but would never have them ranked 3rd. Maybe an argument for top 10, maybe. I honestly don't see how anyone doesn't have Alabama as number one. Last edited by Lathum : 09-17-2013 at 02:29 PM. |
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09-17-2013, 03:19 PM | #22 |
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You need both an eye test (i.e. Alabama deserves to be #1 because they look incredible and they have the reputation) and a computer element to compare data.
Unfortunately, early in the season the computer element struggles to find enough common data to connect teams. That's why many computer polls begin with week 7 or 8. I could tell you which results are causing UCLA to skyrocket in computer polls, but it'll even itself out down the road. What's interesting to me is why a "bad" win doesn't knock teams down more in human polls. Michigan was borderline top ten after beating Notre Dame. The result against Akron Saturday was an indication that Michigan may not be top 25 at all. So the human polls drop them 3-4 spots, which seems silly, because a very lucky survival win at home against a team that hasn't won on the road in five years deserves a stronger response. Computer ratings like mine, which factor in score and statistics, drop Michigan out of the top 25. And computer polls like the ones the BCS used to require don't penalize Michigan at all, because they're only allowed to use wins and losses. I think human polls are too obsessed with "perfect" records. |
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1. Alabama
2. Ohio St. 3. Clemson 4. Oregon 5. Stanford 6. Florida St. 7. LSU 8. Louisville 9. Michigan 10. Georgia 11. Oklahoma St. 12. South Carolina 13. Oklahoma 14. Texas A&M 15. Miami, FL 16. Northwestern 17. Baylor 18. Northern Illinois 19. Washington 20. Wisconsin 21. UCLA 22. Ole Miss 23. Florida 24. Michigan St. 25. Arkansas
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09-17-2013, 05:27 PM | #24 |
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Just so you know, I use the eye test. No computers. I just watch games and use my knowledge.
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I appreciate the point you make here, certainly. Michigan fell from something like 7th out of my poll (which is simply the SRS these days, to save time) as a result of the Akron game. For those more interested in the specifics of the SRS, it's the sum of a team's average MOV (capped) and its SOS, which is, in turn, the average of its opponents' average MOV. |
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Clemson beat Uga head to head....and Uga beat sc..... Yet Uga is ranked higher. Shrug. It'll work out. |
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09-19-2013, 10:55 AM | #27 |
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Clemson won by 3 points at home, no? That's a tie, for all intents and purposes, once you take home-field advantage into account.
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09-19-2013, 08:53 PM | #28 |
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So a win is a tie? GO COMPUTERS!!!!
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This is why using margin of victory is problematic. That was a 10 point game where Clemson essentially let Georgia march down the field in service of running the clock out. There are so many fewer data points in football than there are in any other sport, I really think head-to-head should be valued a bit more than what we are seeing in many of the computer polls (not just yours or Jim's, judging by the composite list given).
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09-22-2013, 12:44 AM | #30 |
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I know computer rankings are an easy target. There's always something that doesn't pass the smell test. I've put a lot of work into my rankings. Fundamentally, a win/loss is the most important piece. But I've looked into how statistics correlate with results, and used different assessments of margin of victory. I think the computer can point out where the eye test doesn't work as well - often in smoothing out major differences in strength of schedule.
It did well with Clemson/Georgia this week. It had Clemson a 14-point favorite at N.C. State, and they won by 12. It had Georgia a 26-point favorite at home with North Texas, and they won by 24. And that's without massaging the numbers with an eye test, which you'd do if you were making predictions. And I think its assessment that Michigan was 37th rather than the 15th that the polls use is much more accurate. Of course, one could also point out wide misses, like Virginia Tech, which I thought would have an easy time with Marshall. |
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