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| | 1 | Penn State | 88 | 1 | - | | 2 | Ohio State | 85 | 1 | +2 | | 3 | Georgia | 75 | 0 | +4 | | 4 | LSU | 73 | 0 | - | | 5 | Iowa State | 68 | 1 | +15 | | 6 | Oregon | 60 | 0 | -4 | | 7 | Miami (FL) | 59 | 0 | +2 | | 8 | Tennessee | 51 | 0 | +12 | | 9 | South Carolina | 49 | 0 | - | | 10 | Michigan | 45 | 0 | +8 | | 11 | Arizona State | 43 | 0 | -1 | | 12 | Kansas | 41 | 0 | NR | | 13 | Illinois | 36 | 0 | -1 | | 14 | Texas | 35 | 0 | -12 | | 15 | Florida | 33 | 0 | -2 | | 16 | Ole Miss | 32 | 0 | +7 | | 17 | USC | 31 | 0 | NR | | T18 | Notre Dame | 29 | 0 | -12 | | T18 | Florida State | 29 | 0 | NR | | 20 | SMU | 26 | 0 | -5 | | T21 | Arizona | 25 | 0 | NR | | T21 | Maryland | 25 | 1 | NR | | 23 | Texas A&M | 23 | 0 | -6 | | T24 | Utah | 22 | 0 | NR | | T24 | Purdue | 22 | 0 | NR |
Dropped Out: Alabama (8), Clemson (13), Kansas State (15), Oklahoma (18), Boise State (20), Texas Tech (23), Indiana (25)
Others receiving votes: Oklahoma (21), Indiana (20), Auburn (19), Washington (19), TCU (18), Clemson (15), Texas Tech (15), Mississippi State (12), Nebraska (12), Michigan State (11), Alabama (10), Wisconsin (10), BYU (5), Minnesota (4), South Florida (4)
Link to the results spreadsheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1u35gZ-_AAeVcici24eKSJxlMRxa_ENm3T8qCgqzvTJc/edit?gid=109618283#gid=109618283
Link to the Poll (I try to put out a link to the poll every Sunday, and I aim to have the Poll updated Thursday of gameweek): https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1u35gZ-_AAeVcici24eKSJxlMRxa_ENm3T8qCgqzvTJc/edit?gid=109618283#gid=109618283
Maryland was me. I don't know exactly how that happened. My best guess is that Maryland had a big win over a "decently average" opponent (read: not a cupcake).
How did it decide FAU was decent? I dunno. Based on non-conference games, it thinks the American conference is the best Group of 6 conference, which is probably helping.
Like last year, I'm sure it these outliers will become less frequent and extreme as it gets more data.