My ballot. Computer poll. I realized this week that in my haste to calculate last week’s results, I forgot to make adjustments to all the teams that were on bye and thus over-ranked each of them. D’oh. I corrected it for this week, so that’s why the change values will not line up with what I posted last week.

I am amused that despite Alabama’s blowout win, they only move up one place (the computer definitely predicted that result, too, as it is really a power-rating kind of formula). Similar situation with Ole Miss and Georgia (it did not think very highly of the dogs). Virginia Tech baffles me, holding the same position for 3 weeks like a stuck pixel.

LOL at the field storming before the game is over

What happened to the vaunted UGA defense? Ole Miss is shredding them. Maybe it’s the weather – I wonder if it’s possible to run sprinklers during the game, although come to think of it we don’t have natural grass at DKR (yet)

LOL, commentators jinxed Miami with all the “this can be a Heisman moment for Ward” talk

Connor Stallions must have been a beta tester…

Yeah, looks like there’s not much to look forward to in this one. Sorry, gator friend. But hey, Miami may be struggling, so that might be interesting to watch instead

Florida @ ⁶ Texas

Real gutsy to go for it on 4th down on your own 24. I guess we assumed that even if we turned it over, UF is not that much of a threat but I’m not sure. Glad it worked out.

Haha, you fools actually ranked Tennessee in the top 10?

I mean, I’m not the one who ranked them third. I’m sure there was no bias at all in that ballot…

Sliding my ballot in just in the nick of time! I just got back from a trip where I brought my laptop but forgot the charger. Fortunately, I had enough battery to update the banner, but was unable to run the computer poll. I did it just now and haven’t even really looked closely at it yet, so no commentary this week other than INDIANA IS COMING FOR US ALL

As much as I want A&M to be highly ranked when we meet them, I just can’t be unhappy with them stepping on a rake in the national spotlight

I, uh, would suggest y’all just stop trying to kick FGs at this point

Semi-serious question: do y’all have a special teams coordinator?

Feels like every time I tune into this game, Beck throws an interception

Maalik Murphy threw several interceptions (although the last one was a tipped ball). And Miami scores super quickly so they rack up a lot of possessions and cash in on basically all of them

Stupidly entertaining for a neutral fan. I can’t imagine trying to watch this game if I were a fan of either team

I don’t think so. It’s possibly because Allar is banged up (although he doesn’t look it), but probably to confuse OSU’s defense

Well it’s certainly Halloween because seeing A&M in the banner (and ahead of my Longhorns) is a huge fright for me. But hey, we got two teams from the Lone Star state in the banner for once. Now we have to get three in there – Pony Up!

Also, bias aside, I’m really disappointed an OSU shot up eight whole spots for a lackluster performance against Nebraska. If anyone submits a human poll, I’d really like to know the reasoning why they deserve such a high ranking. Because I watched that game and Nebraska looked like the better team to me.

I thought the university was very cash-strapped and that it wouldn’t be feasible to pay Neal Brown’s buyout and get a new coach. Although I just looked it up and I guess I had missed the off-season news that they restructured his contract to have a lower buyout. (And I guess Pat McAfee could probably cover whatever it is anyway?)

If they axe him this season, who do you think they’ll go for? There’s a West Virginia native with an impressive resume that is available… (low hanging fruit joke, I know)

Oh I feel like it always places A&M too high (even trying to compensate for the Burnt Orange Bias), but this season it feels right. I’m surprised your computer has y’all as low as 12th – although that is a very A&M number.

The hype for that game was always going to be off the charts, but I really hope we both run the table getting there to up the ante. It also becomes a de facto play-in game to the SECCCG. It would be awesome if that game could be a rematch, although unfortunately one of the teams will likely be Georgia. :/ There is good rematch potential in the playoff though. Salivating at the idea of beating A&M twice in one season…

My ballot. Computer poll. My Longhorns fall out of the top spot. Womp womp.

I genuinely checked USC about 5 times over the past couple days to make sure I didn’t input any data incorrectly or screwed up the formula, but it actually has them tied for 9th. It’s super nutty, but everything else checks out. The reason the Trojans are so high is mostly their schedule – they didn’t play any FCS teams, which get heavily docked in my algorithm. Although they’ve lost 4 games, they’re all by 1 score. But with ND at the end of the year, that schedule is just brutal. It’s like they’re trying to get Lincoln Riley fired.