FCS Poll 4 Dec 2007

RankTeamPointsRecConfPrevLast GameNext Game
1Ohio State818 11-1B103 W 14-3 @ Michigan (8-4)Jan 7 vs #2 LSU (11-2)
2LSU779 11-2SEC5 W 21-14 vs #14 Tennessee (9-4)Jan 7 #1 Ohio State (11-1)
3Oklahoma761 11-2B129 W 38-17 vs #1 Missouri (11-2)Jan 2 vs #10 West Virginia (10-2)
4Georgia737 10-2SEC4 W 31-17 @ Georgia Tech (7-5)Jan 1 vs #9 Hawaii (12-0)
5Virginia Tech698 11-2ACC7 W 30-16 vs #12 Boston College (10-3)Jan 3 vs #7 Kansas (11-1)
6Southern California669 10-2P108 W 24-7 UCLA (6-6)Jan 1 vs #13 Illinois (9-3)
7Kansas654 11-1B126 L 28-36 vs #1 Missouri (11-2)Jan 3 #5 Virginia Tech (11-2)
8Missouri639 11-2B121 L 17-38 vs #9 Oklahoma (11-2)Jan 1 vs #25 Arkansas (8-4)
9Hawaii612 12-0WAC10 W 35-28 Washington (4-9)Jan 1 #4 Georgia (10-2)
10West Virginia560 10-2BigE2 L 9-13 Pittsburgh (5-7) Jan 2 #3 Oklahoma (11-2)
11Florida530 9-3SEC11 W 45-12 Florida St (7-5)Jan 1 Michigan (8-4)
12Arizona St462 10-2P1013 W 20-17 Arizona (5-7)Dec 27 #17 Texas (9-3)
13Illinois369 9-3B1015 W 41-22 Northwestern (6-6)Jan 1 #6 Southern California (10-2)
14BYU311 10-2MW16 W 48-27 @ San Diego St (4-8)Dec 22 vs Oregon (8-4)
15Boston College304 10-3ACC12 L 16-30 vs #7 Virginia Tech (11-2)Dec 28 vs Michigan St (7-5)
16Clemson252 9-3ACC17 W 23-21 @ South Carolina (6-6)Dec 31 vs #24 Auburn (8-4)
17Texas251 9-3B1220 L 30-38 @ Texas A&M (7-5)Dec 27 vs #12 Arizona St (10-2)
18Tennessee236 9-4SEC14 L 14-21 vs #5 LSU (11-2)Jan 1 #18 Wisconsin (9-3)
18Wisconsin236 9-3B1019 W 41-34 @ Minnesota (1-11)Jan 1 vs #18 Tennessee (9-4)
20South Florida214 9-3BigE21 W 48-37 @ Pittsburgh (5-7)Dec 31 vs Oregon St (8-4)
21Cincinnati210 9-3BigE21 W 52-31 @ Syracuse (2-10)Dec 22 vs Southern Miss (7-5)
22Virginia173 9-3ACC24 L 21-33 #7 Virginia Tech (11-2) Jan 1 vs Texas Tech (8-4)
23Boise St166 10-2WAC23 L 27-39 @ #10 Hawaii (12-0)Dec 23 vs East Carolina (7-5)
24Auburn146 8-4SEC25 W 17-10 Alabama (6-6)Dec 31 #16 Clemson (9-3)
25Arkansas103 8-4SEC26 W 50-48 3OT @ #5 LSU (11-2)Jan 1 #8 Missouri (11-2)
Others Receiving votes: Oregon 74; Texas Tech 54; Air Force 51; Oregon St 50; Connecticut 48; Michigan 38; UCF 36; Kentucky 30; Penn State 23; Central Michigan 22; TCU 17; Texas A&M 13; Tulsa 8; Navy 5; Louisville 4; Utah 3; Fresno St 3; UCLA 2; Indiana 2; Florida Atlantic 1; Troy 1;


Ballot Analysis

  • 9 teams on every ballot
  • 25 teams on a majority of ballots
  • 6 teams ranked #1 by at least one voter
  • 24 teams in at least one top 10
  • 46 teams in at least one top 25 by 35 voters.

Majority Consensus Summary
Ix
is the rank that results from ordering the teams by the criteria listed below.
Maj
is the best rank assigned by a majority of voters to the team.
Mcnt
is the number of voters who ranked the team at least as high as Maj.
Tiebrk
is a number that takes into account how far (in either direction) the votes are from the majority concensus.
Best
is the best ranking for a team.
Borda
is the number of teams ranked lower than this team, summed over all ballots.
Std
is the "standard" point assignment for teams ranked in the top 25 - 25 for #1, 24 for #2, ... 1 for #25.
#Votes
is the number of ballots that included the team in their rankings.
Counts by Rank
Votes for ranks that contribute to the Majority rank are shown in Blue, and the Majority ranking is bold.
Pairwise results
To find the number of ballots that had team A ranked higher than team B see row A column B. When more of all voters have the team with the better Maj rank ranked lower, the pairwise counts are bold.
Counts by conference
The ranks used here are the ones from the Majority Consensus Summary, not the standard top 25 list above.

Majority Consensus Summary
(See
About the Bucklin Majority for more information)

IxTeamRecConfMajMcntTiebrkBestBordaStd -Rnk#Votes
1Ohio State 11-1B1011829.0718378818135
2LSU 11-2SEC218169.3518339779235
3Oklahoma 11-2B12421271.4518321761335
4Georgia 10-2SEC420283.8918297737435
5Virginia Tech 11-2ACC621231.5418258698535
6Southern California 10-2P10722194.7728229669635
7Kansas 11-1B12720157.9638214654735
8Missouri 11-2B12827182.9427983639834
9Hawaii 12-0WAC819139.7318172612935
10West Virginia 10-2BigE1027157.52576885601033
11Arizona St 10-2P10112191.50573744621232
12Florida 9-3SEC1118111.58280905301135
13Illinois 9-3B10151992.81674973691333
14Boston College 10-3ACC171890.18776483041534
15BYU 10-2MW171866.06367913111430
16Clemson 9-3ACC182080.811269482521631
17Texas 9-3B12192083.121073792511733
18Tennessee 9-4SEC191964.381165002361829
19Wisconsin 9-3B10191964.331067162361830
20Cincinnati 9-3BigE191871.871258262102126
21South Florida 9-3BigE191851.42960462142027
22Virginia 9-3ACC201853.971455731732225
23Boise St 10-2WAC221946.51951341662323
24Auburn 8-4SEC231827.071146821462421
25Arkansas 8-4SEC251925.17942071032519
IxTeamRecConfMajMcntTiebrkBestBordaStd -Rnk#Votes
26Texas Tech 8-4B122605.79152862542713
27Oregon 8-4P102605.7593098742614
28Michigan 8-4B102605.05152198383110
29Connecticut 9-3BigE2603.95142640483012
30UCF 10-3CUSA2603.87202196363210
31Oregon St 8-4P102603.43102210502910
32Air Force 9-3MW2602.5713156351287
33Penn State 8-4B102602.0717110323345
34Navy 8-4Ind2601.25224375392
35Central Michigan 8-5MAC2601.06867022353
36Florida Atlantic 7-5SBC2601.00252171451
36Troy 8-4SBC2601.00252171451
38Kentucky 7-5SEC2600.561789430334
39UCLA 6-6P102600.50242182431
39Indiana 7-5B102600.50242182431
41Utah 8-4MW2600.33232193411
41Fresno St 8-4WAC2600.33232193411
43Louisville 6-6BigE2600.25222204401
44Tulsa 9-4CUSA2600.13182248381
45Texas A&M 7-5B122600.081322913371
46TCU 7-5MW2600.06923317361

Count of votes by rank

RankTeam#1#2#3#4#5#6#7#8#9#10#11#12#13#14#15#16#17#18#19#20#21#22#23#24#25Team
1Ohio State 18 9 2  3  1     1    1         Ohio St
2LSU 6 12 4 2 3  4 1 2   1             LSU
3Oklahoma 3 2 9 7 5 4 3 1 1                OK
4Georgia 2 4 9 5 4 4 1   2 3 1             GA
5Virginia Tech 1 2 3 5 6 4 2 6 2 3    1           Va Tech
6Southern California  2 3 5 2 5 5 1 5 3 1  3            USC
7Kansas   4 4 3 3 6 4 6 2 1   1        1   KS
8Missouri  2  3 1 8 3 10 3 2 1      1        MO
9Hawaii 5 1  2 3 2 3 3 3 1 2 4 1   2   2  1    HI
10West Virginia     3 2 4 3 4 11 2 2 1 1           WV
11Arizona St     1   2 3 2 13 3 3 1 1  1  2      Ariz St
12Florida  1  2 1 2 2 2 1 3 4 5 5 2 3    1    1  FL
13Illinois      1    2 1 7 4 1 3 4 2 1 3 2 1  1  IL
14Boston College       1    2 2 1 5 1 4 2 4  4 3 3   2BC
15BYU   1     1  1 2 2 4 2 2 1 2 3 1 2 4 1 1  BYU
16Clemson            2 1 2 3 4 3 5 2 2 2  2 2 1Clemson
17Texas          1 1   3 2 4 1 5 3 2 5 2  3 1TX
18Tennessee           1 1 2 2 4 2  3 4 4 1 2  1 2TN
19Wisconsin          1  1 2 1 2 3 5 1 3 2 2 3 1 2 1WI
20Cincinnati            1 1 3 2 2 4 3 2 3 1  2  2Cincin
21South Florida         1   1 1 1 5 3 3  3 1  3  2 3S Fla
22Virginia              2 3  3 1 3 6 1 3 2  1VA
23Boise St         1   1 3 1  1 1  2 1 4 4 2 1 1Boise St
24Auburn           1  1 2 1 1 2 3 1  1  5 1 2Auburn
25Arkansas         1     1 1 1  1   2 5 3 2 2AR
RankTeam#1#2#3#4#5#6#7#8#9#10#11#12#13#14#15#16#17#18#19#20#21#22#23#24#25Team
26Texas Tech               1  1  1 1 1 1 1 3 3TX Tech
27Oregon         1     1  1 1    2  3 2 3OR
28Michigan               1   1  1   2 2 3MI
29Connecticut              1      1 1 2 3 4 CT
30UCF                    3 1  2 3 1UCF
31Oregon St          1         2   3 1 2 1Oreg St
32Air Force             1 1  1 1    1    2A Force
33Penn State                 1 1     1 1 1Penn St
34Navy                      1   1Navy
35Central Michigan        1                2 C Mich
36Florida Atlantic                         1FL Atl
36Troy                         1Troy
38Kentucky                 1 2   1    KY
39UCLA                        1 UCLA
39Indiana                        1 IN
41Utah                       1  UT
41Fresno St                       1  Fres St
43Louisville                      1   Lville
44Tulsa                  1       Tulsa
45Texas A&M             1            TexA&M
46TCU         1                TCU
RankTeam#1#2#3#4#5#6#7#8#9#10#11#12#13#14#15#16#17#18#19#20#21#22#23#24#25Team
# Teams6989121012121514141617211616181516151915191821

Pairwise Rankings
(Only teams on a majority of ballots listed)

IndxTeam12345678910111213141516171819202122232425 Team
1Ohio State 242629313233323033343235353435343434353535353435Ohio St
2LSU11 2423282728302631353135353435353535353535353435LSU
3Oklahoma911 20232528322633333235353435353535353535353535OK
4Georgia61215 222724232729323335353435353535353535343535GA
5Virginia Tech471213 2121232426333034343435353535343435343535Va Tech
6Southern California3810814 17211923343134343335343534343435353534USC
7Kansas277111418 132229332633333335343334353335343435KS
8Missouri35312121422 1825322634343234343333343434343334MO
9Hawaii599811161317 23242230303233333333313334353333HI
10West Virginia242691261012 282129323133333332333233333232WV
11Arizona St1 232123117 1526292930293030323131302829Ariz St
12Florida34325499131420 29312733323432333333303535FL
13Illinois    11215686 231922282730262331273131IL
14Boston College    1121536412 1923222220242429242627BC
15BYU1111122334681616 19212120232223262628BYU
16Clemson       12242131214 191821181822212427Clemson
17Texas1    11122637131416 1819201922232428TX
18Tennessee1     222241713141617 17202022252224TN
19Wisconsin1    112234351515131517 182022232426WI
20Cincinnati    11  4122710915151417 1619192024Cincin
21South Florida    11212232111191516151514 16162322S Fla
22Virginia       111323610111212101315 191823VA
23Boise St   11 11 255811612121010151513 1517Boise St
24Auburn11    12226 48910109814101315 15Auburn
25Arkansas     1  223 287675781081312 AR

Ranks by Conference

#RankedConfTop 10Top 25Ranks
6B1013 1 13 19 28 33 39
7SEC26 2 4 12 18 24 25 38
6B1234 3 7 8 17 26 45
4ACC14 5 14 16 22
5P1012 6 11 27 31 39
3WAC12 9 23 41
5BigE13 10 20 21 29 43
4MW01 15 32 41 46
2CUSA00 30 44
1Ind00 34
1MAC00 35
2SBC00 36 36

Variation from Majority Consensus

4 Dec 2007 09:08:09 (US Central)

MajBestWrstΔ2
/Maj
Team V16 V35 V3 V6 V30 V28 V17 V8 V23 V7 V2 V33 V19 V10 V9 V29 V32 V26 V1 V12Tm V34 V4 V20 V21 V15 V14 V22 V27 V31 V11 V24 V5 V25 V18 V13
111612.77Ohio State0-10000-10-1000-10-4-40-10-1Ohio St000-10-1-1-200-6-2-4-11-15
21125.41LSU01000-1-20-1-1-5-51010-6101LSU0-5-3-30-1-20-7-30-51-7-10
4190.95Oklahoma1-11-3-2-13-53-102011010-21OK121-210-3-30-4-130-1-2
41122.54Georgia00-1-11-311-2221-6-1-2301-70GA-2-60-7-1-213-821-7112
61141.27Virginia Tech13232012-123-2-2-24011-21Va Tech-3-2-4-4-3-21-4-1050-842
72131.34Southern California10-21-3-21-431230-3-34504-6USC04-230-2135-2-6-1-632
73221.84Kansas-2-203-13-1020-1-243-2-20-2-31KS220410-3-74413-4-1-15
82262.10Missouri00201612-20-322240201-1MO4-12043-100-180-262-9
81213.59Hawaii12-3-130-130-11-1-4-41-5-4-32-41HI-11467-877-1334-2-8077
105262.02West Virginia-302-21000-110051300-152WV04230-16-16143-2503-4
115262.46Arizona St001-20-20320-202-800-4-62-8Ariz St3-1-15-1010600-3-1-150-15
112231.61Florida1-2-11-10-4-1-21560-2342-17-1FL-400-43-2-25-3-379-12-84
156261.31Illinois33-14203-3-4232-4-11-2035-41IL-1-5-2-13032-65-1-89-5-11
177261.11Boston College33-1-1-35-53-91-5-1-16543-40-8BC6-53-3-4110-32-4-8101-3
173261.84BYU-1-1-50-4-4045-11-33-43-9-9-94-9BYU5424-96927-46-3-2-614
1812261.00Clemson325-5-502-2260-12630-2-800Clemson-61-3-3-84-1-811-63-84-7
1910260.82Texas3004-5-6-7-2555-2-13-3-2-20-78TX2111-514-33-11-539-2
1911261.11Tennessee04-5-10013-3-745-6-70536-14TN-1-77-76-6-38-71-1-2-714
1910261.04Wisconsin22235-36-5-14-1-5-74-70-3-6-79WI-4-23-30213072-7-7-26
1912261.17Cincinnati-1-255-730-4-72-642-7121-74-7Cincin63-10-7-72-11-7-457-6-7
MajBestWrstΔ2
/Maj
Team V16 V35 V3 V6 V30 V28 V17 V8 V23 V7 V2 V33 V19 V10 V9 V29 V32 V26 V1 V12Tm V34 V4 V20 V21 V15 V14 V22 V27 V31 V11 V24 V5 V25 V18 V13
199261.36South Florida-3-54-332-604-52-6423-70-73-7S Fla-74-35-7-7-1740-6610-7-7
2014260.85Virginia-1001506520-63-66003-6-6-3VA-2-6-53-61-61-3-2-2-65-6-6
229261.13Boise St-30-4-40-41510-2-192-4-4-4610Boise St-48313-410-1-499-4-41-43
2311261.02Auburn0-2-3-369-3-2-320-3-35-3710806Auburn-3-3-1-390-35-3045-3-312
259260.82Arkansas12247-12-11-1433-1-1301109AR-1-1-1-1103-1-1-1-1163-1-1-1
2615260.39Texas Tech00020000117020032006TX Tech0000105000110940
269260.77Oregon001002000000533000125OR02003001110017090
2615260.27Michigan00010000000000023200MI8000600301001110
2614260.31Connecticut00500064030000000422CT1233200000000002
2620260.18UCF00001000300000500600UCF000306202000620
2610260.46Oregon St00000300000000000040Oreg St0700421240070016
2613260.57Air Force000000009001000000000A Force01010512000000130
2617260.17Penn State00000000000030010000Penn St000090000200800
2622260.02Navy00000000000000000000Navy100000000000400
268260.36Central Michigan00000000000000200000C Mich0000000000002018
2625260.00Florida Atlantic00000000000000100000FL Atl000000000000000
2625260.00Troy00000000000001000000Troy000000000000000
2617260.26Kentucky00000000000000000800KY500080000009000
2624260.00UCLA00000000000002000000UCLA000000000000000
2624260.00Indiana00000020000000000000IN000000000000000
MajBestWrstΔ2
/Maj
Team V16 V35 V3 V6 V30 V28 V17 V8 V23 V7 V2 V33 V19 V10 V9 V29 V32 V26 V1 V12Tm V34 V4 V20 V21 V15 V14 V22 V27 V31 V11 V24 V5 V25 V18 V13
2623260.01Utah00000000000000000000UT000000000000003
2623260.01Fresno St00000000000000000300Fres St000000000000000
2622260.02Louisville00000000000004000000Lville000000000000000
2618260.07Tulsa00000000000000000000Tulsa000000000000008
2613260.19Texas A&M00000000000000000000TexA&M0013000000000000
269260.32TCU00000000000000000000TCU0000000000000017
∑(Δ2/Maj)5.69.012.914.118.420.020.320.325.127.130.633.634.034.738.138.338.842.343.643.744.345.747.649.149.254.955.459.765.372.776.887.3110.9195.2426.0
Voted Maj1817151416151615121815131415141817131515121314111415111515151110131110