Human Poll 28 Aug 2007

RankTeamPointsRecConfPrevLast GameNext Game
1Southern California374 0-0P10W 32-18 vs MichiganSep 1 Idaho
2LSU344 0-0SECW 41-14 vs Notre DameAug 30 @ Mississippi St
3Texas320 0-0B12W 26-24 vs IowaSep 1 Arkansas St
4Michigan312 0-0B10L 18-32 vs Southern CaliforniaSep 1 Appalachian St
5West Virginia305 0-0BigEW 38-35 vs Georgia TechSep 1 Western Michigan
6Florida281 0-0SECW 41-14 vs Ohio StateSep 1 Western Kentucky
7Wisconsin277 0-0B10W 17-14 vs ArkansasSep 1 Washington St
8Virginia Tech273 0-0ACCL 24-31 vs GeorgiaSep 1 East Carolina
9Louisville262 0-0BigEW 24-13 vs Wake ForestAug 30 Murray St
10Oklahoma251 0-0B12L 42-43 OT vs Boise StSep 1 North Texas
11Ohio State180 0-0B10L 14-41 vs FloridaSep 1 Youngstown St
12California146 0-0P10W 45-10 vs Texas A&MSep 1 #14 Tennessee
13UCLA139 0-0P10L 27-44 vs Florida StSep 1 @ Stanford
14Tennessee136 0-0SECL 10-20 vs Penn StateSep 1 @ #12 California
15Georgia130 0-0SECW 31-24 vs Virginia TechSep 1 Oklahoma St
16Penn State126 0-0B10W 20-10 vs TennesseeSep 1 Florida Intl
17Auburn120 0-0SECW 17-14 vs NebraskaSep 1 Kansas St
18Rutgers118 0-0BigEW 37-10 vs Kansas StAug 30 Buffalo
19Florida St90 0-0ACCW 44-27 vs UCLASep 3 @ Clemson
20Nebraska87 0-0B12L 14-17 vs AuburnSep 1 Nevada
21Arkansas81 0-0SECL 14-17 vs WisconsinSep 1 Troy
22TCU71 0-0MWW 37-7 vs Northern IllinoisSep 1 Baylor
23Hawaii56 0-0WACW 41-24 vs Arizona StSep 1 N Colorado
24Georgia Tech45 0-0ACCL 35-38 vs West VirginiaSep 1 @ Notre Dame
25Texas A&M44 0-0B12L 10-45 vs CaliforniaSep 1 Montana St
Others Receiving votes: Miami-Florida 37; Missouri 35; Boise St 33; South Carolina 32; Oregon St 28; Alabama 27; Clemson 25; Oregon 18; Boston College 17; Wake Forest 12; Oklahoma St 11; South Florida 7; Iowa 5; Southern Miss 2; Arizona 2; BYU 1;

Ballot Analysis

  • 11 teams on every ballot
  • 23 teams on a majority of ballots
  • 2 teams ranked #1 by at least one voter
  • 21 teams in at least one top 10
  • 41 teams in at least one top 25 by 15 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
1Southern California 0-0P1011415.0013629374115
2LSU 0-0SEC21012.3923599344215
3West Virginia 0-0BigE4967.3823560305515
4Texas 0-0B12510102.2513575320315
5Michigan 0-0B1051075.9233567312415
6Florida 0-0SEC6980.2533536281615
7Wisconsin 0-0B106884.4433532277715
8Virginia Tech 0-0ACC8889.6033528273815
9Oklahoma 0-0B128873.15332892511014
10Louisville 0-0BigE91074.6753517262915
11California 0-0P1014954.331127501461212
12Ohio State 0-0B1014850.17934351801115
13UCLA 0-0P1015838.091027431391312
14Tennessee 0-0SEC16848.20733911361415
15Georgia 0-0SEC16833.921129511301513
16Penn State 0-0B1017932.621029471261613
17Rutgers 0-0BigE17844.711027221181812
18Auburn 0-0SEC17838.36729411201713
19Nebraska 0-0B1220825.88102908872013
20Florida St 0-0ACC21817.7782477901911
21TCU 0-0MW231019.0882458712211
22Texas A&M 0-0B1223817.20182214442510
23Hawaii 0-0WAC24813.52122226562310
24Boise St 0-0WAC2602.5215155233287
25Boston College 0-0ACC2602.2918110217345
IxTeamRecConfMajMcntTiebrkBestBordaStd -Rnk#Votes
26Oklahoma St 0-0B122601.481966211363
27Miami-Florida 0-0ACC2601.3212112237265
28Oregon St 0-0P102601.2514111328305
29BYU 0-0MW2601.00252181411
30Arkansas 0-0SEC2600.738160081217
31South Florida 0-0BigE2600.70214417372
31Clemson 0-0ACC2600.701889325324
33Alabama 0-0SEC2600.651789527314
34Southern Miss 0-0CUSA2600.50242192391
34Arizona 0-0P102600.50242192391
36Missouri 0-0B122600.471690335274
37Georgia Tech 0-0ACC2600.431091345244
38South Carolina 0-0SEC2600.391168332293
39Wake Forest 0-0ACC2600.332044612352
40Oregon 0-0P102600.231645218332
41Iowa 0-0B102600.20212225381

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
1Southern California 14 1                       USC
2LSU  10 1 2  1   1                LSU
3West Virginia  1 2 6 2 2 1                 1 WV
4Texas 1 3  3 3 2  3                 TX
5Michigan   4 1 5 2  2 1                MI
6Florida   3 1 2 3   1 1 2  1 1           FL
7Wisconsin   2 2 2 2 2 1  1  1    1 1        WI
8Virginia Tech   1   2 3 2 5 2               Va Tech
9Oklahoma   2    3 3 3 1  1 1            OK
10Louisville     1 1 4 1 3 3 1  1            Lville
11California           2 4 1 2 1     2     CA
12Ohio State         1 1 2 2 1 1 4  2       1 Ohio St
13UCLA          1 3 2  1 1  2    1 1   UCLA
14Tennessee       1   1    1 3 2 1 1  2 1    2TN
15Georgia           1  2 1 1 3 1  3 1     GA
16Penn State          1  1 1 1 1 1 3 1  1 1 1   Penn St
17Rutgers          1  1 2   3 1 1 2      1Rutgers
18Auburn       1    1  1 2  2 1 1   1  2  1Auburn
19Nebraska          1 1       3 1 2  1 2 1 1NE
20Florida St        1   1   1 1    2  2 2  1 Fla St
21TCU        1       1  2   1  2 3  1TCU
22Texas A&M                  2  1 2 1 2  2TexA&M
23Hawaii            1   1   1 2    1 2 2HI
24Boise St               1    1  1 1 1 1 1Boise St
25Boston College                  1     2 1 1BC
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
26Oklahoma St                   1    1  1Okla St
27Miami-Florida            1 1       1    2 Mia FL
28Oregon St              1      1  2  1 Oreg St
29BYU                         1BYU
30Arkansas        1    1 2 1      1 1    AR
31South Florida                     1   1 S Fla
31Clemson                  2   1 1   Clemson
33Alabama                 1  2   1   AL
34Southern Miss                        1 So Miss
34Arizona                        1 AZ
36Missouri                2  1 1      MO
37Georgia Tech          1    2       1    Ga Tech
38South Carolina           1  1         1   SC
39Wake Forest                    2     Wake
40Oregon                1  1       OR
41Iowa                     1    IA
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
# Teams24766879712101012121081011911121181211

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

IndxTeam1234567891011121314151617181920212223
1Southern California 15151415151515151515151515151515151515151515
2LSU  121113131314141515151515151515141515151515
3West Virginia 3 98101013131314141415151414151414151415
4Texas146 8101214121315151515151515151515151515
5Michigan 277 101013111315151515151515151515151515
6Florida 2555 9810915141413141415151514141514
7Wisconsin 25356 10111115131414141315141414141514
8Virginia Tech 121275 81015151514151515151514151515
9Oklahoma 1234547 813141313141414131313141414
10Louisville  2226457 14131514151514141515151515
11California  1     21 6791110991011111211
12Ohio State  1  12 129 1011111013101211141514
13UCLA  1  11 2 75 9710991110101010
14Tennessee     21121646 7798911131312
15Georgia     11   4488 877109111312
16Penn State  1  12 1 45487 69129101212
17Rutgers  1      1525679 7111091111
18Auburn 1    1 215567767 101010109
19Nebraska  1   1 2 43465345 79911
20Florida St  1  1112 444466558 888
21TCU     11 1 4132355456 89
22Texas A&M  1     1 3 322335554 5
23Hawaii     11 1 313322454547 

Ranks by Conference

#RankedConfTop 10Top 25Ranks
6P1013 1 11 13 28 34 40
8SEC25 2 6 14 15 18 30 33 38
4BigE23 3 10 17 31
6B1224 4 9 19 22 26 36
5B1024 5 7 12 16 41
7ACC13 8 20 25 27 31 37 39
2MW01 21 29
2WAC02 23 24
1CUSA00 34

Voter ID list

Athlon; Lindy; TSN; Steele; Street&Smith; CBS SL; Feist; USA; AP; Surefire Sct; GamePlan; CFN; SCS; SI; SportsForm;

Variation from Majority Consensus
28 Aug 2007 10:31am (Central)

Maj Best Worst Δ2
/ Maj 		Team AP USA TSN CBS SL Athlon Street
&Smith 		SCS Lindy Game
Plan 		SI Sports
Form 		Feist Steele Surefire
Sctg 		CFN
1 1 2 0.07 Southern California 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0
2 2 9 2.47 LSU 0 0 0 0 -1 -2 -2 0 0 0 -4 -7 0 0 0
4 2 24 7.08 West Virginia 1 -2 0 0 -1 2 -3 0 0 0 -1 -2 0 1 -20
5 1 8 1.00 Texas 1 1 -1 -3 3 -3 3 0 0 -3 3 4 -1 0 1
5 3 9 0.71 Michigan 0 0 2 2 -3 0 2 2 -3 -1 -4 0 0 1 -1
6 3 14 2.46 Florida 0 3 1 1 0 0 -4 -5 -5 3 3 2 -8 -3 -7
6 3 17 3.41 Wisconsin -1 -1 -2 0 2 3 1 0 3 -4 2 -6 -10 -11 1
8 3 10 0.41 Virginia Tech -1 -1 1 -2 -1 -1 0 0 2 1 -2 5 -1 2 1
8 3 — 3.54 Oklahoma 0 0 -5 -1 1 1 -1 -2 1 -1 -4 0 5 -18 5
9 5 13 0.48 Louisville -1 -2 0 2 -4 -1 3 0 0 4 2 -1 2 2 1
14 11 — 2.57 California 2 2 2 0 3 3 0 2 -12 -6 -12 1 -12 -6 -1
14 9 24 0.90 Ohio State 3 4 -3 -1 2 -1 2 1 -1 3 -3 -10 -1 0 5
15 10 — 2.06 UCLA 1 -2 5 3 0 -2 4 -7 3 -6 -11 -11 -6 4 4
16 7 25 1.45 Tennessee 1 1 -2 0 -4 -5 -4 9 6 -1 0 2 -9 1 -9
16 11 — 1.22 Georgia 3 3 2 -4 0 0 -3 -1 0 -3 1 -3 5 -10 -10
17 10 — 1.24 Penn State 0 -1 2 -5 0 4 1 -9 -4 3 -9 0 7 5 -3
17 10 — 1.67 Rutgers 1 1 -2 -1 7 -2 4 1 -8 5 4 -9 -9 -9 0
17 7 — 1.91 Auburn -1 3 1 6 -4 3 0 -6 4 1 -8 10 -9 -6 -9
20 10 — 1.10 Nebraska 0 1 -3 -4 2 0 -6 -5 -6 2 9 2 -2 10 -3
21 8 — 1.42 Florida St 2 0 10 -5 -5 -5 -1 0 2 0 7 6 13 -3 -1
23 8 — 1.18 TCU 1 1 3 6 -2 0 -3 8 6 2 0 -3 0 15 -3
23 18 — 0.34 Texas A&M -2 -2 -3 2 0 -3 -3 5 0 2 5 -3 3 1 2
24 12 — 0.94 Hawaii 1 0 -2 -1 5 -2 9 5 0 3 -2 -1 12 6 -2
— 15 — 0.58 Boise St 2 3 4 7 0 1 0 0 0 11 0 0 0 5 0
— 18 — 0.29 Boston College 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 2 8 5 0 3 0 0 0
Maj Best Worst Δ2
/ Maj 		Team AP USA TSN CBS SL Athlon Street
&Smith 		SCS Lindy Game
Plan 		SI Sports
Form 		Feist Steele Surefire
Sctg 		CFN
— 19 — 0.22 Oklahoma St 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 5 0 0 0 1 7
— 12 — 1.11 Miami-Florida 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 5 0 6 0 13 14
— 14 — 0.62 Oregon St 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 0 6 5 4 0 0 0 12
— 21 — 0.07 BYU 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0
— 8 — 2.73 Arkansas 5 6 0 13 0 14 0 12 0 13 18 0 0 0 0
— 21 — 0.14 South Florida 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 2 0 0
— 18 — 0.50 Clemson 0 0 0 0 0 4 8 0 0 5 5 0 0 0 8
— 17 — 0.56 Alabama 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 7 4 9 7 0
— 21 — 0.07 Southern Miss 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0
— 21 — 0.07 Arizona 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 0 0 0 0
— 16 — 0.87 Missouri 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 5 0 10 7 0 10
— 10 — 1.52 Georgia Tech 0 0 0 0 12 0 5 0 12 5 0 0 0 0 16
— 11 — 1.12 South Carolina 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 5 0 15 13 0 0
— 20 — 0.25 Wake Forest 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 5 6 0 0 0 0
— 16 — 0.48 Oregon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 8 10 0
— 21 — 0.13 Iowa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 5 0 0 0
        ∑(Δ2/Maj) 4.2 8.4 16.6 21.7 21.7 23.5 24.7 34.4 40.5 44.0 72.0 84.9 91.8 111.9 164.0
        Voted Maj 18 16 14 13 14 12 13 16 16 15 12 11 12 15 11