r/CFB Tulane • Boise State Bandwagon Dec 08 '24

All AP Voter Ballots - Week 16 Analysis

Week 16

This is a series I've now been doing for 10 years. The post attempts to visualize all AP Poll ballots in a single image. Additionally it sorts each AP voter by similarity to the group. Notably, this is not a measure of how "good" a voter is, just how consistent they are with the group. Especially preseason, having a diversity of opinions and ranking styles is advantageous to having a true consensus poll. Polls tend to coalesce towards each other as the season goes on.

Trevor Hass was the most consistent voter this week. Kayla Anderson is the most consistent voter on the season, followed by Michael Katz, Matt Murschel, Trevor Hass, and Blair Kerkhoff in the top 5.

Stephen Means was the biggest outlier again this week. Jon Wilner is the biggest outlier this season, followed by Stephen Means, Koki Riley, Chris Murray, and David Preston.

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u/buddaaaa Arizona State Sun Devils • Team Chaos Dec 08 '24

Appreciate you doing this, but

Imgur is so fucking awful to try to view a picture you have to zoom on mobile. Any chance you could upload it to a different image hosting site?

Thank you!

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u/bakonydraco Tulane • Boise State Bandwagon Dec 08 '24

If you have a suggestion I'm all ears! Used Imgur for a long time because that was the only practical option when I started doing this a long time ago, but if there's a better one I'm happy to switch. I do typically tweet it from the @RedditCFB account as well if that image quality is any better for you.

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u/lm_NER0 Georgia Bulldogs • College Football Playoff Dec 08 '24

I think with new reddit, you can embed the picture into the body of the post as well.

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u/bakonydraco Tulane • Boise State Bandwagon Dec 08 '24

You can, but image posts are not enabled on this sub.

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u/lm_NER0 Georgia Bulldogs • College Football Playoff Dec 09 '24

I knew image only posts were verboten, but even picture in body posts are. I understand why, but they could white list someone like you and the FBS imperialism people to get around those rules.

Oh well, I tried. Keep up the good work on your end.