2021 Mumme Poll, Week 6

Well, one thing seems certain.  With an unprecedented 74 teams receiving votes in this season’s first balloting, chaos has come to town.  Here’s what our top thirty looks like:

For handy comparison’s sake, here’s the top 25 from the AP and Coaches Polls:

There is a credible amount of correlation going on there.  And, pertinently, without the perception of bias that plagues the Coaches Poll.  Not to mention this:

A poll so easy, even a head coach has time for it.

324 people participated this week and the typical ballot had votes cast for 11.8 programs.  Consistent with prior years, 60.5% of the voters are from Georgia, but I don’t think we can chalk the Dawgs’ ranking up to hometown bias.

The vote by conference breaks down like this:

We may not like it, but the Big Ten is more credible with us that it’s been in a while.

Random thoughts and observations:

• Your eyes do not deceive you.  One voter left Georgia off their ballot entirely.  That’s actually not that strange.  In 2019, after LSU established their regular season dominance, I think there was only one week then that the Tigers were a unanimous pick by our voters.
• Speaking of 2019, I came up with a designation then I called Tier One, which consisted of teams appearing on at least 90% of ballots cast.  There are three that meet that criteria this week:  Georgia, Iowa and Cincinnati.
• There are only nine teams that made an appearance on at least half the ballots, which is a little slim this early in the season, especially in a season of chaos.  The normal pattern is for that to shrink further and for a significant hollowing out following the over 50% crowd, so it will be interesting to see how this plays out.

What do y’all see there?  Have at it in the comments.