As expected, Georgia’s loss put a damper on participation this week. 258 ballots were cast, with an average of 5.3 teams appearing on them.
Also as expected, our top 25 had a shakeup at the top.
Tidbits:
- Only one team wound up on more than 90% of the ballots.
- Only six wound up on at least 50% of the ballots. In the end, we’re not big fans of a 12-team playoff this season.
A reminder of the selection committee’s final top 25:
Well, we don’t see eye to eye on the playoff field, do we? (Or on Clemson and Tennessee being included in the top 25. But I digress.) And not just the overall makeup — we’ve got Washington and Michigan flipped in order.
I curious what y’all think of that. Peyton thinks our results, in the end, are more logical than the committee’s and while I don’t necessarily disagree with that, it does seem like a very low bar to cover.
The committee, you may remember, fussed over their choices quite a while; I think Boo Corrigan noted that they went over the top four picks something like eight times before finalizing them. Compare that with what we did.
The contrast could hardly be greater.
Conference affiliation saw the SEC remain on top.
Geographic participation saw a very slight decline in Georgia’s numbers, to 62.8%.
The answers to this week’s security question come as no surprise to me.
Although I wonder what they might have looked like if we had asked that question before the SECCG. I guess the good news is that there’s less pressure on Kirby next season. (That’s a joke, folks.)
That brings the 2023 Mumme Poll to a conclusion. I hope it’s been as enlightening for you as it always is for me. I do want to take this moment to thank Peyton once again for his contribution in making this happen. I just direct traffic; he does the grunt work to get the numbers to tally.
That’s all, peeps.
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