re: Average computer rankings

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In the computers that have aTm, auburn, and LSU ranked 28th, 23rd, and 30th...

who the F are they ranking 27, 22, and 29 teams ahead of them?

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For Auburn, that's Bassett. Some are arguable to an extent (FSU, Alabama, Oregon) but most are off. REALLY notable strange ones:
TCU
BYU
BSU
(Auburn is probably hurt by having played in 1 less game so far this year)

For A&M:
That is XWP, or expected win %. Deviation is possibly because they admit they use prior season data, until the teams can be interconnected.

For LSU, that's Solecismic. LSU gets hurt really bad because they:
A.) Have a VERY low opinion of Wiscy (64th)
B.) They played an FCS school (so counts as a non-rank)
C.) ULM is ranked 98th, so beating them by 31 doesn't help either

Really, for LSU, it's the FCS school that really drags them down. It will balance out, I presume, once that game isn't 33% of their games played.