Ballot Type: Hybrid
Submitted: Sept. 26, 2016, 10:08 p.m.
Overall Rationale: NoneI have a computer poll that I use to help me find teams that are succeeding, then I rearrange them into a normal order. The complicated specifics of the computer poll I built are as follows:I award points for Margin of Victory (MOV) and Strength of Schedule (SOS). The SOS factor takes a couple weeks to make sense, really every school needs to play 2 FBS schools before it's accurate at all.For MOV, winning by 1 awards 10 points, winning by 28 awards 100 points. Everything in between is linear. I chose 28 as the "dominant win" ceiling so teams who decimate another aren't rewarded too much.For SOS, I add up the wins and losses of every team you've played. I then take the win% (wins/total games) and rank off of that. Teams are awarded points based off of the win% of the people they play, highest win% gets 100 points, lowest win% gets 0 which is equal to an FCS team.From there, I multiply the team's average MOV points and SOS points, then rank the result. As I said, I know it's not a perfect system, so I take the results and rearrange them until I'm satisfied. If you have any criticisms, let me know, I'd be happy to get an opinion on the computer ranking I made.
Rank | Team | Reason |
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1 | Alabama Crimson Tide | |
2 | Louisville Cardinals | |
3 | Ohio State Buckeyes | I should've ranked them higher last week, that's why they're moving up after a bye week. |
4 | Clemson Tigers | |
5 | Michigan Wolverines | |
6 | Washington Huskies | |
7 | Texas A&M Aggies | |
8 | Houston Cougars | UH dropped because their win against Oklahoma is looking less impressive. This is also related to me not ranking OSU high enough last week. Apparently I forgot that game existed? |
9 | Tennessee Volunteers | |
10 | Baylor Bears | |
11 | Miami Hurricanes | |
12 | Stanford Cardinal | |
13 | Wisconsin Badgers | |
14 | San Diego State Aztecs | |
15 | Nebraska Cornhuskers | |
16 | Utah Utes | |
17 | Boise State Broncos | |
18 | Arizona State Sun Devils | |
19 | Florida State Seminoles | |
20 | Colorado Buffaloes | |
21 | West Virginia Mountaineers | |
22 | Arkansas Razorbacks | |
23 | Memphis Tigers | |
24 | Virginia Tech Hokies | |
25 | TCU Horned Frogs |
Teams Ranked:
Rank | Team | Unusualness |
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1 | Alabama Crimson Tide | 0.00 |
2 | Louisville Cardinals | 0.00 |
3 | Ohio State Buckeyes | 0.00 |
4 | Clemson Tigers | 0.07 |
5 | Michigan Wolverines | 0.00 |
6 | Washington Huskies | 0.95 |
7 | Texas A&M Aggies | 0.00 |
8 | Houston Cougars | -0.12 |
9 | Tennessee Volunteers | 0.00 |
10 | Baylor Bears | 0.56 |
11 | Miami Hurricanes | 0.37 |
12 | Stanford Cardinal | -1.32 |
13 | Wisconsin Badgers | -1.80 |
14 | San Diego State Aztecs | 1.13 |
15 | Nebraska Cornhuskers | 0.00 |
16 | Utah Utes | 0.00 |
17 | Boise State Broncos | 0.42 |
18 | Arizona State Sun Devils | 0.39 |
19 | Florida State Seminoles | -0.12 |
20 | Colorado Buffaloes | 1.00 |
21 | West Virginia Mountaineers | 0.00 |
22 | Arkansas Razorbacks | 0.00 |
23 | Memphis Tigers | 1.77 |
24 | Virginia Tech Hokies | 0.72 |
25 | TCU Horned Frogs | -0.01 |
Omissions:
Team | Unusualness |
---|---|
Michigan State Spartans | 0.87 |
Ole Miss Rebels | 0.70 |
Florida Gators | 0.27 |
Total Score: 12.58