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ryumast3r Ballot for 2017 Week 4

Ballot Type: Computer

Submitted: Sept. 18, 2017, 10:23 p.m.

Overall Rationale: I took the BROHM methodology from u/factorialite but with a few minor changes. First, this ranking system is pretty bad (though amusingly quite good in some ways, a la finding Clemson/OU/Alabama highly ranked).The way BROHM works is I have assigned P5 teams 150 points to start, G5 teams 100 points, FCS Playoff (last year) teams 75 points (which they cannot gain or lose but just stay at 75 always) and all other FCS teams 50 points (which again, cannot gain or lose but just stay at 50 points),For each game, a team contributes half of its points into the game pool (so if a P5 team starts against another P5 team they each contribute 75 points). Then, they take out points based on their pythagorean share in that game (PointsFOR^2/(PointsFOR^2+PointsAGAINST^2)). This way, it's possible for a "bad" team to play a "good" team close and ultimately win points despite losing the game. Alternatively, it is possible for a "good" team to win a game and ultimately lose points to a "bad" team by not beating them by enough.

Rank Team Reason
1 Mississippi State Bulldogs 340 Points (BROHM Score Method)
2 Clemson Tigers 323 Points (BROHM Score Method)
3 Oklahoma Sooners 305 Points (BROHM Score Method)
4 Penn State Nittany Lions 283 Points (BROHM Score Method)
5 Alabama Crimson Tide 275 Points (BROHM Score Method)
6 TCU Horned Frogs 269 Points (BROHM Score Method)
7 Colorado Buffaloes 268 Points (BROHM Score Method)
8 Wake Forest Demon Deacons WAKE IS GREAT!!!!!! Also 267 Points (BROHM Score Method)
9 Michigan Wolverines 264 Points (BROHM Score Method)
10 Vanderbilt Commodores 258 Points (BROHM Score Method)
11 Oklahoma State Cowboys 253 Points (BROHM Score Method)
12 Washington Huskies 245 Points (BROHM Score Method)
13 Minnesota Golden Gophers 241 Points (BROHM Score Method)
14 Wisconsin Badgers 238 Points (BROHM Score Method)
15 Duke Blue Devils 235 Points (BROHM Score Method)
16 USC Trojans 223 Points (BROHM Score Method)
17 Kentucky Wildcats 222 Points (BROHM Score Method)
18 Purdue Boilermakers 221 Points (BROHM Score Method)
19 Georgia Bulldogs 219 Points (BROHM Score Method)
20 Iowa Hawkeyes 216 Points (BROHM Score Method)
21 California Golden Bears 211 Points (BROHM Score Method)
22 Oregon Ducks 209 Points (BROHM Score Method)
23 Virginia Tech Hokies 208 Points (BROHM Score Method)
24 Michigan State Spartans 207 Points (BROHM Score Method)
25 Notre Dame Fighting Irish 207 Points (BROHM Score Method)

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