Ballot Type: Computer

Submitted: Sept. 24, 2017, 5:39 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.

• Ballot
• Analysis

Rank	Team	Reason
1	Alabama Crimson Tide	404 points Up 4 places
2	Georgia Bulldogs	387 points Up 17 places
3	Washington Huskies	362 points up 9 places
4	Michigan Wolverines	348 points up 5 places
5	Clemson Tigers	347 points down 3 places
6	TCU Horned Frogs	310 points up 0 places
7	Penn State Nittany Lions	279 points down 3 places
8	Notre Dame Fighting Irish	273 points up 16 places
9	Oklahoma Sooners	268 points down 6 places
10	Duke Blue Devils	264 points up 5 places
11	USC Trojans	262 points up 5 places
12	Virginia Tech Hokies	252 points up 11 places
13	Ohio State Buckeyes	246 points up 13 places
14	Minnesota Golden Gophers	241 points down 1 place
15	Wisconsin Badgers	238 points down 1 place
16	USF Bulls	233 points up 11 places
17	Wake Forest Demon Deacons	229 points down 9 places
18	UCF Knights	226 points up 33 places
19	Iowa Hawkeyes	220 points up 1 place
20	Oklahoma State Cowboys	212 points down 9 places
21	Washington State Cougars	208 points up 13 places
22	Kentucky Wildcats	198 points down 5 places
23	Utah Utes	192 points up 6 places
24	Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets	190 points up 9 places
25	Virginia Cavaliers	187 points up 31 places

Teams Ranked:

Rank	Team	Unusualness
1	Alabama Crimson Tide	0.00
2	Georgia Bulldogs	1.28
3	Washington Huskies	0.68
4	Michigan Wolverines	0.65
5	Clemson Tigers	-1.54
6	TCU Horned Frogs	0.06
7	Penn State Nittany Lions	0.00
8	Notre Dame Fighting Irish	2.99
9	Oklahoma Sooners	-1.27
10	Duke Blue Devils	2.35
11	USC Trojans	-0.97
12	Virginia Tech Hokies	0.00
13	Ohio State Buckeyes	0.00
14	Minnesota Golden Gophers	4.63
15	Wisconsin Badgers	-1.00
16	USF Bulls	0.28
17	Wake Forest Demon Deacons	3.01
18	UCF Knights	2.18
19	Iowa Hawkeyes	4.63
20	Oklahoma State Cowboys	-0.35
21	Washington State Cougars	-0.79
22	Kentucky Wildcats	3.09
23	Utah Utes	-0.39
24	Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets	1.16
25	Virginia Cavaliers	0.20

Omissions:

Team	Unusualness
Miami Hurricanes	1.34
Auburn Tigers	1.18
Louisville Cardinals	1.28
San Diego State Aztecs	1.01
Florida Gators	0.37
West Virginia Mountaineers	0.43
Mississippi State Bulldogs	0.17

Total Score: 39.28