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hythloday1 Ballot for 2017 Week 6

Ballot Type: Hybrid

Submitted: Oct. 1, 2017, 12:43 p.m.

Overall Rationale: This is a resume-based ballot which only considers the quality of opponents played to date. This early in the year I am still mostly relying on S&P+ (and Sagarin rankings of FCS teams), but I've begun making adjustments determined by my eye test at this point. Like most entirely backwards-looking ballots, it's going to have some wonky outcomes until midseason, but those are getting rarer at this point.  I award a fixed-value undefeated bonus which diminishes in relative value over the course of the season; we're now seeing one-loss teams start to overcome that barrier. The strangest results at this point are well-regarded teams whose best game is an early loss to an even better team ... that'll smooth out as the season goes on and they rack up wins.

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