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ryumast3r Ballot for 2017 Week 7

Ballot Type: Computer

Submitted: Oct. 9, 2017, 7:48 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 Georgia Bulldogs Points: 481; Movement: (+1)
2 Alabama Crimson Tide Points: 451; Movement: (+1)
3 Washington Huskies Points: 435; Movement: (+1)
4 Clemson Tigers Points: 432; Movement: (-1)
5 Penn State Nittany Lions Points: 396; Movement: (+1)
6 Ohio State Buckeyes Points: 363; Movement: (+3)
7 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Points: 337; Movement: (0)
8 Washington State Cougars Points: 330; Movement: (+9)
9 TCU Horned Frogs Points: 309; Movement: (-1)
10 Wisconsin Badgers Points: 306; Movement: (+4)
11 Michigan State Spartans Points: 286; Movement: (+10)
12 UCF Knights Points: 280; Movement: (-2)
13 Michigan Wolverines Points: 267; Movement: (-8)
14 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets Points: 254; Movement: (-2)
15 Texas Longhorns Points: 243; Movement: (-2)
16 USC Trojans Points: 242; Movement: (0)
17 Auburn Tigers Points: 239; Movement: (-2)
18 USF Bulls Points: 225; Movement: (+1)
19 Oklahoma State Cowboys Points: 224; Movement: (+1)
20 NC State Wolfpack Points: 217; Movement: (+9)
21 Oklahoma Sooners Points: 211; Movement: (-10)
22 Stanford Cardinal Points: 211; Movement: (+1)
23 Virginia Tech Hokies Points: 207; Movement: (+1)
24 San Diego State Aztecs Points: 203; Movement: (+14)
25 Texas Tech Red Raiders Points: 203; Movement: (+8)

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