calidoc Ballot for 2017 Week 8
Ballot Type: Hybrid
Submitted: Oct. 15, 2017, 10:04 p.m.
Overall Rationale: The model uses a "game score" mechanic. You get points for beating an opponent and lose points for losing to your opponent. Points gained are equal to the rank of the opponent in the prior week (i.e. if you beat #1 you get 131 points, if you lose to #1 you lose 1). Strength of Schedule and overall W/L rank are added. Additionally, I factor in my ballot from last week and /r/CFB rankings from last week to balance it out. Adding my ranking and the /r/CFB ranking helps break up the ties that the model creates because opponents have similar game scores at the start of the season.I will manually move some teams at the end of my rankings, this is mostly 15-25 which gets muddled with ties.
Teams Ranked:
| Rank | Team | Unusualness |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Alabama Crimson Tide
|
0.00 |
| 2 |
Penn State Nittany Lions
|
0.00 |
| 3 |
Georgia Bulldogs
|
0.00 |
| 4 |
TCU Horned Frogs
|
0.00 |
| 5 |
USC Trojans
|
1.32 |
| 6 |
Wisconsin Badgers
|
0.00 |
| 7 |
Clemson Tigers
|
0.00 |
| 8 |
Ohio State Buckeyes
|
0.00 |
| 9 |
Oklahoma State Cowboys
|
0.00 |
| 10 |
Miami Hurricanes
|
-0.10 |
| 11 |
Washington State Cougars
|
0.88 |
| 12 |
Washington Huskies
|
0.00 |
| 13 |
NC State Wolfpack
|
0.16 |
| 14 |
Virginia Tech Hokies
|
0.00 |
| 15 |
Oklahoma Sooners
|
-0.60 |
| 16 |
Michigan State Spartans
|
0.00 |
| 17 |
Michigan Wolverines
|
0.00 |
| 18 |
Notre Dame Fighting Irish
|
-0.65 |
| 19 |
UCF Knights
|
0.00 |
| 20 |
USF Bulls
|
0.00 |
| 21 |
West Virginia Mountaineers
|
0.12 |
| 22 |
Stanford Cardinal
|
0.00 |
| 23 |
South Carolina Gamecocks
|
2.04 |
| 24 |
LSU Tigers
|
0.00 |
| 25 |
San Diego State Aztecs
|
0.00 |
Auburn Tigers
Memphis Tigers