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BabyBladder Ballot for 2017 Week 9

Ballot Type: Human

Submitted: Oct. 23, 2017, 3:55 p.m.

Overall Rationale: Overall rationale for the post is an entirely arbitrary mix of eye test and resume. The question I personally use when approaching my poll is: So far in the season, based on talent, resume, and statistics, who do I think think the best teams are.It is far from a perfect approach, but early in the season I'm concerned with what teams have actually done, and how they've looked doing it.Notably, I attempt to come at the poll each week without previous poll bias. Naturally, this is impossible to truly fulfill, but it is my goal to not use previous weeks in determining rankings. Preseason polls are not inherently bad, only the way in which we commonly use them is. Avoiding poll inertia legitimizes early season rankings merely as predictors and expectations. This leads to wild over reactions and jumps in my poll, but helps avoid the trend of teams who get over-rated at the start of the season taking many weeks to drop.

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