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frumious88 Ballot for 2017 Week 12

Ballot Type: Computer

Submitted: Nov. 13, 2017, 10:24 a.m.

Overall Rationale: My poll is a computer poll that I have been running for several years. It is loosely based of the Ohio highschool football rankings. Basically, it treats all FBS teams as equal at the start of the season. Teams get points for beating teams and get secondary points for how their opponents do against other teams. For example, Alabama beating Florida St in Week 1 is not worth very many points at the beginning of the season but if Florida St continues to win, Alabama gains more and more points every week from that victory as the system starts to recognize it as a quality win only if Florida St proves to be a quality win over the course of the season.

Rank Team Reason
1 Alabama Crimson Tide
2 Clemson Tigers
3 Miami Hurricanes
4 Oklahoma Sooners
5 Wisconsin Badgers Between Clemson and Wisconsin, there is a total difference of .4 points. These teams are all really close
6 Georgia Bulldogs
7 UCF Knights
8 USC Trojans USC is higher ranked mainly due to the fact that they have played and won an extra game compared to most other teams. With a bye this week, they should fall back to a more expected rank. 
9 Notre Dame Fighting Irish
10 Ohio State Buckeyes OSU and ND are virtually neck and neck. .3 difference between the two.
11 Washington State Cougars See explanation for USC
12 Penn State Nittany Lions
13 Boise State Broncos
14 Auburn Tigers If Auburn seems too low, it is because my system hates half the schedule, it views it as extremely weak. Before this week, they were 25th and shot up 11 spots. Win against Alabama next week and you'll see another similar rise in the rankings. 
15 TCU Horned Frogs
16 Michigan State Spartans
17 Oklahoma State Cowboys
18 San Diego State Aztecs
19 Michigan Wolverines
20 Washington Huskies
21 Memphis Tigers
22 LSU Tigers
23 Troy Trojans
24 Northwestern Wildcats
25 Stanford Cardinal

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