Ballot Type: Computer
Submitted: Nov. 13, 2017, 10:05 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.UPDATE: Last week I found a critical error regarding Miami (FL) that was causing it to not garner the points it should have. Due to this I updated the poll methodology to (hopefully) be a less reactive and have less recency-bias. It still has a lot of recency bias (see Boston College). I'm still tweaking the code but I think this new take on the same simple methodology is working much better.Due to this update, poll movements are reset to 0 for this week.
Rank | Team | Reason |
---|---|---|
1 | Miami Hurricanes | Points: 776 |
2 | Alabama Crimson Tide | Points: 645 |
3 | Wisconsin Badgers | Points: 637 |
4 | Clemson Tigers | Points: 561 |
5 | Auburn Tigers | Points: 551 |
6 | Penn State Nittany Lions | Points: 514 |
7 | Ohio State Buckeyes | Points: 498 |
8 | Oklahoma Sooners | Points: 474 |
9 | Georgia Bulldogs | Points: 394 |
10 | Oklahoma State Cowboys | Points: 341 |
11 | USC Trojans | Points: 332 |
12 | Iowa State Cyclones | Points: 325 |
13 | UCF Knights | Points: 308 |
14 | Mississippi State Bulldogs | Points: 300 |
15 | Notre Dame Fighting Irish | Points: 288 |
16 | TCU Horned Frogs | Points: 288 |
17 | West Virginia Mountaineers | Points: 280 |
18 | Wake Forest Demon Deacons | Points: 274 |
19 | NC State Wolfpack | Points: 272 |
20 | Stanford Cardinal | Points: 270 |
21 | Washington Huskies | Points: 268 |
22 | Michigan Wolverines | Points: 247 |
23 | Iowa Hawkeyes | Points: 245 |
24 | Northwestern Wildcats | Points: 244 |
25 | Boston College Eagles | Points: 230 |
Teams Ranked:
Rank | Team | Unusualness |
---|---|---|
1 | Miami Hurricanes | 0.33 |
2 | Alabama Crimson Tide | 0.00 |
3 | Wisconsin Badgers | 0.00 |
4 | Clemson Tigers | 0.00 |
5 | Auburn Tigers | 0.21 |
6 | Penn State Nittany Lions | 1.55 |
7 | Ohio State Buckeyes | 0.06 |
8 | Oklahoma Sooners | -1.47 |
9 | Georgia Bulldogs | -0.27 |
10 | Oklahoma State Cowboys | 0.00 |
11 | USC Trojans | 0.00 |
12 | Iowa State Cyclones | 9.03 |
13 | UCF Knights | 0.00 |
14 | Mississippi State Bulldogs | 0.87 |
15 | Notre Dame Fighting Irish | -1.09 |
16 | TCU Horned Frogs | -0.79 |
17 | West Virginia Mountaineers | 1.66 |
18 | Wake Forest Demon Deacons | 7.14 |
19 | NC State Wolfpack | 1.02 |
20 | Stanford Cardinal | 0.00 |
21 | Washington Huskies | -0.79 |
22 | Michigan Wolverines | -0.11 |
23 | Iowa Hawkeyes | 1.74 |
24 | Northwestern Wildcats | 0.00 |
25 | Boston College Eagles | 0.25 |
Omissions:
Team | Unusualness |
---|---|
Washington State Cougars | 3.10 |
Memphis Tigers | 1.42 |
Michigan State Spartans | 0.52 |
USF Bulls | 0.36 |
LSU Tigers | 0.66 |
Total Score: 34.45