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ryumast3r Ballot for 2017 Week 13

Ballot Type: Computer

Submitted: Nov. 19, 2017, 2:43 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: Two weeks ago 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.

Rank Team Reason
1 Miami Hurricanes Points: 803 Move: 0
2 Wisconsin Badgers Points: 781 Move: 0
3 Alabama Crimson Tide Points: 736 Move: 0
4 Clemson Tigers Points: 700 Move: 0
5 Auburn Tigers Points: 591 Move: 0
6 Oklahoma Sooners Points: 548 Move: 2
7 Ohio State Buckeyes Points: 544 Move: 0
8 Penn State Nittany Lions Points: 480 Move: -2
9 Georgia Bulldogs Points: 436 Move: 0
10 TCU Horned Frogs Points: 381 Move: 4
11 Wake Forest Demon Deacons Points: 350 Move: 6
12 Iowa State Cyclones Points:345 Move: -1
13 UCF Knights Points: 344 Move: -1
14 Northwestern Wildcats Points: 319 Move: 7
15 Oklahoma State Cowboys Points: 310 Move: -5
16 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Points: 306 Move: 0
17 USC Trojans Points: 295 Move: -4
18 Louisville Cardinals Points: 286 Move: 18
19 NC State Wolfpack Points: 278 Move: -1
20 Mississippi State Bulldogs Points: 271 Move: -5
21 Boston College Eagles Points: 266 Move: 3
22 Texas Longhorns Points: 266 Move: 22
23 Stanford Cardinal Points: 259 Move: -1
24 Kansas State Wildcats Points: 237 Move: 15
25 Washington Huskies Points: 234 Move: -2

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