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ryumast3r Ballot for 2017 Week 15 & Bowls

Ballot Type: Computer

Submitted: Dec. 4, 2017, 7:58 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: Several 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 Clemson Tigers Points: 1150 Move: +2
2 Georgia Bulldogs Points 792 Move: +6
3 Oklahoma Sooners Points: 733 Move: +6
4 Ohio State Buckeyes Points: 677 Move: +2
5 Wisconsin Badgers Points: 629 Move: -3
6 Penn State Nittany Lions Points: 503 Move: -1
7 Alabama Crimson Tide Points: 469 Move: +2
8 Auburn Tigers Points: 427 Move: -7
9 Pittsburgh Panthers Points 356 Move +1
10 Oklahoma State Cowboys Points: 321 Move: +3
11 Iowa State Cyclones Points 318 Move: +4
12 Northwestern Wildcats Points: 318 Move: +6
13 Washington Huskies Points: 317 Move: +1
14 Boston College Eagles Points: 309 Move: +7
15 Stanford Cardinal Points: 305 Move: -3
16 NC State Wolfpack Points: 303 Move +1
17 UCF Knights Points: 301 Move: +2
18 USC Trojans Points: 300 Move: -2
19 Louisville Cardinals Points: 297 Move +7
20 Virginia Tech Hokies Points: 290 Move: +2
21 Kansas State Wildcats Points: 285 Move: +3
22 TCU Horned Frogs Points: 267 Move: -11
23 Wake Forest Demon Deacons Points: 265 Move: +4
24 Iowa Hawkeyes Points: 254 Move: -4
25 LSU Tigers Points: 230 Move: -2

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