Ballot Type: Computer

Submitted: Dec. 4, 2017, 10:10 p.m.

Overall Rationale: I DID IT. I FINALLY MADE A COMPUTER POLL THAT ISN'T NONSENSE. I've been trying to do this for at least 2 years now, so I really can't express how happy I am. HOW DOES IT WORK? I'll explain with an example. Every team is ranked top to bottom AND bottom to top (Alabama is ranked 1st top to bottom and 130th bottom to top). Alabama beat FSU, so Alabama gains points equal to FSU's rank bottom to top for the previous week (48) and FSU loses points equal to Alabama's rank top to bottom for the previous week (-1). This rewards teams for beating good teams (+130 points for taking down last week's best team) and punishes teams less for losing to good teams (Q U A L I T Y L O S S). Beating an FCS team only gets you 1 point, while losing to an FCS team loses 130 points. That number is then divided by the total number of games a team has played. For those of you that keep up with this week-to-week (nobody), I just added this this week. I was struggling for a way to even out teams that didn't play in conference championships and it ended up helping teams that missed games due to hurricanes too. People may disagree with it, but I'm happy with the methodology. Constructive criticism is welcome.I haven't updated the Google Sheet with the methodology change, but if you want to see it, call me out and I'll update it.FIRST FIVE OUT 26 BOISE STATE (32.8)  27 SOUTH CAROLINA (30.6)  28 ARIZONA STATE (30)  29 LOUISVILLE (29.9) 30 MISSISSIPPI STATE (29.3)

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Rank	Team	Reason
1	Clemson Tigers	74.6
2	Georgia Bulldogs	68.9
3	USC Trojans	66.4
4	Wisconsin Badgers	65.6
5	UCF Knights	63.3
6	Alabama Crimson Tide	63.083
7	Ohio State Buckeyes	63.077
8	Notre Dame Fighting Irish	60.8
9	Oklahoma Sooners	59.8
10	Penn State Nittany Lions	58.5
11	Miami Hurricanes	55.2
12	Washington Huskies	54
13	Stanford Cardinal	51.5
14	Michigan State Spartans	50.6
15	Auburn Tigers	50.5
16	Washington State Cougars	43.8
17	Northwestern Wildcats	41.4
18	Memphis Tigers	38.8
19	TCU Horned Frogs	37.7
20	LSU Tigers	37.7
21	Michigan Wolverines	36.6
22	NC State Wolfpack	36.5
23	Virginia Tech Hokies	34.5
24	Iowa Hawkeyes	34.1
25	Boston College Eagles	33

Teams Ranked:

Rank	Team	Unusualness
1	Clemson Tigers	0.00
2	Georgia Bulldogs	0.00
3	USC Trojans	1.25
4	Wisconsin Badgers	1.02
5	UCF Knights	0.00
6	Alabama Crimson Tide	0.00
7	Ohio State Buckeyes	-0.67
8	Notre Dame Fighting Irish	1.67
9	Oklahoma Sooners	-4.17
10	Penn State Nittany Lions	0.00
11	Miami Hurricanes	0.00
12	Washington Huskies	0.00
13	Stanford Cardinal	0.03
14	Michigan State Spartans	0.67
15	Auburn Tigers	-2.23
16	Washington State Cougars	0.69
17	Northwestern Wildcats	0.39
18	Memphis Tigers	0.00
19	TCU Horned Frogs	-1.44
20	LSU Tigers	0.00
21	Michigan Wolverines	3.82
22	NC State Wolfpack	0.95
23	Virginia Tech Hokies	-0.03
24	Iowa Hawkeyes	1.15
25	Boston College Eagles	0.18

Omissions:

Team	Unusualness
Oklahoma State Cowboys	2.10
Boise State Broncos	0.09
USF Bulls	0.14

Total Score: 22.70