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ryumast3r Ballot for 2018 Week 4

Ballot Type: Computer

Submitted: Sept. 17, 2018, 10:28 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.Updates still to come: Fixing over-reactiveness in some regards and stickiness in others without increasing complexity of the poll. This will be a bit difficult to do, due to the second requirement of keeping the BROHM methodology simple, but I'm currently working on several ideas for the coming weeks. In the meantime, Week 4 is the same methodology as last year's.

Rank Team Reason
1 Alabama Crimson Tide Points: 638
2 Georgia Bulldogs Points: 459
3 Penn State Nittany Lions Points: 457
4 Stanford Cardinal Points: 449
5 Ohio State Buckeyes Points: 435
6 Oklahoma State Cowboys Points: 416
7 Mississippi State Bulldogs Points: 394
8 Clemson Tigers Points: 385
9 Iowa Hawkeyes Points: 383
10 Duke Blue Devils Points: 377
11 LSU Tigers Points: 354
12 West Virginia Mountaineers Points: 328
13 Texas A&M Aggies Points: 326
14 Auburn Tigers Points: 320
15 Kentucky Wildcats Points: 317
16 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Points: 312
17 Washington State Cougars Points: 304
18 Virginia Tech Hokies Points: 303
19 Indiana Hoosiers Points: 298
20 Washington Huskies Points: 293
21 Minnesota Golden Gophers Points: 284
22 Boston College Eagles Points: 278
23 Appalachian State Mountaineers Points: 257
24 Cincinnati Bearcats Points: 257
25 Oklahoma Sooners Points: 249

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