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theb52 Ballot for 2018 Week 5

Ballot Type: Computer

Submitted: Sept. 23, 2018, 7:46 p.m.

Overall Rationale: About halfway through last season, I finally accomplished my goal of creating a computer poll that isn't a dumpster fire. This year, I've extinguished some of the flames further. My poll starts with all FBS teams tied for best and all FCS teams tied for worst. From there, teams are ranked "down" (where number 1 is the best team) and "up" (where number 254 (sum of FBS+FCS teams) is the best team). Then each week if you beat a team, you gain their "up" rank or lose their "down" rank. For example, let's say Alabama is ranked 1 and TAMU is ranked 17. if TAMU beats Alabama, they would gain Alabama's "up" rank (254 points) to their score. If TAMU loses to Alabama this weekend, they would lose Alabama's "down" rank (-1 points) to their score. It follows that if Alabama loses, they lose TAMU's "down" rank (-17 points) and if Alabama wins, they gain TAMU's "up" rank (237 points). This means teams who win against higher ranked opponents are highly rewarded, but teams who lose games to higher ranked opponents don't lose too many points (Q U A L I T Y L O S S). It follows that teams who beat low ranked opponents don't gain many points, and teams who lose to low ranked opponents are punished hard. Byes are 0 points, and any DII team is ranked the same as the lowest team. A team's total score is then divided by the number of games played, so schools who play less games in a season aren't punished (re:Hurricane Florence). FIRST 5 OUT: Maryland (96.500), Wisconsin (95.500), Hawaii (94.400), BYU (92.500), Arkansas St (86.875)

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