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joebob431 Ballot for 2019 Preseason

Ballot Type: Hybrid

Submitted: Aug. 19, 2019, 3:37 p.m.

Overall Rationale: I took the final rankings output by my computer ranking for the last 3 seasons, with a medium-ish adjustment for recruiting rankings and a small adjustment for returning talent. This ranking will highly reward teams that have been consistently decent. Example, Stanford at 12 might be unconventional, but they are one of a few teams to finish each of the last 3 seasons top25 by my computer ranking. Most teams are going to have a bad year (Notre Dame 2016, Florida 2017) or mediocre years (Texas A&M 2017, Miami 2018) that harm their overall average. I therefore consider these teams to be safe bets at consistency, rather than an actual prediction of final rankings.

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