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ryumast3r Ballot for 2019 Week 4

Ballot Type: Computer

Submitted: Sept. 15, 2019, 6:14 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 at the end of last year). 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 and all other FCS teams 50 points (which they cannot gain or lose but just stay at 50 always. This ends up not mattering much as they don't play enough highly-ranked teams to show up). 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.

Rank Team Reason
1 Ohio State Buckeyes Score: 521
2 Clemson Tigers Score: 492
3 Georgia Bulldogs Score: 456
4 Alabama Crimson Tide Score: 426
5 Auburn Tigers Score: 400
6 Arizona State Sun Devils Score: 386
7 Wisconsin Badgers Score: 385
8 Utah Utes Score: 359
9 Penn State Nittany Lions Score: 351
10 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Score: 344
11 Florida Gators Score: 333
12 Kansas State Wildcats Score: 333
13 Oklahoma Sooners Score: 325
14 Missouri Tigers Score: 303
15 Memphis Tigers Score: 302
16 Baylor Bears Score: 299
17 TCU Horned Frogs Score: 296
18 LSU Tigers Score: 295
19 Oregon Ducks Score: 286
20 Washington Huskies Score: 285
21 UCF Knights Score: 283
22 Virginia Cavaliers Score: 277
23 Iowa Hawkeyes Score: 275
24 Oklahoma State Cowboys Score: 272
25 Temple Owls Score: 267

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