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theb52 Ballot for 2021 Week 4

Ballot Type: Computer

Submitted: Sept. 21, 2021, 9:58 a.m.

Overall Rationale: FIRST FIVE OUT Arkansas (29.833), Miss St (29.000), Boston College (28.167), Michigan (27.833), Florida (27.500). There are two ideologies for polls: 1. Who would win in a theoretical matchup and 2. Who has the best report card This is a 100% computer poll following the latter idea. At the beginning of the season it is hard to know which losses are quality losses and which are bad losses because of everyone's short resume`, so teams will move a lot until week 6 where it will steady out. Because of this, teams who lose early are punished more harshly, but past weeks are recalculated every update. So Ohio State's loss will dock them less points in future weeks if Oregon continues to win, whereas Oregon's win will gain them less points in future weeks if Ohio State continues to lose. In the past I've worked it all up in Google Sheets so it's visible, but I'm behind this year so it's only in Excel right now.

Rank Team Reason
1 Penn State Nittany Lions 77.000
2 Alabama Crimson Tide 71.167
3 Kansas State Wildcats 69.500
4 Texas A&M Aggies 64.667
5 Georgia Bulldogs 59.500
6 Oregon Ducks 57.500
7 Notre Dame Fighting Irish 63.167
8 Michigan State Spartans 52.500
9 Memphis Tigers 50.833
10 BYU Cougars 50.667
11 Iowa Hawkeyes 46.500
12 Rutgers Scarlet Knights 44.333 - Tied with Utah State
13 Utah State Aggies 44.333 - Tied with Rutgers
14 Baylor Bears 41.500 - Tied with Ok State
15 Oklahoma State Cowboys 41.500 - Tied with Baylor
16 Oklahoma Sooners 40.167
17 San Diego State Aztecs 37.167
18 North Carolina Tar Heels 35.500 - tied with Maryland and UTSA
19 Maryland Terrapins 35.500 - tied with UNC and UTSA
20 UTSA Roadrunners 35.500 - Tied with UNC and Maryland
21 USC Trojans 32.833
22 Fresno State Bulldogs 32.500
23 Kentucky Wildcats 32.000
24 Ole Miss Rebels 31.333
25 Western Michigan Broncos 31.000

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