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ryumast3r Ballot for 2021 Week 13

Ballot Type: Computer

Submitted: Nov. 22, 2021, 10:03 p.m.

Overall Rationale: Next 5 out are: Oklahoma (229 Points); Brigham Young (228 Points);
Washington State (227 Points); Army (226 Points); and Oregon State (211
Points). These point totals are incredible close, even between ranks 15
(297  pts) and rank 30 (211 points) which I think shows just how
undecided this poll is at this point in the season. There's been a lot
of weird movement (Utah blasting Oregon for example, while losing to
BYU) that it just doesn't know how to handle.How it works:This is the Biorhythmic Ratings Over Holistic Methodology (BROHM) rankings originally created by /u/factorialite and modified and used with their permission. The way BROHM works is that each team is assigned points based on the following: P5 teams 150 points to
startG5 teams 100 pointsFCS Playoff (last year) teams 75 pointsand
all
other FCS teams 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.Lastly, to help prevent major swings every week while also filtering generally "good" teams to the top, this ranking is run through several times. I found this helps stabilize the rankings week-to-week, however it doesn't prevent the model from coming up with extremely "hot" takes (which add to the fun, imo).





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