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jimbobbypaul Ballot for 2023 Week 7

Ballot Type: Computer

Submitted: Oct. 8, 2023, 1:40 p.m.

Overall Rationale: Thanks to u/sirgippy, the JB Rankings from https://www.reddit.com/r/CFB/comments/12nja3j/ranking_the_top_131_fbs_programs_of_the_last_40/ make their way to the r/CFB Poll...and time to put my money where my mouth is, how good are these rankings actually, was the whole series just BS??? The JB Rankings are a computer model that, in a nutshell, gives you points for a win, takes away points for a loss, and divides your cumulative score by log(games played + 1). So every team starts out with 0 resume points which go up/down depending on how they play during the year. For each game, opponent record, opponent conference, at what point in the season the game was played, and scoring margin are taken into account. The model rewards you for playing a tough schedule. If you beat a great team, you get a lot of points. If you lose to a great team, you only lose a few points. If you beat a bad team, you only get a few points. If you lose to a bad team, you lose a lot of points. Time to see how accurate this "proprietary ranking algorithm" really is!

Rank Team Reason
1 Penn State Nittany Lions Ranking points: 41.5412
2 Ohio State Buckeyes 39.0667
3 Michigan Wolverines 38.4662
4 Texas Longhorns 36.5396
5 Oklahoma Sooners 36.4238
6 Louisville Cardinals 35.333
7 Georgia Bulldogs 34.7287
8 Florida State Seminoles 32.2876
9 North Carolina Tar Heels 31.0934
10 Washington Huskies 31.0545
11 Alabama Crimson Tide 29.5806
12 Oregon Ducks 29.5486
13 USC Trojans 27.6517
14 Ole Miss Rebels 25.0422
15 Washington State Cougars 24.0744
16 Oregon State Beavers 22.5556
17 Wisconsin Badgers 22.4591
18 Utah Utes 21.8056
19 Kansas Jayhawks 21.7566
20 Notre Dame Fighting Irish 20.82
21 Miami Hurricanes 19.6801
22 James Madison Dukes 19.256
23 Duke Blue Devils 18.514
24 Missouri Tigers 17.9087
25 Liberty Flames 17.6703. Next 5 teams (#26-30): LSU, Iowa, West Virginia, Wyoming, UCLA

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