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jimbobbypaul Ballot for 2023 Week 9

Ballot Type: Computer

Submitted: Oct. 22, 2023, 7:02 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 Michigan Wolverines Ranking points: 44.9465
2 Florida State Seminoles 41.9691
3 Ohio State Buckeyes 40.9873
4 Oklahoma Sooners 38.314
5 Texas Longhorns 35.3883
6 Washington Huskies 34.1793
7 Alabama Crimson Tide 33.7847
8 Utah Utes 30.7518
9 Georgia Bulldogs 29.6882
10 Penn State Nittany Lions 28.1685
11 Ole Miss Rebels 27.8252
12 Missouri Tigers 27.4418
13 Oregon State Beavers 27.1453
14 Liberty Flames 26.7018
15 Notre Dame Fighting Irish 26.4055
16 North Carolina Tar Heels 25.5654
17 James Madison Dukes 25.3299
18 Oregon Ducks 23.7571
19 LSU Tigers 22.7082
20 Louisville Cardinals 22.5173
21 Air Force Falcons 21.2586
22 Kansas State Wildcats 17.6981
23 Tulane Green Wave 15.6093
24 Duke Blue Devils 15.5259
25 Miami Hurricanes 15.3762. #26-30: Wisconsin, Oklahoma State, Iowa, USC, Toledo.

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