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jimbobbypaul Ballot for 2023 Week 12

Ballot Type: Computer

Submitted: Nov. 12, 2023, 2:46 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: 48.4778
2 Florida State Seminoles 47.4348
3 Georgia Bulldogs 47.2947
4 Ohio State Buckeyes 45.694
5 Washington Huskies 44.4119
6 Alabama Crimson Tide 42.2395
7 Texas Longhorns 39.6598
8 Oregon Ducks 37.3509
9 Louisville Cardinals 35.2531
10 Penn State Nittany Lions 34.7813
11 Oklahoma Sooners 33.6284
12 Liberty Flames 28.4929
13 Missouri Tigers 28.4821
14 Ole Miss Rebels 28.1862
15 James Madison Dukes 27.1387
16 Oregon State Beavers 23.5276
17 Notre Dame Fighting Irish 22.8438
18 North Carolina Tar Heels 22.6423
19 LSU Tigers 22.5009
20 Iowa Hawkeyes 22.4291
21 Kansas State Wildcats 21.9895
22 Kansas Jayhawks 18.8789
23 Toledo Rockets 17.879
24 Arizona Wildcats 17.4576
25 Tulane Green Wave 17.1834. #26-30: Utah, Oklahoma State, Tennessee, Duke, NC State

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