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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	Georgia Bulldogs	Ranking points: 48.5
2	Michigan Wolverines	47.1
3	Ohio State Buckeyes	45.8
4	Washington Huskies	45.6
5	Florida State Seminoles	42.4
6	Texas Longhorns	41.1
7	Alabama Crimson Tide	40.2
8	Oregon Ducks	35.6
9	Penn State Nittany Lions	35.5
10	Louisville Cardinals	34.4
11	Oklahoma Sooners	33.3
12	Liberty Flames	30.1
13	Ole Miss Rebels	28.6
14	Missouri Tigers	26.6
15	Kansas State Wildcats	23.9
16	LSU Tigers	23.1
17	Notre Dame Fighting Irish	22.6
18	James Madison Dukes	22.1
19	Iowa Hawkeyes	21.1
20	Arizona Wildcats	20.7
21	Toledo Rockets	20.4
22	Oregon State Beavers	18.1
23	Tulane Green Wave	18.1
24	UNLV Rebels	15.6
25	Oklahoma State Cowboys	15.6. #26-30: Troy, North Carolina, Clemson, SMU, NC State

Teams Ranked:

Rank	Team	Unusualness
1	Georgia Bulldogs	0.00
2	Michigan Wolverines	0.20
3	Ohio State Buckeyes	0.00
4	Washington Huskies	0.00
5	Florida State Seminoles	0.00
6	Texas Longhorns	0.09
7	Alabama Crimson Tide	0.00
8	Oregon Ducks	-0.39
9	Penn State Nittany Lions	0.24
10	Louisville Cardinals	0.00
11	Oklahoma Sooners	0.05
12	Liberty Flames	0.90
13	Ole Miss Rebels	0.00
14	Missouri Tigers	-0.23
15	Kansas State Wildcats	0.43
16	LSU Tigers	0.00
17	Notre Dame Fighting Irish	0.00
18	James Madison Dukes	0.41
19	Iowa Hawkeyes	0.00
20	Arizona Wildcats	-0.22
21	Toledo Rockets	0.00
22	Oregon State Beavers	-0.85
23	Tulane Green Wave	-0.49
24	UNLV Rebels	0.01
25	Oklahoma State Cowboys	-0.24

No major omissions.

Total Score: 4.75

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