Ballot Type: Computer

Submitted: Jan. 9, 2024, 12:21 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!

• Ballot
• Analysis

Rank	Team	Reason
1	Michigan Wolverines	Resume points: 65.23
2	Georgia Bulldogs	54.51
3	Washington Huskies	49.47
4	Texas Longhorns	45.97
5	Florida State Seminoles	45.10
6	Oregon Ducks	43.68
7	Alabama Crimson Tide	43.49
8	Ohio State Buckeyes	40.26
9	Missouri Tigers	36.63
10	Ole Miss Rebels	34.64
11	Penn State Nittany Lions	34.03
12	Oklahoma Sooners	32.37
13	Notre Dame Fighting Irish	30.81
14	Liberty Flames	29.50
15	Arizona Wildcats	27.80
16	LSU Tigers	27.62
17	Kansas State Wildcats	24.17
18	Louisville Cardinals	22.14
19	James Madison Dukes	21.35
20	Troy Trojans	19.57
21	Clemson Tigers	18.44
22	SMU Mustangs	17.44
23	Oklahoma State Cowboys	16.81
24	Kansas Jayhawks	16.68
25	Tennessee Volunteers	16.57. #26-30: NC State, Miami (OH), Duke, Iowa, Toledo.

Teams Ranked:

Rank	Team	Unusualness
1	Michigan Wolverines	0.00
2	Georgia Bulldogs	0.74
3	Washington Huskies	0.00
4	Texas Longhorns	0.00
5	Florida State Seminoles	0.00
6	Oregon Ducks	0.00
7	Alabama Crimson Tide	-0.74
8	Ohio State Buckeyes	0.00
9	Missouri Tigers	0.00
10	Ole Miss Rebels	0.00
11	Penn State Nittany Lions	0.11
12	Oklahoma Sooners	0.44
13	Notre Dame Fighting Irish	0.00
14	Liberty Flames	1.40
15	Arizona Wildcats	-0.29
16	LSU Tigers	-0.70
17	Kansas State Wildcats	0.00
18	Louisville Cardinals	0.00
19	James Madison Dukes	1.35
20	Troy Trojans	2.35
21	Clemson Tigers	0.00
22	SMU Mustangs	0.00
23	Oklahoma State Cowboys	-0.74
24	Kansas Jayhawks	0.00
25	Tennessee Volunteers	-1.26

Omissions:

Team	Unusualness
NC State Wolfpack	0.77
Iowa Hawkeyes	0.19

Total Score: 11.08