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redleg86 Ballot for 2024 Week 9

Ballot Type: Computer

Submitted: Oct. 22, 2024, 9:08 a.m.

Overall Rationale: My formula gives a team points for all the wins of the teams they beat, and punishes them for all the losses of teams to which they lose. For example, this week Georgia loses 2 points for losing to Alabama, who is 5-2, and they get 6 points for beating Texas, who is 6-1. The total is then averaged per game and then all scores are normalized, so the top score is a 1 and the bottom score is a 0 and everyone else falls in between. FCS wins are worth 1/2 the teams win total, and FCS losses are punished a 2 times the teams loss total.

Rank Team Reason
1 Oregon Ducks I'm glad my formula got this team right, pretty much a consensus #1
2 BYU Cougars My formula really loves undefeated teams, no losses to punish
3 Iowa State Cyclones
4 Miami Hurricanes
5 Kansas State Wildcats When your only loss is to an undefeated team, the punishment is far less severe
6 Indiana Hoosiers
7 Texas Longhorns Minimal punishment for Georgia loss
8 Alabama Crimson Tide My formula really loves the Tide's wins, [5,3,5,6,4]
9 Penn State Nittany Lions
10 Ohio State Buckeyes
11 Washington State Cougars Wazzu has three 5-point wins
12 Texas A&M Aggies
13 Syracuse Orange
14 Notre Dame Fighting Irish
15 Pittsburgh Panthers Low win value keeps Pitt from being as high as other undefeated teams
16 Georgia Bulldogs
17 Navy Midshipmen
18 Boise State Broncos
19 Tennessee Volunteers Arkansas loss combined with low win values
20 LSU Tigers
21 Missouri Tigers
22 Illinois Fighting Illini
23 SMU Mustangs
24 Texas Tech Red Raiders
25 Clemson Tigers

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