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Player_1_has_Joined Ballot for 2024 Week 16 & Bowls

Ballot Type: Computer

Submitted: Dec. 9, 2024, 10:46 p.m.

Overall Rationale: My computer starts as a strict power ranking and over the course of the season weights resume more and more as a way to try and predict how the committee may make their selections. This week was tricky for me because the committee made the fair choice of not punishing the conference championship game losers. I played around with doing that as well but ultimately decided to continue weighting these losses the same as any other loss as they were as I wasn't as pleased with the overall results of the ballot. Ultimately, I matched the committee on 11 of the 12 teams making it to the playoffs with the one exception of Miami getting in over SMU. Their resumes were practically weighted the same as while SMU had better losses, Miami had better wins and also my model favors Miami ever so slightly on a neutral field.

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