Again, I believe that this is the premier National Poll and that we are about to crown a national champion. This week's poll will stay up at least through championship weekend as my expected reprieve is nowhere to be found.
Week 14 Results:
| Place | Team | Points | #1 Votes | Movement |
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| 1 | Indiana | 73 | 2 | NR |
| 2 | Ohio State | 71 | 1 | NR |
| 3 | Texas A&M | 67 | 0 | NR |
| 4 | Georgia | 64 | 0 | NR |
| T5 | Ole Miss | 58 | 0 | NR |
| T5 | Alabama | 58 | 0 | NR |
| T7 | Texas Tech | 56 | 0 | NR |
| T7 | Oklahoma | 56 | 0 | NR |
| 9 | Oregon | 52 | 0 | NR |
| 10 | BYU | 51 | 0 | NR |
| 11 | Notre Dame | 36 | 0 | NR |
| T12 | Vanderbilt | 31 | 0 | NR |
| T12 | Miami (FL) | 31 | 0 | NR |
| 14 | Georgia Tech | 30 | 0 | NR |
| 15 | North Texas | 28 | 0 | NR |
| 16 | Texas | 25 | 0 | NR |
| 17 | Virginia | 23 | 0 | NR |
| 18 | Tulane | 21 | 0 | NR |
| T19 | USC | 20 | 0 | NR |
| T19 | South Florida | 20 | 0 | NR |
| 21 | James Madison | 18 | 0 | NR |
| T22 | Utah | 17 | 0 | NR |
| T22 | Michigan | 17 | 0 | NR |
| 24 | Tennessee | 14 | 0 | NR |
| 25 | Pittsburgh | 9 | 0 | NR |
Link to the Poll:https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc8NFsNvzr51rjxe5WE_WRWbrhkAMrX6pWjex1dacaiplQSsQ/viewform?fbzx=39910275387990179
Updated my algorithm to not "punish teams for playing in a conference championship": The championship winners get credit for winning, but losing those games doesn't affect a team's scoring...
Parentheses denote change in rank from the previous week:
Other conference champions:
29 - Kennesaw State (+8)
36 - Boise State
37 - Duke (+21)
50 - Western Michigan (+5)
Full rankings:
Losers of championship games having "pseudo-records"
Who would have guessed 2 years ago that Indiana would go on to be the empirically best team after championship week in just 2 years time?
Algorithm is a combination of team record and their "best win". No MoV, human influence, or previous season influence.
I was thinking about doing that for my algorithm. But at the same time, if you get absolutely embarrassed in your CCG (cough Bama & BYU cough), maybe your rating should drop at least a bit...