year.

So ranking, subsequent inclusion and playoff seeding shouldn’t be based on a prediction model that includes previous seasons, even if that is a good predictor for who will win.

Maybe that comes back to the argument crowning who is the “best” team vs who is “deserving” (wins).

I’m always about crowing a champion based only on winning the games that they need to win. Leave previous seasons and resultant bias out of it.

I don’t know what it is about this system that would rank Colorado 5 spots ahead of BYU this year, or puts a 4-loss Alabama at number 4, but I’m even if it predicts well, it’s not right for applying deserved rankings to teams in any given year.

As a system for predicting outcomes and making bets, great.