I am fine using Max Preps but instead of dropping the point differential cap it at 21 points. Win by 50 is same as a 21 point win. Alleviates running up the score but provides a basis of win or loss for the computer program.
I personally wanted a combination of several polls such as Simmons, Massey, Drew Pasteur, and Max Preps with each getting equal weight and averaging it out over the four or five. Pasteur doesn’t do his NC rankings since moving to Ohio but I am sure he could persuaded to crank it up.