I'm all for a panel to do the rankings.
But it is much easier for just me to do it. Some of the guys I had help do it (not you bullets13) were not putting much effort in which really would skew the composite. They simply were not paying much attention and was just mailing it in. IMO it wasn't a good accurate ranking. (not that all rankings are accurate)
I do agree with your point about ranking 8 over 12. Only problem is 4A/3A having a dozen more teams than 6A/5A and 2A/1A. You would be ranking the top 1/3 in those two while only ranking the top 1/4 in 4A/3A.