The Octofinals were eight polls of three titles. Again, all films are ranked by an aggregate percentage number gained throughout the tournament. Prior to each new round the titles are ranked first to last and seeded accordingly. So with eight polls, the first eight titles (1 through 8) are seeded first, then the next eight, then the last eight. So the first poll has titles rated 1, 9, and 17, the second poll has titles rated 2, 10, 18. And so on. It's a simple and fair process I think.