I think you might find all pools are above the jump off point. When there are no other suitable pools bitHopper defaults to XXPPS type pool until a better pool is found.
I thought that was the problem at first, which is why I cleared out the stats (deleted stats.db)
When I restarted bitHopper it showed 0 stats across the board.
Wouldn't this make it choose one of the "mine" pools over the "backup" pool?
Or am I misunderstanding bitHopper?
number of shares submitted for a round for any pool, not just yours. Deleting your stats won't change that, your number of submitted shares isn't relevant. If the number of total shares for a round exceeds a certain number then it hops to another pool below this threshold. If there are none then it drops down to the backup pool until one of the pool rounds end.