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Blogpoll Final Ballot

Rank Team Delta
1 Florida 1
2 Texas 1
3 Utah 5
4 Southern Cal 1
5 Oklahoma 4
6 Penn State 2
7 Alabama 1
8 Georgia 5
9 Ohio State
10 Texas Tech 3
11 TCU
12 Oregon 10
13 Virginia Tech 5
14 Missouri 2
15 Mississippi 11
16 Cincinnati 2
17 Florida State 9
18 Michigan State 1
19 Iowa
20 Boise State 10
21 Georgia Tech 9
22 Oklahoma State 7
23 California 3
24 North Carolina 2
25 LSU 1

Dropped Out: Brigham Young (#20), Pittsburgh (#21), Boston College (#23), Northwestern (#24), Oregon State (#25).

Still not 100% happy with it, but it is what it is.

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Blogpoll Final Ballot: Draft Edition

Rank Team Delta
1 Florida 1
2 Texas 1
3 Utah 5
4 Southern Cal 1
5 Oklahoma 4
6 Penn State 2
7 Alabama 1
8 Georgia 5
9 Ohio State
10 Texas Tech 3
11 TCU
12 Oregon 10
13 Virginia Tech 5
14 Cincinnati
15 Mississippi 11
16 Missouri
17 Florida State 9
18 Boise State 8
19 Michigan State 2
20 Iowa 1
21 Georgia Tech 9
22 West Virginia 4
23 North Carolina 3
24 Oklahoma State 9
25 LSU 1
Dropped Out: Brigham Young (#20), Pittsburgh (#21), Boston College (#23), Northwestern (#24), Oregon State (#25).
I’ll gladly admit I didn’t put in the utmost effort. Tear this bad boy to pieces. Final is due Monday, and there may be another draft before the final is submitted.

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Blogpoll Final Ballot: Week 15

Rank Team Delta
1 Oklahoma
2 Florida
3 Texas
4 Penn State
5 Southern Cal
6 Alabama
7 Texas Tech
8 Utah
9 Ohio State
10 Boise State
11 TCU
12 Georgia Tech
13 Georgia
14 Cincinnati
15 Oklahoma State
16 Missouri
17 Michigan State
18 Virginia Tech
19 Iowa
20 Brigham Young
21 Pittsburgh
22 Oregon
23 Boston College
24 Northwestern
25 Oregon State 1
Dropped Out: Ball State (#25).

With no comments on the draft ballot, everything remains as it was. Again, the deltas are inaccurate, so pay them no mind.

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Blogpoll Preliminary Ballot: Week 15

Rank Team Delta
1 Oklahoma
2 Florida
3 Texas
4 Penn State
5 Southern Cal
6 Alabama
7 Texas Tech
8 Utah
9 Ohio State
10 Boise State
11 TCU
12 Georgia Tech
13 Georgia
14 Cincinnati
15 Oklahoma State
16 Missouri
17 Michigan State
18 Virginia Tech
19 Iowa
20 Brigham Young
21 Pittsburgh
22 Oregon
23 Boston College
24 Northwestern
25 Oregon State 1
Dropped Out: Ball State (#25).

Update: Deltas “fixed,” by which I mean they are now wrong, because they are deltas from what I originally submitted this morning.

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Blogpoll Preliminary Ballot: Week 7

I apologize for the utter chaos contained herein. I literally have not had any time to look at my poll, and I don’t even know yet if some of the teams I’m ranking won or lost this past weekend. Help me out in the comments, I’ll watch more games, and everything should be sorted out by Wednesday.

Rank Team Delta
1 Alabama 1
2 Texas 3
3 Penn State
4 Florida 4
5 Oklahoma 4
6 Southern Cal 3
7 Georgia
8 Oklahoma State 5
9 Ohio State 2
10 Brigham Young
11 Utah 1
12 Texas Tech 2
13 Missouri 9
14 LSU 8
15 Kansas 2
16 Virginia Tech 3
17 Boise State 3
18 Michigan State 3
19 Florida State 3
20 Wake Forest 6
21 Pittsburgh 3
22 Minnesota 4
23 North Carolina 3
24 Oregon State 2
25 Northwestern

Dropped Out: Vanderbilt (#15), South Florida (#16), Illinois (#18), Kentucky (#23).

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Blogpoll Final Ballot: Week 6

Rank Team Delta
1 Oklahoma
2 Alabama
3 Penn State 1
4 Missouri 1
5 Texas
6 LSU
7 Georgia 2
8 Florida 2
9 Southern Cal 2
10 Brigham Young 2
11 Ohio State 1
12 Utah 3
13 Oklahoma State
14 Texas Tech 2
15 Vanderbilt 3
16 South Florida 9
17 Kansas
18 Illinois 1
19 Virginia Tech 5
20 Boise State 1
21 Michigan State 5
22 Florida State 1
23 Kentucky 3
24 Pittsburgh 2
25 Northwestern 1

Dropped Out: Auburn (#14), Wisconsin (#20), Fresno State (#22), Wake Forest (#25).

Changes: Moved Illinois down slightly. Moved BYU down, because their schedule really does suck. Moved Northwestern in, replacing Cincinnati.

I still don’t think Auburn deserves to be ranked. Whether they’ve won or lost, the team has looked terrible either way. They’re not going to be ranked on the basis of “8th best team in the SEC is still the 9th best team in the country ROLLL TAAAAAAAHDE.”

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Blogpoll Preliminary Ballot: Week 6

Rank Team Delta
1 Oklahoma
2 Alabama
3 Penn State 1
4 Missouri 1
5 Texas
6 LSU
7 Brigham Young 1
8 Georgia 1
9 Florida 1
10 Southern Cal 1
11 Ohio State 1
12 Oklahoma State 1
13 Utah 2
14 Texas Tech 2
15 Vanderbilt 3
16 South Florida 9
17 Illinois 2
18 Virginia Tech 6
19 Kansas 2
20 Boise State 1
21 Michigan State 5
22 Florida State 1
23 Kentucky 3
24 Pittsburgh 2
25 Cincinnati 1

Dropped Out: Auburn (#14), Wisconsin (#20), Fresno State (#22), Wake Forest (#25).

Games Watched (listed in the order I watched them): Middle Tennessee-FAU, Boise State-Lousiana Tech, USF-Pitt, Utah-Oregon State, Cincinnati-Marshall, Michigan State-Iowa, Penn State-Purdue, Michigan-Illinois, Bama-Kentucky, Ohio State-Wisconsin, Missouri-Nebraska, Minnesota-Indiana, Notre Dame-Stanford, UConn-UNC, Texas-Colorado, Miami of Florida-Florida State.

Anything look wrong? Anything I need to justify?

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Blogpoll Roundtable 4.3

Hosted by Big Red Network.

Q: Of the four presumed national title contenders to go down this past week–USC, Florida, Georgia, Wisconsin–which team has the best chance to get back in the race by the end of the year?

I’m not sure Wisconsin really counted as a national title contender going in, so the loss to Michigan seems to keep them out for sure, unless they completely run roughshod over the remainder of their schedule.
Florida and USC both lost to vastly inferior opponents, and the Gators had the added “benefit” of doing it on their home field. The Gators, however, face a schedule that is sure to give them the opportunity for several more quality wins over the course of the season. USC, on the other hand, is playing in the relatively weak PAC-10. Only their run of “dominance” (which really seems to have ended a couple years ago) that has voters constantly voting them high can possibly keep them in… and of course they destroyed former #2 Ohio State.
Georgia got completely housed in its home stadium, but at least they lost to a team that was previously undefeated, and is now likely to be the #1 or #2 team in the country by any reasonable standard. The SEC schedule (and a possibly-quality OOC win against Arizona State on the road), including a championship game if they get that far, more than gives them the opportunity to work their way back into the MNC game – assuming Bama stumbles somewhere along the way. 

Q: But what does this mean for Ohio State? Are they back in?

They are back in, but only in the sense that it brings USC, Georgia, and Florida one step closer to having two losses this early in the season. Ohio State will have to be a full game better than any of those teams to make it back to the championship. It may not be fair for the Buckeyes, but in the world of college football, perception is everything, and getting killed in front of a national audience in their last three big out-of-conference games makes the Buckeyes comparatively weak.
Q: Did the week that was open the door for any of the undefeateds out of some of the non-BCS conferences like the Mountain West or the Big East? (Yup, that’s a cheap shot. Thanks, Virginia Tech for not allowing me to make it about the ACC.)
The door is theoretically open, but BYU or Utah would have to perform well against their non-conference competition (Utah has its last chance against an Oregon State team that just thoroughly dominated USC, and BYU’s last effort will be against… Utah State) AND beat the other team, on top of running the conference table. BYU’s non-conference run was less impressive, so Utah probably has a better chance to make it to the MNC game.
However, like Ohio State, these two teams are playing at a major disadvantage in terms if perception. BYU has a little more histroy on its side, but Utah’s season would be more impressive if they finished undefeated. Either way, it will require that no BCS-conference team is undefeated, and more likely that there are very few legimiate contenders with only one loss.

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Blogpoll Final Ballot: Week 5

Rank Team Delta
1 Oklahoma 1
2 Alabama 15
3 Missouri 5
4 Penn State 3
5 Texas
6 LSU
7 South Florida 5
8 Brigham Young 3
9 Georgia 5
10 Florida 7
11 Southern Cal 10
12 Ohio State 2
13 Oklahoma State
14 Auburn
15 Utah 1
16 Texas Tech 1
17 Kansas 1
18 Vanderbilt 5
19 Illinois 3
20 Wisconsin 11
21 Boise State 3
22 Fresno State 1
23 Florida State 3
24 Virginia Tech 2
25 Wake Forest 6

Dropped Out: Miami (Florida) (#20), Clemson (#25).

Changes from Draft: Bama moves over LSU because their resume is much more impressive so far, same with Mizzou over Texas. I moved Penn State up some because I simply think they’re good, not necessarily because their competition has been all that good (though they haven’t let anyone come close yet). Georgia, Florida, Ohio State, and USC moved within proximity of each other, and they are ranked as they are because USC’s loss was embarrassing, but they beat OSU, and because Georgia’s loss was embarrassing, but Bama looks right now like a really good team. Illinois moves down slightly because they do have two losses, but both are to top teams. Wisconsin is back in, because their omission was nothing more than an oversight by me.

I’m still not enamored with my ballot. Next week, I’m going to start phasing out the “hybrid” and go more towards straight-up resume ranking.

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Blogpoll Preliminary Ballot: Week 5

Rank Team Delta
1 Oklahoma 1
2 LSU 4
3 Alabama 14
4 Texas 1
5 Missouri 3
6 Penn State 1
7 Brigham Young 4
8 South Florida 4
9 Florida 6
10 Southern Cal 9
11 Oklahoma State 2
12 Auburn 2
13 Ohio State 3
14 Texas Tech 1
15 Georgia 11
16 Utah
17 Kansas 1
18 Illinois 4
19 Vanderbilt 4
20 Boise State 4
21 Fresno State
22 Florida State 4
23 Virginia Tech 3
24 Wake Forest 5
25 Northwestern 1

Dropped Out: Wisconsin (#9), Miami (Florida) (#20), Clemson (#25).

Games Watched: USC-Oregon State, much of Louisville-UConn, Ohio State-Minnesota, First half of Michigan State-Indiana, Most of UMiami-UNC, Michigan-Wisconsin (live only), A tiny portion of Oklahoma-TCU, Georgia-Alabama, Penn State-Illinois. Less than usual because the Michigan game wiped me out. Plus I forgot to DVR things.

Yeah, so I’m not particularly enthused about this ballot. Plus, I didn’t get a chance to watch as many games as I would have liked. So, let me have it, I know I deserve it this week.

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