Not long ago, I submitted my most recent BlogPoll ballot, in which I had Colorado ranked eighth. An attentive reader reasonably asked, "Didn't they actually lose 33-14 to Arizona State?"

Unlike some A.P. voters I could name, I figured out a way to double-check the score and, sure enough, he was right. Obviously, this required both a correction and an explanation.

The explanation is this: I got home late last night from Athens and, as often is the case after a Georgia game, I couldn't sleep, so I went ahead and got to work on my BlogPoll ballot. I was checking scores on Sports Illustrated's website until the wee hours and I kept track of the Arizona State-Colorado game until it the score was final.

It's not impossible that, because it was late and I was tired, I misread the score, but I'm almost positive that the real-time game tracker had the score reversed, showing Colorado was winning by a 33-14 margin, rather than Arizona State. When I double-checked it earlier this evening, though, I saw that rmcleave was right, for which I am most apologetic.

Regardless of the reason for this error, whether it was Sports Illustrated's mistake or mine, a correction was in order, so I went back in and recast my BlogPoll ballot, which now looks like this:

Rank	Team	Delta
1	LSU	4
2	Oklahoma	6
3	UCLA	4
4	Washington	21
5	Missouri	21
6	Boston College	20
7	South Carolina	19
8	Iowa	18
9	South Florida	17
10	Clemson	12
11	Texas	1
12	Rutgers	7
13	Oregon	3
14	Arizona State	12
15	Wisconsin	11
16	Southern Cal	15
17	Cincinnati	9
18	Penn State	1
19	Alabama	7
20	West Virginia	18
21	California	18
22	Michigan State	4
23	Florida	8
24	Georgia	13
25	Georgia Tech	5

Dropped Out: Boise State (#6), TCU (#9), Louisville (#10), Virginia Tech (#13), Auburn (#14), Ohio State (#18), Nebraska (#21), Oregon State (#23), Brigham Young (#24).

The lone change involved removing the Buffaloes and inserting the Sun Devils, who beat San Jose State and Colorado convincingly to earn a No. 14 ranking. Every intervening team moved up one notch.

Once again, I apologize for the error and I appreciate the correction. Next time, I'll know better than to check scores when I'm sleepy.

Go 'Dawgs!