Week Three BlogPoll Ballot Draft Submitted for Your Review and Comment
by T Kyle King on Sep 20, 2010 5:00 PM EDT
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PrintI’m just going to come right out and admit that this week’s BlogPoll ballot draft is a hodgepodge, approximately one-third power poll, one-third resume ranking, and one-third gut instinct, so, if something looks out of whack, it probably is, and you should feel free to say so in the comments below while I still have time to revise it.
Here is my top 25:
Dawg Sports Ballot - Week 4
| Rank | Team | Delta |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alabama Crimson Tide | -- |
| 2 | Ohio St. Buckeyes | -- |
| 3 | Oregon Ducks | -- |
| 4 | Oklahoma Sooners |  2 |
| 5 | TCU Horned Frogs |  -1 |
| 6 | Nebraska Cornhuskers | 1 |
| 7 | South Carolina Gamecocks | 2 |
| 8 | Texas Longhorns | 2 |
| 9 | Arizona Wildcats | 11 |
| 10 | Utah Utes | 1 |
| 11 | Auburn Tigers | 12 |
| 12 | Nevada Wolf Pack | -- |
| 13 | Stanford Cardinal | -1 |
| 14 | West Virginia Mountaineers | -- |
| 15 | Boise St. Broncos | -10 |
| 16 | Arkansas Razorbacks | 8 |
| 17 | Michigan St. Spartans | -- |
| 18 | Oklahoma St. Cowboys | -- |
| 19 | Florida Gators | -2 |
| 20 | Wisconsin Badgers | 5 |
| 21 | LSU Tigers | -- |
| 22 | Fresno St. Bulldogs | -7 |
| 23 | Air Force Falcons | -2 |
| 24 | Iowa Hawkeyes | -16 |
| 25 | Southern Miss. Golden Eagles | -- |
| Dropouts: California Golden Bears, Michigan Wolverines, Penn St. Nittany Lions, Miami Hurricanes, Houston Cougars, Texas A&M Aggies | ||
SB Nation BlogPoll College Football Top 25 Rankings "
A few points bear making, by way of explanation:
- I ignored last week’s ballot entirely and started from a clean white piece of paper, so the arrows are completely coincidental and may be ignored safely.
- Yeah, that’s right, I left the ACC out altogether. What possible argument could you have against that?
- UMass gained 439 yards on Michigan, led the Wolverines in first downs (26-22), held the ball for more than 37 minutes in Ann Arbor, converted six of twelve third downs and both fourth down attempts, led the Maize and Blue 17-7 in the second quarter, and dropped a five-point decision to the Wolverines. Heck, no, Michigan isn’t ranked!
- After surrendering 36 points and 588 yards to Hawaii and beating Virginia by a field goal at home, the Trojans led woeful Minnesota 13-7 at the break, ultimately winning 32-21 after Lane Kiffin stupidly attempted three unsuccessful two-point conversions for no good reason whatsoever. Heck, no, Southern California isn’t ranked!
I’ll try to explain my rankings in greater detail when posting my final ballot, but, for now, what looks right, what looks wrong, and what appears odd?
Go ‘Dawgs!
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I would have Michigan
Ranked over Southern Miss, but that UMass game was too close.
How good is the Pac-10? My wife went to the real USC, so I feel obligated to defend them, but I cannot. Dang Kiffin. Gah. Stanford, Oregon and Zona look legit. Luck is the best QB in the nation, and it’s not close.
I am bullish on TCU and Bama, but who’s not bullish on Bama? Can I be bullish on a team at the top? Where else can they go? Actually, I should be elephantish, but that’s not a word.
"You can't print what I said, but they have to catch us." - Chipper Jones
I fail to see the connection
between your concern for the Pac-10 and your wife’s matriculation in Columbia.
by GwinnettGamecock on Sep 21, 2010 11:46 AM EDT up reply actions
As someone who had, let's say...
… a “recreational interest” in the Gophers losing by less than 12 points on Saturday, I would like to salute and thank Lane Kiffin for going for the 2-point conversion all of those times that failed.
For once in his life
Lane Kiffin is useful to someone not named Lane Kiffin.
"I want anything wearing red and black to tear the head off anything that isn't." - Lewis Grizzard
by RedCrake on Sep 20, 2010 5:53 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions 1 recs
That's a resume-based placement.
I believe the Broncos are a better team than that, but, so far, all they’ve done is claim a narrow neutral site victory over what the evidence suggests is a bad VPI team. Although Boise State beat Wyoming much more handily on the road than Texas beat the Cowboys in Austin, the Longhorns also have a double-digit road win over Texas Tech. At this point, I have no basis for believing the Red Raiders aren’t better than the Hokies, so Texas is ahead of Boise State, even though I think I have the ’Horns a little high.
Go 'Dawgs!
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