In response to a reasonable constructive criticism offered by 34hawk, I started completely from scratch on this week's BlogPoll ballot.
I paid no attention whatsoever to my preseason or week one ballots and started from a clean white piece of paper. (Well, O.K., the sheet of paper had lines on it, but you know what I mean.)
Here is how my ballot shook out this week. A more thorough explanation of my rankings will follow shortly:
Rank | Team | Delta |
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1 | Ohio State |
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2 | Notre Dame |
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3 | Louisiana State |
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4 | Southern Cal |
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5 | Louisville |
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6 | Oregon |
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7 | Texas |
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8 | Auburn |
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9 | Virginia Tech |
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10 | Georgia |
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11 | Michigan |
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12 | Florida |
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13 | Boston College |
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14 | West Virginia |
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15 | Florida State |
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16 | Arizona State |
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17 | Nebraska |
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18 | Tennessee |
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19 | Boise State |
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20 | Texas Tech |
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21 | Clemson |
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22 | Rutgers |
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23 | Miami (Florida) |
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24 | Cal |
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25 | Oklahoma |
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Dropped Out: Iowa (#9), TCU (#13), Alabama (#20), UCLA (#21), Navy (#22), Utah (#24).
(Note: I believe the "dropped out" line and the up/down arrows reflect the rankings according to my preseason ballot, not according to last week's ballot, so ignore those parts of the foregoing. The current top 25 listed, however, accurately reflects my ballot this week.)
Go 'Dawgs!