I don’t know about you, but, now that the season is over, I’m spent. A report on last night’s gymnastics meet will follow tomorrow; a full explanation of---and, if necessary, revision of---my postseason top 25 will follow shortly thereafter.
For now, here is the preliminary BlogPoll ballot draft I submitted this afternoon, which (to reiterate) will be explained soon. Ignore the arrows; I started from a clean white piece of paper (several, actually) and organized the entire top 25 anew, without regard to my own earlier ballots.
Here is how my resume-based rankings break down:
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| Rank | Team | Delta |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Florida |  2 |
| 2 | Utah | 6 |
| 3 | Texas |  1 |
| 4 | Southern Cal | 2 |
| 5 | Oklahoma | 4 |
| 6 | Texas Tech | 2 |
| 7 | Alabama | -- |
| 8 | Penn State | 3 |
| 9 | Ohio State | -- |
| 10 | TCU | 8 |
| 11 | Boise State | 1 |
| 12 | Virginia Tech | 4 |
| 13 | Georgia | 8 |
| 14 | Missouri | 12 |
| 15 | Mississippi | 2 |
| 16 | Oregon | 2 |
| 17 | Oregon State | 6 |
| 18 | Georgia Tech | 7 |
| 19 | Cincinnati | 7 |
| 20 | California | 6 |
| 21 | Pittsburgh | 6 |
| 22 | Florida State | 4 |
| 23 | Oklahoma State | 4 |
| 24 | Michigan State | 11 |
| 25 | Iowa | -- |
Your constructive criticisms are appreciated. I’ll let you know how I distinguished the teams---and, particularly, why I came down the way I did on choosing the No. 1 team, a question with which I wrestled extensively---in short order. As always, persuasive cases made in the comments may sway me and convince me to change my rankings before the final deadline.
Go ‘Dawgs!