My thanks go out to everyone who provided feedback on my preliminary BlogPoll ballot draft. Due to your arguments, the only ACC team I have ranked fell even farther than before. At the end of the day, therefore, my top 25 looks like this:
Dawg Sports Ballot - Week 3
| Rank | Team | Delta |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alabama Crimson Tide |
 1 |
| 2 | Ohio St. Buckeyes |
1 |
| 3 | Oregon Ducks |
1 |
| 4 | TCU Horned Frogs |
1 |
| 5 | Boise St. Broncos |
 -4 |
| 6 | Oklahoma Sooners |
17 |
| 7 | Nebraska Cornhuskers |
-1 |
| 8 | Iowa Hawkeyes |
1 |
| 9 | South Carolina Gamecocks |
8 |
| 10 | Texas Longhorns |
-2 |
| 11 | Utah Utes | -- |
| 12 | Stanford Cardinal | -- |
| 13 | California Golden Bears | -- |
| 14 | Michigan Wolverines | -- |
| 15 | Fresno St. Bulldogs |
1 |
| 16 | Penn St. Nittany Lions |
-9 |
| 17 | Florida Gators |
-5 |
| 18 | Miami Hurricanes |
-8 |
| 19 | Houston Cougars |
1 |
| 20 | Arizona Wildcats |
1 |
| 21 | Air Force Falcons | -- |
| 22 | Texas A&M Aggies |
2 |
| 23 | Auburn Tigers | -- |
| 24 | Arkansas Razorbacks |
1 |
| 25 | Wisconsin Badgers | -- |
| Dropouts: BYU Cougars, Virginia Tech Hokies, Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets, Georgia Bulldogs, Florida St. Seminoles, Oklahoma St. Cowboys | ||
SB Nation BlogPoll College Football Top 25 Rankings "
The LSU Tigers and the Clemson Tigers both received consideration, but only due to absolute necessity. The only game I attended this weekend was a high school football game on Friday night, but I watched all or significant portions of the following on television: Auburn-Mississippi State, Houston-UTEP, Georgia-South Carolina, Florida State-Oklahoma, LSU-Vanderbilt, Alabama-Penn State, Oregon-Tennessee, and Stanford-UCLA, along with bits and pieces of Marshall-West Virginia, Michigan-Notre Dame, and Miami-Ohio State.
Go ‘Dawgs!