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October 3, 2007

Okay, a bit more tweaking from the initial draft. Thanks as always to Dennis for starting it and everyone who offered thoughts on it.

Rank Team Delta
1 LSU 1
2 Southern Cal 1
3 California 3
4 Ohio State 5
5 South Florida 8
6 Boston College 4
7 Wisconsin 4
8 Florida 4
9 Georgia 3
10 Oklahoma 7
11 Kentucky 6
12 West Virginia 7
13 South Carolina 6
14 Hawaii 2
15 Oregon 1
16 Cincinnati 5
17 Texas 10
18 Missouri
19 Rutgers 11
20 Arizona State 3
21 Nebraska 1
22 Florida State 4
23 Miami (Florida) 1
24 Purdue 2
25 Kansas 1
Dropped Out: Clemson (#15), Penn State (#20), Virginia Tech (#25).

Most of the tweaking came in the second half of the ballot.

Virginia Tech was always shaky and the more I thought about what I saw in the UNC game, the less comfortable I was with keeping them in it. Kansas takes the spot instead. They may not have actually beaten anyone either, but at least they are doing it with a comfortable margin.

Texas and Rutgers ended up taking a bigger tumble the more I thought it through. Oregon less of one.

I gave South Carolina more of a boost, but no they are still behind Georgia.

The full Blogpoll is here and as always, you can look here for individual ballots.





I don’t understand – Oregon has to be higher. They lose to the number 3 team, BY ONE FOOT. They’re supposed to lose to that team. Florida lost to an UNRANKED team AT HOME and aren’t ranked as low. Oklahoma lost to an unranked team and is ranked higher. WVU lost to the #5 team, and is ranked higher. I could understand if Oregon got blown out by the #3 team, but they are ONE FOOT worse than them. They average over 40 points a game. They destroyed Michigan. Florida hasn’t beaten a ranked team either. I just don’t get it. BC, wisconsin, florida, and oklahoma are all better? I’m not buying it. Hawaii? Who have they beaten? How are they better?

Comment by Stuart 10.04.07 @ 1:28 am

Well I said it before, but I guess it got mostly ignored…there is NO LEGITIMATE REASON for Rutgers to be ranked. They played three lifeless teams and then got smoked (make no mistake about it, it was a domination) AT HOME by a mediocre Maryland team. Their “vaunted defense” is a joke, their “efficient QB” misfired on his last 8 attempts, and their Heisman candidate failed to break 100 yards.

Apart from preseason hype, why are they there? How can they be ranked and Clemson not be ranked? or Illinois? How are they higher than undefeated teams like Purdue, or ASU. How about teams like FSU or Miami who have actually BEATEN SOMEONE?? If you (not like you’re the only one, of course) didn’t make the mistake of ranking them so highly from the beginning, they wouldn’t be in there right now. Simple as that.

Comment by Cpiritual 10.04.07 @ 11:34 pm

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