Blogpoll Ballot For Week 2 - Revised

by Sam @ WWAHT on Sep 7, 2009 1:00 PM EDT

Rank	Team	Delta

1	Florida
2	Texas
3	Southern Cal	1
4	Alabama	1
5	Penn State	3
6	Oklahoma State	3
7	Mississippi
8	LSU	2
9	Ohio State	1
10	Brigham Young	9
11	Boise State	4
12	Georgia Tech	1
13	Oklahoma	10
14	California	2
15	North Carolina	1
16	Nebraska	6
17	Virginia Tech	6
18	Utah
19	Missouri
20	Michigan State	3
21	Florida State	3
22	Notre Dame	3
23	Tennessee
24	Georgia	7
25	Michigan
Last week's ballot

Dropped Out: Oregon (#12), Oregon State (#20), Iowa (#21), Miami (Florida) (#24).

(Partially revised since this morning. I have no idea what to do with Oregon State, so they're gone for now)

Oh God. This thing is awful, I know. I need help. Professional help, preferably. Michigan in the top 25? Tennessee, too? What am I thinking?

Well, for one, I think Lane Kiffin has turned around Tennessee a bit. I mean, he got a 75 percent completion percentage out of Jonathan Crompton. JONATHAN FREAKING CROMPTON. They'll probably end up 7-5, 8-4 in the SEC, which should keep them in the general area I've got them in. Michigan's offense surprised me, as did its defense, for the most part. Michigan would have made the cut if there was more room. Everyone else:

1-5:

Pretty static here. Two top-five teams had the balls to schedule marquee opponents in their opener; it worked out for Bama, so they get the bump, but it didn't for Oklahoma, which looked completely lost once Sam Bradford went down. Southern Cal doesn't seem to have lost a step, and Florida did what Florida does against hapless Charleston Southern.

6-10:

LSU gets dropped for beating a team on a 15-game losing streak by eight points. Okie State gets brownie points for the victory over Georgia, who will probably end up being just fine (and as a result of this line of thoughts, is still ranked). I move Ohio State up one hesitantly. Mississippi stays in place, but I'm ready to pull the trigger on them if they look like they did for a half against Memphis with any consistency.

11-15:

Everyone here but Oklahoma and Boise State opened with patsies. Boise State totally invalidated the Oregon offense's argument, but I wasn't enamored enough by what Boise actually did on offense to move them into the top ten. Yeah, basically arbitrary. UNC struggled a bit with its patsy, so they're running in place. Nebraska really impressed, albeit against Florida Atlantic.

16-20:

Virginia Tech has no offense whatsoever, as usual, but it has excellent special teams and defense, and that'll probably go a long way in an ACC that had basically the roughest weekend imaginable. Utah looked better than I thought it would, so it works its way into the poll at 17th. I give MSU some love for looking surprisingly competent on offense despite breaking in a new quarterback and running back (I believe Javon Ringer's legs finally fell off). Missouri probably isn't actually that good, but they did trump Illinois' offense and Blaine Gabbert looked solid.

21-25.

Disaster area. I know. I basically threw in teams that had strong opening weeks, plus an "A for effort!" plug for Navy. Navy will probably earn a ranking like this sooner rather than later. If I could punish Iowa for its close win over UNI a bit more without feeling dirty about my treatment of my Buckeyes, I would. I've already explained the Michigan and Tennessee love.

I don't like this ballot one bit, and would like to hear what you think.

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Cal wins 52-13 against a BCS team (admittedly Maryland, but still), and they drop out of your top 25? LSU still in the top 10 after a near-miss at Washington? And you reall ought to rank Pitt and the Cinci/Rutgers winner somewhere.

by drothgery on Sep 7, 2009 1:38 PM EDT reply actions

Totally forgot about Cal

They will be included somewhere in the teens.

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by Sam @ WWAHT on Sep 7, 2009 1:58 PM EDT reply actions

I presume the second Notre Dame is Michigan? $uckeye mind tricks.

by Brodie on Sep 7, 2009 7:59 PM EDT reply actions

How in the world did that happen?

I blame Brian’s software.

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by Sam @ WWAHT on Sep 7, 2009 9:39 PM EDT up reply actions

Oh Sam... just no...

Florida State still in the top 25? Please tell me this was before last nights game. What the hell is Michigan doing up here? Are you really liking Missouri that much for beating Illinois? I mean — more then Notre Dame?

And I tried to tell you about LSU! I know it’s early — and that was a late game for the men of Les — but still, Washington blows harder then a hooker in Ann Harbor (Eh Oh!).

I’ll give you the benefit of the doubt though, it’s early— like our Bucks, hopefully you’re just shakin’ off the rust!

by davereg412 on Sep 8, 2009 10:04 AM EDT reply actions