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With only one day to accept comments, I'll cut right to the chase:

MGoBlog Ballot - Week 10

Rank	Team	Delta
1	Auburn Tigers	--
2	Oregon Ducks	--
3	Boise St. Broncos	--
4	TCU Horned Frogs	--
5	Utah Utes	2
6	Alabama Crimson Tide	2
7	Stanford Cardinal	3
8	LSU Tigers	4
9	Oklahoma Sooners	2
10	Nebraska Cornhuskers	4
11	Michigan St. Spartans	-6
12	Wisconsin Badgers	-3
13	Ohio St. Buckeyes	--
14	Missouri Tigers	-8
15	Arizona Wildcats	--
16	Iowa Hawkeyes	2
17	Oklahoma St. Cowboys	-1
18	South Carolina Gamecocks	-1
19	Arkansas Razorbacks	--
20	Mississippi St. Bulldogs	1
21	Virginia Tech Hokies	3
22	N.C. State Wolfpack	--
23	Florida St. Seminoles	-3
24	USC Trojans	-1
25	Baylor Bears	--
Dropouts: Miami Hurricanes, Michigan Wolverines

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A few notes:

• A case can definitely be made for TCU jumping Boise at this point. I erred on the side of status quo, but if they can beat Utah, they'll definitely jump the Broncos.
• I think I'm satisfied with the order of the Big Ten teams. Although Michigan State got stomped by Iowa, they have a (convincing) head-to-head against Wisconsin, who has the same over Ohio State. The Hawkeyes' out-of-conference loss dooms them to fourth place.
• At the end of the poll, I wasn't scrambling for teams to fill in, but rather had to leave a potentially-deserving team (Nevada) out. I think there's a case to be made for 3-loss USC to be bumped in their favor, no?
• Baylor definitely deserves to be ranked, but the lack of a big win (which, lol that Texas doesn't qualify) leaves them near the end of the list.

All other comments are welcome, and the resume chart lives here.

MGoBlog Ballot - Week 8

Rank	Team	Delta
1	Oregon Ducks	--
2	Boise St. Broncos	--
3	Auburn Tigers	3
4	Oklahoma Sooners	1
5	LSU Tigers	3
6	Michigan St. Spartans	3
7	TCU Horned Frogs	-3
8	Utah Utes	2
9	Alabama Crimson Tide	2
10	Stanford Cardinal	2
11	Wisconsin Badgers	6
12	Ohio St. Buckeyes	-9
13	Oklahoma St. Cowboys	1
14	Missouri Tigers	6
15	Iowa Hawkeyes	--
16	Arkansas Razorbacks	-3
17	Nebraska Cornhuskers	-10
18	South Carolina Gamecocks	-2
19	Florida St. Seminoles	--
20	Arizona Wildcats	1
21	West Virginia Mountaineers	2
22	Mississippi St. Bulldogs	--
23	Texas Longhorns	--
24	Miami Hurricanes	--
25	USC Trojans	--
Dropouts: Nevada Wolf Pack, Air Force Falcons, N.C. State Wolfpack, Michigan Wolverines

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Just a couple notes:

• I think I was undervaluing Auburn last week, which helps explain their jump over Oklahoma.
• I hesitate to move LSU any higher because they've looked so shaky, but they have the best group of good wins in the country, if you ask me.
• Oregon State kills TCU a little bit. Boise escapes unscathed in that exchange because they have a bit more quality to their resume. That probably won't hold up much longer though.
• I like the order of the Big Ten teams, not so sure on where in the poll each of them sits. Iowa could also be closer to Wisconsin/Ohio State, but I hesitate to move them ahead of a couple undefeated squads.
• Toward the end of the poll, I had a semi-scramble to find viable teams. Any and all suggestions are welcome there.

The resume chart can be found here. Questions, suggestions, etc. are welcomed in the comments so I can put together a solid final ballot for Wednesday.

Michigan is up three this week thanks in large part to the failings of others:

Results for Week 5

#	School	Points/blog	SD	Delta
1	Alabama Crimson Tide (97)	24.9	0.36	--
2	Ohio St. Buckeyes (10)	23.4	1.53	--
3	Oregon Ducks (2)	21.8	2.17	--
4	Boise St. Broncos (1)	21.5	2.68	1
5	TCU Horned Frogs	20.6	2.19	-1
6	Nebraska Cornhuskers	18.1	3.89	--
7	Florida Gators	17.4	3.19	2
8	Oklahoma Sooners	17.3	3.50	--
9	Stanford Cardinal	16.9	3.48	4
10	Auburn Tigers	15.1	3.76	7
11	Arizona Wildcats	14.1	3.73	--
12	LSU Tigers	13.6	4.12	4
13	Wisconsin Badgers	13.3	4.05	2
14	Utah Utes	12.6	3.71	--
15	Arkansas Razorbacks	10.4	4.35	-5
16	Miami Hurricanes	8.7	4.54	3
17	Michigan Wolverines	7.7	3.75	3
18	Iowa Hawkeyes	7.4	3.90	--
19	USC Trojans	5.9	4.86	2
20	South Carolina Gamecocks	5.9	3.75	-8
21	Nevada Wolf Pack	4.3	3.95	3
22	Michigan St. Spartans	4.2	3.36	3
23	Texas Longhorns	4.2	4.03	-16
24	N.C. State Wolfpack	4.1	4.22	6
25	Penn St. Nittany Lions	3.0	3.52	-2
Others Receiving Votes: Missouri Tigers | Oklahoma St. Cowboys | Kansas St. Wildcats | Florida St. Seminoles | Clemson Tigers | Air Force Falcons | West Virginia Mountaineers | Northwestern Wildcats | Texas A&M Aggies | Oregon St. Beavers | UCLA Bruins | Virginia Tech Hokies | Houston Cougars | Mississippi St. Bulldogs | North Carolina Tar Heels | Indiana Hoosiers | Toledo Rockets | Temple Owls
Updated: Sep 29, 2010 7:10 AM PDT

This week the eyebrow-cocking gets real in the poll analysis and the CK Award has its lamest week ever—our winner over-ranked his team by a single slot. Tim's final ballot after the jump.

MGoBlog Ballot - Week 3

Rank	Team	Delta
1	Ohio St. Buckeyes	1
2	Alabama Crimson Tide	1
3	Oregon Ducks	2
4	Oklahoma Sooners	6
5	Boise St. Broncos	-4
6	TCU Horned Frogs	-2
7	Iowa Hawkeyes	1
8	Nebraska Cornhuskers	3
9	Texas Longhorns	-3
10	Wisconsin Badgers	-1
11	Florida Gators	2
12	Utah Utes	2
13	Auburn Tigers	--
14	South Carolina Gamecocks	--
15	Stanford Cardinal	--
16	Michigan Wolverines	9
17	Arkansas Razorbacks	--
18	LSU Tigers	-2
19	Arizona Wildcats	--
20	West Virginia Mountaineers	3
21	Miami Hurricanes	-14
22	Penn St. Nittany Lions	-4
23	Florida St. Seminoles	-8
24	USC Trojans	--
25	Michigan St. Spartans	--
Dropouts: Virginia Tech Hokies, Oregon St. Beavers, North Carolina Tar Heels, Notre Dame Fighting Irish, Pittsburgh Panthers, Clemson Tigers

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Just a couple changes from the draft:

I moved Oregon ahead of Oklahoma, because they also blasted a BCS-level opponent off the field (albeit probably a worse one than Oklahoma beat), and their week 1 win was much, much more impressive. That offense is going to murder some fools this year.

In the quest to find teams to move ahead of Michigan, I was convinced by commenters that South Carolina and Stanford fit the bill. The Cocks' win over Georgia was impressive (even if the scoreboard wasn't), and I hadn't realized the degree to which the Cardinal destroyed UCLA. I didn't move Arkansas up because, although the scores are impressive, their opponents in the first couple weeks aren't exactly going to turn heads this year.

Elsewhere in quests to find teams to move up, I wasn't convinced by any of the suggestions for the last couple spots in the poll. Hopefully a third week of results will give us a bit more clarity there.

MGoBlog Ballot - Week 3

Rank	Team	Delta
1	Ohio St. Buckeyes	1
2	Alabama Crimson Tide	1
3	Oklahoma Sooners	7
4	Oregon Ducks	1
5	Boise St. Broncos	-4
6	TCU Horned Frogs	-2
7	Iowa Hawkeyes	1
8	Nebraska Cornhuskers	3
9	Texas Longhorns	-3
10	Wisconsin Badgers	-1
11	Florida Gators	2
12	Utah Utes	2
13	Auburn Tigers	--
14	Michigan Wolverines	11
15	Arkansas Razorbacks	--
16	Stanford Cardinal	--
17	South Carolina Gamecocks	--
18	LSU Tigers	-2
19	Arizona Wildcats	--
20	West Virginia Mountaineers	3
21	Miami Hurricanes	-14
22	Penn St. Nittany Lions	-4
23	Florida St. Seminoles	-8
24	USC Trojans	--
25	Michigan St. Spartans	--
Dropouts: Virginia Tech Hokies, Oregon St. Beavers, North Carolina Tar Heels, Notre Dame Fighting Irish, Pittsburgh Panthers, Clemson Tigers

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A few notes:

• I composed the ballot without looking at last week's offering, so some of the deltas may not make sense. Pay less attention to them this early in the year.
• That said, I'm uncomfortable with Michigan that high (obviously), but... who should be above them? They're one of the very few teams in the nation to take down two BCS-level programs, and they pounded one of them. Who deserves to be ahead of them?
• Boise State suffers from Virginia Tech's embarrassment. Such is the way of college football. The Broncos have a chance to move up if they can beat Oregon State next week, but that will probably be their zenith, barring unforeseen developments.
• Also near the top of the poll, I'm willing to give Oklahoma the benefit of the doubt from week 1 after their performance on Saturday. There's also a chance that Utah State will end the season near the top of the Mountain West WAC, so the result may not be as bad as it seems.
• Florida has struggled in the first couple weeks, but they've still come away with two wins, both by convincing scores, and one of them against an up-and-coming BCS program.
• I don't like West Virginia moving up after their nailbiter against an apparently-bad Marshall team (or is Ohio State just really good?). Still, the teams behind them all got nuked in high-profilematchups against top teams.
• The last couple spots in the poll are reserved for a pair of teams that have taken care of business by getting wins against poor teams, but doing so unimpressively.

I haven't had a chance to watch many games other than Michigan-Notre Dame thanks to my travel to and from South Bend, but my opinion may change on a couple of teams as I roll through the DVR.

MGoBlog Ballot - Week 2

Rank	Team	Delta
1	Boise St. Broncos	4
2	Ohio St. Buckeyes	-1
3	Alabama Crimson Tide	1
4	TCU Horned Frogs	7
5	Oregon Ducks	3
6	Texas Longhorns	--
7	Miami Hurricanes	3
8	Iowa Hawkeyes	-1
9	Wisconsin Badgers	6
10	Oklahoma Sooners	-8
11	Nebraska Cornhuskers	1
12	Florida St. Seminoles	2
13	Virginia Tech Hokies	-4
14	LSU Tigers	--
15	Florida Gators	-12
16	Utah Utes	--
17	Oregon St. Beavers	3
18	Penn St. Nittany Lions	6
19	Arizona Wildcats	3
20	North Carolina Tar Heels	-3
21	Notre Dame Fighting Irish	--
22	Pittsburgh Panthers	-4
23	Northwestern Wildcats	--
24	Clemson Tigers	--
25	Michigan Wolverines	--
Dropouts: Auburn Tigers, Georgia Bulldogs, Stanford Cardinal, Washington Huskies, Connecticut Huskies, West Virginia Mountaineers

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Comments:

• Yes, Boise #1. They beat a good BCS-conference team in a virtual road game.
• I might be dinging Oklahoma a bit too much. Utah State could out together a Idaho-like run this year, and actually be a decent win by the end of the year. On the other hand, typically high-flying Oklahoma beat them by single digits at home.
• Should I move Texas down a little bit?
• I'm totally fine moving Florida down that much. They didn't crack triple digits in total yardage until well into the second half. And this came at home against a crap Miami (NTM) team.
• I considered leaving Michigan off my ballot so as to not tempt the CK award, but they were one of the few teams to curbstomp BCS-conference competition (and the Huskies were being talked about as a Big East Title contender before Saturday).
• Everything else looks OK to me. Let me know where I've gone horribly wrong.