Blogpoll Ballot Week 14 (Draft)
Rank | Team | Delta |
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1 | Oklahoma | 2 |
2 | Florida | 2 |
3 | Alabama | 2 |
4 | Texas | 2 |
5 | Penn State | -- |
6 | Southern Cal | -- |
7 | Texas Tech | -- |
8 | Ohio State | -- |
9 | Utah | 2 |
10 | Georgia Tech | 6 |
11 | Oklahoma State | 2 |
12 | Cincinnati | 1 |
13 | Boise State | 2 |
14 | Oregon | 4 |
15 | Georgia | 3 |
16 | Missouri | 6 |
17 | Virginia Tech | 6 |
18 | Boston College | 6 |
19 | Oregon State | 2 |
20 | Michigan State | -- |
21 | Iowa | -- |
22 | Ball State | 3 |
23 | Northwestern | 1 |
24 | Florida State | 10 |
25 | Mississippi | 1 |
So:
Oklahoma-Texas. I mentioned this last week, when Texas held a slight edge overall but I cautioned that an Oklahoma win over Oklahoma State would put them over the edge: I think you have to set aside the Tech-Texas-Oklahoma round-robin and go to the rest of the schedule. Setting aside common opponents and tomato cans, you get this:
- Texas: Kansas State (5-7), Missouri (9-3), Arkansas (5-7)
- Oklahoma: Colorado(5-7), Nebraska(8-4), TCU(10-2), Cincinnati(10-2).
Even if Missouri is the most impressive scalp on that list (which it may or may not be) that's a clear advantage to Oklahoma, and that's what I'm basing my decision on.
ALSO: obviously I have moved Oklahoma to #1, and Florida to #2. I am convinced by Dr. Saturday's arguments that Alabama's schedule is so far off the other two teams I've put above them that even with losses they've had better seasons.
Elsewhere… eh, I feel pretty weird about putting Georgia Tech #10, but not that weird; really struggling with the Oregon-Boise pairing, because Boise did beat Oregon but beat Oregon's fifth-string QB or whatever and since then Oregon has been playing actual opponents instead of the WAC.
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