Blogpoll Draft Ballot Week 5 Comment Count

Brian
Rank Team Delta
1 Alabama --
2 Oklahoma --
3 Penn State --
4 Missouri --
5 LSU --
6 Brigham Young 2
7 Southern Cal 2
8 Georgia 2
9 Texas 2
10 Florida 1
11 Vanderbilt 10
12 Texas Tech 5
13 California 13
14 Ohio State 1
15 Virginia Tech 4
16 Boise State 1
17 Utah 3
18 Oklahoma State --
19 South Florida 13
20 Northwestern --
21 Oregon 5
22 Illinois 4
23 Michigan State 1
24 Pittsburgh 2
25 Wake Forest --

Dropped Out: Auburn (#12), Wisconsin (#16), Connecticut (#22), Maryland (#23).
 
This was submitted as part of the initial Monday poll.

Notes: Probably the biggest "wha?" in the poll is Cal's rocket sled to #13 after being omitted from the last poll. Take a look at the schedule: a loss to Maryland, then wins over ASU, Michigan State, Colorado State, and Washington State. The only non-BCS team in the bunch is respectable and there are a couple of wins over solid BCS programs. Yes, there is an inexplicable loss to Maryland, but scan down the list and you'll find a bunch of paper tigers and teams with equally inexplicable losses (hello, East Carolina!).

I just can't rank Auburn anymore when their offense is as dysfunctional as Michigan's and they're now a two-loss team separated from four losses by a gift touchdown and the lack of another Mississippi State safety. Read this and prepare to have your opinion of Tommy Tuberville lowered significantly unless you're a 'Bama fan, in which case read it and have your opinion confirmed despite the whole six game win streak thing.

BYU, IMO, is far too high, as Dr. Saturday points out that BYU's schedule is pretty weak: dead last to the computers. Yes, they've beaten UCLA and Washington, but UCLA and Washington are pretty bad. BYU isn't Hawaii last year or anything, but they're probably not deserving of #6.

I sort of missed that Oregon lost to USC 44-10; they won't be in the final poll.

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