Blogpoll Draft Ballot Week 6

I can see maybe dropping OSU 1 for that win, but three? I mean, it was "close" but not that close, and historically, they've had problems @ Illinois for whatever reason. Ron Zook seems to have Tressel's number just a little bit. I think I would drop them only one, because they still won, and dropping them three gives them a lot of ground to make up to get back into the top 2 by year's end, assuming they go undefeated, and I'm SURE you'll agree that if they do go undefeated, they deserve to be in the top 2.

the case can made Alabama's win over Arkansas was definitely more impressive than PSU and maybe even Florida.

IMO, I'd put them at #7.  TCU, Nebraska, OU, Auburn.  I know OU is undefeated but watching those games I'd have 0 confidence in them beating any of those teams ranked around them.  I mean, they beat UT which got the shit kicked out of them, at home, by UCLA; barely beat Air Force (you could use let down argument I suppose after FSU) and got exceptionally lucky vs a bad Cincinnati team - couple all that with the less than inspiring win against Utah State and I just don't think OU has shown the ability to really win against a good team and, no, UT isn't a good team - that offense is nothing short of a nightmare given the God-awful play calling.

Other than that I like the rest of it.

I'd look at dropping Wisconsin a bit more. Raise AF up a few spots. I'd at least have AF above FSU. They have two common opponents that AF has looked better against (OU and BYU), and I see the win over Navy on par with Virginia at least.

I'm probably going to start jumping off the TCU bandwagon here pretty soon too. They're looking terrible in the first half of every game, but they just have enough talent to outlast the crappy schedule they've been playing. That's not impressive enough for me. Last week they were down in the 2nd half against SMU. This week, only 6-0 at the half before pulling away against Colorado State. Huge red flags there.

I'd drop Wisconsin significantly. Nevada is incorrectly labeled as losing to Eastern Washington.

The Tigers have been horrible and barely squeezed past a Tennessee (Not That Tennessee) outfit. I think you could put them behind Stanford, Miami and Arkansas. Maybe even behind Iowa too. Sure, LSU is "undefeated" but god knows how. 

The 2010 Oklahoma Sooners are the fifth best football team in the nation?  Wow.

I mean, they did lay the smack down on what is turning out to be a decent Florida State team, but I don't know.

That said, I can't make a case for putting anyone else above them.  Wow.

Is Nebraska's drop an issue of out of sight, out of mind?

I don't know about Iowa moving up that much. Especially ahead of MSU and us. They are a 1 loss team that lost against a good Arizona team, but they won against an overrated PSU team this last weekend. It's not terribly off but I don't agree with them being up that high.

I think you have consider dropping Utah down further. If this is straight resume ballot, then their best win is an at home OT win over Pitt. This is the same Pitt team who got hammered by Miami. I'm not saying LSU is any great shakes, but their resume has to be more impressive than Utah's. It seems like Utah is in everyone's top 10 and no one can quite explain why.

I'd also consider bumping both Iowa ahead of Miami. It looks like Arizona might actually be a football team, and with that in mind I'd say Iowa has been every bit as impressive as Miami, but their loss was far more competitive than Miami's waxing at the hands of tOSU.

Sigh.... stupid Sparty should also be stupid higher.

• At the very least, I think that Nebraska should be ahead of OU.

• Wisconsin should be dropped below Nevada and South Carolina.

• Boise should be dropped below Ohio State.  I don't have a problem with dropping OSU to #3 after a subpar win against Illinois (and Bama and Oregon thrasing their opponents), but to drop them below Boise is too much, IMO.  Beating NMSU 59-0 means nothing; GVSU could probably beat the Aggies (NTA).

• I'd swap Air Force and FSU, or at the very least bump Mizzou to 23, with AF 24 and FSU 25.

• I hate to say it, but I agree with MSU ahead of UM (argh).

EDIT: I definitely missed that this is a resume ballot.  In that case, pretty much disregard everything I said.  Sorry.

but I'd switch Florida & Nevada.

If this is really a resume ballot, then why are Boise St and TCU so high?  Even on a non-resume ballot, I would keep OSU above Boise.  And as far as resume ballots go, Boise State hasn't beaten anyone of any note.  And TCU has done even less.  Same goes for Utah, for that matter.

I'd also consider dropping LSU to #16 or #17.  Like Michigan, they may be 5-0, but they've shown some flaws and still require a lot of convincing.  If Tennessee didn't come on the field with 13 men, LSU would have lost to them.

Finally, as much as I hate to say it, Sparty should be moved higher, so that it's touching rank with Iowa rather than Michigan.  The win against Wisconsin was solid.

Nebraska has one win against a quality opponent (@Wash).  MSU has an (arguably) more impressive win vs. Wisconsin, and the ND victory.  It may not be clear how Washington, Wisconsin and ND stack up  against each other, but I'd give MSU the edge with two victories against (presumed) quality BCS-caliber teams to the Huskers' one.

MSU should also be above Iowa who has beaten...Penn State, I guess.

Put MSU way higher, they deserve more than these other teams.

Is Auburn really a top ten team?  A 3 point win over Mississippi State, a 3 point overtime win over a 2-2 Clemson team, two cupcakes (Arkansas State and Louisiana-Monroe) and a 6 point win over forever mediocre South Carolina.  I don't know.  They are 5-0 but I'd put them in the teens and not in the top ten.