Rank	Team	PPB	StdDev	Delta
1	Georgia (24)	23.3	1.6	25
2	Ohio State (17)	22.9	2.0	24
3	Southern Cal (15)	22.9	3.0	23
4	Oklahoma (6)	22.0	1.8	22
5	Florida (14)	21.9	2.0	21
6	Missouri	19.0	3.2	20
7	LSU (2)	17.8	3.0	19
8	Clemson	16.8	3.5	18
9	West Virginia	16.1	4.5	17
10	Auburn	14.8	4.4	16
11	Texas	14.8	3.3	15
12	Texas Tech	12.5	4.3	14
13	Wisconsin	11.9	4.2	13
14	Virginia Tech	9.4	4.5	12
15	Kansas	9.0	4.9	11
16	Arizona State	8.6	3.9	10
17	Tennessee	8.2	4.0	9
18	Oregon	8.1	5.0	8
19	South Florida	8.0	5.1	7
20	Brigham Young	7.4	4.4	6
21	Penn State	6.9	4.9	5
22	Illinois	5.1	4.1	4
23	Wake Forest	4.1	3.7	3
24	Alabama	1.6	3.0	2
25	Utah	1.4	2.1	1

Also Receiving Votes: California(1.3), Fresno State(1.0), South Carolina(0.9), Florida State(0.9), Pittsburgh(0.8), Michigan(0.8), Boston College(0.5), Rutgers(0.5), Boise State(0.4), Cincinnati(0.4), North Carolina(0.4), Oregon State(0.4), Miami (Florida)(0.4), Michigan State(0.3), Colorado(0.3), Oklahoma State(0.2), Nebraska(0.2), Notre Dame(0.2), Mississippi(0.2), Tulsa(0.1), Central Michigan(0.1), UCLA(0.1), Hawaii(0.1), TCU(0.1), Mississippi State(0.0), Connecticut(0.0), Duke(0.0), Purdue(0.0), Southern Miss(0.0), Northwestern(0.0), Georgia Tech(0.0), Iowa(0.0),

Total Ballots: 78

Votes by blog here, votes by team here.

Hurray that's the poll hurray. And it's a little meh, with a swap of WVU and Clemson the only difference between the AP and the blogpoll until you reach #14. From there there are some multiple-spot differences. The blogpoll is

• bullish on VT (14 BP, 17 AP), Oregon (18 BP, 21 AP)
• down on BYU (20 BP, 16 AP), and Illinois (22 BP, 20 AP)

I blame myself for not providing more organization in the run-up to the season. Details after the jump.

Wack Ballot Watchdog doesn't exist for preseason polls and will return after Week 1. I will note that the two weirdos who put LSU #1 were Rocky Top Talk and Tomahawk Nation.

<span style="font-style: italic;">Now on to the extracurriculars. First up are the teams which spur the most and least disagreement between voters as measured by standard deviation. Note that the standard deviation charts halt at #25 when looking for the lowest, otherwise teams that everyone agreed were terrible (say, Eastern Michigan) would all be at the top.</span>

The most interesting thing here is West Virginia's extremely high standard deviation, unusual for a top-ten team.

Ballot Math

First up are "Mr. Bold" and "Mr. Numb Existence." The former goes to the voter with the ballot most divergent from the poll at large. The number you see is the average difference between a person's opinion of a team and the poll's opinion.

Normally I come down hard on these folks because when we get deep into the season they're defying poll guidelines, reason, and justice by placing Hawaii in the top ten or something. In the preseason everyone's entitled to their stupid opinion (again: all opinions expressed here are stupid) so, like, whatever.

Saurian Sagacity takes the first Mr. Bold of the year for such oddities as QB-less LSU #2, QB-less and OL-less Michigan #8(!?!?!?!?!?!), Florida State #10(!?), Miami #15, Notre Dame #16... is this poll from 1988?

Mr. Numb Existence goes to newcomer Michigan Sports Center. There's nothing  interesting to say about this category ever because the ballots in question are pretty much like the poll you see above.

Next we have the Coulter/Krugman Award and the Straight Bangin' Award, which are again different sides of the same coin. The CKA and SBA go to the blogs with the highest and lowest bias rating, respectively. Bias rating is calculated by subtracting the blogger's vote for his own team from the poll-wide average. A high number indicates you are shameless homer. A low number indicates that you suffer from an abusive relationship with your football team.

The CK Award is a dire one; last season only the overwhelming black hole of suck that is Notre Dame could forestall the inevitable humiliating loss suffered by the team supported by the unlucky doof who overrated his team more than anyone else.

So, good news Cal fans: the "Enlightened Spartan" ranks Michigan State #10 and clocks a massive 15.65 bias rating; a total of six other blogs (in 78!) bothered to vote for MSU; this ballot provides well over half of MSU's 27 points. This is a truly egregious violation of poll ethics and will no doubt be severely punished.

Also note that Tennessee blogs are far more enthusiastic about the Vols than the poll at large. Sort of...

College Game Balls is your victor here for placing VT #21. Another Tennessee blog futilely attempts to divert the wrath of the CK Award by slightly underrating the Vols, and Bruce Ciskie's probably right about Wisconsin.

Swing is the total change in each ballot from last week to this week (obviously voters who didn't submit a ballot last week are not included). A high number means you are easily distracted by shiny things. A low number means that you're damn sure you're right no matter what reality says.

Swing doesn't exist in the preseason poll, obviously.