BlogPoll Ballot Week 8... Official
Comments welcomed, as always.
Something I will defend to the death is my omission of Cal. Wins over I-AA Sac State, awful awful NMSU, UW, Arizona, and Illinois, losses to the only two half competent teams they've played. They trailed Illinois in the fourth. I hated putting them and their no-QB having, no-defense having asses in at all, and now I don't have to. Like Texas Tech with two losses.
Also Texas Tech and Auburn get no love because of the level of competition they've defeated. Sorry, TT, I don't think Nebraska is any good.
Dropped Out: Cal(#15, ITYS),Louisville(#21), Colorado (#24)
Games I Saw: Michigan-PSU, UVA-FSU (half), MSU-OSU(half), Minnesota-Purdue(bits of the first half); Iowa-IU (yes, I taped it... help me); LSU-UF.
Help Requested: Anything you've got. This is a disaster.
Update: Dropped Michigan for UVA at #25, dropped Iowa for WVU at #24.
Something I will defend to the death is my omission of Cal. Wins over I-AA Sac State, awful awful NMSU, UW, Arizona, and Illinois, losses to the only two half competent teams they've played. They trailed Illinois in the fourth. I hated putting them and their no-QB having, no-defense having asses in at all, and now I don't have to. Like Texas Tech with two losses.
Also Texas Tech and Auburn get no love because of the level of competition they've defeated. Sorry, TT, I don't think Nebraska is any good.
| Rank | Team | Snark |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Southern Cal | Their margin over the rest of the field is now very thin, but a margin it is. |
| 2 | Texas | Texas Tech appears to be the last serious hurdle... but who knows how serious they are anyway? |
| 3 | Georgia | As discussed earlier, VT and UGA are very similar teams. Georgia's played better competition. |
| 4 | Virginia Tech | Um... yeah. Schedule is about to ramp up. |
| 5 | UCLA | Giant jump based on everyone else eating it, but they didn't exactly cover themselves in glory either. Past this point... it's a mess. |
| 6 | Alabama | A last second field goal to beat Ole Miss? Er... that Florida win doesn't look so hot any more, does it. |
| 7 | Florida State | Yeah, they lost. So did basically everyone else. |
| 8 | Miami | Functional DNP vs. Temple. |
| 9 | Penn State | Loss of Williams will hurt very badly. |
| 10 | LSU | Arizona State close call keeps looking worse. Florida win doesn't really impress much given the offense's failing to exist. Not going anywhere. |
| 11 | Boston College | Thrilling last second victory! What a game! |
| 12 | Notre Dame | DNP. |
| 13 | Oregon | I dunno. I think they're pretty decent, but I'm really uncomfortable with them here. |
| 14 | Ohio State | Won via gift. (Ok, ok, you gifted them five fumbles as well.) |
| 15 | Wisconsin | Won via gift. |
| 16 | Michigan State | Maybe you do hate winning. |
| 17 | Minnesota | You hate winning too. |
| 18 | Auburn | Why is this team behind the Big Ten clusterintercourse? Wins over WKU, Ball State, South Carolina, Arkansas, and Miss State. Loss to the one non awful team they played. |
| 19 | Texas Tech | Opportunity to prove it Saturday. |
| 20 | Florida | Not to go all Sports Guy, but how do you think Orson felt watching Urban cry in the postgame? That's never, ever a good sign. It's like having a quarterback named "Joey." |
| 21 | Tennessee | DNP. |
| 22 | Georgia Tech | Functional DNP vs. Duke before Miami showdown. |
| 23 | Fresno State | Last best hope against USC? |
| 24 | West Virginia | Um... I guess? |
| 25 | Virginia | Probably temporary. |
Dropped Out: Cal(#15, ITYS),Louisville(#21), Colorado (#24)
Games I Saw: Michigan-PSU, UVA-FSU (half), MSU-OSU(half), Minnesota-Purdue(bits of the first half); Iowa-IU (yes, I taped it... help me); LSU-UF.
Help Requested: Anything you've got. This is a disaster.
Update: Dropped Michigan for UVA at #25, dropped Iowa for WVU at #24.