Blogpoll Draft Ballot Week 5
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 | -- |
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.
October 7th, 2008 at 11:32 AM ^
October 7th, 2008 at 12:18 PM ^
How can you have Texas behid two 1 loss teams and a BYU team that you admittedly think is ranked too high??? I guess things will be sorted out this weekend when they play OU.
October 7th, 2008 at 1:11 PM ^
I know their resume is weak, but Texas seemed to have a pretty solid game against Colorado. Why'd they drop? Georgia didn't even play, and BYU didn't cover (yes, I realize BYU was above Texas last week, but I think that the Longhorns did enough to jump 'em?). I realize this will all be resolved Saturday.
Also, does Boise St. have any interesting games coming up? They've not showed us a ton yet, but I'm willing to give them the benefit of the doubt, assuming that Oregon State has improved dramatically thanks to their finding a running back.October 7th, 2008 at 2:30 PM ^
October 9th, 2008 at 1:14 AM ^
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