Week 6 BlogPoll Ballot

by RPT on Oct 5, 2008 3:30 PM CDT in National Football 2008

As you'll notice, the BlogPoll has now been picked up by CBS Sports. This means that my inability to properly rank teams is one step closer to legitimacy!

Rank	Team	Delta

1	Oklahoma	--
2	Missouri	1
3	Alabama	1
4	Texas	1
5	LSU	1
6	Penn State	--
7	Texas Tech	1
8	Brigham Young	1
9	Vanderbilt	13
10	Georgia	--
11	Southern Cal	2
12	Utah	2
13	Florida	2
14	Ohio State	2
15	Boise State	3
16	South Florida	9
17	Kansas	2
18	Wisconsin	1
19	Auburn	7
20	Oklahoma State	3
21	North Carolina	4
22	Virginia Tech	2
23	California	3
24	Wake Forest	2
25	Oregon	5

Dropped Out: Fresno State (#19), Connecticut (#21)

On the Radar: Kentucky, Fresno State, UConn, Tulsa, Northwestern, Pitt, Ball State, Michigan State, Florida State, Notre Dame, Georgia Tech, Illinois

Justifications (or at least the best I can do):

No arguments for anyone other than Oklahoma at No. 1 for me.
Bama struggles + Missouri romp = New No. 2
Texas. Is. Good. I am NOT looking forward to playing this team in Austin and seeing what McCoy can do on the Mizzou defense.
Still not impressed by Texas Tech, but they're better than all the alternatives. I don't think we'll know anything about them until Oct. 25 against Kansas (and even that looks shaky, now). They will ROMP Nebraska and Texas A&M over the next two weeks.
The ballot starts to take a resume feel, with Vandy coming in at No. 9. They're certainly not the ninth-most talented team in the country, but they've earned the spot, at least for this week.
South Florida drops to No. 16. Kansas drops two spots for the Iowa State scare, and I just realized I only dropped Wisconsin one spot. Do the Badgers deserve to fall more?
Auburn continues to drop, coming in only one spot ahead of Oklahoma State.
21 thru 25 is apparently my token Pac 10/ACC section of the ballot

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Missouri is now ranked #4...

…objectively-speaking, that is.

For proof, see http://ripbcs.com

Good luck next week!

by DawgPound on Oct 5, 2008 3:36 PM CDT reply actions

I would say...

…that if Oregon is good enough to stay in the Top 25, then USC needs to be given more credit for whooping them yesterday. I’d bump them above Vandy/Georgia…

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Thrust nunchuk upward!

by Bill C. on Oct 5, 2008 7:05 PM CDT reply actions

Can we drop Auburn already?

They are truly terrible. (The SEC, as a whole, remains wildly overrated.)

8/30 Louisiana-Monroe 1-0 (0-0) W 34-0
9/06 Southern Miss 2-0 (0-0) W 27-13
9/13 @ Mississippi State 3-0 (1-0) W 3-2
9/20 No. 6 LSU 3-1 (1-1) L 26-21
9/27 Tennessee 4-1 (2-1) W 14-12
10/04 @ No. 19 Vanderbilt 4-2 (2-2) L 14-13

Who have they beaten? Two nobodies, then a bad Miss. St. 3-2(!), loss to LSU, squeeking by a BAD Tennessee, losing to a Vanderbilt (and their backup QB) who haven’t beaten much of anyone yet. If you watched that whole excruciating Miss. St. game (as I did), they’d have gone long ago.

The necessity of dropping Auburn is the only thing I feel strongly about at this point in the season.

by amorphous on Oct 5, 2008 7:56 PM CDT reply actions

My qualms.

You’re clearly much more impressed by Vandy’s win over Auburn than I am. They’re good, but the ’Dores are probably No. 15 or so.

I agree with amorphous: enough with Auburn. They are clownshoes.

Wisconsin isn’t good. Period. They need to fall much more. Consecutive losses to Michigan and an overrated Ohio State team? Pass.

Can we please get some love for Tulsa? Please?

"One man, five scoops." -- shroomer

by ghtd36 on Oct 5, 2008 8:37 PM CDT reply actions

Too much SEC love

Alabama should be 5 at best. I’d bump up Penn State. LSU? Maybe 6. I think Vandy is pretty salty, but Auburn in no way resembles a good team.

I certainly wouldn’t put Southern Cal any higher. Oregon State was a bad, bad loss. Ohio State is too high also.

I’d give some more love to Okie Lt and North Carolina.

by AlaTiger on Oct 6, 2008 9:50 AM CDT reply actions

Changes:

- I stand behind the Top 6

- I’m starting to think Kentucky, just based on its defense, might be worth a nod. I think Alabama’s struggles were more a reflection of UK’s strength rather than Bama weaknesses.

- Auburn drops below OSU and USC, but I still like them over a poor Va Tech team.

- The more I look at it, the more I want to drop Wake out of the poll. Who gets that spot between Northwestern, Ball State, Kentucky, Tulsa, or Georgia Tech?

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by RPT on Oct 6, 2008 12:07 PM CDT reply actions