Again, this ballot is a draft and therefore open to discussion, debate and rearrangement.
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Rank | Team | Delta |
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1 | Florida | |
2 | Texas | |
3 | Alabama | |
4 | Southern Cal | |
5 | Penn State | |
6 | California | |
7 | Brigham Young |
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8 | LSU |
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9 | Boise State |
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10 | Mississippi |
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11 | Ohio State |
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12 | Oklahoma |
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13 | Virginia Tech |
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14 | Oklahoma State |
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15 | Utah |
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16 | TCU |
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17 | Georgia Tech |
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18 | Cincinnati |
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19 | Georgia | |
20 | Miami (Florida) |
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21 | Houston | |
22 | Nebraska |
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23 | Kansas |
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24 | Michigan | |
25 | Missouri |
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Last week's ballot |
Dropped Out: Notre Dame (#14), Florida State (#25).
NOTES:
- Top six stay the same, although I contemplated pushing USC over Alabama into the 3 spot.
- I'll admit that I'm not liking what I have at 7-10.
- Spots 11-14 are my "best one-loss" tier. I think these four are really rearrangeable in any order.
- I didn't do it on purpose, but Thursday night's roller coaster game against Clemson drops Georgia Tech six spots. It was literally impossible to draw any conclusions from that game.
- Houston hops on that ballot at No. 21. Higher? Lower?
- Despite the competition, Nebraska has been the most impressive/consistent team in the North, so they get the nod at No. 22 for now. I really wrestled with not including Missouri.
- Part of me wanted to rank Michigan last week, but I couldn't pull the trigger. I feel confident in doing it now. Forcier makes them Big Ten contenders.
- Too harsh dropping Notre Dame off the ballot?