Ballot, Take One

by Poseur on Oct 5, 2008 5:23 PM CDT

Well, it's time to unleash the hounds. This our blog's first BlogPoll ballot. Final submission is on Wednesday so I'm willing to listen to input and adjust the ballot if you make a good argument*

*A good argment is defined as one that convinces me

Rank	Team	Delta

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

Dropped Out:

Obviously, since this is my first ballot, you can ignore the deltas and dropouts. Also, the blogpoll has sold out and will be published on CBSSportsline. So we got in while the getting is good.

OK, some general comments:

Oklahoma looks like the best team in the country to me, but I believe Penn St and Alabama have the best on-field resumes and are rewarded accordingly.

You can rank LSU, Mizzou, and Texas in any order. None of them have really accomplished anything yet, but the early returns are strong.

I'm punishing Texas Tech for their schedule. Not only is it embarrassingly poor, it is ALWAYS this poor. LSU's got a lousy OOC slate this year, but we usually do play a tough OOC game each season. Texas Tech's slate earns them no benefit of the doubt. Vanderbilt is still winning games and while BYU's schedule has turned out to be easier than anticipated, they can't be blamed for Washington and UCLA starting to suck.

Cincinnati and TCU both got crushed by Oklahoma. It is their one loss respectively. How much can you punish them for losing to the #1 team?

Michigan St and Wake Forest are still getting dinged for their bad losses. Kansas less so and Cal even less. Virginia Tech is practically a different team with Taylor at QB so the ECU loss is becoming less important.

The Big 12 has five undefeated teams. It also looks like they may only have six good teams in the conference. Those were some ugly blowouts as the haves crushed the have-nots.

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wow

that is probably the best top 25 i have seen on any blog (mostly because i am a bama fan) its perfect!!!

by cmyster94 on Oct 5, 2008 9:19 PM CDT 0 recs

My thoughts on what the top five should look like:

1. Alabama
2. Oklahoma
3. LSU (toss-up)
3. Missouri (toss-up)
5. Penn State

Alabama has two wins against Top 10 teams, and they’re the only team in your top five whose opponents have a combined winning record.

On the other hand, Oklahoma—while they’re running up the score consistently—has played no one. We’re talking Chattanooga, Cincinnati, Washington, TCU, and Baylor here. In fact, Missouri, the team you have ranked 5th, has played a tougher schedule than OU. Gotta go with Alabama on this one.

That said, however, Missouri still hasn’t played anyone ranked higher than No. 20. So, while they look great so far, I couldn’t put them ahead of LSU. But I can’t decide who’s better at this point. LSU has only one decent win.

Penn State’s opponents have a combined 13 – 19 record and they haven’t played anyone ranked higher than No. 22. And yes, they’re blowing teams out, but LSU did that to their patsies, too. Plus, the Big 10 sucks. So I’d have them behind the other four.

by Brandon Friedman on Oct 5, 2008 10:36 PM CDT 0 recs

Take U-Conn Off

U-Conn lost 38-12 at North Carolina. Without Tyler Lorenzen they aren’t a top 25 team.

by 4.0 Point Stance on Oct 6, 2008 1:33 PM CDT 0 recs

Missouri

I think that’s a great ranking, Poseur. My only change would be that I would have Missouri ahead of LSU. I think they’ve had more impressive outings against their cupcakes than we have against ours. Given that Penn State and Missouri both beat Illinois by similar margins (14 and 10 respectively) I would argue the two of them should be closer until we get more information about them.

by The Bengal on Oct 6, 2008 2:08 PM CDT 0 recs

by 4.0 Point Stance on Oct 6, 2008 2:41 PM CDT 0 recs

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