Ballot, Take One
by Poseur on Oct 5, 2008 5:23 PM CDT
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PrintWell, 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
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| Rank | Team | Delta |
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| 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 |
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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!!!
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 reply actions
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 reply actions
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.
And
Our win against Auburn has lost a lot of its luster. The Spread Eagle has acounted for 9.5 ppg against SEC defenses (I’m not counting the defensive TDs against LSU and Tennessee). That’s another reason I would move us below Missouri.
UConn
Yeah, I realized that. It’s taken care of. UConn is off. USF is in at #25. Everyone else is up a slot.
Woo hoo!
Woo hoo! I outsmarted the Baylor kid!
[insert victory dance]
by 4.0 Point Stance on Oct 6, 2008 2:41 PM CDT reply actions
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