BlogPoll, Week Two
by Poseur on Sep 14, 2009 12:46 PM CDT
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Here is my grossly misinformed ballot for Week Two. Comments after the jump. Really, I need the help this week.
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| Rank | Team | Delta |
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| 1 | Florida | |
| 2 | Southern Cal | |
| 3 | Texas | |
| 4 | Alabama | |
| 5 | Brigham Young |  7 |
| 6 | California | 3 |
| 7 | Mississippi | 1 |
| 8 | LSU | 7 |
| 9 | Penn State |  2 |
| 10 | Ohio State | 5 |
| 11 | Virginia Tech | 1 |
| 12 | Missouri | 1 |
| 13 | Georgia Tech | 4 |
| 14 | TCU | |
| 15 | Boise State | 3 |
| 16 | Oklahoma | 3 |
| 17 | Cincinnati | 5 |
| 18 | Kansas | 3 |
| 19 | Miami (Florida) | 5 |
| 20 | Oregon State | 4 |
| 21 | Houston | |
| 22 | Oklahoma State | 16 |
| 23 | Utah | 3 |
| 24 | Baylor | 1 |
| 25 | Auburn | |
| Last week's ballot | ||
I like doing this by groups of five, so let's keep with that format.
1. Florida
2. USC
3. Texas
4. Bama
5. BYU
The top four are the top four. If I could leave fifth place open to symbolize the gap, I would. But I'm moving BYU way up for two reasons. ONE. I've had a week to digest their win and I feel even better about it as still, no one looks that impressive. TWO. They acted like a top team by going out destroying that outmatched team the week after their big win.
6. Cal
7. Ole Miss
8. LSU
9. Penn St.
10. Ohio St.
The luster is off of Cal's win over Maryland. Still, they have killed two patsies. Ohio St. falls a bit for their loss to USC, but not much. I held off on changing their rating after the Navy game, but I don't think they merit dropping out of the top ten, out of the expense of VT.
I'm moving LSU back into the top ten, and a big move, for several reasons. I think I may have under-ranked them last week, so this is a bit of correction. Secondly, who else has beaten two BCS conference teams? No one. I don't think UW and Vandy are great teams, but I think they will be .500 teams this season. LSU didn't blow them out, but they did win comfortably both times. LSU isn't getting cheap style points for running up the score against lousy teams, but really, who has looked better that is ranked lower? I'm dropping Penn State because I don't want to reward them for beating the patsies they scheduled. And can you imagine the meltdown had LSU only beaten Syracuse by 21?
11. VT
12. Mizzou
13. GT
14. TCU
15. Boise St.
OK, I didn't drop Mizzou for its close call against Bowling Green because, um, who do you reward? I'm open to suggestions. I'm not sold on Georgia Tech, who almost completely collapsed late against Clemson. TCU needed to beat Virginia by a lot more than they did. And Boise... well, how good are they? Oregon beat Purdue in OT, and I don't believe Purdue is very good.
16. OU
17. Cincy
18. Kansas
19. Miami
20. Oregon St.
I want to drive the OSU bandwagon, but a two-point win over UNLV? Really? Help me out, guys. Cincy has looked great so far, speaking of teams that I could probably rank higher. Kansas hasn't played anyone either. OU gets a bit of a bump because of my re-evaluation of BYU. Actually, these guys all got a bit of a jump because my bottom five is a grab bag of whoever I could barely justify a ranking.
21. Houston
22. Okie St.
23. Utah
24. Baylor
25. Auburn
How do you beat Georgia and then lose to Houston? Houston! The Cougars have some athletes, but they needed some fluky bounces to win that game. A total meltdown by Okie State after their big win. Consider this the anti-BYU. Auburn makes an appearance on the poll for discovering an offense.
Tell me why I'm an idiiot. I'll admit to being kind of stumped this week.
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I wouldn't get myself in a twist over polls...
…especially this early in the season. it’s still preseason for many teams so logic can’t be applied.
Personally, and just for spite, i would put Utah over Alabama until the Utes lose. Acknowledging their ass-kicking of Bama 9 months ago…
I like how you ranked LSU
as far as correcting what you did last week. I don’t think that most pollsters do this, I think they simply move a team up if someone above them lost, or if they got a huge win. They are very reluctant to have big changes week to week.
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Well, your’re no idiot, but SC has not shown me anything to justify a top 5 ranking. Look I know that is conventionl poll wisdom, but their performance against Ohio St. was way below expectations of a top 10 team. They have a freshman QB who, face it, plays like a freshman and he is going to cost them 2 games this year, at least. I like BYU at 4, Alabama at 3. I dont like Cal because the always start strong and fade but put Cal 5 and Ole Miss 6, SC 7, LSU 8, Ohio St. 9 and Penn St. 10. Stop playing the popularity thing with SC… make them justify their rank beyond rolling their name out on the field.
The name means something.
It really does. When a team has as much consistent success on the football field and the recruiting trail as USC does with no head coaching change, you should be able to put faith in the brand. Because they just win so much, and even this year, they’re so talented.
The name
First off, the USC brand does matter. That is a program that has earned the benefit of the doubt. Their sustained level of success is a predictive tool. Not to mention their stellar recruting classes.
Secondly, SC has justified a top 5 ranking. They blew out a rent-a-win without breaking a sweat, looking like Florida or Texas. And then they beat the defending Big Ten champs on the road. What exactly does a team have to do in the first part of the season to justify a top ranking?
To review, we have a program that is loaded with talent, has consistently finished in the top five every year for nearly a decade, and has a road win over a top ten team who also is one of the most successful programs of the decade. I may not like SC, but that sounds like a top 5 team to me.
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Correction: Penn State is the defending Big Ten champ
Otherwise, I agree with your argument.
by TheBobLoblawBlog on Sep 15, 2009 2:29 PM CDT up reply actions
Having seen Missouri live
they looked really good. I like them about where you have them.
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My thoughts
I would at least flip Boise and TCU. Oregon may not be great, but they are a Pac-10 team that got blown out by Boise, despite the score. Virginia is much weaker team, lost to a I-AA team, and TCU had some struggles putting them away (a team ranked in the top 15 should completely blow out a team like Virginia). Based on what happened on the field, these should be switched.
I think Oregon State should be excluded from the list based on their on-the-field struggles. I also think Utah is riding into the rankings off of last year’s performance. I would rather include West Virginia (looked strong against East Carolina), Michigan (beat a talented-if-nothing-else Notre Dame), South Florida (my dark horse Big East champ led by what seems like a 9th year senior QB), or Arkansas (going from Casey Dick to Ryan Mallett is like two separate upgrades) over those two.
by TheBobLoblawBlog on Sep 15, 2009 2:43 PM CDT reply actions
Now that I think about it . . .
. . . Nebraska might be deserving of inclusion as well. Yeah, they haven’t beaten anyone of great value, but they have blown out the opponents they’ve faced (something the rest of the Big 12 hasn’t been able to say lately). Either way, we’ll know more after next week.
by TheBobLoblawBlog on Sep 15, 2009 3:38 PM CDT up reply actions
As for TCU
Upon further review, it appears that Virginia did score some garbage TDs at the end of the game to make it appear closer. Still, I’ll stick with Boise as above TCU, based on the dominance that I saw out of them against Oregon and the fact that TCU still should have beaten a putrid Virginia team by more.
by TheBobLoblawBlog on Sep 15, 2009 3:40 PM CDT up reply actions
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