Here we are, at the end of the season for most teams. One more Blogpoll to go before the bowl season begins.
At this point, the BCS rankings have Florida, Alabama and Texas set at the top. No matter who wins next Saturday's SEC championship game, it looks somewhat likely that the Texas Longhorns will be their next opponent in the BCS championship game unless the Nebraska Cornhuskers do more than I expect versus the Longhorns. My ballot and the BCS standings mirror each other in the top 10 except for the order of the top three -- they have the Florida Gators, the Alabama Crimson Tide and the Texas Longhorns 1-2-3, and I have Alabama, Texas and Florida in that order.
More after the jump:
Rank | Team | Delta |
---|---|---|
1 | Alabama | |
2 | Texas | |
3 | Florida | |
4 | Cincinnati | |
5 | TCU | |
6 | Boise State | |
7 | Oregon | 2 |
8 | Ohio State | 2 |
9 | Iowa | 2 |
10 | Georgia Tech | 3 |
11 | Virginia Tech | 3 |
12 | Houston | 1 |
13 | Pittsburgh | 5 |
14 | Miami (Florida) | 4 |
15 | Brigham Young | 10 |
16 | Oregon State | 3 |
17 | Penn State | 2 |
18 | Stanford | 3 |
19 | Southern Cal | 1 |
20 | LSU | 4 |
21 | Nebraska | 1 |
22 | North Carolina | 5 |
23 | California | |
24 | Oklahoma State | 12 |
25 | West Virginia | |
Last week's ballot |
Observations
- The biggest move up was made by BYU, who defeated bitter rival Utah 26-23 in a classic.
- The biggest move down: Oklahoma State, who was shut out at Oklahoma, 27-0.
- Looking back at week 1, some notable absences: Georgia, Florida State, Oklahoma and Ole Miss.
- The SEC so far has had their way with every other conference, finishing the regular season 31-6 versus outside competition. The Big East was a surprising second at 22-8, and the Big Ten a distant third at 22-11.
- Virginia Tech has climbed slowly back up to just south of the top ten.
- Who would have thought at the beginning of the season that three Pac-10 teams would be ranked ahead of Southern Cal?
- Georgia almost made it in by virtue of their huge win over Georgia Tech.
- Clemson drops out by virtue of their loss to South Carolina.
- Texas had a very hard fight versus Texas A&M to avoid an upset. Nobody thinks Nebraska can do it, but what would happen if they did? Right now, TCU has a tiny lead over Cincinnati for the 4th spot in the BCS, but if UC can knock off Pittsburgh, I think they would be the team most likely to back in to the BCS championship game.
Your comments are welcome and appreciated.