College Football Top 25: Blogpoll Ballot Week 8
by Glenn Logan on Oct 24, 2011 11:28 PM EDT
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PrintWeek eight of the college football season produced by far the most action of any week so far. Some highly-ranked teams, many untested until now, fell to either a bad game, bad luck, or simply weren't good enough to win. It has been an eventful week.
Topping the topplers, if you will, is Oklahoma, who fell to the Texas Tech Red Raiders by a field goal in Norman. Every other poll I have seen dropped them as many as 8 spots, but I dropped them only half of that. This is still an outstanding football team that has four highly-ranked foes left on their schedule in the incredibly tough Big 12, 10, whatever.
Needless to say, Texas Tech took a huge leap up the board to land at #18 on my ballot. Other big losers include the Wisconsin Badgers, who lost in East Lansing, Michigan by dint of a fluke "hail Mary" on the last play of the game. Big winners include Stanford, who jumped up the rankings on the strength of an astonishing beat-down of the well-regarded Washington Huskies. If the Cardinal goes to Southern Cal next week and whips up on the Trojans, they are well-positioned to be first in line as the other BCS contender depending on which of Alabama or LSU finally loses two weeks from last Saturday.
Houston also makes a big move up my ballot primarily due to being undefeated right now. If Boise can be ranked 5th by beating up on mostly nobodies, it's hard to deny the Cougars some love for doing the same. Georgia Tech dives hard, but not completely off my ballot due to losing two in a row, both in tough road environments. I still think the Yellow Jackets are the second-best team in the ACC despite two losses, but they had better show up against Clemson or this could be their last appearance on the ballot for a while.
Speaking of the Fighting Dabos, Clemson is starting to show a few cracks with relatively competitive games the last two weeks, and look to me to be ripe for an upset when they head down to Atlanta next weekend. Clemson has seriously overachieved this year, and beating Georgia Tech on their home turf just seems like a bridge to far to me.
The rest of my ballot is as follows:
A Sea of Blue Ballot - Week 9
| Rank | Team | Delta |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | LSU Tigers | -- |
| 2 | Alabama Crimson Tide |  1 |
| 3 | Oklahoma St. Cowboys | 1 |
| 4 | Stanford Cardinal | 5 |
| 5 | Boise St. Broncos | -- |
| 6 | Oklahoma Sooners |  -4 |
| 7 | Clemson Tigers | -- |
| 8 | Oregon Ducks | -- |
| 9 | Wisconsin Badgers | -3 |
| 10 | Kansas St. Wildcats | 3 |
| 11 | Nebraska Cornhuskers | -- |
| 12 | Arkansas Razorbacks | -2 |
| 13 | South Carolina Gamecocks | -1 |
| 14 | Michigan St. Spartans | 4 |
| 15 | Virginia Tech Hokies | 2 |
| 16 | Texas A&M Aggies | 4 |
| 17 | Michigan Wolverines | -1 |
| 18 | Houston Cougars | 7 |
| 19 | Georgia Bulldogs | 2 |
| 20 | Arizona St. Sun Devils | 3 |
| 21 | Texas Tech Red Raiders | -- |
| 22 | Texas Longhorns | -- |
| 23 | Penn St. Nittany Lions | -- |
| 24 | Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets | -9 |
| 25 | Baylor Bears | -1 |
| Dropouts: West Virginia Mountaineers, Illinois Fighting Illini | ||
SB Nation BlogPoll College Football Top 25 Rankings "
So what do you think? What would you change?
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Close enough for guvmet work...
I think Clemson gets it done in Hot-lanta…
So… If Clemson and Stanford win this weekend, does Clemson jump Stanford in the next poll?? Washington, while good, wasn’t even ranked and you jumped Stanford +5. With that logic, if Clemson beats Tech, a ranked team, they should go above Stanford, right??
Random thought…
If your wings don't sweep....
I don't think Clemson jumps Stanford.
Stanford is playing a team as tough as Ga. Tech in USC, so on my ballot, the Tigers stay behind the Cardinal.
A Sea of Blue -- Kentucky Sports for the Discerning Fan
Interesting...
Don’t know that I’d say USC is as tough as Ga Tech? Tech has had a harder schedule but I think we’re into the opinion realm here! I’ll post my complaints next week, how’s that?? :-)
If your wings don't sweep....
No way Clemson jumps Stanford.
Both are in middling BCS conferences and Stanford has steamrolled everyone. Clemson only beat WOFFORD (!!) by 8 and they let Maryland put 45 up on them. Clemson might be good, but their defense would get them blown out in a game against an elite team like LSU, Bama, etc.
Also, as Tajh Boyd goes, so does Clemson. Stanford seems to be just fine when Luck’s not playing. Especially considering that Luck’s getting pulled earlier and earlier each contest.
by mrmondaynite on Oct 25, 2011 12:42 PM EDT up reply actions
Clemson
If all you go by are the scores then it does look like Clemson – particularly the defense – has let up these last two weeks. But Maryland has ALWAYS been a trouble spot for the Tigers and that Saturday night game was a perfect example of how tough Maryland always plays them.
The UNC game was not nearly as close as the final score indicated. The 2nd/3rd string played almost the entire 4th quarter when the Tarheels scored 2 meaningless TD’s.
1/x doesn't die, it just fades away.
That's true.
Still, Clemson has a few too many holes in their defense. They can put up points, but I just don’t think they quite have enough to be much above where I have them now.
You never know, of course, there are still quite a few games to be played. If they win out, they’ll have an argument.
A Sea of Blue -- Kentucky Sports for the Discerning Fan
I love your Stanford love.
They put teams away so quickly. If they can get past Oregon in December, they should be in the BCS national championship game. They pass my “look test” better than OK State (that 1 point win over A&M was too close for me), and either LSU or Alabama will have 1 loss by season’s end.
If you would have said Stanford would be in the BCS championship game at the beginning of the year...
You’d have stoned out of the village! :-) However, not so much now…
And an interesting twist to the BCS thought process… Good input, making me think!
If your wings don't sweep....
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