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This is A Sea of Blue's final draft ballot for the 2012-13 football BlogPoll.
Here we go, the last ballot of the season for the BlogPoll.
What follows is my draft ballot. Comments follow below.
A Sea of Blue Ballot - Week 15
| Rank | Team | Delta |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alabama Crimson Tide |
 1 |
| 2 | Oregon Ducks |
2 |
| 3 | Notre Dame Fighting Irish |
 -2 |
| 4 | Texas A&M Aggies |
6 |
| 5 | Georgia Bulldogs |
2 |
| 6 | Ohio St. Buckeyes | -- |
| 7 | Stanford Cardinal |
1 |
| 8 | South Carolina Gamecocks |
3 |
| 9 | Clemson Tigers |
5 |
| 10 | Florida Gators |
-7 |
| 11 | Kansas St. Wildcats |
-6 |
| 12 | Florida St. Seminoles |
1 |
| 13 | LSU Tigers |
-4 |
| 14 | Louisville Cardinals |
9 |
| 15 | Oklahoma Sooners |
-3 |
| 16 | Northwestern Wildcats |
6 |
| 17 | Boise St. Broncos |
2 |
| 18 | Texas Longhorns | -- |
| 19 | Utah State Aggies |
1 |
| 20 | San Jose St. Spartans | -- |
| 21 | Oregon St. Beavers |
-6 |
| 22 | Nebraska Cornhuskers |
-5 |
| 23 | Michigan Wolverines |
-2 |
| 24 | Vanderbilt Commodores | -- |
| 25 | Northern Illinois Huskies |
-9 |
| Dropouts: UCLA Bruins, Wisconsin Badgers, Kent St. Golden Flashes | ||
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- I was torn between Notre Dame and Texas A&M for 3rd. In the end, Notre Dame's tougher schedule won out.
- Where to put Ohio St.? Well, I established their limit at 6th back during the season. Arguably, they belong higher, but not on my ballot.
- If seeing Louisville at #14 and Vanderbilt at #24 does not fire up Kentucky fans, nothing will. That's taking nothing away from either school, they both earned their place.
- Utah St. was a tough one for me. I could make an argument they are too low.
- Northwestern feels high to me, but that's how it worked out.
This was a funny year. You know that Notre Dame deserved to be in the final, and you knew that Oregon was perhaps the only non-SEC school that had any chance at all (other than perhaps Ohio St.) to pull off the upset. I really doubt that the playoff would have helped this year, but you never know. We'll get to see in a couple of years if it's better, or has limited efficacy. I'm of the opinion that a little is better than zero.
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