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College Football Top 25: 2011 Blogpoll Week 4 Results

Week 4 is in the books.
Week 4 is in the books.

The Blogpoll for week 4 of the college football season is out, and there is predictably a new sheriff in town -- the Oklahoma Sooners.  Alabama drops to third because they have beaten only one ranked team and two cupcakes, and LSU ascends to second because they have defeated two highly ranked teams and has looked very tough doing it.

Somewhat surprisingly, the Florida Gators manage only a 1-spot jump after easily handling Tennessee in the Swamp, and Florida St. takes a somewhat impressive nose-dive down the charts after losing at home to Oklahoma.

But the most significant move of all is the Clemson Tigers zooming up the chart after defeating Auburn in Clemson.  That's a surprisingly large jump for me, especially considering the suspect nature of Auburn's defense in their two prior games.  But Clemson did look good, so perhaps I am being too conservative in my thinking.

The full poll can be found after the jump.

College Football Rankings 2011

Results for Week 4

# School Points/blog SD Delta
1 Oklahoma Sooners (54) 24.68 2.33 Arrow_up 2
2 LSU Tigers (39) 24.26 2.19 --
3 Alabama Crimson Tide (11) 23.17 1.79 Arrow_down -2
4 Boise St. Broncos 21.46 0.41 --
5 Wisconsin Badgers 20.22 0.62 Arrow_up 2
6 Stanford Cardinal 20.13 1.49 Arrow_down -1
7 Oklahoma St. Cowboys 17.14 3.27 Arrow_up 1
8 Texas A&M Aggies 15.75 4.10 Arrow_up 1
9 Nebraska Cornhuskers 15.66 4.15 Arrow_up 2
10 South Carolina Gamecocks 13.99 3.89 --
11 Oregon Ducks 13.61 4.68 Arrow_up 2
12 Florida St. Seminoles 13.50 5.08 Arrow_down -6
13 Virginia Tech Hokies 12.89 3.69 Arrow_up 1
14 Arkansas Razorbacks 12.88 3.96 Arrow_down -2
15 Florida Gators 12.05 3.44 Arrow_up 1
16 West Virginia Mountaineers 9.70 3.21 Arrow_up 2
17 South Florida Bulls 8.77 4.13 Arrow_up 2
18 Baylor Bears 7.88 4.03 Arrow_up 2
19 Clemson Tigers 6.50 4.28 Arrow_up 20
20 Texas Longhorns 6.36 3.87 Arrow_up 3
21 Michigan Wolverines 4.54 4.19 Arrow_up 4
22 USC Trojans 4.53 4.81 Arrow_up 2
23 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets 3.42 4.14 Arrow_up 10
24 Illinois Fighting Illini 3.40 3.93 Arrow_up 11
25 TCU Horned Frogs 2.87 2.84 Arrow_up 1
Others Receiving Votes: Iowa St. Cyclones | Houston Cougars | Fla. International Golden Panthers | North Carolina Tar Heels | Michigan St. Spartans | Vanderbilt Commodores | Miami Hurricanes | California Golden Bears | Maryland Terrapins | Missouri Tigers | Utah Utes | Arizona St. Sun Devils | Ohio Bobcats | San Diego St. Aztecs | Mississippi St. Bulldogs | Penn St. Nittany Lions | Ohio St. Buckeyes | Iowa Hawkeyes | Georgia Bulldogs | Pittsburgh Panthers | Notre Dame Fighting Irish | Auburn Tigers | Temple Owls | Texas Tech Red Raiders
Updated: Sep 20, 2011 9:32 AM EDT

SB Nation BlogPoll College Football Rankings 2011

Other observations:

  • Oklahoma St. is moving consistently up the board despite playing only 1 winning team so far, and the 'Pokes are putting up points by the bunch.
  • Not really ready to buy Southern Cal, but they have beaten two teams with winning records so far.  Next week at Arizona St. should tell us if they deserve to be in there.
  • Don't really get how Wisconsin deserves to be elevated over Stanford.
  • Georgia Tech has been racking up some points.  Interesting team.  Next week we'll know if they belong there.

That's what I have.  What do you think?