Other Half the BlogPoll Ballot
by Year2 on Nov 30, 2009 11:00 AM EST
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PrintI'm still catching up from having spent a lot of time with family over the past week and having been in the house for Florida's Senior Day, so go easy on me if I screw something up (probability: 75%).
Top 25 here; comments after the jump.
- Alabama
- Florida
- Texas
- TCU
- Cincinnati
- Boise State
- Oregon
- Ohio State
- Iowa
- Georgia Tech
- Virginia Tech
- Penn State
- Miami (FL)
- Oregon State
- Pittsburgh
- USC
- Cal
- LSU
- Nebraska
- Stanford
- Oklahoma State
- Clemson
- Houston
- BYU
- Utah
Bama over Florida: One weekend does not a season make, and since this is supposed to look at the whole season, I can't make the switch at the top. Alabama played a tougher schedule, so they stay on top for now.
Penn State behind Virginia Tech: PSU lost to the top two Big Ten teams in the standings and didn't play the fourth place team. They played absolutely no one in the non-conference. VT on the other hand has wins over Miami and Nebraska. Miami's win over GT is better than anything Penn State has done, but the Hurricanes have a mediocre loss to North Carolina. While I think VT's two marquee wins are enough to overcome it, Miami's one is not enough.
Oregon State ahead of USC: This one I'd like feedback on. OSU has no bad losses. The largest margin was by 10 to Cincinnati. They did lose by eight to USC, but USC has had two tremendously bad losses. The Trojans also beat the top 10 team they faced, and OSU's best win is over Cal. Every argument has a counter argument. What do you think?
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I don’t like the West Virginia option, and all their losses are to ranked teams.
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I think the outcome of the OSU/Ore game will do a lot to settle anyones mind about the placement of OSU ahead of USC. A win or tough fought loss by OSU and they stay ahead…handily beaten or worse and they drop behind the Trojans.
Keep in mind, in addition to the Trojan’s losses this year they have a couple of ugly wins…ASU, Ohio State, and narrowly averting a collapse against Notre Dame.
That said, LSU is a better team than both of them. The Tigahs’ loss to Ole Miss looks worse today but they were a brain seizure away from at least a shot to win the game (calling the time out before the previous play in any semblence of an orderly fashion).
The ACC triumvirate is shaky at best. The problem with moving them down any further lies solely in making a positive case for any of the teams around them. I think LSU has a solid case to be ahead of them…possibly Pitt too. Teams like PSU and OSU just make it hard to do so.
I’ll give USC a pass on the Ohio State win because, ugly as it was, OSU is still a top ten team.
I can’t put Pitt ahead of the ACC three because not only has Pitt failed to beat anyone of consequence, the Panthers lost to ACC bottom dweller NC State.
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