Spitballing a BlogPoll Ballot Draft

BSU won, but that game was dead even. The difference was a fake punt. Either they’re both better than Texas, or they’re both worse. Looking at the season as a whole, I think they’re both better. Apart from that, I like your top 10 a lot, and things get quite muddled after that. The big thing that jumps out to me is that BYU is way too low. That was an impressive win over Oregon State, much more impressive than wins by Oregon, Cincinnati, and Southern Cal over the same team. This isn’t to say that BYU is better than all three of those teams (although they’ve shown WAY more than Southern Cal this year), just that I think you’re underestimating them. I’d pick them over the six teams directly ahead of them (at least). Speaking of those six teams, the 15-19 in your poll is extremely weak (with the possible exception of Pittsburgh). That said, if you moved up the teams behind them, I’m not sure you’d get much better (with the exception of BYU, who I’ve already said should be much higher).

They showed a lot less against Iowa (and Georgia…and even in their win against Clemson) than Oregon. Not that I’m for promoting Cincy, but Tech should be below them too.

And didn’t Texas show more against Bama than Florida did?