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Gobbler Country's Preliminary Week 13 BlogPoll Ballot

This is the preliminary ballot for the blog, not just me, so your opinion counts. Make any arguments in the comments. The final ballot is due Wednesday morning.

Games Watched: Texas at Texas A&M, Illinois at Cincinnati, Alabama at Auburn, Pittsburgh at West Virginia, Nevada at Boise State, Clemson at South Carolina (first half), Ole Miss at Mississippi State (second half), Oklahoma State at Oklahoma, North Carolina at NC State, Virginia Tech at Virginia, Florida State at Florida (first half), Kansas vs. Missouri (second half), Boston College at Maryland (first half), Utah at BYU, Arkansas at LSU, Georgia at Georgia Tech, Notre Dame at Stanford (second half), Navy at Hawaii, UCLA at USC.

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RankTeamDelta
1 Alabama
2 Texas
3 Florida
4 TCU
5 Cincinnati
6 Boise State
7 Oregon 2
8 Ohio State 2
9 Brigham Young 3
10 Iowa 5
11 Georgia Tech 4
12 Pittsburgh 4
13 Virginia Tech 4
14 Miami (Florida) 2
15 Oregon State 3
16 Penn State 3
17 Stanford 4
18 Oklahoma State 5
19 Utah 8
20 Southern Cal 2
21 California 2
22 Clemson 8
23 Houston 1
24 Central Michigan 1
25 Nebraska
Last week's ballot

Dropped Out: North Carolina (#20).

 

Notes

  • The undefeateds stay the same. Alabama and Texas had its hands full on the road and Florida won big at home. I didn't see anything that would lead me to change those three, did you?
  • As for the other three, I nearly had Cincy jumping TCU, but right now the Horned Frogs' resume is still better in my opinion. Should Cincy move up if it beats Pitt?
  • The rest is just a massive fustercluck. It's tough to make sense of, but I tried to pay attention to head-to-head results, which even then leads to some inconsistency, especially in the Pac 10.
  • Are the Hokies too high? In a week where everyone was getting all they could handle in rivalry games, especially on the road, Tech took care of business and then some.
  • Nebraska's back in the poll. Just in time to get crushed by Texas. 

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so hard to rank

teams that played hard scheds should get a rub.
teams that had no bad losses (crappy teams or blowouts) need a lil extra
teams with wins over top 15ish teams should also receive more credit.

from the above VT is not too high, though no wins in the top 15, but 2 in the top 25ish range.

Games vs 8 bowl teams 5-3 record is ok.

played 3 top 10 d’s, all 3 pretty much shut vt down. the rest got worked for the most part. that’s a huge change from last year. gotta like vt’s matchup vs any team it plays in the bowl unless it’s ut or pitt.

Pitt needs to be bumped below VT. They have played a lessor sched and their best win does not equal either of VT’s 2 best wins.

i don’t think iowa beats vt if they played but i guess they deserve to be ranked above tech.

by BeerControl on Nov 29, 2009 4:24 PM EST reply actions  

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