Gobbler Country's Preliminary Week 10 BlogPoll Ballot
by furrer4heisman on Nov 1, 2010 2:44 AM EDT
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The time has come for Boise State to move down on the ballot. Between the numerous complaints from nearly everyone who bothered to comment on last week's ballot to Oregon's road win of USC to Auburn's road beat down of Ole Miss plus strengthening of previous wins, BSU finally falls to No. 3 in this week's preliminary ballot, which appears in full after the jump. Final draft is due Wednesday morning, so get your complaints in before then.
Games Watched: Louisiana Tech at Boise State, Florida State at NC State (replay), Miami at Virginia, Missouri at Nebraska, Auburn at Ole Miss (50 percent), Baylor at Texas (50 percent), Utah at Air Force, Oregon at USC, Utah State at Nevada, TCU at UNLV (50 percent).
Gobbler Country Ballot - Week 10
| Rank | Team | Delta |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oregon Ducks |  1 |
| 2 | Auburn Tigers | 1 |
| 3 | Boise St. Broncos |  -2 |
| 4 | TCU Horned Frogs | -- |
| 5 | Alabama Crimson Tide | 1 |
| 6 | Wisconsin Badgers | 1 |
| 7 | Stanford Cardinal | 1 |
| 8 | Utah Utes | 3 |
| 9 | Ohio St. Buckeyes | 1 |
| 10 | Iowa Hawkeyes | 7 |
| 11 | Nebraska Cornhuskers | 2 |
| 12 | Michigan St. Spartans | -7 |
| 13 | Missouri Tigers | -4 |
| 14 | Oklahoma Sooners | -2 |
| 15 | LSU Tigers | -- |
| 16 | South Carolina Gamecocks | 2 |
| 17 | Arizona Wildcats | -1 |
| 18 | Arkansas Razorbacks | 1 |
| 19 | Mississippi St. Bulldogs | 3 |
| 20 | Oklahoma St. Cowboys | 1 |
| 21 | Florida St. Seminoles | -7 |
| 22 | Baylor Bears | 1 |
| 23 | Hawaii Warriors | 2 |
| 24 | Nevada Wolf Pack | -- |
| 25 | Syracuse Orange | -- |
| Dropouts: Miami Hurricanes, USC Trojans | ||
SB Nation BlogPoll College Football Top 25 Rankings "
- First and foremost, I said when we were 2-2 that I wouldn't rank the Hokies until at least after the Georgia Tech game. We were expected to eviscerate CMU, Wake and Duke and we did. Our best road win, NC State, looks better now that the Wolfpack have beaten the ACC's best team in FSU. But it's still not happening. Your arguments for putting Tech in the Top 25 are futile. I'm sticking to my word.
- As I said before, Boise State gets bumped off by Oregon, which disposed of previously ranked USC in the Coliseum, and Auburn, which appears on a collision course with Alabama.
- Could Boise State have looked sharper against Louisiana Tech? Probably, but I really don't think it would matter with the performances Oregon and Auburn put up. Also, Auburn's best road win, Mississippi State, keeps looking better and better each week.
- I may not have dropped Sparty enough. They followed a dismal showing on the road against Northwestern with an absolute egg against Iowa. They're the paper tiger we thought they were.
- I tried to keep Mizzou ahead of Oklahoma, you know, since the Tigers just beat OU last week, and in doing so may not have dropped them enough. Also, Mizzou and Oklahoma lost on the road, which is somewhat forgivable. Nebraska lost AT HOME (and didn't score an offensive touchdown) against a Texas team that can now claim home losses to UCLA, Iowa State and Baylor. The Big 12 is a fustercluck.
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Not this week,
but next week I’m anxious to see where you put the winner of the Utah/TCU game. I would argue that the winner should slide in right behind Oregon/Auburn.
Can’t really complain about anything this week, though. Kinda glad someone has the sense to not rank VT yet. The NC State win looks better though with their defeat of FSU.
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by blackjackfishtaco on Nov 1, 2010 10:18 AM EDT reply actions
VT ranking
I’d agree with not ranking VT. Tech has chances over the next 3 weeks to either give you real confidence (or doubt) on where they should be ranked.
If they beat GT, are you going to put them in somewhere in the 15-20 range, or does beating GT earn them just somethng in the 20-25 slot?
I think this week if Alabama wins @ LSU and TCU wins @ Utah.. I’d be thinking of dropping Boise State below both of those teams.
Syracuse?
Why is everyone so pumped about Syracuse all of a sudden? I get that they have 6 wins, but two are against FCS teams. Meanwhile, they lost to Washington and were blown out three weeks ago at home by Pitt. I get that Pitt looked atrocious in their big three out of conference games, but they’ve proven on the field to be better than Syracuse.
For me
its the three road wins. Say what you want about the BE, but to win three conference road games like they have against South Florida, West Virginia and Cincinnati is enough for me to put them in the Top 25 ahead of the other candidates for the spot. If not Syracuse, then who do you think should be there?
Also, we’re arguing about No. 25 here.
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by furrer4heisman on Nov 1, 2010 1:59 PM EDT up reply actions
who should be there
in order: NC State, Florida, K State, UCF, Illinois, East Carolina, maybe even Northwestern… plenty of options I’d rank over the Orange.
"Also, we’re arguing about No. 25 here."
I consider myself mildly humbled, but…
I know rankings are a pretty inexact science, I just hate seeing teams ranked ahead of teams that have beaten them head-to-head. Yes, it happens all the time, and many times it would be impossible to formulate a top 25 if teams were never ranked above a team they lost to, but as Pittsburgh native, this instance riles me up. Of course, as a Pittsburgh native what really riles me up is Pitt not being able to play to its potential against suspect Miami and Notre Dame (and to a lesser degree, Utah) teams.
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