OK, I'm going to need a lot of help with this and we don't have much time. The final ballot is due Wednesday morning, so I'm hoping to submit it late tonight.
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| Rank | Team | Delta |
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| 1 | Florida | |
| 2 | Texas | |
| 3 | Alabama |
 2 |
| 4 | Southern Cal |
 1 |
| 5 | LSU |
1 |
| 6 | California |
1 |
| 7 | Oklahoma State |
6 |
| 8 | Mississippi |
4 |
| 9 | Georgia Tech |
2 |
| 10 | Brigham Young |
5 |
| 11 | Penn State |
3 |
| 12 | Boise State |
5 |
| 13 | Ohio State |
5 |
| 14 | Oklahoma |
10 |
| 15 | Virginia Tech |
5 |
| 16 | Nebraska |
4 |
| 17 | TCU |
1 |
| 18 | Utah |
1 |
| 19 | Clemson |
5 |
| 20 | Oregon State |
3 |
| 21 | Cincinnati | |
| 22 | Missouri | |
| 23 | Miami (Florida) | |
| 24 | Georgia |
8 |
| 25 | Southern Miss | |
| Last week's ballot | ||
Dropped Out: Oregon (#9), Iowa (#21), Florida State (#22).
- Games watched: Oregon at Boise State, Navy at Ohio State (first half), Georgia at Oklahoma State, Alabama vs. Virginia Tech, LSU at Washington (second half)
- Alabama moves ahead of USC. I came away very impressed with Alabama, but like just about every other team in the country, it has some offensive line issues.
- OSU, Ole Miss and Cal all move up because of impressive wins.
- Cincinnati, Missouri and Miami all enter the poll. Southern Miss stays at No. 25.
- Ohio State, Oklahoma and Virginia Tech are all really on equal footing with me right now. Ohio State is ahead of the other two because it's 1-0.
- How should I treat Oklahoma? With a healthy Sam Bradford I think it wins, but it lost Bradford because its offensive line is somehow worse than Virginia Tech's.
- I was high on BYU to begin with, so of course I'm going to move it up after a win like that.
- Any teams I'm missing that should be included? If they should be included, who should I drop?
- Notre Dame will not be ranked unless it beats Michigan and looks good doing so.