Week 2 BlogPoll Ballot
by samuelbryant on Sep 7, 2010 10:37 AM CDT
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PrintAfter discussing the BlogPoll this morning, we decided that the pure resume ranking system is a little too obscure. (For example, how do you value Penn St's 44-14 win over Youngstown State versus how you value Auburn's 52-26 win over Arkansas St. Is one win better than the other? Are both wins meaningless?) So we decided that we needed to go with a little more of the tradition ranking system of taking a teams previous ranking, then sliding them up or down depending on performance, however we are going to reward and punish teams much more harshly than the traditional polls do.
Our Week 2 ballot is below (we are really mid-major horny in it), and as I mentioned with the week 1 poll, we can update through Wednesday so please offer your opinions and such.
CowboysRideForFree Ballot - Week 2
| Rank | Team | Delta |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Boise St. Broncos |  3 |
| 2 | TCU Horned Frogs | 4 |
| 3 | Utah Utes | 21 |
| 4 | Oregon Ducks | 5 |
| 5 | Alabama Crimson Tide |  -4 |
| 6 | Ohio St. Buckeyes | -1 |
| 7 | Iowa Hawkeyes | 3 |
| 8 | Wisconsin Badgers | 8 |
| 9 | Texas Longhorns | -7 |
| 10 | Michigan Wolverines | -- |
| 11 | LSU Tigers | 2 |
| 12 | Georgia Bulldogs | 8 |
| 13 | Florida Gators | -10 |
| 14 | Miami Hurricanes | -2 |
| 15 | Arkansas Razorbacks | 4 |
| 16 | Penn St. Nittany Lions | -5 |
| 17 | Nebraska Cornhuskers | -- |
| 18 | Oklahoma St. Cowboys | -- |
| 19 | Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets | -1 |
| 20 | Florida St. Seminoles | 1 |
| 21 | West Virginia Mountaineers | 2 |
| 22 | BYU Cougars | -- |
| 23 | Oklahoma Sooners | -16 |
| 24 | Notre Dame Fighting Irish | -- |
| 25 | Virginia Tech Hokies | -17 |
| Dropouts: USC Trojans, Pittsburgh Panthers, North Carolina Tar Heels, Oregon St. Beavers | ||
SB Nation BlogPoll College Football Top 25 Rankings "
I am running a little short on time this morning (I'm so important and busy) or I would have more explanation of the rankings in here. I will try to get something up later, but for now I wanted to get the poll up and get some discussion going before the deadline to update hits.
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The biggest flaw I see
is LSU being so high. They nearly lost to a UNC team that was missing 13 key players! Les proved once again that he makes some really bonehead calls in crucial moments.
Nearly lost, but didn't.
And UNC is still a decent team. But I wouldn’t worry. The hat will screw up soon, get an L or 2, and fall right out. I love seeing OSU at 18, after A&M we might be near top 10ish, assuming we roll Troy and Tulsa up. Which we will.
Kendall Hunter for Heisman
by AUKingOState on Sep 7, 2010 11:14 AM CDT via mobile up reply actions
Ok but...
to say they move up two spots for beating a team that definitely would be ranked without those 13 players is a bit of a stretch. Add to that the fact they gave up a 20 point lead. I just don’t think they are worthy of being the 11th best team. That’s all.
I agree, but they won, and I dont believe in dropping winning teams.
But its poll 2, and again, I believe they will lose, and badly, and be dropped like they’re hot. And, we all know Les loves to blow leads
Kendall Hunter for Heisman
So then
you disagree with OU losing any spots?
Yes, I do, but UNC is much better than Utah state
With or without all those players. I don’t really care if lsu is dropped or not, but I don’t think you should drop teams unless someone behind them is alot more impressive. And, should or shouldn’t be, UNC was still ranked. I still don’t think dropping them now or in a few weeks when they lose, either way the get dropped. And I’m sick of the ou fans trying to justify saying Utah state is better than wsu, because they’re not. But, ou will lose to Fsu next week, and lsu will lose to bama, auburn, an probably Arkansas. Then we may drop.
Kendall Hunter for Heisman
by AUKingOState on Sep 7, 2010 3:34 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
LSU was by far the team we spent the most amount of time discussing. Given the circumstances around that game they are so tough to rank IMO. We ended up leaving them right around where we had them week 1, just based on it being difficult to drop a team who just beat a ranked team… even if it was a depleted ranked team. I, for one, am totally open to moving them though. Let’er Rip.
by samuelbryant on Sep 7, 2010 11:25 AM CDT up reply actions
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