Okay, a bit more tweaking from the initial draft. Thanks as always to Dennis for starting it and everyone who offered thoughts on it.
| Rank | Team | Delta |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | LSU |  1 |
| 2 | Southern Cal |  1 |
| 3 | California | 3 |
| 4 | Ohio State | 5 |
| 5 | South Florida | 8 |
| 6 | Boston College | 4 |
| 7 | Wisconsin | 4 |
| 8 | Florida | 4 |
| 9 | Georgia | 3 |
| 10 | Oklahoma | 7 |
| 11 | Kentucky | 6 |
| 12 | West Virginia | 7 |
| 13 | South Carolina | 6 |
| 14 | Hawaii | 2 |
| 15 | Oregon | 1 |
| 16 | Cincinnati | 5 |
| 17 | Texas | 10 |
| 18 | Missouri | — |
| 19 | Rutgers | 11 |
| 20 | Arizona State | 3 |
| 21 | Nebraska | 1 |
| 22 | Florida State | 4 |
| 23 | Miami (Florida) | 1 |
| 24 | Purdue | 2 |
| 25 | Kansas | 1 |
Most of the tweaking came in the second half of the ballot.
Virginia Tech was always shaky and the more I thought about what I saw in the UNC game, the less comfortable I was with keeping them in it. Kansas takes the spot instead. They may not have actually beaten anyone either, but at least they are doing it with a comfortable margin.
Texas and Rutgers ended up taking a bigger tumble the more I thought it through. Oregon less of one.
I gave South Carolina more of a boost, but no they are still behind Georgia.
The full Blogpoll is here and as always, you can look here for individual ballots.
Apart from preseason hype, why are they there? How can they be ranked and Clemson not be ranked? or Illinois? How are they higher than undefeated teams like Purdue, or ASU. How about teams like FSU or Miami who have actually BEATEN SOMEONE?? If you (not like you’re the only one, of course) didn’t make the mistake of ranking them so highly from the beginning, they wouldn’t be in there right now. Simple as that.
