Monday, September 14, 2009

Blogpoll Draft: Settling In

Last week's poll was put together bleary-eyed following Monday night's game. It was, at best, rushed, sloppy and hard to read (running with darker green in the breakdown this week, better?). Another week to digest and things still aren't much clearer. Cal really should be in the fourth spot, but Ole Miss, despite their very weak showing to start the season, didn't play so I'll hold off one more week on that. Ohio State drops but not too far since no one in the neighborhood really distinguished themselves this past week. I have a sneaking suspicion Cincinnati might be pretty damn good and marching up the ranks soon enough. As always, corrections, suggestions and objections are always welcome.

Games watched: Clemson/Georgia Tech, Colorado/Toledo, Syracuse/Penn State, Notre Dame/Michigan, South Carolina/Georgia, USC/Ohio State and Purdue/Oregon.

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

Dropped Out: Notre Dame (#17).

Moving Up:
Michigan - Could the RichRod second year bump be in effect?

Moving Down:
Oklahoma St. - The Big 12 "all offense/no defense" meme appears poised to continue another year. Down, but not below Georgia for obvious reasons.

Notre Dame - The Echoes hit the snooze bar.

The Breakdown:
1. Florida
9/5 – Charleston Southern 62-3 (624/323)
9/12 – Troy 56-6 (663/139)
9/19 – Tennessee


2. Texas
9/5 – Louisiana-Monroe 59-20 (562/298)
9/12- at Wyoming 41-10 (544/273)
9/19 – Texas Tech


3. USC
9/5 – San Jose St. 56-3 (620/121)
9/12 – at Ohio St. 18-15 (313/265)
9/19 – at Washington


4. Ole Miss
9/6 – at Memphis 45-14 (349/284)
9/19 – Southeastern Louisiana


5. Cal
9/5 – Maryland 52-13 (542/303)
9/12 – Eastern Washington 59-7 (507/235)
9/19 – at Minnesota


6. Alabama
9/5 – Virginia Tech (in Atlanta, GA) 34-24 (498/155)
9/12 – Florida International 40-14 (516/214)
9/19 – North Texas


7. Penn St.
9/5 – Akron 31-7 (515/186)
9/12 – Syracuse 28-7 (318/200)
9/19 – Temple


8. Georgia Tech
9/5 – Jacksonville St. 37-17 (497/291)
9/10 – Clemson 30-27 (418/386)
917 – at Miami


9. Boise St.
9/3 – Oregon 19-8 (361/152)
9/12 – Miami(OH) 48-0 (441/194)
9/18 – at Fresno St.


10. BYU
9/5 – Oklahoma (in Arlington, TX) 14-13 (357/265)
9/12 – at Tulane 54-3 (527/162)
9/19 – Florida St.


11. Ohio St.
9/5 – Navy 31-27 (363/342)
9/12 – USC 15-18 (265/313)
9/19 – at Toledo


12. LSU
9/5 – at Washington 31-23 (321/478)
9/12 – Vanderbilt 23-9 (326/210)
9/19 – Louisiana-Lafayette


13. Oklahoma
9/5 – BYU (in Arlington, TX) 13-14 (265/357)
9/12 – Idaho St. 64-0 (564/44)
9/19 - Tulsa


14. TCU
9/12 – at Virginia 30-14 (380/177)
9/19 – Texas St.


15. UNC
9/5 – Citadel 40-6 (375/153)
9/12 – at UConn 12-10 (268/196)
9/19 – East Carolina


16. Utah
9/3 – Utah St. 35-17 (519/342)
9/12 – at San Jose St. 24-14 (499/264)
9/19 – at Oregon


17. Kansas
9/5 – North Colorado 49-3 (547/246)
9/12 – at UTEP 34-7 (576/208)
9/19 – Duke


18. Miami
9/7 – at Florida St. 38-34 (476/404)
9/17 – Georgia Tech


19. Missouri
9/5 – Illinois (in St. Louis, MO) 37-9 (442/325)
9/12 – Bowling Green 27-20 (353/320)
9/19 – Furman


20. Cincinnati
9/7 – at Rutgers 47-15 (564/293)
9/12 – Southeast Missouri St. 70-3 (578/176)
9/19 – at Oregon St.


21. Michigan
9/5 – Western Michigan 31-7 (439/301)
9/12 – Notre Dame 38-34 (430/490)
9/19 – Eastern Michigan


22. Virginia Tech
9/5 – Alabama (in Atlanta, GA) 24-34 (155/498)
9/12 – Marshall 52-10 (605/252)
9/19 - Nebraska


23. Oregon
9/3 – at Boise St. 8-19 (152/361)
9/12 – Purdue 38-36 (356/451)
9/19 – Utah


24. Oklahoma State
9/5 – Georgia 24-10 (307/257)
9/12 – Houston 35-45 (434/512)
9/19 – Rice


25. Georgia
9/5 – Oklahoma St. 10-24 (257/307)
9/12 – South Carolina 41-37 (308/427)
9/19 – at Arkansas


Dropped Out:
17. Notre Dame
9/5 – Nevada 35-0 (510/307)
9/12 – at Michigan 34-38 (490/430)
9/19 – Michigan St.

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

what makes you think ole miss. and cal. deserve to be ahead of psu

joepadon said...

Oh yeah, that's much better.

Nick said...

Thanks joepadon.

Anon,
The short answer is because it's only 2 games into the season and frankly arguments could be made about the order of any teams in the Top 10. I had Ole Miss and Cal higher initially and only have had one game to judge Ole Miss on and Cal has beat impressively beat down their opponents so far. The longer answer is because I'm probably looking at Penn State with a more critical eyes and there are glaring problems that Penn State needs to address. Regardless of whether they do or not won't matter as long as they keep winning, the rankings generally get easier to sort out as the season progresses, conversely it gets more difficult later in the season as you figure out what to do in the teens and twenties.

Feel free to prod further, I'd be happy to discuss any critiques top to bottom. Still not sure what to do with Houston yet.

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