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.

Rank	Team	Delta
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.