Blogpoll: Week 1

Welcome back to college football season. A single week is a poor sample size for judgment, so expect more radical fluctuations until things settle down. Week 2 has several games that will go a long way to help out with that. This is the rough draft, so corrections, suggestions and objections are always welcome.

Games Watched: South Carolina/NC State, Oregon/Boise St., Tulsa/Tulane, Penn St./Akron, Georgia/Oklahoma St., BYU/Oklahoma, Alabama/Virginia Tech, Maryland/Cal, LSU/Washington, Ole Miss/Memphis, Cincinnati/Rutgers and Miami/Florida St.

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

Moving Up:
BYU - Fortunately, BYU has a non-conference schedule that will allow for a better read on if they're for real or not.

Cincinnati - The Big East's early hope for respectability this year.

Moving Down:
Oklahoma - Disturbingly average without Bradford, see how well Landry Jones progresses after a week of first team reps.

Iowa - Scraping by a weak FBS opponent is forgivable, scraping by a FCS opponent is not.

The Breakdown (Total Offensive Yards/Total Defensive Yards):
1. Florida
9/5 – Charleston Southern 62-3 (624/323)
9/12 – Troy

2. Texas
9/5 – Louisiana-Monroe 59-20 (562/298)
9/12- at Wyoming

3. USC
9/5 – San Jose St. 56-3 (620/121)
9/12 – at Ohio St.

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

6. Ohio St.
9/5 – Navy 31-27 (363/342)
9/12 – USC

7. Alabama
9/5 – Virginia Tech (in Atlanta, GA) 34-24 (498/155)
9/12 – Florida International

8. Oklahoma State
9/5 – Georgia 24-10 (307/257)
9/12 – Houston

9. Penn St.
9/5 – Akron 31-7 (515/186)
9/12 – Syracuse

10. Georgia Tech
9/5 – Jacksonville St. 37-17 (497/291)
9/10 – Clemson

11. Boise St.
9/3 – Oregon 19-8 (361/152)
9/12 – Miami(OH)

12. BYU
9/5 – Oklahoma (in Arlington, TX) 14-13 (357/265)
9/12 – at Tulane

13. LSU
9/5 – at Washington 31-23 (321/478)
9/12 – Vanderbilt

14. Oklahoma
9/5 – BYU (in Arlington, TX) 13-14 (265/357)
9/12 – Idaho St

15. TCU
9/12 – at Virginia

16. UNC
9/5 – Citadel 40-6 (375/153)
9/12 – at UConn

17. Notre Dame
9/5 – Nevada 35-0 (510/307)
9/12 – at Michigan

18. Utah
9/3 – Utah St. 35-17 (519/342)
9/12 – at San Jose St.

19. Kansas
9/5 – North Colorado 49-3 (547/246)
9/12 – at UTEP

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

21. Missouri
9/5 – Illinois (in St. Louis, MO) 37-9 (442/325)
9/12 – Bowling Green

22. Cincinnati
9/7 – at Rutgers 47-15 (564/293)
9/12 – Southeast Missouri St.

23. Virginia Tech
9/5 – Alabama (in Atlanta, GA) 24-34 (155/498)
9/12 – Marshall

24. Oregon
9/3 – at Boise St. 8-19 (152/361)
9/12 – Purdue

25. Georgia
9/5 – Oklahoma St. 10-24 (257/307)
9/12 – South Carolina

Dropped Out:
19. Illinois
9/5 – Missouri (in St. Louis, MO) 9-37 (325/442)
9/12 – Illinois St.

23. Iowa
9/5 – Northern Iowa 17-16 (329/354)
9/12 – at Iowa St.

25. Florida St.
9/7 – Miami 34-38 (404/476)
9/12 – Jacksonville St.