Week 14 BlogPoll Ballot
by JohnRadcliff on Nov 27, 2011 6:47 PM EST
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John Radcliff.com Ballot - Week 14
| Rank | Team | Delta |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | LSU Tigers | -- |
| 2 | Alabama Crimson Tide | -- |
| 3 | Oklahoma St. Cowboys |  1 |
| 4 | Arkansas Razorbacks |  -1 |
| 5 | Georgia Bulldogs | 1 |
| 6 | USC Trojans | 1 |
| 7 | Stanford Cardinal | 4 |
| 8 | Boise St. Broncos | -3 |
| 9 | Virginia Tech Hokies | 9 |
| 10 | Houston Cougars | -2 |
| 11 | Oregon Ducks | -2 |
| 12 | Oklahoma Sooners | 2 |
| 13 | South Carolina Gamecocks | -1 |
| 14 | Michigan St. Spartans | 3 |
| 15 | Wisconsin Badgers | 5 |
| 16 | Michigan Wolverines | -1 |
| 17 | Kansas St. Wildcats | -7 |
| 18 | Baylor Bears | -5 |
| 19 | Nebraska Cornhuskers | 6 |
| 20 | TCU Horned Frogs | 1 |
| 21 | Clemson Tigers | -5 |
| 22 | West Virginia Mountaineers | -- |
| 23 | Penn St. Nittany Lions | -4 |
| 24 | Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets | -- |
| 25 | Cincinnati Bearcats | -- |
| Dropouts: Auburn Tigers, Tulsa Golden Hurricane, Virginia Cavaliers | ||
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Rationale after the jump.
I can't drop Arkansas too much for that loss. LSU and Alabama are just on a different level than everyone else in college football. It's just not very sporting if you ask me. I didn't mention it last week, but I had a hard time moving Oklahoma State down with the deaths in the athletic program so close to the game. That offense is just incredible, and it's probably enough against everyone else except the two above them.
When I look at Virginia Tech's schedule, I see wins over Miami, North Carolina, Wake Forest, Virginia, and Georgia Tech. And those are the ones I consider quality. Then I look at what Georgia, USC, Oklahoma St., etc. above them have done. Maybe Boise State has an equally poor schedule, but I believe they would beat the Hokies on a neutral field.
Baylor and Kansas State probably got the short end of the stick in this week's poll. It's not so much them as it is the teams above them. I almost didn't put Clemson in this week. I don't know what kind of bender they went on, but they have completely blown a golden opportunity this season. But they have a chance to get some of it back this week against Virginia Tech. I personally would not be upset by this. West Virginia sneaks back in with a close call that shouldn't have been so close. But they showed something in coming back in the second half.
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my only criticism is Arkansas...
the losses are to GREAT teams, no doubt… but whats their best 3 wins? South Carolina, a missed FG to Vandy, and an A&M team thats AWFUL in the second half of games and lost at least 5 after leading by double digits at halftime… I don’t know that theres anything about the Razorbacks that really impresses me, ya know…
Fair enough
When you look back at their schedule, Texas A&M and Auburn aren’t all that now. But then they were. A&M is the model of a team getting worse as they go. But when they played right after the Bama loss, A&M was a solid team. Then Auburn…seven wins in a row. Tennessee might not be very good, but they throttled Cincinnati. I look at that schedule and don’t see where they got a break after the Bama game. Maybe Ole Miss, but that might have been Nutt’s one good game of the year like he always has.
Don't Forget That Tennessee Lost Bray At QB...
…and the Volunteers have not been the same since. No offense, Mr. Simms.
Now is the time boys to make a big noise.
No matter what the people say,
For there is naught to fear, the gang's all here,
So hail West Virginia, hail.
by JP Fanshawe on Nov 27, 2011 11:51 PM EST up reply actions
don't get me wrong
as much as I think they’re too high in pretty much everyone’s polls, I still think they’re at worst like 9-12th depending on what you do with them and who you compare them to… I mean really, 8-18 is a mess. Admittedly. in my MummePoll.com, I left them out of the top 10 in favour of Wisconsin, which shows just how jumbled up it all is this year if you’ve got them at 15 lol.
I went #1 LSU then in no particular order (as the Mumme project works, you rank #1 then 9 other teams and they’re ranked overall by number of votes as opposed to points or weighted values for #2, #3, ect… )
Southern Cal, Oklahoma State, Alabama, Houston, Virginia Tech, Boise State, Stanford, Oregon,
Wisconsin
Matchups are interesting no matter how we look at it today. I think Houston would kill Va Tech, but couldn’t beat Georgia, but I would bet on the Hokies in a VT/UGA game. Wisconsin will get blown out in the Rose Bowl playing Oregon, but would probably play very tightly with Alabama since the lines are about equal. South Carolina will lose to whoever they play in a bowl game, because that’s how Spurrier rolls #edsall’d
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