Testudo Times' Preliminary Week Four Blog Poll Ballot
It's week four, everybody, and it was filled with a ton of top ten upsets, which made my job very difficult. Some of the stranger reasonings are after the jump. If yours isn't addressed, let me know in the comments.
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| Rank | Team | Delta |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Florida | |
| 2 | Alabama | |
| 3 | Texas | |
| 4 | Boise State | 4 |
| 5 | LSU | 2 |
| 6 | Virginia Tech | 4 |
| 7 | Southern Cal | 4 |
| 8 | Ohio State | 7 |
| 9 | Cincinnati | 3 |
| 10 | Oklahoma | 3 |
| 11 | TCU | 5 |
| 12 | Houston | 9 |
| 13 | Oklahoma State | 7 |
| 14 | Georgia | 9 |
| 15 | Miami (Florida) | 6 |
| 16 | Nebraska | 8 |
| 17 | Penn State | 13 |
| 18 | Kansas | 1 |
| 19 | Brigham Young | 2 |
| 20 | Mississippi | 14 |
| 21 | Oregon | |
| 22 | Iowa | |
| 23 | Michigan | 5 |
| 24 | California | 19 |
| 25 | Missouri | |
| Last week's ballot | ||
- First things first, Boise State jumped LSU to take the #4 spot. LSU is yet to play a top 25 team (Washington was in there last week, but the USC win is looking pretty fluke-y) and struggled against Mississippi State. Boise State, meanwhile, dominated an Oregon team that is now in the top 25 and dominated what was thought to be a very good Cal team. They haven't been challenged by any of their mediocre opponents, either.
- Ohio State, not Oklahoma, is rising fast again because they don't have Landry Jones. I considered putting Oklahoma higher up, but Jones has been unimpressive in a very important position. Ohio State has looked very solid outside of the close USC game against a few decent teams - Oklahoma hasn't played a decent team.
- Georgia is hugely resurgent. They've played nothing but good teams, and have looked strong after the Oklahoma State loss.
- Cal was terrible.
- Missouri is in over Georgia Tech because, unlike the Yellow Jackets, the Tigers are yet to lose. I consider the teams to be of equal strength, and that was my tie-breaker. Yeah, kind of stupid, but remember: I didn't have UNC in my top 25 either.
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