BlogPoll Week One Draft

Apparently Oregon State was inadvertently left out at least on my ballot, not sure on Rebelfan1’s ballot. But they should be in the final on Wed. So dont get all cranky since they are not there.

O well maybe in a couple of weeks when the true teams come to play.

BSU blew a 17 point lead and got a gift in the form of a no call on the block in the back and a late hit that shouldn’t have been called. I still think they’re top 5…but there is no way the should be moved up ahead of an OSU team who manhandled Marshall.

TCU snuck by a team that had a chance to win going into the last few minutes before the center blew a count and handed TCU a win. Likewise they’re still top 5 (maybe they take Florida’s spot), but they were not anymore impressive than any other team.

I like your site Jeremy..but BSU/TCU at 1 and 2 is a tad overkill with the Non-AQ bias.

I’m truly happy BSU won the game. But, they were extremely lucky on a couple of blown calls at the end of the game (block to the back and personal foul). With that being said, good teams get questionable calls to go their way. I’d leave BSU at #3. We’ll have a better idea of how the top teams look in 3-4 weeks. Way to go BSU and good luck the rest of the season!!

BSU got off to a great start, some of it based on VT mistakes. One can argue that BSU caused their mistakes. However, VT pretty much dominated the game there after. Bad calls by the officials at the end of the game hurt VT. I’m not trying to take anything away from BSU. They are a fantastic team and deserve all the respect they have earned. I’m glad they won. I’d like to see them in the Championship game. I just think putting them at #1 so soon is a stretch. Until Alabama and Ohio State lose, regardless of who they played or how they played, BSU is #3. Just my opinion.

For ranking Pitt above Utah. Utah was sloppy, ok I get that. But it was still clear from beginning to end that the Utes were a better team. Pitt was only in the game because of Shaky’s fumbles.

Obviously I’m biased for my South Carolina Gamecocks (where’s the love, fellas?), but I can live with y’all not selecting them (even though the AP and Coaches did).

What I’m shocked at, however, is…

Auburn @ 18? Are you kidding? They gave up how many points to Arkansas State?
Missouri @23? Really? They were losing until the 4th, and barely beat Illinois – an absolutely awful team.
Oklahoma @10? They should have fallen farther. Beating Utah State by a touchdown is pretty weak for a ‘Top 10’ team. Especially at home.
Texas @7? I grew up a Longhorn fan, but they should have fallen farther. They looked miserable against Rice.
West Virginia… unranked? They looked pretty good to me, even if it was against an FCS team (which nobody knocked the likes of Arkansas and others for playing, apparently). Coastal Carolina (an FCS playoff team last year) only managed 186 yds. and 9 first downs versus the Mountaineers’ 400 yds. In contrast, Tennessee Tech (worse than CCU) managed 187 yds., 12 first downs, and 3 points against Arkansas, while holding them to less yardage (323).

My Top 25:

I always do my weekly Top 25 in 5 phases:
-First, I rank how I feel each team looked compared to their conference mates, and rank the teams within their conference.
-Second, I look at my previous poll and the previous poll from the AP and coaches, and move teams within the polls based on how I think they looked.
-Third, I make a poll based on how I think everyone looked against their opponent that doesn’t bear in mind the previous week’s polls at all, and factor in how good I believe they are overall. Though I credit teams for good performances, if my gut tells me they couldn’t beat a certain team, I don’t rank them over that team.
-Fourth, I count the number of teams from each conference in the poll to make sure it ‘feels about right.’ Once I caught myself ranking 5 ACC teams, and had to pull back – lol.
-Finally, I synthesize my polls and create a Top 25.

TOP 25: WEEK TWO
01. Alabama
02. Boise State
03. Ohio State
04. TCU
05. Nebraska
06. Oregon
07. Virginia Tech
08. Georgia Tech
09. Iowa
10. Utah
11. Wisconsin
12. Miami
13. Georgia
14. West Virginia
15. Florida State
16. Penn State
17. Arkansas
18. Kansas State
19. Texas
20. Florida
21. Oregon State
22. LSU
23. South Carolina
24. Michigan
25. Arizona

Just Missed:
Oklahoma
Fresno State
BYU
Notre Dame
Houston

Afterall, that is your philosophy for dropping Alabama to 4th and moving Boise St up to 1st. So I guess now that Oregon St. isn’t a top25 team, every week after this we should expect to see Boise St drop.

By week 8 they won’t even be a top 25 team anymore.

Obviously that has nothing to do with the reason Boise St moved up to #1 and why Alabama moved down to #4. It’s nothing more than the bias of the voter, and an excuse to try and cover it. A continuation of the media hype of the weekend.

And it’s not like Boise St really wowed anyone with that game. Boise ST got the 1st qtr jump is what made the difference. The early mistakes of VT proved to be too much.

V.Tech looked slower than normal to me on D, it wasn’t just a matter of execution. VT is down to #13. They lose a couple more games and Boise St. is gonna end up with a big fat 0 top 25 teams on their schedule. Which is very possible with the slow speed of VT. They are in the ACC, so they will be playing a few tough teams this year.

But I guess I should be use to the double standards by now. Alabama plays a cupcake and gets demoted for doing it. Meanwhile the team that is in the same conference as the cupcake and plays a schedule full of them is rewarded for the single tough game on the schedule.

Boise St doesn’t belong in the top10, let alone #1. This is actually a year when the MWC should be getting some attention, not Boise St. Both BYU and TCU might have a respectable SoS this year. You’ve got some pretty good teams in there. Utah, BYU, TCU and AirForce while not top25 is top50 if they keep up. With the couple of OOC games TCU and BYU have, they are the only 2 “BCS Busters” who should even be talked about at this point.

But nobody expects them to go undefeated because they do play the tougher schedules, and because TCU lost the bowl game.