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| Rank | Team | Delta |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alabama |  3 |
| 2 | Texas |  1 |
| 3 | TCU | |
| 4 | Cincinnati | 1 |
| 5 | Boise State | 1 |
| 6 | Florida | 4 |
| 7 | Oregon | 1 |
| 8 | Ohio State | 1 |
| 9 | Iowa | 1 |
| 10 | Penn State | 1 |
| 11 | Stanford | 2 |
| 12 | Georgia Tech | 7 |
| 13 | Oregon State | 4 |
| 14 | Miami (Florida) | |
| 15 | LSU | 1 |
| 16 | West Virginia | 5 |
| 17 | Virginia Tech | 8 |
| 18 | Pittsburgh | |
| 19 | Brigham Young | 3 |
| 20 | Houston | 8 |
| 21 | Oklahoma State | 2 |
| 22 | Nebraska | 2 |
| 23 | Wisconsin | |
| 24 | Central Michigan | |
| 25 | Southern Cal | 10 |
| Last week's ballot | ||
Dropped Out: California (#17).
- Lots of teams I'm not sure what to do with. Lots of teams semi-deserving and I don't know how to parse it. Should USC still be ranked? Should Arizona get in there? I also considering votes for Nevada, Fresno and Northwestern. Thoughts?
- If I had voted at the conclusion of the Texas-Nebraska game Saturday night, I would not have put Texas number 2. They did not play all that well and, yeah, yeah, Nebraska's defense is good...whatever. Texas has steamrolled teams all year and I'd been voting them number 1 for a while because I was not completely sold on Florida or Alabama. I turned out to be right about Florida (Tebow can only exert his will so far) but Alabama -- when properly prepared -- does look impressive.
- All that said, I obviously did vote UT number 2 because how can you justify not? They were #3 and won their conference championship game. Still, I'd have loved to see Nebraska win and TCU or Cinci get a shot.
- I also feel like maybe Miami is too high. Should Houston still be there? I think so, because ten wins is ten wins.
- Wisconsin returns after an impressive beatdown of Hawaii. Yes, it was only Hawaii, but that's a hell of a road trip for Wisconsin and they were focused. Though if pasty fat kids from Wisconsin go out in the Hawaiian sun they burst into flames (or melt into cheese curds) so I guess they had nothing to do but prep for the Rainbow Warriors.
Thanks for the input all season.
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Texas is 13-0 ... yeah, Nebraska could/should have beaten them, but then Alabama just squeaked by Auburn, etc. etc. As much fun as it would have been to see Mack Brown pushed out of the BCS title game, I think it would be hard to justify.
The Pac-10 is a tough conference. USC's loss to Washington was an upset, but their other three losses are to teams that are arguably better (Arizona, Stanford) or definitely better (Oregon). Nevada, Fresno State, Northwestern ... I don't think any of them merit a vote above USC, although I'd give anything to let Nevada replay that season opener with ND.
Miami's resume is weaker, I think, but not by a lot. The ACC has several teams with national respect, and Miami came out of the conference with a solid record.
I have a much lower impression of Houston. Their loss to ECU was their third to conference opposition: Central Florida was understandable, but UTEP was a bad loss. Beating Oklahoma State probably doesn't look as good as it should given what happened with Bryant, but three losses against a similar schedule to those of Boise State and TCU ... I think you can make a better case for East Carolina (four losses, but that includes West Virginia, North Carolina, and Virginia Tech).
I think it's all reasonable, though.
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