Note: the deltas are messed up because I accidentally forgot to submit a ballot last week. My week two ballot can be found here.
RankTeamDelta1Ohio State
25 2Southern Cal 24 3Auburn 23 4Michigan 22 5Florida 21 6Texas 20 7Louisiana State 19 8West Virginia 18 9Louisville 17 10Notre Dame 16 11Iowa 15 12Georgia 14 13Virginia Tech 13 14Oregon 12 15Oklahoma 11 16Tennessee 10 17Boston College 9 18Clemson 8 19Florida State 7 20TCU 6 21Cal 5 22Nebraska 4 23Arizona State 3 24Penn State 2 25Michigan State 1
Notes:
-- After their trouncing of Maryland, I'm starting to believe in the Mountaineers, and they've gotten a big bump from me. Steve Slaton is pretty good.
-- Ohio State earned the #1 spot with the best win of the season. I haven't cooled on USC at all.
-- The Oregon/Oklahoma debacle presented an interesting situation for this week's ballot. Do I take the results straight up and rank the teams accordingly, or do I consider that Oklahoma really did win that game? I moved both teams up.
-- As always, I try to rank teams by the who-is-better-than-who principle. Which is why teams like LSU, Oklahoma, and Tennessee haven't dropped too far with losses. They are where they are because I think they're better than the teams I have behind them.
-- TCU and Michigan State are new to the poll this week.
RankTeamDelta1Ohio State
25 2Southern Cal 24 3Auburn 23 4Michigan 22 5Florida 21 6Texas 20 7Louisiana State 19 8West Virginia 18 9Louisville 17 10Notre Dame 16 11Iowa 15 12Georgia 14 13Virginia Tech 13 14Oregon 12 15Oklahoma 11 16Tennessee 10 17Boston College 9 18Clemson 8 19Florida State 7 20TCU 6 21Cal 5 22Nebraska 4 23Arizona State 3 24Penn State 2 25Michigan State 1
Dropped Out: Miami (Fl), Texas Tech
Notes:
-- After their trouncing of Maryland, I'm starting to believe in the Mountaineers, and they've gotten a big bump from me. Steve Slaton is pretty good.
-- Ohio State earned the #1 spot with the best win of the season. I haven't cooled on USC at all.
-- The Oregon/Oklahoma debacle presented an interesting situation for this week's ballot. Do I take the results straight up and rank the teams accordingly, or do I consider that Oklahoma really did win that game? I moved both teams up.
-- As always, I try to rank teams by the who-is-better-than-who principle. Which is why teams like LSU, Oklahoma, and Tennessee haven't dropped too far with losses. They are where they are because I think they're better than the teams I have behind them.
-- TCU and Michigan State are new to the poll this week.