Preliminary BlogPoll Week 11
My first stab –
1. Texas Tech
2. Alabama
3. Texas
4. Florida
5. Oklahoma
6. Utah
7. USC
8. Penn State
9. Boise State
10. Georgia
11. Ohio State
12. Oklahoma State
13. North Carolina
14. Missouri
15. Ball State
16. FSU
17. Michigan State
18. TCU
19. BYU
20. Cincinnati
21. Pitt
22. Wake Forest
23. South Carolina
24. LSU
25. Virginia Tech
Let me hear from ya.
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4 comments:
Is your poll still "resume'-based"?
Let's look at the undefeateds:
Texas Tech & Bammer 1 & 2--no arguments; Tech running the gauntlet of Kansas/Texas/OkieState trumps the Tide's wins v. Clemson/UGA/LSU.
Utah---wins over Oregon State (who had vanquished the "Greatest Team Ever" the week before) and Top-20 TCU + undefeated = #3.
(Do I think Utah could beat Texas, UF, or Oklahoma? Of course not. But that's NOT what a resume' system is about, right?)
Boise State: no "signature" wins, and schedule is too weak to truly judge...so probably about right to effectively rank them just below the top one-loss teams.
BTW: looks like you were RIGHT after all about Iowa---I guess they ARE a much better team than their record! ;)
y-g
What, no Memphis? *heh, heh*
No.
Losing to Mississippi knocks them out of the poll.
Oh.
Wait a minute.
Never mind. My bad.
"Boise State: no "signature" wins, and schedule is too weak to truly judge...so probably about right to effectively rank them just below the top one-loss teams."
Agreed Y-G; they've played too many "cupcakes", and the only reason they'reranked as high as they are is because for the most part they've beem blowout wins. BUT - don't tell their fans this, unless you want to hear a lot of whining.
(FWIW I hope Utah is the non-BCS team getting the berth, and I'd love to see BS get upset before the end of the season as a reality check those smurf-turfers need.)
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