The Blogpoll and Big 12 Ralphie Report Rankings - Week 4
by Jon Woods on Sep 21, 2008 11:49 AM MDT
in College Football BlogPoll
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Print| Rank | Team | Delta |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Southern Cal | -- |
| 2 | Oklahoma | -- |
| 3 | Florida | -- |
| 4 | Georgia |  1 |
| 5 | Missouri |  1 |
| 6 | LSU | -- |
| 7 | Penn State | 5 |
| 8 | Wisconsin | 1 |
| 9 | Texas | 1 |
| 10 | Brigham Young | 1 |
| 11 | Texas Tech | 1 |
| 12 | Auburn | 3 |
| 13 | Wake Forest | 5 |
| 14 | Alabama | 7 |
| 15 | Clemson | 4 |
| 16 | South Florida | 3 |
| 17 | Kansas | 1 |
| 18 | TCU | 5 |
| 19 | Connecticut | 6 |
| 20 | Ohio State | 3 |
| 21 | Georgia Tech | 5 |
| 22 | Vanderbilt | 4 |
| 23 | Virginia Tech | 3 |
| 24 | Oklahoma State | 2 |
| 25 | Colorado | 1 |
Other teams that I considered for my rankings (in order):
26) Utah
27) Illinois
28) Oregon
29) Cincinnati
30)Miami
Breakdown:
- The highest movement was at the number 4 spot. Georgia jumped back above Missouri on the strength of their road victory combined with the Missouri's first half struggles against Buffalo.
- Penn State jumps into the top 10 with another destruction of an overmatched team. Illinois could be in for a long Saturday in State College next weekend.
- Pretty sure that Florida State's offense is going to be awful again, but holding them to 3 points in Tallahassee was an impressive feat for the Demon Deacons.
- I somehow ranked Clemson over Alabama last week, you guys are supposed to catch me on those things :) Alabama is now one spot ahead of Clemson at 14.
- Five new teams were added to the top 25 this week. Georgia Tech, Vanderbilt, Virginia Tech, Oklahoma State and your Colorado Buffaloes.
As always you can view the chart showing the picks for the entire year and below you can see how I rank the Big 12.
Week 4 Big 12 Rankings
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Moving Mizzou down? Gotta love 430 yards passing and people freaking out on Mizzou
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They only moved ahead last week
because Georgia didn’t look good against South Carolina. Georgia looked good against a much better team than Mizzou played.
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USC?
How can USC not being leading this poll by a billion votes?
http://thekennelreport.blogspot.com
Cause its a big 12 blog
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and woods signed in with 13 usernames and voted
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No reason for that
There isn’t a difference between 1 and 2. You’re in the game, you’re in the game.
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I voted for OU so he only signed in 12 times
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7 Big 12 teams in the Top 25...might be the first week the Buffs will be in the overall top 25 blog poll
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Hey guys quick question...
How does this poll get developed is it your assessment or a collaboration of a few. Just curious. Surprised Utah dropped out yet still won this weekend.
-Chuck Norris recently had the idea to sell his urine as a canned beverage. We know this beverage as Red Bull.
This is my ballot for the blogpoll, which is a collaboration of around 70 college football blogs. My final poll isn’t due until Tuesday night so I am more than willing to listen to debate and can make changes before then. I try to keep my poll is fluid as possible, moving teams up and down based on how good I think they are, not sticking to the standard “a winning team has to stay or move up and a losing team has to drop 5 spots”. Utah struggled against a solid Air Force team which caused me to doubt that they could beat the other teams that are in the last 5 of my top 25. If they look impressive again next week, I can move em back in.
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Not looking to argue Woodrow...
I think you tend to follow my opinion on the way polls should be done a little more than most. I too disagree with the standard winning team moves up if a team in front loses, and you can’t drop if you don’t lose. Truthfully after you said you were open for debate I was looking for a reason my Jayhawks should be higher but after looking through it again I would have a hard time making a case for them to be ahead of anybody above them based on the sampling so far…not to say things don’t happen of course. Also with regards to the big 12 rankings Baylor has really looked like the top team in that bottom four…which has been the most interesting section of the poll to date…that should start to change a little now that we are getting into some real games.
-Chuck Norris recently had the idea to sell his urine as a canned beverage. We know this beverage as Red Bull.
Haha...
No arguing, but there isn’t anything wrong with debating. That’s why I put them up there in the first place. Don’t worry about the Jayhawks, if anything I am a KU football homer. Love Reesing and Mangino.
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Fair enough let's debate...
Not sure on Connecticut;Yes 4-0, but 12-9 win over Temple and arguably there best win over Baylor(not a bad team, but if your top 25 you still beat this team more handily;see WF). With regards to UConn I guess they deserve to be in but barely. After the game Thursday I would have said CU was in but when I look at your 26-30 I’m not convinced quite yet. WVU is not what they were in the past and the coach is clearly an issue. It’s kind of a shame that both WVU and FSU had to drop games right before playing CU because it hurts there chances nationally w/regards to rank. If CU goes to FSU and wins then they are in without a doubt probably #23 for me but not quite yet. My conclusion sorry CU not quite yet…Connecticut down to 25, Ohio State, GT, Vandy Shift up one…and I give East Carolina the benefit of the doubt for one more week at #22. I would also feel very comfortable bumping Bama up to number 8 Penn State is the first team in front of them where are start to thing a little bit about whether they can win…dominate offensive line and as much as I dislike the guy Saban seems to get College Football.
-Chuck Norris recently had the idea to sell his urine as a canned beverage. We know this beverage as Red Bull.
I tend to agree
Seems like I still fall into the same trap I just said that I try not to do by moving UCONN up because so many teams above them lost. I do think that they are a solid squad though, a lot like the ’02 Ohio State team but obviously on a lower level. They have a great defense and running game and a QB who is just required to not make mistakes. They seem to win every single game close, no matter who they are playing. I think they win in Louisville this week.
On the Buffs, yep, that was a bit of a homer ranking but I want to give them another week against a tough defense. If they can run the ball successfully and not turn it over against the Seminoles they we win that game and a 4-0 start against that schedule absolutely deserves to be in the top 25.
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Homer rankings are perfectly acceptable...
you’ve got to fight for your teams respect as much as the next guy
-Chuck Norris recently had the idea to sell his urine as a canned beverage. We know this beverage as Red Bull.
I am ecstatic that we don't have Baylor on our schedule this year...I think they are going to give teams
fits all year long. You better strap it on against them or they will beat you. The Griffin to Gettis connection is going to be a dangerous one for a long time
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The only bad thing about not having them on the schedule this year is...
now your going to catch Griffin in a couple years when he is a much more experienced Junior. KU is in the same boat and it was always nice to have that gimme, but times are changing. BTW did you see the pic the guys at Rock M Nation put up of Griffin…funny stuff.
-Chuck Norris recently had the idea to sell his urine as a canned beverage. We know this beverage as Red Bull.
I am thinking about putting that pic as my screen saver
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I am trying to figue a way to isolate the South Park Mark Mangino character as my desktop...
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