Week Thirteen BlogPoll Results: Return Of The Mac

The week thirteen BlogPoll result have been released and it has a strong flavor of MACtion.

Notre Dame is No. 1 in this week's BlogPoll, gets almost all the first-place votes, and is pretty much assured of carrying that No. 1 ranking into the 2013 BCS National Championship Game. Whatever: that was expected.

The really cool thing about this week's BlogPoll is the respect that otherwise unsung teams command. While the top four remained the same, and the biggest move in the top 15 came with Florida State's five-spot plummet after a home loss to Florida, Kent State, Northern Illinois, and Utah State all hopped into the top 20, taking Nos. 18 through 20 in that order.

That mid-major sympathy couldn't get San Jose State into the top 25, alas, nor did it prevent brand names like Michigan and Texas from remaining in the top 25 despite losses on the weekend. But the jumps those three teams made, of five spots each, highlights the sort of responsiveness and intellectual rigor the BlogPoll aspires to.

Results for Week 13

#	School	Points/blog	SD	Delta
1	Notre Dame Fighting Irish (61)	25.13	2.92	--
2	Alabama Crimson Tide (5)	23.66	2.56	--
3	Oregon Ducks	21.83	2.18	--
4	Georgia Bulldogs (1)	21.44	0.95	--
5	Florida Gators (1)	21.24	1.28	1
6	Ohio St. Buckeyes (3)	19.70	6.12	1
7	Kansas St. Wildcats	19.39	0.92	-2
8	Stanford Cardinal	17.69	0.12	2
9	LSU Tigers	17.41	0.71	--
10	Texas A&M Aggies	17.16	1.02	1
11	South Carolina Gamecocks	15.23	0.94	3
12	Oklahoma Sooners	14.04	2.42	1
13	Florida St. Seminoles	13.09	1.26	-5
14	Nebraska Cornhuskers	12.09	1.33	2
15	Clemson Tigers	11.17	1.24	-3
16	Oregon St. Beavers	8.09	3.44	1
17	UCLA Bruins	8.06	2.45	-2
18	Kent St. Golden Flashes	7.61	3.67	5
19	Northern Illinois Huskies	6.83	3.76	5
20	Utah State Aggies	4.74	2.58	6
21	Northwestern Wildcats	3.66	2.88	7
22	Michigan Wolverines	3.36	3.08	-1
23	Boise St. Broncos	3.13	3.24	2
24	Oklahoma St. Cowboys	2.70	3.30	-2
25	Texas Longhorns	2.50	2.97	-7
Others Receiving Votes: San Jose St. Spartans | Louisville Cardinals | Rutgers Scarlet Knights | Penn St. Nittany Lions | Vanderbilt Commodores | TCU Horned Frogs | Louisiana Tech Bulldogs | Fresno St. Bulldogs | Ball St. Cardinals | San Diego St. Aztecs | Cincinnati Bearcats | Mississippi St. Bulldogs | Central Florida Knights | USC Trojans | Arizona Wildcats | Washington Huskies | Toledo Rockets | Arizona St. Sun Devils | North Carolina Tar Heels | Arkansas St. Red Wolves | Tulsa Golden Hurricane
Updated: Nov 27, 2012 10:02 AM EST

Total Ballots: 70 | Votes by team | Ballots by voter