BlogPoll Week 7

This week's BlogPoll had more movement (see all our BlogPoll ballots). Our top 10 lineup continues to look odd. Once LSU dropped Cal had a historic chance to take over the top spot. But having to play a backup with 0 experience and nearly pulling off the win at the end, we can’t take too much away from the Bears in the poll. They should have won that game even without QB Longshore. We don’t drop LSU that far either because they are a dominant team that played a good Kentucky squad away and certainly had a chance to win. Oklahoma was our pick from the 2nd week and we think that loss to Colorado after being comfortably ahead was an aberration. This team is good and could be playing in the title game. Ohio State has much to prove still but obviously takes the top spot over all teams including South Florida, who has looked good in some decent wins. Auburn’s continuing strong play makes South Florida’s win over them look even better. But we cannot put them higher than 4 until they play the teams LSU and Oklahoma are playing regularly. BC on the other hand has no real tough games and the ones we’ve seen weren’t all that impressive to even deserve the high ranking we give them. That will change in a couple of weeks when they play Virginia Tech away.

Running down the list, some teams fall a couple of slots despite wins because of more impressive wins by other teams. Kentucky’s win was solid, but we also remember they lost pretty convincingly last week at South Carolina and they have to beat a good Florida team this week at home after that emotional win. Let’s see how they manage. Arizona State is doing great but still have to prove they belong by beating a tough opponent. They play Cal at home in 2 weeks, after we get them, and then a string of tough games after that. Southern Cal dropped due to their underwhelming performance against Arizona. Anyone think Dorrell will have our team ready to play them in Tuscon? The Big East continues to perform as we said they would, horribly. Cincy looked very Big East average at home against struggling Louisville so their brief moment in the spotlight is over. South Florida is the only real deal this year it appears. Hawaii moves down due to their near loss against San Jose State! Weak schedule should really keep them out of any BCS bowl. Finally, Michigan and Tennessee are making comebacks with good wins. Here is our ballot:

Rank	Team	Delta
1	Ohio State	2
2	Oklahoma	2
3	LSU	2
4	South Florida	6
5	Boston College	—
6	South Carolina	—
7	California	5
8	Oregon	1
9	Southern Cal	1
10	Florida	1
11	Kentucky	8
12	Arizona State	2
13	West Virginia	2
14	Virginia Tech	1
15	Texas	1
16	Missouri	4
17	Georgia	4
18	Auburn	5
19	Kansas	5
20	Texas Tech	6
21	Tennessee	4
22	Michigan	4
23	Penn State	3
24	Kansas State	2
25	Hawaii	7

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