Blogpoll revisited
As you may recall, we at the Big Red Network have been invited to vote in a weekly college football top 25 poll at http://mgoblog.blogspot.com/
While I'm tempted to leave my second preseason ballot unchanged from last week (the 2004 presidential election taught us that Americans don't like “flip-floppers�), we were encouraged to solicit feedback and seek to improve our rankings. So here are the revised rankings:
| Rank | Team | Delta |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Southern Cal | -- |
| 2 | West Virginia | -- |
| 3 | Michigan | -- |
| 4 | LSU | -- |
| 5 | Texas | -- |
| 6 | Florida | -- |
| 7 | Ohio State | -- |
| 8 | Louisville | -- |
| 9 | Virginia Tech | -- |
| 10 | California | -- |
| 11 | Oklahoma | -- |
| 12 | TCU |  1 |
| 13 | Wisconsin | 1 |
| 14 | Nebraska | 2 |
| 15 | Boston College | -- |
| 16 | Hawaii | 1 |
| 17 | Georgia |  5 |
| 18 | Penn State | -- |
| 19 | Rutgers | -- |
| 20 | Texas A&M | -- |
| 21 | Auburn | -- |
| 22 | Florida State | -- |
| 23 | Tennessee | 1 |
| 24 | Boise State | 1 |
| 25 | Arkansas | 1 |
I read this week that Georgia has only eight scholarship offensive linemen. Since they have a lot to replace on defense, I felt I was giving them too much credit and knocked them down a bit. If given truth serum, I wouldn't say Nebraska would finish as high as #14 but aside from USC every team has warts. And no one is giving Boston College as much love as I am. Between their star running back and manageable schedule, I felt I probably couldn't keep Arkansas out. USA Today can call the Bruins a BCS team, but after 6 losses a year ago (including the bowl game versus FSU) I need proof before I promote them into the top 25. I also know I've been hard on a Tennessee team that could go 10-3 (but I'm thinking 9-4).
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