Rank	Team	Delta
1	Alabama	1
2	Florida	1
3	Texas
4	Cincinnati	2
5	Iowa	4
6	Southern Cal	2
7	Miami (Florida)	3
8	Penn State	3
9	Boise State	2
10	Oregon	4
11	TCU	1
12	Oklahoma State	1
13	Georgia Tech	9
14	LSU	6
15	Brigham Young	3
16	Virginia Tech	8
17	Houston	7
18	Pittsburgh
19	West Virginia
20	Utah	5
21	Kansas	5
22	Ohio State	17
23	South Carolina	4
24	Texas Tech
25	Michigan
Last week's ballot

First to the apologies section: last week sucked.  First, we were playing a less than exciting opponent, second I was traveling on the West Coast for work and often by the time I could get around to actually thinking about posting something, it was already midnight ET, third I am lazy.  This week will be much more interesting, I assure you.

Onward to the poll:  You'll notice a new #1.  After watching both Florida and Alabama this weekend, I came to the conclusion that Alabama is simply better.  I know they didn't look spectacular against South Carolina, but honestly the switch at the top is probably overdue anyways.  I blame it on Urban Meyer mind control and whiskey.  I may jump Texas above Florida if a convincing case is made.  Comment away.

Yes, that's Iowa you see at the 5 spot.  They remain undefeated, and therefore are rewarded thusly.  God help us if an undefeated Big Ten team in the form of Iowa is thrown into the mix come late November. 

Boise is ratcheted down a few pegs for a woeful performance against one of their tasty snacks.  They will be unable to recover from that.  If you're Boise, style points count because you've got exactly nobody on your schedule for the rest of the year - you'd better be hammering teams by 40 if you want some national attention.

Oh, hey there Oregon.  Nice to see you back.

Oh, and look, Georgia Tech too.

I am a bit worried about having Pittsburgh so high; same with West Virginia, but hey, one loss teams at this point in the season have to go somewhere. 

Kansas lost, I know, but they're still only a 1-loss Big 12 team.  I think that gets a nod over Ohio State and the rest below them, even if a 5-spot drop is a little light for a loss to Colorado.

Ohio State.  Yikes.  You still have Iowa, Penn State, and Michigan on the schedule right?  I'm not saying, I'm just....well....actually, yes I'm saying:  Ohio State - you're in trouble.

And oh - Michigan back in the poll really?  I'm a Michigan blogger.  This might be the first time in a while that the #25 ranking puts me in contention for the CK award, but hear me out:  Michigan has lost two games in a BCS conference.  Those two games were lost by a total of 8 points - one a road OT loss, the other a 2 point loss to the (now) number 5 team in the country on the road at night.  It's not like UM's the highest ranked 2-loss team on the board here, and in the "quality loss" column, they can compete with the best of them.  If they come out and beat Penn State this week, they'll be more firmly entrenched.  If they lose, well, they're probably out of the poll for good, so this week's Michigan placement is largely academic anyways.