Blogpoll Draft Week 9

by Beauford on Nov 2, 2009 10:22 AM CST in Michigan Football

Rank	Team

1	Texas
2	Alabama
3	Florida
4	Cincinnati
5	Oregon
6	Iowa
7	Boise State
8	TCU
9	LSU
10	Georgia Tech
11	Southern Cal
12	Penn State
13	Miami (Florida)
14	Pittsburgh
15	Utah
16	Houston
17	Ohio State
18	Oklahoma State
19	California
20	Wisconsin
21	South Florida
22	Arizona
23	Virginia Tech
24	Oklahoma
25	Notre Dame

There isn't much to tell here. At the top we've got the log jam of Texas, Alabama, and Florida, and to be honest, I believe there is a compelling case for each team to hold the top spot. Texas's win over a good Oklahoma State team propels them to first, I suppose, and the Alabama vs. Florida conundrum will solve itself assuming there is not a complete collapse on part of either.

The Cincinnati/Oregon/Iowa mashup that follows is, IMO, in the correct order. Oregon has one loss, but they just put the hammer down on USC, while Iowa struggled to beat IU. I mean, really, Michigan beat IU. The computers love Iowa because they don't watch the games. Ask yourself - do you really believe that Iowa would have a chance against any of those top three teams?

The rest, at this point, is academic. Let me know your thoughts, and we'll get a final ballot up on Wednesday.

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South Florida

I know they won this week, but don’t they have some pretty bad losses? Plus, remember that it was a Friday night home game which always seems to inordinately favor the home team. Yes, they beat Florida State, but the rest of their schedule includes Wofford, Western Kentucky, and Charleston Southern. Plus, they’re going to lose to a mediocre Rutgers team this week.

Also, Cal really doesn’t belong.

I realize I’m not exactly offering replacements for you… my apologies. It’s hard this year.

Road Games

by Reed97 on Nov 2, 2009 10:45 AM CST reply actions

Boise has to be ahead of Oregon

This is my crusade for the week, it seems. Oregon had their chance to move ahead in the very first week. They failed. Until Boise does something to force a re-evaluation of that (i.e. lose), they stay in front.

I don’t generally apply head-to-head when both teams have losses. Body of work can (and in this case, certainly would) make up that ground easily. But when one team hasn’t lost, putting a team that they beat ahead of them is a giant middle finger to the idea that actual on-field results matter. Seriously, if Boise State can win out and still end up behind a team they beat, they’re going to ask “Why the hell did we even play the games if you’re going to ignore what happened?” And they’ll be right.

by SpartanDan on Nov 2, 2009 7:43 PM CST reply actions

Absolutely.

Couldn’t have said it better. That was my biggest issue with the poll. Boise State has to be ahead of Oregon.

Also, I think ND should be around #20. Their only two losses were to USC and UM (who was hot at the time), and both were extremely close.

Arizona is a little high to me. They have two losses don’t have any quality wins. Central Michigan might actually be the best team they’ve beaten.

Brigham Young probably deserves to be in the 26-31 range, but not ranked. They have two losses, and have only beaten one good team all year, and that was Oklahoma, who has three losses.

I feel strongly that the only one-loss team who deserves to be ahead of Penn State is Oregon. Maybe. Penn State has completely decimated their opposition all season, with one slip up to a still-undefeated Iowa team. No way a 2-loss USC team should be ahead of them. I think Penn State is probably the fourth best team in the country, and deserves to be ranked #8 or #9.

A lifelong Tigers fan

by ewild on Nov 3, 2009 10:52 AM CST up reply actions