An obvious problem that arose in the vaccuum left by my delinquency was the fall off of my public ballot disclosure. I write "public" because I mostly kept voting, although I sadly missed this week. Here's what the past three ballots have looked like:
Week of 10.23:
Rank | Team | Delta |
---|---|---|
1 | Ohio State | 25 |
2 | Southern Cal | 24 |
3 | Michigan | 23 |
4 | West Virginia | 22 |
5 | Louisville | 21 |
6 | California | 20 |
7 | Texas | 19 |
8 | Clemson | 18 |
9 | Arkansas | 17 |
10 | Auburn | 16 |
11 | Florida | 15 |
12 | Tennessee | 14 |
13 | Wisconsin | 13 |
14 | Notre Dame | 12 |
15 | Boston College | 11 |
16 | Rutgers | 10 |
17 | LSU | 9 |
18 | Georgia Tech | 8 |
19 | Nebraska | 7 |
20 | Oklahoma | 6 |
21 | Boise State | 5 |
22 | Oregon | 4 |
23 | Wake Forest | 3 |
24 | Texas A&M | 2 |
25 | Missouri | 1 |
Dropped Out:
Week of 10.30:
Rank | Team | Delta |
---|---|---|
1 | Ohio State | -- |
2 | Michigan | 1 |
3 | West Virginia | 1 |
4 | California | 2 |
5 | Arkansas | 4 |
6 | Auburn | 4 |
7 | Florida | 4 |
8 | Tennessee | 4 |
9 | Southern Cal | 7 |
10 | Texas | 3 |
11 | Louisville | 6 |
12 | Wisconsin | 1 |
13 | Rutgers | 3 |
14 | Boston College | 1 |
15 | Clemson | 7 |
16 | Notre Dame | 2 |
17 | LSU | -- |
18 | Oklahoma | 2 |
19 | Boise State | 2 |
20 | Georgia Tech | 2 |
21 | Texas A&M | 3 |
22 | Washington State | 4 |
23 | Oregon | 1 |
24 | Wake Forest | 1 |
25 | Virginia Tech | 1 |
Dropped Out: Nebraska (#19), Missouri (#25).
Week of 11.06:
Rank | Team | Delta |
---|---|---|
1 | Ohio State | 25 |
2 | Michigan | 24 |
3 | Texas | 23 |
4 | California | 22 |
5 | Arkansas | 21 |
6 | Auburn | 20 |
7 | Florida | 19 |
8 | Louisville | 18 |
9 | Southern Cal | 17 |
10 | Wisconsin | 16 |
11 | Rutgers | 15 |
12 | LSU | 14 |
13 | Tennessee | 13 |
14 | West Virginia | 12 |
15 | Boise State | 11 |
16 | Notre Dame | 10 |
17 | Oklahoma | 9 |
18 | Wake Forest | 8 |
19 | Boston College | 7 |
20 | Georgia Tech | 6 |
21 | Oregon | 5 |
22 | Oregon State | 4 |
23 | Brigham Young | 3 |
24 | Virginia Tech | 2 |
25 | Maryland | 1 |
Dropped Out:
As you can see, the deltas are all effed up, so I apologize. I guess the biggest things to note:
- The most recent ballot reflects games through last Saturday, so for these purposes, Louisville was still undefeated.
- Texas made a big jump mostly because Colt McCoy is playing out of his mind; I am not sure if the SEC teams are that good or if they are just beating each other up; and no one else seems like an obvious choice for the top five, save for Cal, which remains there.
- Notre Dame has stayed in the same area for weeks because it plays no one and has lost to the only discernably good team it's played.
- I have been tempted to drop Michigan a number of times given how badly the offense has played in recent weeks, but I see no other team with a resume that argues for its ascendancy.