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| Rank | Team | |
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| 1 | Florida | |
| 2 | Texas | |
| 3 | Alabama | |
| 4 | Southern Cal | |
| 5 | Oklahoma | |
| 6 | Ohio State | |
| 7 | Penn State | |
| 8 | Virginia Tech | |
| 9 | LSU | |
| 10 | Mississippi | |
| 11 | California | |
| 12 | Oklahoma State | |
| 13 | Georgia Tech | |
| 14 | Georgia | |
| 15 | Oregon | |
| 16 | Iowa | |
| 17 | Boise State | |
| 18 | Utah | |
| 19 | TCU | |
| 20 | Notre Dame | |
| 21 | North Carolina | |
| 22 | Nebraska | |
| 23 | Miami (Florida) | |
| 24 | Michigan State | |
| 25 | UCLA | |
As you can see, there has been some rejiggering of the final 5 or 6 teams. Having defended my choice for UCLA, I found myself clearly stating that they were just barely hanging on in the poll...so I dropped them to 25. Also, I think I was a bit over zealous on Miami (yes, that Miami) and Michigan State. Nebraska moves up for now [editor's note: poll done before the dismissal of Castille was known]. I am still not very excited about Kansas, Florida State, or BYU - all of whom still get the boot in my poll.
Lou Holtz has me all fired up, so I moved ND up a few notches to fill the void left by MSU, Miami, and UCLA. North Carolina also benefits. I'm on record as saying ND is going to end up with 9 or 10 wins whether we like it or not.
Finally, I will make it known right now that any of the mid-majors that are currently ranked are one loss from finding themselves either at the Mr. Irrelevant spot of 25, or dropped altogether.
The real-life conglomerated poll comes out today at noon ET and can be found here.
[err...make that Wednesday, pending MgoBrian's Malaysian laptop adoption process. I've said it many times before; Brian is the Brangelina of bloggers. - B2]