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Maize n Brew Ballot - Week 7
| Rank | Team | Delta |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alabama Crimson Tide | -- |
| 2 | Florida Gators | -- |
| 3 | Oregon Ducks |
 1 |
| 4 | Kansas St. Wildcats |
3 |
| 5 | Notre Dame Fighting Irish |
1 |
| 6 | Ohio St. Buckeyes |
2 |
| 7 | Oregon St. Beavers |
3 |
| 8 | Oklahoma Sooners |
3 |
| 9 | LSU Tigers | -- |
| 10 | USC Trojans |
3 |
| 11 | Texas Tech Red Raiders | -- |
| 12 | Florida St. Seminoles |
2 |
| 13 | Clemson Tigers |
4 |
| 14 | Stanford Cardinal |
 -2 |
| 15 | South Carolina Gamecocks |
-12 |
| 16 | Mississippi St. Bulldogs |
2 |
| 17 | Georgia Bulldogs |
-1 |
| 18 | Louisville Cardinals |
1 |
| 19 | Texas A&M Aggies | -- |
| 20 | Rutgers Scarlet Knights |
3 |
| 21 | Cincinnati Bearcats |
-1 |
| 22 | Michigan Wolverines | -- |
| 23 | Iowa St. Cyclones |
2 |
| 24 | TCU Horned Frogs | -- |
| 25 | Boise St. Broncos | -- |
| Dropouts: West Virginia Mountaineers, Texas Longhorns, Louisiana Tech Bulldogs, Ohio Bobcats, Toledo Rockets | ||
SB Nation BlogPoll College Football Top 25 Rankings "
Thoughts:
- Alabama stays at the top because week in and week out no team makes it look easier than the Tide. The next month of the season should paint a better picture of just how dominant the Tide are this year, but I suspect we already know the answer (very).
- Florida hops to second place because that LSU win looks even better now that the Tigers beat South Carolina. Oregon's schedule doesn't get very formidable until November -- when the Ducks have to take on Stanford, USC, and Oregon State in three of four weeks -- and therefore the potential is there for teams to jump ahead in the next couple weeks.
- Strike against Ohio State and Notre Dame? Most of both's signature wins have been against Big Ten teams that we are reevaluating our opinion of (Michigan State, Purdue).
- The middle of the poll is just a mess. After Oklahoma at number eight to Georgia at 17 there are a bunch of either A) one-loss teams with good wins but disappointing losses or B) undefeated teams that haven't played anyone. It is a crap shoot.
- I don't care that the Big East teams are all undefeated. They've only played other Big East teams and cupcakes. Need more evidence.
- Michigan at 22 is a bit of a homer pick, but the last two wins were just how a 20-ish team is supposed to take care of business against bad conference foes, and the losses look a little more understandable as Bama and ND continue to roll.