BlogPoll: Revised 2008 Preseason Ballot

So, we listened (somewhat), and here is our final version of our preseason blogpoll:

Other Teams We Argued About: Penn State, Florida State, Alabama, South Florida, Oregon State, Connecticut (Jeff ONLY), Central Florida


Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes

... at the top - West Virginia and Oklahoma flip-flop, LSU-Ohio State-Florida shake up

... of the Atlantic Coast variety - Boston College up 1 spot to #19, Wake Forest up 2 spots to #11, Virginia Tech up 1 spot to #14

... fun with Mid Majors - Utah enters at #20, Fresno State up 2 to #23, and Brigham Young up 1 to #19

... Big XII - Texas Tech up 1 to #10, Missouri down 2 to #12, Texas down 1 to #13, and Kansas down 3 to #16 (i.e. throw darts at a wall, come up with the rankings for the top Big XII teams)

... Pac 10 - Oregon and California flip-flop (for our friend Omar), Arizona State down 1 to #17

... Bearish on the Big Ten - Illinois down 3 to #24, Wisconsin down 7 to #25, Penn State off the board


By Conference:

• Southeastern - 5 of 12 (42%)
• Big XII - 5 of 12 (42%)
• Pac 10 - 4 of 10 (40%)
• Atlantic Coast - 4 of 12 (33%)
• Big Ten - 3 of 11 (27%)
• Mountain West - 2 of 9 (22%)
• Big East - 1 of 8 (13%)
• Western Athletic - 1 of 9 (11%)

Talk amongst yourselves.