BlogPoll: Preliminary Week 8 Ballot

Not much movement in our ballot this week. The big gainer in the top 10 is TCU, which jumps three spots to #5 this week. Miami (Fla.) drops 8 spots after their home loss in overtime to Clemson. At the bottom, a Mountain West, Big East and Big XII team are replaced by a Pac-10, SEC and different Big East team.

The Pac-10 spurs the most disagreement between Jeff and I this week, as Arizona, Southern Cal and Oregon are all in the top 5 in terms of standard deviation between the two ballots.

Comments and criticisms are welcome. Final ballot is due Wednesday.

Extracurriculars after the jump.

Rank	Team	Delta
1	Alabama (8-0)	--
2	Florida (7-0)	--
3	Texas (7-0)	--
4	Cincinnati (7-0)	--
5	TCU (7-0)	3
6	Southern Cal (6-1)	--
7	Iowa (8-0)	--
8	Georgia Tech (7-1)	2
9	LSU (6-1)	3
10	Boise State (7-0)	1
11	Virginia Tech (5-2)	--
12	Oregon (6-1)	2
13	Miami (Florida) (5-2)	8
14	Houston (6-1)	1
15	Penn State (7-1)	1
16	Oklahoma State (6-1)	1
17	Utah (6-1)	1
18	Pittsburgh (6-1)	1
19	Oklahoma (4-3)	4
20	California (5-2)	5
21	Ohio State (6-2)	4
22	Arizona (5-2)	--
23	South Carolina (5-2)	3
24	Mississippi (5-2)	2
25	West Virginia (6-1)	1

For your reference, here is last week's ballot.

Dropped Out: Brigham Young (#17), South Florida (#21), Texas Tech (#24)

Welcome: California (#20), Mississippi (#24), West Virginia (#25)

Waiting Room: Central Michigan, Oregon State, Clemson, Notre Dame, Brigham Young

By Conference: SEC 5, Pac-10 4, ACC 3, Big East 3, Big Ten 3, Big XII 3, Mountain West 2, Conference USA 1, WAC 1

Teams We Disagree On The Most: Arizona (5.66), Boise State (4.95), Ohio State (3.54), Southern Cal (2.83), Oregon (2.83)

Teams We Agree On: Alabama (#1), TCU (#5), Iowa (#7), Georgia Tech (#8), Oklahoma State (#16)

Games Jeff Watched:

Florida State at North Carolina
Minnesota at Ohio State
Boston College at Notre Dame
Texas at Missouri (50%)

Games Brian Watched:

Tulsa at UTEP
Florida State at North Carolina
Boston College at Notre Dame (in-person)
Rutgers at Army (50%)