BlogPoll: Preliminary Week 11 Ballot
by Brian Favat on Nov 16, 2009 6:37 PM EST
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| Rank | Team | Delta |
| 1 | Alabama (10-0) | -- |
| 2 | Texas (10-0) | -- |
| 3 | Florida (10-0) | -- |
| 4 | TCU (10-0) | -- |
| 5 | Cincinnati (10-0) | -- |
| 6 | Georgia Tech (10-1) | -- |
| 7 | Boise State (10-0) | -- |
| 8 | Ohio State (9-2) |  7 |
| 9 | Oregon (8-2) | 8 |
| 10 | LSU (8-2) | 1 |
| 11 | Pittsburgh (9-1) | 2 |
| 12 | Virginia Tech (7-3) | 6 |
| 13 | Penn State (9-2) | 7 |
| 14 | Stanford (7-3) | 5 |
| 15 | Oklahoma State (8-2) | 8 |
| 16 | Clemson (7-3) | 5 |
| 17 | Wisconsin (8-2) | 7 |
| 18 | Iowa (9-2) |  6 |
| 19 | Miami (Florida) (7-3) | 11 |
| 20 | Oregon State (7-3) | 5 |
| 21 | Brigham Young (7-2) | 1 |
| 22 | Southern Cal (7-3) | 13 |
| 23 | Nebraska (7-3) | 3 |
| 24 | California (7-3) | 2 |
| 25 | Utah (8-2) | 11 |
For your reference, here is last week's ballot.
Dropped Out: Houston (#10), Arizona (#16).
Welcome (Back): Nebraska (#23), California (#24).
Waiting Room: Boston College, Navy, Temple, North Carolina, Central Michigan
Teams We Disagree On The Most: Brigham Young (10.61), Southern Cal (5.66), LSU (4.24), Stanford (4.24)
Teams We Agree On: Alabama (#1), Texas (#2), Florida (#3), TCU (#4), Cincinnati (#5)
By Conference: Pac-10 5, Big Ten 4, ACC 4, Big 12 3, Mountain West 3, SEC 3, Big East 2, WAC 1
Games Jeff Watched:
South Florida at Rutgers
Boston College at Virginia
Clemson at NC State
Florida at South Carolina
Auburn at Georgia (50%)
Notre Dame at Pittsburgh (25%)
Games Brian Watched:
Toledo at Central Michigan
Boston College at Virginia
South Florida at Rutgers (50%)
Clemson at NC State (25%)
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Houston
Out of the rankings? That’s ridiculous. USC has lost to Washington and Stanford now…but if they win out the season, they’ll be right back up there. God I hate USC.
Sucks but true - the margin of error for non-BCS conference teams is much smaller than BCS teams.
Houston may be 8-2, but compare their best wins with USC:
Houston best wins: at Oklahoma State (8-2), Texas Tech (6-4), Southern Miss (6-4)
USC best wins: at Ohio State (9-2), Oregon State (7-3), at Cal (7-3)
Now compare the losses:
Houston losses: at UTEP (3-7), at UCF (6-4)
USC losses: at Washington (3-7), at Oregon (8-2), Stanford (7-3)
Might be a toss up for the wins (I would give USC the slight edge), but USC has much better losses even in blowout losses to Stanford and Oregon. I personally think USC should have fallen out of the Top 25, but I also think Houston should have fallen out.
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