Florida is our consensus No. 1 for the "mythical" national championship.
Jeff and I disagreed on spots 2-4, with the disagreement centering around what to do with 13-0 Utah. One ballot went:
2. Utah (13-0)
3. Southern Cal (12-1)
4. Texas (12-1)
while the other ballot went like this:
2. Southern Cal (12-1)
3. Texas (12-1)
4. Utah (13-0)
For those keeping score at home, that averages out to ...
2. Southern Cal (12-1)
3. Utah (13-0)
4. Texas (12-1)
The rest ... meh. On to 2009!
Also, note that the deltas are all over the place because we didn't look at our last blogpoll ballot while filling this out. And for a good laugh, check out our 2008 preseason blogpoll ballot.
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| Rank | Team | Delta |
| 1 | Florida (13-1) |
 1 |
| 2 | Southern Cal (12-1) |
3 |
| 3 | Utah (13-0) |
4 |
| 4 | Texas (12-1) |
 3 |
| 5 | Oklahoma (12-2) |
2 |
| 6 | Alabama (12-2) |
2 |
| 7 | Penn State (11-2) |
1 |
| 8 | TCU (11-2) |
5 |
| 9 | Texas Tech (11-2) |
3 |
| 10 | Oregon (10-3) |
7 |
| 11 | Mississippi (9-4) |
10 |
| 12 | Boise State (12-1) |
3 |
| 13 | Georgia (10-3) |
2 |
| 14 | Virginia Tech (10-4) |
5 |
| 15 | Georgia Tech (9-4) |
4 |
| 16 | Ohio State (10-3) |
6 |
| 17 | Oklahoma State (9-4) |
3 |
| 18 | Missouri (10-4) |
5 |
| 19 | Oregon State (9-4) |
3 |
| 20 | Cincinnati (11-3) |
8 |
| 21 | Brigham Young (10-3) |
3 |
| 22 | California (9-4) |
4 |
| 23 | Pittsburgh (9-4) |
5 |
| 24 | Michigan State (9-4) |
8 |
| 25 | Iowa (9-4) |
1 |
Dropped Out: Boston College (#20), Florida State (#25).
Welcome: California (#22), Iowa (#25)
Maybe Next Year: Nebraska, Florida State, West Virginia, Boston College, Tulsa, Rice, Northwestern
Teams We Disagreed On The Most: Brigham Young, Boston College
Teams We Agreed On: Florida at No. 1, Oklahoma at No. 5
By Conference: Big XII 5, SEC 4, Big Ten 4, Mountain West 3, ACC 2, Big East 2, WAC 1
Games We Watched: More bowl games than the average person should watch (ESPN thanks us).