Here is our preliminary blogpoll ballot for week 13. The college football regular season is all but complete. And while this college football season can largely be considered a dud, last weekend's college football lineup was pretty awesome. Plenty of nailbiters and overtime games for your holiday college football fix.
The weekend's biggest winners:
- Our stomachs
- Boise State - the Broncos saw Oklahoma State, Pittsburgh and Georgia Tech's BCS at-large hopes take a huge hit this weekend.
- Houston - the Cougars were leading inter-city rival Rice 59-0 at half, and went on to win 73-14 to claim a spot in the Conference USA championship game against ECU
- SEC - South Carolina, Florida and Georgia went 3-0 against their in-state ACC rivals. New year, same old ACC.
The weekend's biggest losers:
- ACC - see above re: Clemson, Florida State and Georgia Tech
- Oklahoma State - Cowboys get blanked in Bedlam by a 6-5 Oklahoma team. That can't be sitting too well in Stillwater.
- Pittsburgh, Mississippi and North Carolina - ranked teams that couldn't get it done in this weekend's rivalry games
- Al Groh
Leave your thoughts on our ballot in the comments section.
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| Rank | Team | Delta |
| 1 | Alabama (12-0) | -- |
| 2 | Florida (12-0) |
 1 |
| 3 | Texas (12-0) |
 1 |
| 4 | TCU (12-0) | -- |
| 5 | Cincinnati (11-0) | -- |
| 6 | Boise State (12-0) | -- |
| 7 | Oregon (9-2) |
1 |
| 8 | Ohio State (10-2) |
1 |
| 9 | Virginia Tech (9-3) |
2 |
| 10 | Iowa (10-2) |
4 |
| 11 | Penn State (10-2) |
1 |
| 12 | Georgia Tech (10-2) |
5 |
| 13 | Stanford (8-4) |
9 |
| 14 | Miami (Florida) (9-3) |
2 |
| 15 | Southern Cal (8-3) |
3 |
| 16 | Oregon State (8-3) |
1 |
| 17 | California (8-3) |
2 |
| 18 | LSU (9-3) |
2 |
| 19 | Nebraska (9-3) |
2 |
| 20 | Brigham Young (10-2) |
5 |
| 21 | Central Michigan (10-2) |
5 |
| 22 | West Virginia (8-3) |
4 |
| 23 | Pittsburgh (9-2) |
13 |
| 24 | Houston (10-2) |
2 |
| 25 | Clemson (8-4) |
12 |
For your reference, here is last week's ballot.
Dropped Out: Oklahoma State (#15), North Carolina (#23), Mississippi (#24).
Welcome (Back): Central Michigan (#21), West Virginia (#22), Houston (#24).
Also Considered: Arizona (7-4), Northwestern (8-4), Auburn (7-5), Oklahoma State (9-3), North Carolina (8-4), Boston College (8-4)
Teams We Disagree On The Most: LSU (6.36), West Virginia (5.66), Miami (Fla.) (3.54)
Teams We Agree On: TCU (#4), Ohio State (#8), Virginia Tech (#9), Penn State (#11), Stanford (#13), Southern Cal (#15), Oregon State (#16), Central Michigan (#21), Pittsburgh (#23), Houston (#24)
By Conference: Pac-10 5, ACC 4, Big East 3, Big Ten 3, SEC 3, Big 12 2, Mountain West 2, Conference USA 1, MAC 1, WAC 1
Games Jeff Watched:
Texas at Texas A&M
Boston College at Maryland
Pittsburgh at West Virginia
Clemson at South Carolina
Alabama at Auburn (50%)
Nevada at Boise State (50%)
Arkansas at LSU (50%)
Notre Dame at Stanford (50%)
Georgia at Georgia Tech (50%)
Rutgers at Louisville (25%)
Florida State at Florida (25%)
Tennessee at Kentucky (25%)
Navy at Hawai'i (25%)
Games Brian Watched:
Texas at Texas A&M
Rutgers at Louisville
Pittsburgh at West Virginia
Nevada at Boise State
Boston College at Maryland
Clemson at South Carolina
Georgia at Georgia Tech
Ball State at Western Michigan (50%)
Alabama at Auburn (50%)
Arkansas at LSU (50%)
Notre Dame at Stanford (50%)
Florida State at Florida (50%)
UCLA at USC (50%)
North Carolina at NC State (25%)
Virginia Tech at Virginia (25%)
Utah at Brigham Young (25%)
Missouri vs. Kansas (25%)