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| Rank | Team | Delta |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alabama |  2 |
| 2 | Texas |  1 |
| 3 | Florida | 1 |
| 4 | Cincinnati | 4 |
| 5 | Boise State | |
| 6 | TCU | 1 |
| 7 | Georgia Tech | 4 |
| 8 | Houston | 4 |
| 9 | Ohio State | 5 |
| 10 | Southern Cal | 3 |
| 11 | LSU | 1 |
| 12 | Oregon | 6 |
| 13 | Pittsburgh | 2 |
| 14 | Iowa | 10 |
| 15 | Miami (Florida) | 1 |
| 16 | Utah | 1 |
| 17 | Penn State | 8 |
| 18 | West Virginia | |
| 19 | Arizona | |
| 20 | Wisconsin | 1 |
| 21 | Oklahoma State | 1 |
| 22 | Stanford | |
| 23 | Navy | |
| 24 | Brigham Young | |
| 25 | Auburn | |
| Last week’s ballot | ||
Dropped Out: Notre Dame (#18), Oklahoma (#20), California (#23), Mississippi (#25).
Please forgive, but this was done in an sleep-deprived haze. I know something is going to be wrong. Tell me about it.
Oregon has to be above USC. And did you watch USC this weekend? They are not deserving of a move up, regardless of who lost ahead of them. This is a team in regression.
Oregon crushed USC just last week. No way should they drop lower, especially when USC looked terrible last Sat.
Also, TCU > Boise.
Props to including Navy.
Yes, the Oregon ranking is my bad. I had them higher than USC earlier, not sure how that one got by. Oregon is still the better team. I’ll fix that.
@sM – I thought about TCU going higher, but Boise does have a victory of a formerly top-ten team. What does TCU have over that? I know Boise has struggled with lesser teams. Is that your reasoning?
Playoffs
eK – just my opinion, here’s my comparison:
Against ranked teams: TCU 2-0, Boise 1-0 (and TCU will likely go to 3-0 this weekend)
Against teams with winning records: TCU 4-0, Boise 2-0
Avg. margin of victory: TCU 26.2, Boise 25.4 (especially relevant given the two facts above)
Red zone success: TCU 93%, Boise 84%
While I’m cherrypicking stats – Largest home crowd of season: TCU 37K, Boise 32K
@sM – compelling arguments, all of them. I shall take them into consideration.
And LOL @ their largest home crowds.