Men of the Scarlet and Gray Ballot – Week 12

Rank	Team	Delta
1	Oklahoma St. Cowboys	1
2	LSU Tigers	-1
3	Oklahoma Sooners	2
4	Oregon Ducks	2
5	Alabama Crimson Tide	2
6	Arkansas Razorbacks	2
7	Clemson Tigers	2
8	Stanford Cardinal	-5
9	Houston Cougars	3
10	Boise St. Broncos	-6
11	Virginia Tech Hokies	-1
12	Georgia Bulldogs	2
13	Kansas St. Wildcats	–
14	South Carolina Gamecocks	–
15	Michigan St. Spartans	-4
16	Wisconsin Badgers	–
17	Nebraska Cornhuskers	3
18	USC Trojans	–
19	TCU Horned Frogs	–
20	Penn St. Nittany Lions	-5
21	Michigan Wolverines	-2
22	Southern Miss. Golden Eagles	-1
23	Texas Longhorns	-5
24	Notre Dame Fighting Irish	-2
25	Florida St. Seminoles	–
Dropouts: Cincinnati Bearcats, Ohio St. Buckeyes, Auburn Tigers, Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets

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This week I completely scrapped last week’s ranking. I discussed this heavily with SYR and this is what we’ve come up with. There will be questions. Please don’t hesitate to ask.

Men of the Scarlet and Gray Ballot – Week 7

Rank	Team	Delta
1	LSU Tigers	–
2	Alabama Crimson Tide	–
3	Wisconsin Badgers	–
4	Oklahoma Sooners	–
5	Oklahoma St. Cowboys	–
6	Boise St. Broncos	–
7	Stanford Cardinal	–
8	Clemson Tigers	–
9	Illinois Fighting Illini	1
10	Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets	2
11	Michigan Wolverines	–
12	Kansas St. Wildcats	1
13	Arkansas Razorbacks	1
14	Oregon Ducks	7
15	Nebraska Cornhuskers	–
16	South Carolina Gamecocks	–
17	Virginia Tech Hokies	1
18	Michigan St. Spartans	–
19	Baylor Bears	1
20	Houston Cougars	3
21	West Virginia Mountaineers	–
22	Arizona St. Sun Devils	2
23	Texas Longhorns	-14
24	Penn St. Nittany Lions	–
25	South Florida Bulls	–
Dropouts: Florida Gators, Auburn Tigers, Texas A&M Aggies

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How weird is it that there are three B1G teams in the Top 11 (my top 11, at least) and not one of them is Ohio State, Nebraska or Penn State.

Here’s my preseason (but I’m calling it week 1, to stay consistent with the BlogPoll numbering) ballot for the 2011 Blogpoll, which is under new management this year.

There won’t be time for feedback this week but I would still love to hear any questions you might have as to why I ranked who and where I ranked them. Some of this was obviously based on previous performance, the way the schedules layout for certain teams and hopefully some blind luck.

So have at ‘em!

Men of the Scarlet and Gray Ballot – Week 16

Rank	Team	Delta
1	Auburn Tigers	–
2	TCU Horned Frogs	2
3	Ohio St. Buckeyes	2
4	Oregon Ducks	-2
5	Stanford Cardinal	1
6	Boise St. Broncos	4
7	Wisconsin Badgers	-4
8	Oklahoma Sooners	3
9	LSU Tigers	5
10	Nevada Wolf Pack	-2
11	Alabama Crimson Tide	7
12	Oklahoma St. Cowboys	3
13	Arkansas Razorbacks	-4
14	Michigan St. Spartans	-7
15	Virginia Tech Hokies	-2
16	Missouri Tigers	-4
17	Texas A&M Aggies	-1
18	Florida St. Seminoles	2
19	Central Florida Knights	6
20	Tulsa Golden Hurricane	–
21	Nebraska Cornhuskers	1
22	Mississippi St. Bulldogs	-3
23	Iowa Hawkeyes	–
24	Maryland Terrapins	-3
25	Utah Utes	–
Dropouts: South Carolina Gamecocks, Connecticut Huskies, Miami (Ohio) RedHawks

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I hadn’t heard anything from the Blogpoll on High directing us on when this was supposed to be submitted and it’s basically old news at this point, but here you go. This was a collaboration between myself and Sylvester-Yon Rambo. I would say this could be a jumping off point for an early look at how 2011 might shape up but it’s the belief here at MotSaG HQ that 2011 will be the beginning of the end of the dominance of the SEC.

Men of the Scarlet and Gray Ballot – Week 15

Rank	Team	Delta
1	Auburn Tigers	–
2	Oregon Ducks	–
3	Wisconsin Badgers	–
4	TCU Horned Frogs	–
5	Ohio St. Buckeyes	–
6	Stanford Cardinal	–
7	Michigan St. Spartans	–
8	Nevada Wolf Pack	–
9	Arkansas Razorbacks	–
10	Boise St. Broncos	–
11	Oklahoma Sooners	1
12	Missouri Tigers	-1
13	Virginia Tech Hokies	1
14	LSU Tigers	-1
15	Oklahoma St. Cowboys	1
16	Texas A&M Aggies	1
17	South Carolina Gamecocks	-2
18	Alabama Crimson Tide	2
19	Mississippi St. Bulldogs	2
20	Florida St. Seminoles	-2
21	Maryland Terrapins	1
22	Nebraska Cornhuskers	-3
23	Connecticut Huskies	–
24	Miami (Ohio) RedHawks	–
25	Central Florida Knights	-1
Dropouts: Northern Illinois Huskies, West Virginia Mountaineers

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For some reason, the Blogpoll site hates me and every Sunday when I log in to enter my weekly Blogpoll ballot, it’s a crap shoot whether I’m goint to be able to access my ballot or not. Hence my late ballots posts each week.

Not much change here, I’ve shuffled a couple teams to reflect their championship game outcomes and I replaced West Virginia with UConn as the Big East entry and Northern Illinois with Miami (OH) after the Redskins victory over the Huskies. I didn’t hear any problems from last week, so I’m guessing these cosmetic changes won’t get anyone’s dander up.

If it does, feel free to express the danderage in the comments.

Men of the Scarlet and Gray Ballot – Week 14

Rank	Team	Delta
1	Auburn Tigers	–
2	Oregon Ducks	–
3	Wisconsin Badgers	3
4	TCU Horned Frogs	–
5	Ohio St. Buckeyes	2
6	Stanford Cardinal	2
7	Michigan St. Spartans	3
8	Nevada Wolf Pack	7
9	Arkansas Razorbacks	3
10	Boise St. Broncos	-7
11	Missouri Tigers	2
12	Oklahoma Sooners	7
13	LSU Tigers	-8
14	Virginia Tech Hokies	–
15	South Carolina Gamecocks	2
16	Oklahoma St. Cowboys	-7
17	Texas A&M Aggies	-1
18	Florida St. Seminoles	2
19	Nebraska Cornhuskers	-1
20	Alabama Crimson Tide	-9
21	Mississippi St. Bulldogs	–
22	Maryland Terrapins	–
23	Northern Illinois Huskies	–
24	Central Florida Knights	–
25	West Virginia Mountaineers	–
Dropouts: USC Trojans, N.C. State Wolfpack, Penn St. Nittany Lions

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In a bold move (not that it matters), I have ranked Wisconsin over TCU for this week’s BlogPoll ballot. My reasoning is this: At this point in the season, I propose that Wisconsin is the better team. Yes, they have a loss. It was to a Top 10 team in Michigan State. But they’ve looked unstoppable since. Wisconsin has a win over a Top 5 team (Ohio State) and has absolutely decimated the competition since, averaging 67 points per game while giving up 23.7 over their last three games. TCU, on the other hand, doesn’t really have a marque victory to point to. Baylor is meh and victories over Oregon State and Utah don’t look as impressive as they did when they happened.

If things stand as they are, though, this won’t matter as they will most likely meet in the Rose Bowl and they can duke it out then.

Past that, I feel pretty good how this looks but I’m sure I’ve overlooked something. Please let me know in the comments.

Men of the Scarlet and Gray Ballot – Week 13

Rank	Team	Delta
1	Auburn Tigers	–
2	Oregon Ducks	–
3	Boise St. Broncos	–
4	TCU Horned Frogs	–
5	LSU Tigers	–
6	Wisconsin Badgers	–
7	Ohio St. Buckeyes	–
8	Stanford Cardinal	–
9	Oklahoma St. Cowboys	1
10	Michigan St. Spartans	1
11	Alabama Crimson Tide	1
12	Arkansas Razorbacks	1
13	Missouri Tigers	1
14	Virginia Tech Hokies	2
15	Nevada Wolf Pack	–
16	Texas A&M Aggies	2
17	South Carolina Gamecocks	–
18	Nebraska Cornhuskers	-9
19	Oklahoma Sooners	–
20	Florida St. Seminoles	–
21	USC Trojans	3
22	N.C. State Wolfpack	–
23	Northern Illinois Huskies	–
24	Central Florida Knights	–
25	Penn St. Nittany Lions	–
Dropouts: Miami Hurricanes, Arizona Wildcats, Northwestern Wildcats, Syracuse Orange

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Comments and suggestions are welcome.