Rank	Team	Delta
1	Alabama
2	Boise State	3
3	Texas
4	Florida	2
5	Ohio State	2
6	Iowa	3
7	Cincinnati	3
8	Penn State	3
9	TCU	7
10	Virginia Tech	2
11	Brigham Young	2
12	Oregon	4
13	Georgia Tech	3
14	Nebraska	6
15	Wisconsin	1
16	Pittsburgh	3
17	LSU	3
18	Utah
19	Mississippi
20	Navy
21	Connecticut
22	Miami (Florida)	7
23	Central Michigan	1
24	Oklahoma
25	Auburn
Last week’s ballot

Dropped Out: Oregon State (#17), Oklahoma State (#18), Stanford (#21), West Virginia (#22), Arizona (#23), Northwestern (#25).

2009 is in the books, folks.

Rank	Team	Delta
1	Alabama
2	Boise State	3
3	Florida	3
4	Texas	1
5	Ohio State	2
6	Iowa	3
7	Cincinnati	3
8	Penn State	3
9	TCU	7
10	Virginia Tech	2
11	Brigham Young	2
12	Oregon	4
13	Georgia Tech	3
14	LSU
15	Nebraska	5
16	Wisconsin
17	Pittsburgh	2
18	Utah
19	Mississippi
20	Navy
21	Miami (Florida)	6
22	Oklahoma
23	Connecticut
24	Auburn
25	Central Michigan	1
Last week’s ballot

Dropped Out: Oregon State (#17), Oklahoma State (#18), Stanford (#21), West Virginia (#22), Arizona (#23), Northwestern (#25).

I do feel somewhat vindicated by Alabama’s victory, even if I was rooting against the Evil South, because I had ranked ‘Bama #1 most of the year. It’s a hollow victory, but I’ll take it.

It’s been over a week for most of the bowl games, so my memory is a little fuzzy. Help me by pointing out the error of my ways.

Rank	Team	Delta
1	Alabama	1
2	TCU	2
3	Texas	2
4	Cincinnati	1
5	Boise State	1
6	Florida	3
7	Ohio State
8	Oregon
9	Iowa
10	Georgia Tech	1
11	Penn State	1
12	Virginia Tech
13	Brigham Young	1
14	LSU	3
15	Miami (Florida)	3
16	Wisconsin	3
17	Oregon State	2
18	Oklahoma State	5
19	Pittsburgh	6
20	Nebraska	4
21	Stanford
22	West Virginia	3
23	Arizona
24	Central Michigan
25	Northwestern
Last week’s ballot

Dropped Out: Houston (#16), California (#20), Southern Cal (#22).

I don’t know who belongs at #2. I guess anyone could make a case for any of the rest of the undefeateds, I just think TCU’s case is the strongest. Top 10 offense and top 10 defense should count for something.

The rest is fairly static. Your comments are welcome and appreciated, as this is the final blogpoll until after the bowls. Let’s make this one perfect.

Rank	Team	Delta
1	Texas	1
2	Alabama	1
3	Florida
4	TCU	1
5	Cincinnati	1
6	Boise State
7	Ohio State	1
8	Oregon	1
9	Iowa	2
10	Penn State	2
11	Georgia Tech	4
12	Virginia Tech	8
13	Pittsburgh	3
14	Brigham Young
15	Oregon State	2
16	Houston
17	LSU	2
18	Miami (Florida)	3
19	Wisconsin	3
20	California	3
21	Stanford	4
22	Southern Cal
23	Oklahoma State	8
24	Nebraska
25	West Virginia
Last week’s ballot

Dropped Out: Clemson (#13), Mississippi (#18), Navy (#24).

Back from a turkey-induced coma to barf this out. At least I did get to watch a lot of football. Hope everyone had a nice holiday break. By the time you’re reading this, you’re already back to the old grind. Hopefully pointing out how stupid I am will make you forget how terrible your job (and life) is.

Is it Bowl Season yet?

Rank	Team	Delta
1	Alabama
2	Texas
3	Florida
4	Cincinnati
5	TCU
6	Boise State
7	Georgia Tech
8	Ohio State
9	Oregon
10	Pittsburgh
11	Oklahoma State	1
12	Iowa	1
13	Penn State	2
14	Clemson	3
15	Brigham Young	3
16	Houston	4
17	Mississippi	4
18	Oregon State
19	LSU	8
20	Miami (Florida)	1
21	Wisconsin	5
22	Stanford	8
23	Southern Cal	1
24	Navy	1
25	Rutgers
Last week’s ballot

Dropped Out: Central Michigan (#24).

Feels like I’m missing someone…

Rank	Team	Delta
1	Alabama
2	Texas
3	Florida
4	Cincinnati
5	TCU	1
6	Boise State	1
7	Georgia Tech
8	Ohio State	1
9	Oregon	3
10	Pittsburgh	3
11	LSU
12	Oklahoma State	9
13	Iowa	1
14	Stanford	8
15	Penn State	2
16	Wisconsin	4
17	Clemson
18	Brigham Young	6
19	Miami (Florida)	4
20	Houston	12
21	Mississippi
22	Southern Cal	12
23	Navy
24	Central Michigan
25	Rutgers
Last week’s ballot

Dropped Out: Utah (#16), West Virginia (#18), Arizona (#19), Auburn (#25).

I get by with a little help from my friends.

Rank	Team	Delta
1	Alabama
2	Texas
3	Florida
4	Cincinnati
5	TCU	1
6	Boise State	1
7	Oregon	5
8	Ohio State	1
9	Georgia Tech	2
10	Pittsburgh	3
11	LSU
12	Oklahoma State	9
13	Iowa	1
14	Penn State	3
15	Stanford	7
16	Wisconsin	4
17	Miami (Florida)	2
18	Clemson
19	Houston	11
20	Brigham Young	4
21	Navy	2
22	Mississippi
23	Southern Cal	13
24	Central Michigan
25	Rutgers
Last week’s ballot

Dropped Out: Utah (#16), West Virginia (#18), Arizona (#19), Auburn (#25).

Yay!

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.

Rank	Team	Delta
1	Texas	2
2	Florida
3	Alabama	2
4	Iowa
5	Boise State
6	Oregon	3
7	TCU
8	Cincinnati	2
9	Penn State	1
10	LSU	1
11	Georgia Tech	1
12	Houston	4
13	Southern Cal	5
14	Ohio State	1
15	Pittsburgh	1
16	Miami (Florida)	1
17	Utah	3
18	Notre Dame	3
19	Arizona	3
20	Oklahoma
21	Wisconsin
22	Oklahoma State	9
23	California
24	Brigham Young	1
25	Mississippi	1
Last week’s ballot

Dropped Out: West Virginia (#18), Virginia Tech (#19), Connecticut (#25).

Big shakeup at the top for me. It appears one of Alabama’s signature wins, Virginia Tech, is looking less and less impressive. Couple that with dominating performances of Texas over a ranked Okie State and Florida over a perennial rival, and we’ve got changes at the top.

When they announced the Iowa/Indiana score while I was at the OSU game, I was surprised how many people cheered for that. Cheering for Michigan to lose to Appalachian State was one thing, but I want an undefeated Iowa team to come to the Horseshoe next week. They keep winning and I think we should keep rewarding them.

I can’t bring myself to rank an undefeated Boise State lower than Oregon, even though this Oregon team is clearly not the one Boise State played at the beginning of the season. Every Big Ten team should be quaking in their cleats with the possibility of facing the Ducks in the Rose Bowl. Sheesh.

Ohio State’s perspective is this: two top ten teams in two weeks. Victories over these two teams will put them in the Rose Bowl (again, SHEESH) and should repair some of the damage and credibility hit we took after Purdue. Plus it will be glorious to see two fan-bases completely meltdown. Can’t wait.

Of course, please tell us what you think. Comments and corrections welcome.