Men of the Scarlet and Gray Ballot – Week 1
| Rank | Team | Delta |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alabama Crimson Tide | — |
| 2 | Ohio St. Buckeyes | — |
| 3 | Boise St. Broncos | — |
| 4 | Florida Gators | — |
| 5 | Oklahoma Sooners | — |
| 6 | Texas Longhorns | — |
| 7 | Virginia Tech Hokies | — |
| 8 | TCU Horned Frogs | — |
| 9 | Iowa Hawkeyes | — |
| 10 | Miami Hurricanes | — |
| 11 | Nebraska Cornhuskers | — |
| 12 | Oregon Ducks | — |
| 13 | Wisconsin Badgers | — |
| 14 | Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets | — |
| 15 | BYU Cougars | — |
| 16 | USC Trojans | — |
| 17 | Washington Huskies | — |
| 18 | Florida St. Seminoles | — |
| 19 | Auburn Tigers | — |
| 20 | Navy Midshipmen | — |
| 21 | Cincinnati Bearcats | — |
| 22 | Penn St. Nittany Lions | — |
| 23 | LSU Tigers | — |
| 24 | Pittsburgh Panthers | — |
| 25 | Oregon St. Beavers | — |
SB Nation BlogPoll College Football Top 25 Rankings »
It’s that time again, time for the Blogpoll seeds to be planted, the rankings to be given and the vitriol to flow.
I present this mostly without comment. One through eleven seem pretty solid in my mind. I toyed with the idea of putting Ohio State at #1 but (1) that would be total homerism and (2) Alabama is a really good team. The SEC looks to be a little softer this year but their path to Glendale is still going to be tough. If (and when) Boise State beats Virginia Tech, they are going to run the table and throw a gigantic monkey wrench into the BCS and cause wailing and gnashing of teeth. Florida, Oklahoma and Texas all lose multiple-year starters at QB and have the potential to fail with rookies at the helm. Ranking all three this high may be a foolish idea. I think OU is in the best position since Landry Jones started the better part of last season but Garrett Gilbert went through the hellfires of refinement in last years MNC and will be better for it. It doesn’t matter, though, because all of three of those teams are loaded for Oliphaunt and will be just fine. The lone wildcard is TCU. They return 15 starters (8 on offense) and they have some serious competition but they will be competitive all season long. My guess is that nasty defense continues to stymie foes out west and they also make a run at a BCS game. (Otherwise I wouldn’t have them this high).
The rest? Who knows! That’s where you come in — help us straighten this tangle web of nonsense into something redeemable.
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