BLOGPOLL TOP 25: Should I Only Vote for Mid-Majors?
by BracketCat on Sep 20, 2011 12:00 PM CDT
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PrintIn light of recent events, I had to fight a severe urge to file a protest ballot for the SB Nation BlogPoll that consisted of nothing but mid-major (non-BCS) teams.
But somehow, despite my overwhelming disgust with the system, I managed to file a semi-objective ballot. Maybe next week is when I'll start making a mockery of the process.
You know, it's patently ironic: We fought so hard to be included in this poll, and less than a month into it, I find myself not giving a sh*t anymore. Thanks, college football power brokers. You've ruined the sport for me.
Rankings are after the jump. Tear them apart or cheer them, it makes no matter to me.
Ballot - Week 4
| Rank | Team | Delta |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | LSU Tigers | -- |
| 2 | Oklahoma Sooners |  1 |
| 3 | Alabama Crimson Tide |  -1 |
| 4 | Boise St. Broncos | -- |
| 5 | Wisconsin Badgers | 2 |
| 6 | Stanford Cardinal | -- |
| 7 | Oklahoma St. Cowboys | 2 |
| 8 | Texas A&M Aggies | -- |
| 9 | Florida St. Seminoles | -4 |
| 10 | Oregon Ducks | 1 |
| 11 | South Carolina Gamecocks | -1 |
| 12 | Arkansas Razorbacks | -- |
| 13 | Nebraska Cornhuskers | 1 |
| 14 | Virginia Tech Hokies | 1 |
| 15 | Florida Gators | 1 |
| 16 | West Virginia Mountaineers | 1 |
| 17 | Baylor Bears | 2 |
| 18 | South Florida Bulls | 4 |
| 19 | Clemson Tigers | -- |
| 20 | Texas Longhorns | 5 |
| 21 | Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets | -- |
| 22 | Michigan St. Spartans | -9 |
| 23 | TCU Horned Frogs | 1 |
| 24 | Illinois Fighting Illini | -- |
| 25 | USC Trojans | -- |
| Dropouts: Ohio St. Buckeyes, Auburn Tigers, Arizona St. Sun Devils, Mississippi St. Bulldogs | ||
SB Nation BlogPoll College Football Top 25 Rankings "
Turns out I wasting my time typing out a list when SB Nation provided this handy plug-in the whole time.
LSU stays at No. 1 because they have two wins over teams ranked in the Top 25 at the times. Oklahoma's road win carries fare more weight than Alabama's, so the Sooners jump the Crimson Tide for the time being.
Florida State's fall afforded me the opportunity to jump Wisconsin into the top five like I've been wanting to do for a while. Stanford and Texas A&M didn't go anywhere because they're just not passing the eyeball test for me.
Oklahoma State's defense is horrible, but I moved them up anyway because in this soon-to-be-nonexistent league, they're going to score so many points it probably won't matter, except against OU.
Michigan State flunked the eyeball test big-time, but I'll give them one last mulligan before dropping them out entirely. Clemson and Georgia Tech enter by virtue of dominating offenses, while Illinois squeaked in on defense.
Did you know that USC is the only team with three wins over BCS teams in its pocket? Strange tidbit, that.
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hold on as long as you can
for being objective.
But you could start being a USF and TCU homer to start giving the “next league” some cache.
"Nor yet in Dell?"
Yes, that first part -
hold onto your subjectivity as long as you can. Like you said, ‘we fought so hard to be included in this poll’, don’t waste it away on a few weeks of emotionally driven anger. Granted, it seems very likely it is well-founded and ‘permanent’, but there will be plenty of time in the future to abuse the system and throw 25 mid-majors into the slots. :-)
'Fact. Bears eat beets. Bears. Beets. Battlestar Galactica.' --Jim Halpert
d'oh... edit button?
*subjectivity? nope… replace with objectivity, duh.
'Fact. Bears eat beets. Bears. Beets. Battlestar Galactica.' --Jim Halpert
You could always use being a mid-major as a tie-breaker.
"An invasion of armies can be resisted, but not an idea whose time has come." *Victor Hugo*
Honest question
Our defense has yet to give up one point. I’m well aware of the competition so far, but it’s no different than the glory days.
If we had hung 60 on KentSU do we break into the top 25?
And that better be a yes if we figure out a way past Miami. Though…Maryland isn’t God’s gift to football and tOSU isn’t lighting any fires yet this year. If we put together two halves like last week’s first half, how do we not beat them?
When life hands you lemons, make grape juice. Let them wonder how the F*ck you did it.
5 turnovers would do it.
The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather in a lack of will. - Vince Lombardi
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