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SB Nation BlogPoll Top 25: Week 5

BracketCat analyzes the Week 5 SB Nation BlogPoll.

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The 2012 Week 5 BlogPoll, which actually appears in Week 6 and is labeled accordingly even though it chronicles Week 5 results, has been released.

Also worth reading are Samuel Chi's simulated BCS standings, Bill Connelly's Numerical, Spencer Hall's Alphabetical and Jason Kirk's BCS eliminator.

Check out the combined efforts of 85 bloggers below. My brief analysis follows. For balloting statistics, click here.

College Football Rankings 2011

Results for Week 5

# School Points/blog SD Delta
1 Alabama Crimson Tide (76) 24.81 0.68 --
2 Oregon Ducks (3) 23.24 1.84 --
3 Florida St. Seminoles (1) 22.01 2.82 --
4 LSU Tigers 20.62 2.84 --
5 Georgia Bulldogs (1) 20.55 2.22 --
6 Kansas St. Wildcats (2) 19.21 2.68 --
7 South Carolina Gamecocks 18.79 2.14 --
8 West Virginia Mountaineers 17.79 3.23 Arrow_up 2
9 Notre Dame Fighting Irish (1) 16.79 3.00 --
10 Texas Longhorns 15.71 2.79 Arrow_up 2
11 Florida Gators 15.55 3.28 --
12 Ohio St. Buckeyes 12.75 4.12 Arrow_up 2
13 Oregon St. Beavers (1) 10.72 4.68 Arrow_up 6
14 USC Trojans 9.99 5.30 Arrow_down -1
15 TCU Horned Frogs 9.89 4.45 --
16 Clemson Tigers 9.68 4.62 --
17 Oklahoma Sooners 8.13 4.77 --
18 Stanford Cardinal 7.55 4.29 Arrow_down -10
19 Louisville Cardinals 7.46 3.56 Arrow_down -1
20 Northwestern Wildcats 5.07 4.25 Arrow_up 2
21 Mississippi St. Bulldogs 4.74 3.76 --
22 Nebraska Cornhuskers 4.24 3.11 Arrow_up 2
23 Rutgers Scarlet Knights 3.01 2.93 --
24 UCLA Bruins 2.60 3.63 Arrow_up 4
25 Ohio Bobcats 2.11 3.47 --
Others Receiving Votes: Cincinnati Bearcats | Texas Tech Red Raiders | Washington Huskies | Louisiana Tech Bulldogs | Texas A&M Aggies | Michigan Wolverines | Boise St. Broncos | Baylor Bears | Arizona St. Sun Devils | Michigan St. Spartans | Miami Hurricanes | Oklahoma St. Cowboys | Iowa St. Cyclones | Virginia Tech Hokies | Western Kentucky Hilltoppers | Tennessee Volunteers | Middle Tenn. St. Blue Raiders | Utah State Aggies | Purdue Boilermakers | Troy Trojans | Washington St. Cougars | Ball St. Cardinals | Texas-San Antonio Roadrunners | Tulsa Golden Hurricane | Nevada Wolf Pack | Duke Blue Devils
Updated: Oct 2, 2012 8:01 AM CDT

The diaspora of first-place votes from Alabama continues. The Cats picked up a second, while Oregon State notched its first. Oregon, Florida State, Georgia and Notre Dame also earned sporadic consideration.

Other than that, not many changes at the top. West Virginia moves up two spots to claim Stanford's location, while Texas hopped idle Florida on the strength of a questionable touchdown call.

Oregon State continues to impress with yet another road win over a decent conference foe, vaulting six more spots to No. 13, one spot higher than I voted the Beavers. USC slid one position to make way for them.

Stanford falls 10 spots to No. 18, exactly where the Associated Press put the Cardinal. But BlogPoll was not nearly so impressed as the AP by Washington's effort, leaving the Huskies off the poll entirely.

The whack-a-doodle votes this week were logged for Virginia Tech (huh?), Middle Tennessee State (lost at home to an FCS team!), Troy (wuh?), Washington State (for reals, yo?), UTSA (oh, hell no!) and Duke (Spurrier, is that you?).