Preliminary Blogpoll: Week 3

Have at it.

Rank	Team	Delta
1	Florida (3-0)
2	Texas (3-0)
3	Alabama (3-0)	1
4	LSU (3-0)	5
5	Penn State (3-0)	1
6	California (3-0)	1
7	Mississippi (2-0)	2
8	Virginia Tech (2-1)	2
9	Miami (Florida) (2-0)	3
10	Oklahoma (2-1)	3
11	Cincinnati (3-0)	4
12	Southern Cal (2-1)	9
13	TCU (2-0)	1
14	Ohio State (2-1)	4
15	Kansas (3-0)	4
16	Boise State (3-0)
17	Georgia Tech (2-1)	6
18	Oklahoma State (2-1)	6
19	Florida State (2-1)
20	Clemson (2-1)	5
21	Pittsburgh (3-0)	1
22	Houston (2-0)	1
23	Georgia (2-1)
24	Missouri (3-0)	3
25	North Carolina (3-0)

For your reference, here is last week's ballot.

Dropped Out: Brigham Young (#8), Nebraska (#17), Utah (#20).

Welcome! Florida State (#19), Georgia (#23), North Carolina (#25)

Waiting Room: Nebraska, Texas Tech, South Florida, Iowa, Michigan

By Conference: Atlantic Coast 6, Big XII 5, Southeastern 5, Big East 2, Big Ten 2, Pac-10 2, Conference USA 1, Mountain West 1, WAC 1

Teams We Disagree On The Most: Boise State (9.19), Pittsburgh (8.49), Clemson (5.66), Houston (5.66)

Teams We Agree On: Not much agreement this week. We both only had Kansas at #15.

Games Brian/Jeff Watched:

Georgia Tech at Miami (Fla.)
Boise State at Fresno State
Boston College at Clemson (in-person)
Texas Tech at Texas
Utah at Oregon (25%)
Michigan State at Notre Dame (25%)

Preliminary Blogpoll: Week 2

The season is still very young, so take this ballot with a grain of salt.

Let us know what you think in the comments section.

Rank	Team	Delta
1	Florida (2-0)
2	Texas (2-0)
3	Southern Cal (2-0)	1
4	Alabama (2-0)	1
5	Mississippi (1-0)	2
6	Penn State (2-0)
7	California (2-0)	1
8	Brigham Young (2-0)	1
9	LSU (2-0)	1
10	Virginia Tech (1-1)	2
11	Georgia Tech (2-0)	4
12	Miami (Florida) (1-0)	2
13	Oklahoma (1-1)	2
14	TCU (1-0)	4
15	Cincinnati (2-0)	7
16	Boise State (2-0)	1
17	Nebraska (2-0)	2
18	Ohio State (1-1)	6
19	Kansas (2-0)	7
20	Utah (2-0)	5
21	Missouri (2-0)
22	Pittsburgh (2-0)	1
23	Houston (2-0)	3
24	Oklahoma State (1-1)	19
25	Clemson (1-1)	9

For your reference, here is last week's ballot.

Dropped Out: Michigan State (#13), Georgia (#20).

Welcome! Kansas (#19), Houston (#23).

Waiting Room: North Carolina, Oregon State, Texas Tech, Michigan, South Florida

By Conference: Big XII 6, Atlantic Coast 4, Southeastern 4, Mountain West 3, Big East 2, Big Ten 2, Pac-10 2, Conference USA 1, WAC 1

Teams We Disagree On The Most: Boise State (11.31), Ohio State (8.49), LSU (6.36), Kansas (4.95)

Teams We Agree On: Florida (#1), Texas (#2), Southern Cal (#3), Cincinnati (#15)

Games Brian Watched:

Clemson at Georgia Tech
Colorado at Toledo
Notre Dame at Michigan
Southern Cal at Ohio State

Game Jeff Watched:

Clemson at Georgia Tech
Kent State at Boston College
South Carolina at Georgia
Notre Dame at Michigan (75%)
Colorado at Toledo (50%)
Southern Cal at Ohio State (25%)
Central Michigan at Michigan State (25%)
Fresno State at Wisconsin (25%)
Houston at Oklahoma State (25%)

Revised Blogpoll Ballot: Week 1

Our biggest gainers on the week are Brigham Young, Alabama, and Miami (Florida). All three of those teams impressed with wins over preseason top 25 teams.

The biggest losers? Oregon, Florida State, Ohio State, and Oklahoma. Perhaps we were a bit harsh on Florida State, but they did lose at home to an unranked team (albeit ranked in our preseason blogpoll). Ohio State needed an four point swing late in the fourth quarter to avoid overtime with Navy, and Oregon's meltdown was fairly well documented on national TV. Oklahoma will be without the services of the reigning Heisman Trophy winner for what looks to be several weeks.

The only teams that start the season 0-1 in our ballot - Virginia Tech, Oklahoma and Georgia - all lost to (what we consider to be) top 10 teams. As such, we didn't think that warranted completely bouncing them from the ballot. Especially for Georgia who lost on the road in Stillwater.

Even after this weekend, we do still rank four ACC programs in the Top 25, but not really sure which one(s) to leave out. Georgia Tech? Clemson? Luckily for us, this one will be settled on the field, and in a hurry. Thursday night to be specific.

Finally, yes we are Boston College bloggers and no, we don't have Notre Dame in our top 25 ... yet. They handled Nevada. At home. Notre Dame should have beat a middle-of-the-Pack WAC team, just like BC should have waxed Northeastern, Duke should have beaten Richmond and Virginia should have taken down William & Mary. We'll watch the Irish's game against Michigan intently this weekend and if they handle the (dare I say) resurgent Wolverine spread offense, we'll take a closer look.

Rank	Team	Delta
1	Florida (1-0)	--
2	Texas (1-0)	--
3	Alabama (1-0)	10
4	Southern Cal (1-0)	--
5	Oklahoma State (1-0)	4
6	Penn State (1-0)	--
7	Mississippi (1-0)	2
8	California (1-0)	3
9	Brigham Young (1-0)	15
10	LSU (1-0)	3
11	Oklahoma (0-1)	8
12	Virginia Tech (0-1)	4
13	Michigan State (1-0)	2
14	Miami (Florida) (1-0)	7
15	Georgia Tech (1-0)	1
16	Clemson (1-0)	4
17	Boise State (1-0)	5
18	TCU (0-0)	1
19	Nebraska (1-0)	2
20	Georgia (0-1)	2
21	Missouri (1-0)	5
22	Cincinnati (1-0)	4
23	Pittsburgh (1-0)	2
24	Ohio State (1-0)	14
25	Utah (1-0)	2

For your reference, here is last week's ballot.

Dropped Out: Oregon (#12), Florida State (#14).

Welcome! Missouri (#21), Cincinnati (#22).

Waiting Room: Florida State, Notre Dame, Kansas, Tennessee, Texas Tech, North Carolina, Oregon, Oregon State, Boston College

By Conference: Southeastern 5, Big XII 5, Atlantic Coast 4, Mountain West 3, Big Ten 3, Pac-10 2, Big East 2, WAC 1

Teams We Disagree On The Most: LSU (8.49), Boise State (8.49), Pittsburgh (8.49)

Teams We Agree On: Florida (#1), Texas (#2), Virginia Tech (#12)

Games Brian Watched: The best thing about the opening weekend of college football? Plenty of opportunity to watch lots of college football ...

Towson at Northwestern (in-person)
Oregon at Boise State
Miami (Fla.) at Florida State
Cincinnati at Rutgers
Georgia at Oklahoma State
Alabama vs. Virginia Tech
Northeastern at Boston College (50%)
South Carolina at NC State (50%)
Oklahoma vs. BYU (50%)
Maryland at California (50%)
Missouri vs. Illinois (50%)
Minnesota at Syracuse (25%)

Games Jeff Watched:

Oregon at Boise State
Alabama vs. Virginia Tech
South Carolina at NC State
Miami (Fla.) at Florida State
Cincinnati at Rutgers (66.7%)
Minnesota at Syracuse (50%)
Navy at Ohio State (50%)
Georgia at Oklahoma State (25%)
Oklahoma vs. BYU (25%)
Maryland at California (25%)