Final Blogpoll Ballot!
This may be the most boring ballot I’ve ever submitted. In short–a reevaluation of the college football landscape was a) pretty impossible with only a handful of championship games and b) didn’t yield any surprising results. I liked where my rankings were at this time last week, and I’ve kept them almost entirely unchanged.
quebecpenspinning Ballot – Week 15
| Rank | Team | Delta |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Auburn Tigers | – |
| 2 | Oregon Ducks | – |
| 3 | Wisconsin Badgers | – |
| 4 | TCU Horned Frogs | – |
| 5 | Stanford Cardinal | 2 |
| 6 | Michigan St. Spartans | -1 |
| 7 | Nevada Wolf Pack | -1 |
| 8 | Ohio St. Buckeyes | – |
| 9 | Boise St. Broncos | – |
| 10 | Virginia Tech Hokies | 1 |
| 11 | Arkansas Razorbacks | -1 |
| 12 | Oklahoma Sooners | 1 |
| 13 | Nebraska Cornhuskers | -1 |
| 14 | Oklahoma St. Cowboys | – |
| 15 | Missouri Tigers | – |
| 16 | Texas A&M Aggies | – |
| 17 | LSU Tigers | – |
| 18 | Alabama Crimson Tide | – |
| 19 | South Carolina Gamecocks | – |
| 20 | Florida St. Seminoles | – |
| 21 | Air Force Falcons | – |
| 22 | Mississippi St. Bulldogs | – |
| 23 | Notre Dame Fighting Irish | – |
| 24 | Hawaii Warriors | – |
| 25 | Utah Utes | – |
| Dropouts: Arizona Wildcats | ||
SB Nation BlogPoll College Football Top 25 Rankings »
So, rather than do a write-up identical to last week’s, I’ll share something far more embarrassing: my preseason rankings.
quebecpenspinning Ballot – Week 1
| Rank | Team | Delta |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Boise St. Broncos | – |
| 2 | Ohio St. Buckeyes | – |
| 3 | Virginia Tech Hokies | – |
| 4 | Alabama Crimson Tide | – |
| 5 | Texas Longhorns | – |
| 6 | Oklahoma Sooners | – |
| 7 | Florida Gators | – |
| 8 | Nebraska Cornhuskers | – |
| 9 | Iowa Hawkeyes | – |
| 10 | TCU Horned Frogs | – |
| 11 | Arkansas Razorbacks | – |
| 12 | Wisconsin Badgers | – |
| 13 | Pittsburgh Panthers | – |
| 14 | Penn St. Nittany Lions | – |
| 15 | Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets | – |
| 16 | Auburn Tigers | – |
| 17 | Miami Hurricanes | – |
| 18 | Oregon Ducks | – |
| 19 | Florida St. Seminoles | – |
| 20 | LSU Tigers | – |
| 21 | Rutgers Scarlet Knights | – |
| 22 | North Carolina Tar Heels | – |
| 23 | Utah Utes | – |
| 24 | Texas A&M Aggies | – |
| 25 | Oregon St. Beavers | – |
SB Nation BlogPoll College Football Top 25 Rankings »
Now that’s pretty ugly, but take a look at the composite rankings from before the season started. I had Auburn and Oregon at #16 and #18–the consensus had Oregon at #11, but Auburn all the way down at #23. I wasn’t the only one fooled by Texas, Oklahoma, and Florida–they all received #1 votes! For as much as this season failed to engender much late-season excitement, with highly ranked teams staying at the top of the rankings for the last few months, it produced an outcome that few saw coming.



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