BLOGPOLL BALLOT, WEEK 6

You can go here to see everybody’s ballot, if you’ve got gobs of time to fill.

1. U$C: Are you deeply, powerfully mad because they managed to weasel their way back after the Fightin’ Underwoods had them on the ropes? That’s why they’re U$C and your team isn’t.

2. Virginia Tech: Because beating West Virginia decisively is, in my opinion, much more impressive than blowing out Moo Moo Mizzou.

3. Texas: Why do I have this sinking suspicion that Oklahoma is going to pull a Marv Seiler on Mack this week?

4. Georgia: You know those panckaes at IHOP with Cream of Wheat in ‘em? I sure could go for some of those.

5. Ohio State: If anybody in the Big Ten can beat them, it’s Penn State . . .

6. Tennessee: Phil, I don’t care if Clausen’s got the Ebola virus, you cannot start Ainge if you hope to win. And I don’t just mean this week.

7. Notre Dame: Latest beneficiary of Purdue’s game-losing defensive schemes.

8. Florida State: But it was only Syracuse.

9. Alabama: Even I can’t ignore them any more. My listing them in this poll will cause their fans to claim three more national championships.

10. Arizona State: I’d like to say they should’ve won, but they shouldn’t have, and didn’t.

11. Louisiana State: Docked for letting Mississippi State score.

12. Miami (Florida): They don’t deserve to move up, but it starts getting really squishy right about here.

13. California: Please beat them, UCLA, so I can drop this team back down to where I think they belong . . . about #30 or so.

14. UCLA: Hopefully they’ve learned their lesson now.

15. Wisconsin: But it was only Indiana.

16. Penn State: If being impressed by them is wrong, I don’t wanna be right.

17. Auburn: Strange, you don’t hear much about them anymore.

18. Texas Tech: As predicted, folded up a bit when faced with a real team.

19. Georgia Tech: Idle last week, and given how strangely the day turned out, that was probably a good thing.

20. Wyoming: So I’m the only one who likes them. Who cares?

21. Florida: How long does it take to go from genius to clown? Sixty minutes, if the number of “fire coach meyer” search engine hits I’m getting is any indication.

22. Oregon: They’ve almost got an impressive resume.

23. Nebraska: Are they back? Not in any recognizable form.

24. Boston College: Something about this doesn’t feel right, though.

25. South Florida: They aren’t always going to turn it over three times in the first few minutes.

Dropped out this week: Iowa State, Minnesota (and I am very broken up about those two, believe me), Vanderbilt, UTEP, West Virginia

Games I watched: Illinois @ Iowa, Minnesota @ Penn State, Notre Dame @ Purdue, Washington @ UCLA

Cue the Blue: “What??!? How come you have South Florida in your ballot but leave out Michigan?” Easy. The two teams have essentially the same resume: two wins over nobodies (Northern Illinois and Eastern Michigan for the Puppies, Florida A&M and Central Florida for the Bulls), two losses to good teams (Notre Dame and Wisconsin v. Penn State and Miami), and one win over a ranked team (Michigan State/Louisville). The only differences between the two teams are these: South Florida totally beat up Louisville, while Michigan needed overtime to beat MSU. Oh, and Michigan benefits from Traditional Power Hegemony, while South Florida doesn’t. Looking strictly at the record, what USF has done is more impressive to me than what Michigan has done. So far. Beat Minny this weekend–please beat Minny this weekend–and trust me, the love returns.