9/25/2006
BLOGPOLL BALLOT, WEEK 4/2006
| Rank | Team | Delta |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ohio State | — |
| 2 | Auburn | — |
| 3 | Southern Cal | — |
| 4 | Michigan |  1 |
| 5 | West Virginia |  1 |
| 6 | Louisiana State | — |
| 7 | Texas | — |
| 8 | Florida | — |
| 9 | Iowa | — |
| 10 | Notre Dame | — |
| 11 | Louisville | — |
| 12 | Virginia Tech | — |
| 13 | Oregon | 1 |
| 14 | TCU | 1 |
| 15 | Oklahoma | 2 |
| 16 | Clemson | 9 |
| 17 | Nebraska | 1 |
| 18 | Rutgers | — |
| 19 | Georgia | 6 |
| 20 | Cal | 6 |
| 21 | Tennessee | 1 |
| 22 | Missouri | 4 |
| 23 | UCLA | 4 |
| 24 | Georgia Tech | 2 |
| 25 | Wake Forest | 1 |
Dropped Out: Wisconsin (#20), Penn State (#21), Alabama (#23), Boston College (#24).
Discussion:
- Befitting a week without a lot of notable games, there isn’t a lot of movement in this week’s ballot. The only big losers are two teams that won their games in Saturday. Nebraska doesn’t move down because I think they’re bad, but rather because I felt other teams were worthy of being ranked above them. Georgia moves down because . . . uhh . . . firstly, Colorado, and secondly, hello, Two-Headed Quarterbeast.
- The Michigan/WVU flip-flop is largely due to performance against opponents different quality. ECU obviously came to play against the ‘Eers, while Michigan shut down a Wisconsin team that has looked pretty OK so far this season. However, I’m not yet sure that Michigan can beat Ohio State.
- Rutgers doesn’t move because, as someone pointed out to me, they have yet to beat a team with a I-A victory.
- Big winner this week: Clemson, pretty much just because.
- Games I watched: Iowa/Illinois, Wisconsin/Michigan, Minnesota/Purdue, Arkansas/Alabama, Notre Dame/Michigan State.