Orange::44 Ballot - Week 16
| Rank | Team | Delta |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oklahoma St. Cowboys |  1 |
| 2 | Alabama Crimson Tide | 1 |
| 3 | South Carolina Gamecocks | 2 |
| 4 | Boise St. Broncos | 2 |
| 5 | Arkansas Razorbacks | 2 |
| 6 | Oregon Ducks | 2 |
| 7 | Michigan St. Spartans | 6 |
| 8 | LSU Tigers |  -7 |
| 9 | Stanford Cardinal | -5 |
| 10 | USC Trojans | -- |
| 11 | West Virginia Mountaineers | 11 |
| 12 | Houston Cougars | 3 |
| 13 | Michigan Wolverines | 11 |
| 14 | Oklahoma Sooners | 2 |
| 15 | Baylor Bears | 2 |
| 16 | Wisconsin Badgers | -7 |
| 17 | TCU Horned Frogs | 3 |
| 18 | Georgia Bulldogs | -- |
| 19 | Florida St. Seminoles | 6 |
| 20 | Nebraska Cornhuskers | -1 |
| 21 | Southern Miss. Golden Eagles | 2 |
| 22 | Virginia Tech Hokies | -10 |
| 23 | Clemson Tigers | -12 |
| 24 | Kansas St. Wildcats | -3 |
| 25 | Arizona St. Sun Devils | -11 |
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*West Virginia and Michigan jump the most. I just can't put WVU in the Top 10 with 3 losses, but they are close. Michigan deserves to be higher than the bowl losers. They also beat a tough VTech team, even though they always suck in the BCS.
*Sun Devils. Did anyone pick them against Boise except alumni? They barely hang on at #25.
*I would have put Baylor high for their offensive output (I do think RGIII is great), but that team didn't play any defense.
*No movement for USC. No bowl game to judge.
Anything crazy? Let me know. Otherwise we'll see you back here next year for more ballots.
If this is supposed to be a ranking of how good each team is, I don't know how you justify LSU at 8. Sure, they laid a big goose egg last night, but they plowed through the regular season undefeated and had the most top-10 wins. LSU can (or has) beat most of the teams ahead of it in this poll. Of course, I suppose this just proves the point of us who want to see a playoff. Plus, the only spot that matters is #1.
I don't see how Stanford falls so far down when they led Ok. St. the entire game and really should have won it in regulation, but for a too-conservative call by Coach Shaw. Those two teams were very evenly matched, and I think Stanford would have blown out a team like Michigan St. or the Gamecocks. Judging by who would beat whom, the top five should be Alabama, Ok. St., LSU, Oregon, and Stanford, with the Razorbacks a close 6th.
John, exactly.
Clintonians,
Stanford lost. Instead of trusting the guy that got you there all year (Luck), you put your hopes on a kicker. Their bad. But regardless of the game, Okey State won and I think have been a top 3 team all year. Were it not for Iowa State, they would have played LSU in the title, and not a repeat of Alabama.
I'd love to know how Stanford could have done against Sparty or the Ol' Ball Coach, but we don't have a tournament. They won their bowl games. Stanford didn't.