Blog Pollin' Hits the Stretch
by SMQ on Nov 29, 2006 10:49 AM EST
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PrintYou can't stop real life, you can only hope to contain it. And even beginning to do that today requires SMQ to put the blog on the backburner for a few hours. So, quickly, quickly...
BlogPoll Ballot, Week 14
This is not a power poll...
1. Ohio State
2. Southern Cal
3. Michigan
4. Florida
5. Louisville
6. LSU
7. Wisconsin
8. Arkansas
9. Boise State
10. Rutgers
11. Auburn
12. Oklahoma
13. Notre Dame
14. West Virginia
15. Tennessee
16. Virginia Tech
17. California
18. Texas
19. Wake Forest
20. Boston College
21. BYU
22. Nebraska
23. Texas A&M
24. Georgia Tech
25. Hawaii
Waiting: TCU, Oregon State, Penn State, Georgia
This is not SMQ's proudest rankings work, because there are so many ways to look at spots 8-14 - Notre Dame and Oklahoma are punished for lack of an elite win, Auburn for two blowout home losses, whereas Wisconsin, Boise State and Rutgers are rewarded for a lot of mediocre wins but fewer blemishes - and SMQ isn't sure this is the best result. A regular from-scratch reassessment is probably due next week.
Arguments to this effect, or to affirm SMQ's effort, or to praise or trash any other element of the ballot, or to freak because Georgia Tech remains in over Georgia (and because SMQ does not consider that a difficult decision), or to offer your favorite recipe for a nice holiday bundt cake, belong in the comments below.
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WVA
How their resume is superior to a number of teams below it is something I'm not sure I understand.
UGA
LSU
Same analogy with the Chargers. If SD/LSU played a "perfect" game, they'd beat any team in the league/country on a neutral field by x amount of points.
If you buy into that "fact", then since LSU failed to bring their "A" game when it mattered most (AU and FLA), should they be punished a bit more? Instead, they seem to gain rank by just "being the team that could beat OSU or USC" if given the opportunity, and IF they bring their "A" game.
I don't think
Looking at LSU, their two best wins are clearly:
@ Tennessee and
"@" Arkansas (Little Rock)
I do think that Arkansas was a tad underrated by the college football world at large and LSU showed there mettle there. And any win in Knoxville (save for last year) is bound to be impressive.
But the Bengal Tigers' biggest two games @ Auburn and @ Florida were losses.
I guess it's good not to punish a team for losing it's toughest 2 games if they're goint to lose a couple, but (brutal schedule aside) I'd consider LSU a dissapointment.
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