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2008 BlogPoll: Week 6

October 6th, 2008 |

Author: lawvol

Here’s my ballot for this week’s College Football BlogPoll which, as always, is hosted by MGOBlog, now with links to team info from CBS Sports.com.

Week 6

Through 4 October 2008

After the past weekend in the world of college football, there are a number of noteworthy changes in my BlogPoll ballot for this week. Most of these should be fairly obvious. Either way, here’s my ballot:

My Ballot for the Week

Rank	Team	Delta

1	Oklahoma	–
2	Alabama	–
3	Missouri	1
4	LSU	1
5	Penn State	–
6	Texas	–
7	Southern Cal	1
8	Texas Tech	2
9	Georgia	–
10	Ohio State	2
11	Florida	–
12	Vanderbilt	4
13	Utah	1
14	Brigham Young	1
15	Kansas	5
16	Boise State	5
17	Oklahoma State	6
18	Wake Forest	1
19	California	6
20	North Carolina	6
21	Northwestern	5
22	Auburn	15
23	Virginia Tech	3
24	Wisconsin	7
25	Michigan State	1

Dropped Out: South Florida (#13), Oregon (#18), Fresno State (#22), Connecticut (#24).

The field gets narrower…

Explanations after the jump.

Comments, Explanations, and Excuses

Here are the high-points of the week’s changes:

Oh those Crazy Commodores (12):

Well, in case you had any questions, let me be the first to answer them: the Vanderbilt Commodores are for real! The Dores’ victory over the Auburn Tigers (15) only confirms my belief after week 5 that Vanderbilt will likely be in the mix for the SEC East. While Vanderbilt lacks depth—which could really hurt them down the stretch—their starting team is solid at every position. They play disciplined, fundamentally sound, and hard nosed football in precisely the way that their cousins to the east do not. While Vanderbilt may end up stubbing its toe at some point this season, they can rest assured that they appear to be a shoe-in for the title of “Best Team in the State of Tennessee.”

Returners & First Timers:

Virginia Tech (23) returns for the first time is several weeks. There are also a number of new faces as well, led by the North Carolina Tarheels (20) who put on a clinic against Connecticut (NR). The other new faces, Northwestern (21), and Michigan State (25), are both out of the Big Ten, bringing that conference up to five teams in my Top 25 ballot—second to the SEC and Big XII which both have six teams.

“Now Departing at Gate 21…”:

The Connecticut Huskies (NR) took it in the chops courtesy of the Tarheads. Anytime you allow three blocked kicks in a single game, you pretty much know that the polls will not be kind.

Oregon (NR) lost to Southern Cal (7)—as, I suppose, they were supposed to. I have a feeling they may make it back into my Top 25 by the end of the year, but their early season loss to Boise State (16) has now really begun to cost them.

Fresno State’s (NR) loss to the Warriors of Hawaii (NR)—who were only 2-2 coming into the weekend—and South Florida’s (NR) loss to the Pittsburgh Panthers (NR) cost both of them their place in my Top 25 this week. South Florida can take a little solace in the fact that Pittsburgh is good, and are on my bubble for Week 7. Fresno State … well … not much.

The Rest of the BlogPoll

Having taken the time to consider my feeble attempt at ranking the powers in college football, feel free to try and convince me that I am wrong—which is part of the way the BlogPoll is supposed to work. I promise that I will consider all comments.

As for the rest of the BlogPoll, well, you can check out how other bloggers voted, how your team fared across the blogosphere, and view the weekly results each Wednesday over at MGOBlog.

– Go Figure …

About the Author: "Lawvol" -- I'm just a guy living in North Carolina who has an unnatural fascination with the color orange. Just because I'm a Tennessee alum and die-hard Volunteer fan doesn't mean that I can't poke a little fun at the Big Orange and anybody else for that matter. Feel free to complain all you want. >> Read more from this author

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