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Here’s my ballot for this week’s CBS Sports BlogPoll Top 25 hosted by—as you might imagine—CBS Sports.

Preseason Prognostications

Through 20 August 2009

Well, it’s been almost nine months since last I posted a BlogPoll ballot, and let me tell you that it feels mighty good to be back in the saddle again.  This does not, however, mean that I have suddenly gained any sense or am any more reliable.

As a general rule, I consider preseason ballots to be dubious at best.  They are based upon little more than rumor and innuendo.  There is little to no basis for selecting one team over the other.  Thus, as Hooper has pointed out, this is little more than a turkey shoot.  That said, here’s my preseason Top 25 for everyone to attack:

My Ballot for the Week

Rank	Team
1	Florida
2	Oklahoma
3	Southern Cal
4	Texas
5	Penn State
6	Ole Miss
7	Alabama
8	California
9	Ohio State
10	Notre Dame
11	Georgia
12	LSU
13	Oklahoma State
14	Boise State
15	TCU
16	Virginia Tech
17	Illinois
18	Rutgers
19	Miami (Florida)
20	Nebraska
	Iowa
22	Brigham Young
23	Pittsburgh
24	Clemson
25	UCLA

Explanations after the jump…

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Here’s my ballot for this week’s College Football BlogPoll which, as always, is hosted by MGOBlog.

Week 5

Through 28 September 2008

My, my, my… How things sure do change in only one short week.  After all the craziness of the past weekend in the world of college football, there are a lot of changes in my BlogPoll ballot for this week.  Most of these should be fairly obvious.  Either way, here’s my ballot.  Explanations after the jump…

My Ballot for the Week

Rank	Team	Delta
1	Oklahoma	1
2	Alabama	7
3	LSU	1
4	Missouri	1
5	Penn State	3
6	Texas	4
7	Auburn	6
8	Southern Cal	7
9	Georgia	6
10	Texas Tech	1
11	Florida	5
12	Ohio State	2
13	South Florida	4
14	Utah	1
15	Brigham Young	1
16	Vanderbilt	3
17	Wisconsin	10
18	Oregon	2
19	Wake Forest	7
20	Kansas	1
21	Boise State	2
22	Fresno State	2
23	Oklahoma State	3
24	Connecticut	2
25	California	1

Dropped Out: Colorado (#18), Illinois (#22), Clemson (#25).

Oh boy, now don’t we have something to think about…

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Here’s my ballot for this week’s College Football BlogPoll which, as always, is hosted by MGOBlog.

Week 2

“Adjustments” in the Works

I have no business trying to rank all of the teams in the country, and this week’s ballot makes that obvious.  More on this week’s changes after the ballot.

My Ballot for the Week

Rank	Team	Delta
1	Georgia	–
2	Southern Cal	1
3	Ohio State	1
4	LSU	–
5	Missouri	1
6	Florida	1
7	Oklahoma	–
8	Auburn	–
9	Kansas	–
10	Wisconsin	1
11	Penn State	1
12	Texas	1
13	Alabama	1
14	Oregon	–
15	Wake Forest	–
16	Arizona State	1
17	Texas Tech	9
18	Utah	1
19	East Carolina	7
20	Colorado	2
21	Fresno State	1
22	Brigham Young	1
23	South Florida	–
24	California	2
25	Illinois	1

Dropped Out: West Virginia (#16), Clemson (#20), Bowling Green (#24), Tennessee (#25).

Comments,  Explanations, and Excuses

The high-points of the week’s changes after the jump:

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