Miracle of miracles, I remembered to put this together a day earlier than the deadline. So, this time around I can solicit your comments and criticism before it goes final.
The Only Colors Ballot - Week 3
| Rank | Team | Delta |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alabama Crimson Tide |
 1 |
| 2 | Ohio St. Buckeyes |
1 |
| 3 | Oregon Ducks |
1 |
| 4 | TCU Horned Frogs |
1 |
| 5 | Boise St. Broncos |
 -4 |
| 6 | Oklahoma Sooners |
5 |
| 7 | Iowa Hawkeyes |
1 |
| 8 | Nebraska Cornhuskers |
-2 |
| 9 | Texas Longhorns |
-2 |
| 10 | South Carolina Gamecocks | -- |
| 11 | Florida Gators |
1 |
| 12 | Arizona Wildcats |
5 |
| 13 | Wisconsin Badgers |
1 |
| 14 | Stanford Cardinal |
9 |
| 15 | Arkansas Razorbacks |
4 |
| 16 | Miami Hurricanes |
-7 |
| 17 | Auburn Tigers |
1 |
| 18 | Utah Utes |
3 |
| 19 | California Golden Bears | -- |
| 20 | LSU Tigers | -- |
| 21 | Penn St. Nittany Lions |
-1 |
| 22 | Michigan Wolverines |
3 |
| 23 | Georgia Bulldogs |
-8 |
| 24 | Houston Cougars | -- |
| 25 | Air Force Falcons | -- |
| Dropouts: Virginia Tech Hokies, Florida St. Seminoles, Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets, USC Trojans, BYU Cougars | ||
SB Nation BlogPoll College Football Top 25 Rankings "
After a week of upsets and disappointing performances by highly-rated teams, there's a fair amount of movement here.
- OSU and Alabama are almost inseparable at this point. I give the edge to 'Bama for looking flawless on Saturday, while OSU has some special teams issues to work out. But, IMO, Miami is a much better team than PSU, so the separation is negligible.
- Boise drops 4 spots. That happens when the victim of a seemingly-great win turns around and loses to a 1-AA. Relatedly, TCU jumps Boise because their win over Oregon State looks better than Boise's win over VT. (Of course, Boise gets a crack at Oregon St. next weekend.)
- Oklahoma jumps after destroying Florida State, a team I wildly overrated last week.
- Iowa moves up a spot--and gets clear separation from Wisconsin, their ballot twin--for looking utterly dominant against ISU, a team they've struggled with in the past. The Hawkeyes' trip to Arizona looks like the most interesting game of this weekend.
- As for 10-25: just winging it, basically. South Carolina was a major omission in my ballot last week, and Georgia doesn't totally drop out because they played without their best player. Miami loses only 7 spots because lots of good teams get beaten up in Columbus. Penn State stays where they are because lots of good teams get beaten up in Tuscaloosa.
Thoughts?
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