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The past weekend in college football saw a lot of teams pulling out mediocre wins, and sadly Michigan State was not one of them. As such they fall out of the BlogPoll, as there are plenty of one-loss teams meriting more consideration than the Spartans right now. Here's the ballot:
The Only Colors Ballot - Week 5
| Rank | Team | Delta |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alabama Crimson Tide | -- |
| 2 | Oregon Ducks | -- |
| 3 | Florida St. Seminoles |
 3 |
| 4 | Georgia Bulldogs |
 -1 |
| 5 | Kansas St. Wildcats | -- |
| 6 | Notre Dame Fighting Irish |
2 |
| 7 | South Carolina Gamecocks |
3 |
| 8 | Ohio St. Buckeyes |
3 |
| 9 | Texas Longhorns |
3 |
| 10 | West Virginia Mountaineers |
-1 |
| 11 | LSU Tigers |
-4 |
| 12 | Florida Gators |
1 |
| 13 | USC Trojans |
1 |
| 14 | Oklahoma Sooners |
1 |
| 15 | Clemson Tigers |
1 |
| 16 | Stanford Cardinal |
-12 |
| 17 | Oregon St. Beavers |
2 |
| 18 | Northwestern Wildcats | -- |
| 19 | TCU Horned Frogs |
-2 |
| 20 | Mississippi St. Bulldogs | -- |
| 21 | UCLA Bruins |
1 |
| 22 | Nebraska Cornhuskers |
1 |
| 23 | Washington Huskies | NEW |
| 24 | Louisiana Tech Bulldogs | NEW |
| 25 | Cincinnati Bearcats | NEW |
| Dropouts: Iowa St. Cyclones, Louisville Cardinals, Michigan St. Spartans | ||
SB Nation BlogPoll College Football Top 25 Rankings
Explanations after the jump.
- The only two things I'm sure of in this ballot: Alabama is #1, Oregon is #2. I'd be willing to change anything else if you have a good argument.
- I would've moved any team in the top 15-20 up a good margin if they had a dominant win, but a significant number of teams either didn't play this weekend or couldn't put their opponents away.
- Washington's in because of a good win against Stanford, Cincinnati's in because of a win over a below-par Virginia Tech and because I think they're better than Louisville, and Louisiana Tech's in because wins over inferior versions of Houston, Illinois, and Virginia (all on the road, no less) look better than a lot of teams' resumes currently.
- Iowa State's out because of a loss to Texas Tech, Louisville's out after nearly losing to an 0-4 Southern Miss. squad (I know, the same team I thought Nebraska had a good win against at the season's start), and Michigan State's out because you know why.