Blogpoll Draft Ballot 10/19

Rank	Team	Delta
1	Alabama
2	Florida
3	Texas
4	Southern Cal
5	Boise State
6	TCU
7	Cincinnati
8	Oklahoma State	2
9	Miami (Florida)	2
10	Georgia Tech	2
11	Iowa	2
12	Oregon	6
13	LSU	6
14	Penn State	6
15	Brigham Young	7
16	Pittsburgh	8
17	Utah	6
18	Houston	7
19	Virginia Tech	10
20	West Virginia
21	Kansas	7
22	Notre Dame	7
23	Ohio State	15
24	South Carolina	3
25	Michigan
Last week’s ballot

Here is a bit of reasoning to the ballot:

• Clearly Alabama is the #1 to me. They have played the tougher schedule of the top 3, and have looked the part. That doesn’t mean that I think Bama would beat both Texas and Florida right now, but they haven’t looked as vulnerable as the other two.
• Looking at the ballot and you can see something very clearly- win and you move up. Lose and you move down. Plain and simple this week.
• I dropped the Irish 7 spots to #22. If they would have won, I can tell you that I planned on putting them 4th. Quite a bit of difference. After winning the homer award for the second time this season, I though I might still be in the running with the Irish at #22, but I think some of the voters will give a little more credit where credit is due, and if I do get it a third time this week- I really don’t care.
• I really don’t like having Boise State, TCU, and Cincinnati ranked in the top 7, but they keep winning.