The Final Coaches poll ballot has been released. Below is how Nebraska coach Bo Pelini voted:

1. Oklahoma
2. Texas
   
3. Florida
   
4. Southern Cal
   
5. Alabama
6. Texas Tech
   
7. Penn State
   
8. Utah
   
9. Boise State
   
10. Ohio State
    
11. TCU
    
12. Cincinnati
    
13. Oklahoma State
    
14. Oregon
    
15. Georgia Tech
    
16. Ball State
    
17. Brigham Young
    
18. Georgia
    
19. Oregon State
    
20. Virginia Tech
    
21. Missouri
    
22. Nebraska
    
23. Mississippi
    
24. Michigan State
    
25. Pittsburgh

Note Pelini put Missouri on the ballot, and just like I did, one place above Nebraska. Jon Wilner of the San Jose Mercury News calls Pelini's vote "utter shamelessness", so I assume that he'd say the same about me.

Nebraska lost four games - to Oklahoma, Texas, Missouri, and Virginia Tech. Two of those teams are in the top five. Virginia Tech won their conference, and Missouri was the Big 12 North representative. Not a bad group of losses. Is it really that shameless that Pelini would be voting for his own team?

Mississippi and Oregon State both finished the season 8-4. Mississippi lost to Wake Forest, Vanderbilt, South Carolina, and Alabama. Urban Meyer had them ranked 11th (big shock there), but otherwise, not a great group of losses.

Oregon State lost to Stanford, Penn State (45-14), Utah, and Oregon. Stanford is a head scratcher (beginning of the season), but the others are at least respectable.

Still, why not Nebraska?