2010 College Football Ranking: Blogpoll Week 6 Draft - Oregon Moves To #2, Goodbye Texas
by Jon Johnston on Oct 3, 2010 6:37 PM CDT
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Moving Oregon up to #2. Being down 21-3 against Stanford, then coming back to beat them 52-31 shows a team that won't quit, and a coach that will pull out all the stops to win. Everyone on Oregon's team is fast, probably even the equipment managers.
I moved Michigan State up quite a bit, mostly because I think I'd previously ranked them too low before. I never know what to think of Michigan State, but if they can continue to win without a head coach, you have to be impressed.
Florida drops like a rock because their offense can't touch their hands to their own ass successfully. Will Florida end the season ranked?
Regarding Texas, here's what I said when I released my Blogpoll Preseason Top 10, all the way back on August 13th:
The coaches ranked Texas #4. What the hell they're smoking I have no idea. They ranked Texas above Oklahoma. Get that? Texas lost their top offensive players (Colt McCoy andJordan Shipley) and has to establish a running game to win against Oklahoma who returns a starter at quarterback (Landry Jones), the Big 12's (arguably) best running back (DeMarco Murray) and wide receiver (Ryan Broyles) set. Again, what were they thinking? Or are they just filling things out because Mack Brown is more likable than Bob Stoops?
One week later, I released my initial full Blogpoll ballot, ranking Texas eighth because of the feedback I received regarding my Top 10, one of those critiques being:
Can you point to any credible pre-season poll that does not have Texas as a Top 10 team?
My point? If there's something I've learned in over 20 years of marriage, it's that when you're right, really right, you should point it out - don't beat people over the head with it, but hey, I had the right call on Texas, eh?
Corn Nation Ballot - Week 6
| Rank | Team | Delta |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alabama Crimson Tide | -- |
| 2 | Oregon Ducks |  2 |
| 3 | Ohio St. Buckeyes |  -1 |
| 4 | Boise St. Broncos | -1 |
| 5 | TCU Horned Frogs | -- |
| 6 | Oklahoma Sooners | -- |
| 7 | Arizona Wildcats | -- |
| 8 | Nebraska Cornhuskers | -- |
| 9 | Arkansas Razorbacks | 1 |
| 10 | Miami Hurricanes | 1 |
| 11 | Auburn Tigers | 3 |
| 12 | Utah Utes | 4 |
| 13 | Michigan St. Spartans | 11 |
| 14 | Iowa Hawkeyes | 3 |
| 15 | Stanford Cardinal | -3 |
| 16 | Missouri Tigers | 4 |
| 17 | Oklahoma St. Cowboys | 4 |
| 18 | Michigan Wolverines | -- |
| 19 | Florida Gators | -10 |
| 20 | LSU Tigers | -1 |
| 21 | Nevada Wolf Pack | 4 |
| 22 | Wisconsin Badgers | -7 |
| 23 | Florida St. Seminoles | -- |
| 24 | Air Force Falcons | -- |
| 25 | Kansas St. Wildcats | -- |
| Dropouts: Penn St. Nittany Lions, Texas Longhorns, N.C. State Wolfpack | ||
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Washington beating USC makes things look a little better. KSU is going to really want this win on Thursday. We really need to take it to them and Texas in two weeks or we will be a distant 6th-8th in the polls all year.
Sometimes
I wish I could slap the collective AP/Coaches voters upside the head. How they have Floria about Arkansas is beyond me. This is a much better ranking. The only nitpicks I have are that I would have Standford still at 10-12 and Miami at least 5 slots lower.
I have no complaints with this
Still waiting on a team with a defense to escort Michigan out of there, but until then I think they need to stay.
"My hardest job is to convince the people of Nebraska that 10-1 is not a losing season." - Tom Osborne
I'm still not sold on Oregon
that defense still allowed nearly 600 yards to ASU and should have lost if it wasn’t for the bumbling adjustments to first year coach Noel Mazzone’s O and stupid penalties (where have we heard that before) on a Dennis Erickson coached team.
If they have to win a game with Thomas’s passing…I have my doubts, much like Taylor Martinez, he has a pop-gun arm..short and mid-range capability…but no real consistent threat vertically
I know the Pac-10 is better than people expected, but it’s hard for me to think the team that got manhandled by OSU last bowl season is that much different.
by Drinkin' Wit' Terrell Farley on Oct 3, 2010 7:40 PM CDT reply actions
I dunno about that.
Watching the game late last night, I saw some fairly impressive deep throws off play-action. Thomas may never be an elite passing quarterback, but it appears he and Taylor Martinez are much better fits in the schemes of their respective coaches than their predecessors.
"...when the devil says to you: do not drink, answer him: I will drink, and right freely, just because you tell me not to."
— Martin Luther
I saw a lot of throws into the ground against ASU
and LaMichael James was bottled up and Thomas had to pick up the offense
We may not know until the bowl game…..all the Pac-10 defenses were exposed last bowl season as not quite up to the standard
I think Oregon State could give them a bit of trouble in Corvallis, but other than that I think the best D in the Pac-10 resides in Tempe and they will not be tested much….
by Drinkin' Wit' Terrell Farley on Oct 3, 2010 9:02 PM CDT up reply actions
Oregon, Stanford and Michigan
remind me of Texas, Oklahoma, and Texas Tech, circa 2008— offenses that set the scoreboard on fire, and defenses that only go through the motions. But like Oklahoma in the title game that year, once those seemingly-unstoppable offenses hit a real defense, they’ll break like water on rock.
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Florida is #12 – the top one-loss team, and one spot in front of Arkansas.
Texas is #26 – 6 points away from still being ranked!
switch #7 and #8
I am not here to so much criticize Arizona, but I could never rank them ahead of Nebraska. I know they haven’t played this year technically, but I just can’t forget what happened in our bowl game back in January. Maybe I’m just being short sighted, not understanding how the whole “poll” thingy works, but I just can’t see them being better then Nebraska.
I would expect this to change after Thursdays game.
wtf?
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