College Football Rankings: Blogpoll Top 25 Draft - Week 10

by Jon Johnston on Oct 31, 2011 8:01 AM CDT in BlogPoll

Not much movement in my Top Five, other than Oregon jumping over Boise State. The big showdown this weekend is LSU - Alabama, probably one of the biggest 1-2 match ups in recent memory. Can you believe that this is the first 1-2 match up in SEC history?

The next five have been moved around quite a bit due to losses to Clemson, Kansas State, and Michigan State. Nebraska moves into the top ten in the rankings and moved to 10th in the BCS. Virginia Tech beats Duke, but only by a small margin, do they deserve to be there?

Too bad Stanford didn't lose if for no other reason than to rid ourselves of another undefeated team. I suppose I should mention (again) that I do not rank teams on probation, i.e., USC.

I realize that Penn State is on shaky ground, but they keep winning, their only loss being to Alabama. Would you rank them above Nebraska, or do they deserve to be at 11?

Question for y'all - how good do you think Oklahoma State is? They gave up 622 yards to Baylor, 446 of it through the air. They have the 110th ranked defense in the nation. Sooner or later.... unless they can flat out outscore people, they're going to get caught because of it, right?

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Corn Nation Ballot - Week 10

Rank	Team	Delta
1	LSU Tigers	--
2	Alabama Crimson Tide	--
3	Oklahoma St. Cowboys	--
4	Oregon Ducks	1
5	Boise St. Broncos	-1
6	Stanford Cardinal	--
7	Arkansas Razorbacks	2
8	Virginia Tech Hokies	3
9	Nebraska Cornhuskers	5
10	Oklahoma Sooners	3
11	Penn St. Nittany Lions	7
12	South Carolina Gamecocks	4
13	Michigan St. Spartans	-5
14	Houston Cougars	1
15	Georgia Bulldogs	8
16	Michigan Wolverines	1
17	Clemson Tigers	-10
18	Wisconsin Badgers	-6
19	Southern Miss. Golden Eagles	1
20	Cincinnati Bearcats	1
21	Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets	3
22	Arizona St. Sun Devils	3
23	Kansas St. Wildcats	-13
24	Ohio St. Buckeyes	--
25	West Virginia Mountaineers	--
Dropouts: Texas A&M Aggies, Texas Tech Red Raiders

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Penn State > Arkansas.

Honestly, the Razorbacks are getting the benefit of the doubt because they are in the SEC West. They probably deserve to be around Number 20.

As ugly as the Lions are, Penn State keeps winning. 1997 Michigan shared a National Title with a fantastic defense and a lousy offense. They deserve props for being 8-1.

Overrated:
Boise State
Arkansas
Virginia Tech
South Carolina

Underrated:
Oklahoma
Clemson
Arizona State
Ohio State

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by Aaron Musfeldt on Oct 31, 2011 8:12 AM CDT reply actions

I was hoping ohio state was underrated

But they sure as hell are proving to be that now. Fickell himself might not be that bad either, it was just that their team was completely depleted and really green the first few games.

by Fake Pelini on Oct 31, 2011 8:28 AM CDT via mobile up reply actions

Arkansas

I really don’t think they should be in the top 10. They barely beat Ole Miss, Vanderbilt, and Texas A&M…and all those teams are average at best. They will lose to South Carolina this week and LSU later in the season.

I think Oklahoma State is legit and they get the Sooners at home this year so I like their chances. Oklahoma is going to be hurt a lot by that loss to Texas Tech.

Glad that Clemson finally lost. They were so lucky to be undefeated. They cannot play defense for more than one quarter of a game, and conveniently it’s always been in the 3rd or 4th quarter when they needed a comeback.

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by Billgrip on Oct 31, 2011 9:48 AM CDT reply actions

As for OSU, here's the deal.

I live in Oklahoma City and my brother just walked on to the team, so I know them pretty well . Offensively, they are beastly, but everyone knows that. If there’s a team with a better offense in the country, I don’t know who it is.

Defensively, they give up LOTS of yards. But, they give up a lot less points. They rank 62nd in points allowed, but they prevent points in the best possible way: turnovers. They punch it out or pick it off very well.

I wouldn’t pick them against the Bama/LSU winner, but they can play with anyone right now.

by Andy Davis on Oct 31, 2011 9:56 AM CDT reply actions

A couple of disagreements...

I don’t get moving Oregon ahead of Boise. Don’t see what they’ve done to deserve it. Also, I think Boise has more quality wins (1) than Oregon (0).

Also don’t get how you have VTech 9 spots above Clemson when they have the same number of losses and Clemson beat them head to head by 20.

Arkansas is overrated.

I think Penn State may be overrated, but we’ll see after November if they really deserve to be ranked or if their record is a product of their schedule. I don’t see how they can win games like that when they are playing good teams. I guess we’ll find out in a couple of weeks.

by Lake_show on Oct 31, 2011 10:46 AM CDT reply actions

if Arkansas and Virginia Tech are overrated

does Nebraska deserve the #7 spot, then?

Or would you put Oklahoma there, despite losing at home to an unranked team, a team that was destroyed by Iowa State this weekend….. ?

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by Jon Johnston on Oct 31, 2011 11:46 AM CDT reply actions

I'd go with Oklahoma over Nebraska

Their loss looks worse, but they’re a better team overall.

by Cheeseandcorn on Oct 31, 2011 12:50 PM CDT up reply actions

That's a subjective thing though. Do you really think we'd lose to Texas Tech and Iowa State?

A Cornhusker through feast or famine. Get up, dust yourself off and run the ball. That's the Nebraska way.

by Salt Creek and Stadium on Oct 31, 2011 1:02 PM CDT up reply actions

Well, they didn't lose to Texas Tech AND Iowa State

But yes, this year’s Nebraska team would have perfectly capable of losing at home to Texas Tech.

by Cheeseandcorn on Oct 31, 2011 3:33 PM CDT up reply actions

Would have been, I mean.

by Cheeseandcorn on Oct 31, 2011 3:34 PM CDT up reply actions

Maybe

The only thing that Arkansas has done better than Nebraska is lose to a better team. None of their victories look all that impressive at this point, certainly not better than Nebraska’s.

VaTech has one good victory over GaTech, which Nebraska probably has at least one better win (MSU), if not two (OSU). Either way, Clemson has to be ranked above VaTech, no matter where you put them.

by Lake_show on Oct 31, 2011 1:29 PM CDT up reply actions

Okie State's Defense is Underrated...

When you’re up by scores of:
49-3, 4Q (Baylor)
56-7, Half (KU)
45-6, 3Q (Tulsa)
34-7, 4Q (Arizona)
44-13, 3Q (UL-L)
you can afford to put in second, third, fourth strings. For instance, Baylor only had something like 200 yards through 3Q, and put up 300 in the fourth alone…

For what it’s worth, the yardage allowed stat can be very misleading. Football Outsiders uses a formula that takes into account every down, relates it to the score at the time and the distance gained, etc. OSU is seventh in defensive rankings there. Would we confuse OSU “D” with LSU or Alabama? No, but 110th in total D they definitely are not.

by lightsheaber on Oct 31, 2011 12:23 PM CDT reply actions

My thoughts

Virginia Tech is way too high. They struggled against Duke, lost to Clemson by 20, and have generally been unimpressive this season.

Arkansas is probably too high.

Penn State should be the highest ranked Big Ten team until we beat them. They’re 5-0 and their only loss so far is to the presumptive #2 and they held them to 27 points.(Whether that was Saban being less stabby or Penn State’s defense being that solid, I have no idea.)

Clemson should be in the top 15 until they lose again.

Ohio State should be higher – they’ve beaten two Top 20 teams (at least they were when they played) and took us to the wire.

A Cornhusker through feast or famine. Get up, dust yourself off and run the ball. That's the Nebraska way.

by Salt Creek and Stadium on Oct 31, 2011 1:09 PM CDT reply actions

Boise St all the way

Boise St is no longer looked at as a novelty. Solid all the way around especially on offense. Okie St will probably lose to OU. So it should be Boise St vs SEC champ for the title.

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by Robsa on Oct 31, 2011 9:35 PM CDT reply actions