2011 College Football Rankings: Blogpoll Draft Ballot Week 5

by Jon Johnston on Sep 25, 2011 4:41 PM CDT in BlogPoll

A fair amount of changes in this week's Blogpoll Top 25.

First of all, I'm moving LSU to #1. They've beaten three ranked teams, all on the road. That's a much more impressive resume that anyone else has put together, and it's hard to justify ranking them (as I have) below Oklahoma, Alabama and Boise State. Fact is, I didn't think they were that good. I was wrong.

The rest of the top five simply move down a slot. It's not that they're bad, it's just they ain't played the teams LSU has, and I think having the guts to schedule tough teams ought to be worth something.

Wisconsin moves to fifth, setting up a massive show down with Nebraska next weekend in Madison. It ain't like we don't know about how huge that game is.

I was somewhat surprised with Oklahoma State's win over Texas A&M. First of all, Texas A&M collapsed, although maybe that's not unexpected. I did say earlier these teams are in the unique situation that one of them has to step up and fill the void left by Texas as being the Big 12's second-best team. I had previously underrated Oklahoma State.

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Corn Nation Ballot - Week 5

Rank	Team	Delta
1	LSU Tigers	3
2	Oklahoma Sooners	-1
3	Alabama Crimson Tide	-1
4	Boise St. Broncos	-1
5	Wisconsin Badgers	--
6	Virginia Tech Hokies	--
7	Nebraska Cornhuskers	--
8	Oklahoma St. Cowboys	6
9	South Carolina Gamecocks	2
10	Oregon Ducks	2
11	Stanford Cardinal	2
12	Florida Gators	3
13	Clemson Tigers	7
14	Texas A&M Aggies	-5
15	Utah Utes	2
16	South Florida Bulls	2
17	Arkansas Razorbacks	-9
18	TCU Horned Frogs	3
19	Baylor Bears	--
20	Texas Longhorns	2
21	Michigan Wolverines	3
22	Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets	3
23	West Virginia Mountaineers	-7
24	Illinois Fighting Illini	-1
25	Florida St. Seminoles	-15

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Nebraska and Wisconsin

Your rankings look about right, but does anyone feel that Wisconsin and Nebraska are really only 2 spots away from each other in the rankings?? Feels like they aren’t playing at levels anywhere near each other right now…but we shall soon see.

by dRockAZ on Sep 25, 2011 4:52 PM CDT reply actions

UTAH?

15th overall? Come on.

ASU should be ranked instead of Utah. Just saying, Utah lost to USC, ASU beat USC… transitive property. Utah is not a top 25 team.

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by Cory Williams on Sep 25, 2011 5:01 PM CDT reply actions

i wondered if someone would mention Utah.

I don’t have a very good feeling about them either

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by Jon Johnston on Sep 25, 2011 11:57 PM CDT up reply actions

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LSU at the top also and agree that not being scared of out of conference opponents should be rewarded. Clemson maybe could be higher after their last couple of wins and remain undefeated. I still believe you have the Huskers are about five or six spots to high. But, we will know more about this team on Saturday. I just don’t have a good feeling going into Madison with the way the defense is playing. Is it me or do they look a little slower this year in the secondary? Which could be they are young and indecisive or they are just slower than in the past. I know we were spoiled with Prince and Hagg but I didn’t think it would drop off this much.

by Huzkerfan on Sep 25, 2011 9:48 PM CDT reply actions