Block U's BlogPoll Ballot
by JazzyUte on Sep 7, 2010 1:27 AM MDT
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Let me start by saying that I'm probably going to be called a homer for my poll this week. I don't care. It's too early in the season to be ranking teams based solely on potential. Resume at this stage is important. Now that doesn't mean it's the entire factor - it's just a leading factor.
Since so many teams in the top-25 this week played absolutely no one, it's hard to get a real feel for who's good and who isn't.
But based on my first ballot, these picks don't seem entirely ridiculous.
For starters, I had Utah ranked 16th. I had Pitt ranked 12th. The Utes won and fairly deserve to jump quite a bit because they actually played a good opponent (as suggested by the poll) and won.
Likewise, I had TCU ranked 4th in my preseason ballot, while Oregon State was ranked 20th. Their win, in my opinion, justifies their jump over Ohio State and Alabama.
Then there is Boise State. I've ranked 'em number one because I had Virginia Tech at fifth. That type of victory, which came essentially on the road, deserves that placement.
Of course, this is just the second week. Lots will change. If Utah stumbles badly this week against the Rebels (even in a win), I will penalize 'em for it. If Florida keeps winning and Bama beats them later this season, I will reward the Tide for it.
The problem the Broncos face is now, outside of their game against the Oregon St. Beavers, they face no one. So they might find themselves in the exact same spot the Tide and Gators found themselves this week - beating no one and getting passed up by teams that had bigger wins that week.
The joys of rankings!
Agree? Disagree? Am I absolutely clinically insane? Probably. But I love it and I'd have it no other way.
Block U Ballot - Week 2
| Rank | Team | Delta |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Boise St. Broncos |  2 |
| 2 | TCU Horned Frogs | 2 |
| 3 | Alabama Crimson Tide |  -2 |
| 4 | Ohio St. Buckeyes | -2 |
| 5 | Utah Utes | 11 |
| 6 | Nebraska Cornhuskers | 2 |
| 7 | Oregon Ducks | 3 |
| 8 | Iowa Hawkeyes | 1 |
| 9 | Wisconsin Badgers | 2 |
| 10 | Texas Longhorns | -4 |
| 11 | Florida Gators | -4 |
| 12 | Miami Hurricanes | 1 |
| 13 | Penn St. Nittany Lions | 1 |
| 14 | Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets | 1 |
| 15 | Georgia Bulldogs | 3 |
| 16 | BYU Cougars | 7 |
| 17 | Virginia Tech Hokies | -12 |
| 18 | Houston Cougars | 4 |
| 19 | LSU Tigers | -2 |
| 20 | Arkansas Razorbacks | 1 |
| 21 | Auburn Tigers | 4 |
| 22 | West Virginia Mountaineers | -- |
| 23 | Fresno St. Bulldogs | -- |
| 24 | Oklahoma Sooners | -- |
| 25 | Pittsburgh Panthers | -13 |
| Dropouts: North Carolina Tar Heels, Oregon St. Beavers, Cincinnati Bearcats | ||
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I'm a BYU apologist most of the time
but I think you’ve overvauled their win. I’m no fan of LSU, and their win will look more impressive.
I also think Utah is too high, but I think you’ll take an honest look at how other teams fare over the coming weeks, and Utah will fall into the high teens.
It'll all balance out over the next few weeks.
Like I don’t anticipate Boise State stays at no. one for the remainder of the season. Not when they’re beating up on the likes of San Jose State, New Mexico State, Nevada and other cupcakes.
Utah will probably drop. Or I might just keep them there out of spite. You know, I spent the entire 2008 season undervaluing the Utes because I didn’t want to come off as a homer. It wasn’t until the final blogpoll that I ranked ’em first nationally.
This year, if they bulldoze the teams they should, they’ll probably fall a bit – but not too dramatically. Unless they lose or barely win.
Pitt is way to low...
at least in relation to Utah. I think the Utes are too high, I personally would have them around 10. But no big deal.
With Pitt, I don’t know how you can have them 20 spots below the Utes when they played the Utes even on the road, Utah needing overtime to win. I do agree that Utah was the better team on the field; just watching that game you could see that (except for that WR on Pitt, he’s a beast), but not 20 spots worse.
So if you have Utah at 5, you should have Pitt around 15, IMO.
It's a tough read this year.
I wasn’t impressed by anyone in their opening game. Utah played sloppy, TCU and BSU look beatable, BYU should’ve won that game (at home) and all the big guys (except Florida) played patsies. I think both TCU and BSU were overrated to begin with. If I had to rank the MWC/WAC and the teams they played, and do it in a vacuum, I’d do it thusly: BYU still unranked, Utah at 15, Pitt at 16, TCU at 11, the Beavs at 19, BSU at 9 and VT at 10.
Having said that, none of that matters; it’s just too early to really know how good any of these teams are.
by FeloniousMonk on Sep 7, 2010 9:36 AM MDT reply actions
I’m not too familiar with your ranking style. If you are a firm believer in the resume rankings, Utah is probably ok up that high. But they’ll almost certainly have to drop with successive games against UNLV, UNM and SJSU. (Unless they win all those games 50-0 or something.) If, however, you are using the more traditional “how good do I really think these teams are” method, then Utah is much too high. By 10 spots I would say. I think Pitt was overrated to begin with, mainly because of their new QB.
BYU is also too high, particularly when slotted one spot above VT. (I’ll admit to being a cougar fan, and I appreciate the love, but if I had a ballot, I’m not sure if they’d even be on it. Well, maybe at #25.)
Thanks for having some sense in moving Florida down, after a pretty weak showing.
All in all, it’s tough to put anything together with so little to work off of.
I like it.
I’m also a homer too though. It’s the second week of the season….who knows where teams are at now? I can tell you for a fact that the coaches and the media don’t know where each team should be ranked. So Boise brings back a lot of talent, what happens if they lose to Utah State? It is all speculation still…and I like the way Jazzy explained the reasons for ranking teams higher than others.
GO UTES!!
I think a circa 20 ranking is probably pretty fair for the Utes.
We need to play less sloppy for me to realistically rank them higher than that. I think they showed that there is talent there though.
Where's Syracuse?
They demolished Akron. Obviously, this is a biased poll!
Alabama and Ohio State will probably lose one game each by the end of the year. Just a guess, couldn’t point to the actual game. Boise State will breeze through the schedule, winning every game by at least double digits.
Although, I would love to see Utah play out the season undefeated, I just don’t think this team has enough guns to do it. Besides, I cannot drink like I did in 2008.
I want evil Otto the Orange as SU's mascot.
Of course I dislike BSU at #1 :) It’s going to be interesting for the rest of the season. BSU won’t play anyone ranked for the rest of the year. Unless Fresno State somehow surprises everyone and gets in the top 25.
lots of football left to be played.
Take a Look at Simononsports from UCONN in the blogpolls
He has Utah ranked #2. Even as early as week 1. They didn’t move up or down after beating PITT.
I got a kick out of this. I also liked how Michigan jumped 22 spots in his poll to #4.
I don't pour beer on Max Hall's family often, but when I do, I prefer Dos Equis.
http://simononsports.blogspot.com/
There’s the link
I don't pour beer on Max Hall's family often, but when I do, I prefer Dos Equis.
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