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In a battle of nationally ranked teams, the New Mexico Lobos (No. 25 AP) outlasted the UNLV Runnin' Rebels (No. 24 AP) 65-60 in a grinding, defensive game at The Pit in Albuquerque, N.M.

The host St. Louis Billikens came out with a supreme defensive effort early, forcing 16 first half turnovers while only allowing 13 first half points on the way to a complete domination of the New Mexico Lobos Monday night in St. Louis.

According to the voters in college football's BlogPoll, the Florida Gators are rising and the Georgia Bulldogs are sinking on the eve of the World's Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party. Oh, swell.

A wild weekend of college football left the rankings in disarray, especially in the SEC East. Dawg Sports sorts through the carnage and compiles a resume-based top 25 . . . with a new SEC team in the No. 1 spot.

Do four Southeastern Conference teams belong in the top seven, and are three of them from the SEC East? Dawg Sports, SB Nation's Georgia Bulldogs weblog, believes so, and explains why in this week's BlogPoll college football top 25.

Can it really be that three of the top six teams in college football come from the Pac-12, and Southern California isn't one of them? Find out how the top 25 breaks down on the Dawg Sports BlogPoll ballot.

The Alabama Crimson Tide are the clear No. 1 in the college football rankings, with the LSU Tigers not far behind, but how does the top 25 shake out in this week's polls? Dawg Sports offers one blogger's opinion.

The Tide's offensive line pushed every Michigan player back two to three yards off the ball. The play resulted in little or no gain. But it was a harbinger of things to come. Bombs Away GIF, and Scott Bakula makes a cameo.

SB Nation's recently-released post-spring college football BlogPoll had the Georgia Bulldogs ranked sixth. Dawg Sports offers a rebuttal to the notion that the defending SEC East champions deserve a top ten preseason ranking.

The Smoking Musket 2012 Preseason BlogPoll Ballot.