BlogPoll Top 25 Week 15: Cowboy Up
by CW on Dec 5, 2011 12:17 PM EST
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PrintAs always, not a power poll or predictor of future success. More thoughts after the jump:
One Foot Down Ballot - Week 15
| Rank | Team | Delta |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | LSU Tigers | -- |
| 2 | Oklahoma St. Cowboys |  1 |
| 3 | Alabama Crimson Tide |  -1 |
| 4 | Stanford Cardinal | -- |
| 5 | USC Trojans | -- |
| 6 | Oregon Ducks | -- |
| 7 | Boise St. Broncos | 2 |
| 8 | Kansas St. Wildcats | 5 |
| 9 | Wisconsin Badgers | 5 |
| 10 | Michigan Wolverines | 5 |
| 11 | South Carolina Gamecocks | 5 |
| 12 | Oklahoma Sooners | -5 |
| 13 | Clemson Tigers | 6 |
| 14 | Arkansas Razorbacks | -4 |
| 15 | Michigan St. Spartans | -4 |
| 16 | Baylor Bears | 2 |
| 17 | Georgia Bulldogs | -5 |
| 18 | TCU Horned Frogs | 4 |
| 19 | West Virginia Mountaineers | 2 |
| 20 | Virginia Tech Hokies | -12 |
| 21 | Southern Miss. Golden Eagles | -- |
| 22 | Nebraska Cornhuskers | -2 |
| 23 | Louisville Cardinals | -- |
| 24 | Cincinnati Bearcats | -- |
| 25 | Houston Cougars | -8 |
| Dropouts: Texas Longhorns, Vanderbilt Commodores | ||
SB Nation BlogPoll College Football Top 25 Rankings "
As many have stated, having either Oklahoma State or Alabama at number two is correct. Alabama's one loss came to the undisputed best team in the country in LSU's closest game of the season by far. Oklahoma State's loss came on the road, in overtime, at night on the same day many of the players and staff found out that members of the Cowboys family had died in a tragic plane crash. Ignoring the Andy Staples (who I love!) argument of "Well, I've seen both teams in person and 'Bama would kill OK State," the Cowboys simply have a better resume. More wins against winning Division-I teams and more wins against Top 25 teams is enough for me, playing in a conference that was actually far deeper than a pretty weak SEC this year.
Again, having the Tide at number two isn't wrong, but I think the Pokes are just a little more right.
A few other things down-ballot:
Oklahoma murdered Kansas State and I would have liked to kept them ahead of the Wildcats, but sadly the Sooners didn't show up to Bedlam and earned their third loss of the year. Other head-to-head inconsistencies include South Carolina ahead of an Arkansas team that beat them a few weeks ago and Oklahoma ahead of Baylor. (I might end up dropping the Sooners a little more between now and tomorrow morning.) It's fun to make fun of voters for putting teams behind teams they beat head-to-head, but at some point that's just one data point in a long season. However, this doesn't apply to anyone who put Virginia Tech over Clemson, especially when the Hokies got wailed on by them twice and managed to beat no one else of note along the way.
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I would probably switch Michigan and Michigan State
I think MSU has had the better season and, even though I read your spiel about it being one data point, they beat UM head-to-head.
I was going to say KSU should be lower, but I decided took a peek at their schedule first. I had no idea they were 10-2 with their only losses against Oklahoma and Oklahoma State. I honestly thought they were something like 8-4.
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Don't feel too bad burger
On KSU, a lot of Harris & AP & Coach’s poll voters didn’t know either.
Well hello there hangover. Fancy meeting you here this bright Thursday morning.
by Cranked_Irish on Dec 5, 2011 5:34 PM EST up reply actions
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