Ballot and Polls - WEEK 13

Yeah we didn't submit a Power Poll ballot.  What?  We're kinda being whiny bitches and Ivory Tower usually leads the charge there so all of that coupled with the fact that I spent all day Monday getting from New Orleans to Washington, DC means we didn't really pay much attention.

Oops. 

Here's my BlogPoll ballot which I was able to submit some time this morning.

Rank	Team	Delta
1	Florida	2
2	Alabama	1
3	Texas	1
4	TCU
5	Boise State	2
6	Cincinnati	1
7	Oregon	1
8	Ohio State	2
9	Iowa	2
10	Virginia Tech	2
11	Miami (Florida)	6
12	Penn State	3
13	Pittsburgh	4
14	Oregon State	2
15	California	8
16	Southern Cal	4
17	Georgia Tech	11
18	Nebraska
19	LSU	3
20	Stanford	1
21	Oklahoma State	8
22	Houston	3
23	Utah
24	Brigham Young
25	Clemson	11
Last week's ballot

Dropped Out: Mississippi (#21), North Carolina (#24).

Clemson, Oklahoma State, Georgia Tech, North Carolina, and our Rebels all dropped for losing to unranked in-state foes.  As a result, a lot of teams wiggled their way in or up.  Utah and BYU both slip in because their game, being as close as it was, is prima facie evidence of these teams' talent and coaching.  Florida dominating the rival Seminoles plus the struggles of Alabama and Teas to put away their arch foes puts the Gators at number one.

The Power Poll itself, an amalgamation of my and several dozen other ballots, also reflects this change at the top.

Rank	Team	PPB	StdDev	Delta
1	Florida (39)	24.3	0.9	1
2	Alabama (28)	23.9	1.0	1
3	Texas (8)	23.3	0.9	--
4	TCU (4)	22.2	1.1	--
5	Cincinnati	21.0	0.8	--
6	Boise State	20.2	0.7	--
7	Oregon	18.8	0.6	2
8	Ohio State	17.8	1.7	2
9	Iowa	15.2	3.0	3
10	Georgia Tech	14.8	2.8	3
11	Virginia Tech	14.0	3.0	3
12	Penn State	13.7	3.3	1
13	Pittsburgh	11.5	2.8	5
14	Oregon State	11.1	3.6	1
15	Miami (Florida)	10.5	3.0	2
16	LSU	10.0	3.7	2
17	Brigham Young	8.3	4.7	3
18	Southern Cal	8.1	3.3	1
19	Houston	6.4	3.7	5
20	California	6.1	3.5	3
21	Stanford	5.7	4.4	5
22	Oklahoma State	4.7	2.8	11
23	Nebraska	4.4	2.9	3
24	West Virginia	3.1	2.8	2
25	Clemson	1.4	2.3	9

Cock 'N' Fire says he didn't have the graphics software with him, which is code for "screw y'all I'm tired and don't wanna draw."  Rankings:

1 ALABAMA (10), 185.5
2 FLORIDA (7), 182.5
3 LSU, 157
4 OLE MISS, 129
5 TENNESSEE, 110
6 GEORGIA, 108
7 ARKANSAS, 100.5
8 SOUTH CAROLINA 88
9 AUBURN, 87.5
10 KENTUCKY, 53
11 MISSISSIPPI STATE, 39
12 VANDERBILT, 17

*Alabama and Florida first-place vote totals include a ballot that was split.

Analysis and snark.  You know, it's probably best I didn't vote.  I would have been tempted to put Ole Miss at #11 or something.