Ivory Tower is going to publish our top-25 ballot sometime soon, but until then I'll just bring you the final BlogPoll and SEC Power Poll. Deal?
Analysis on this season's final BlogPoll can be found at CBS.
| Rank | Team | PPB | StdDev | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alabama (57) | 25.0 | 0.1 | -- |
| 2 | Boise State (1) | 23.1 | 1.0 |
 3 |
| 3 | Florida | 22.9 | 0.8 |
3 |
| 4 | Texas | 22.8 | 0.9 |
 2 |
| 5 | Ohio State | 20.3 | 1.0 |
3 |
| 6 | TCU | 19.9 | 1.6 |
3 |
| 7 | Iowa | 18.9 | 1.0 |
3 |
| 8 | Cincinnati | 17.8 | 2.0 |
4 |
| 9 | Penn State | 16.2 | 2.1 |
3 |
| 10 | Oregon | 15.6 | 1.8 |
3 |
| 11 | Virginia Tech | 15.2 | 2.8 | -- |
| 12 | Georgia Tech | 13.0 | 2.7 |
3 |
| 13 | Brigham Young | 12.7 | 2.9 |
2 |
| 14 | Nebraska | 11.9 | 2.5 |
6 |
| 15 | Pittsburgh | 10.9 | 3.2 |
1 |
| 16 | Wisconsin | 9.6 | 3.1 |
7 |
| 17 | LSU | 8.3 | 3.1 |
3 |
| 18 | Utah | 6.6 | 3.6 |
7 |
| 19 | Miami (Florida) | 6.2 | 2.8 |
6 |
| 20 | Mississippi | 5.1 | 3.0 |
6 |
| 21 | Southern Cal | 4.6 | 3.3 |
5 |
| 22 | Texas Tech | 3.3 | 2.7 |
4 |
| 23 | Central Michigan | 3.3 | 3.0 |
1 |
| 24 | Clemson | 2.3 | 2.9 |
2 |
| 25 | West Virginia | 1.6 | 2.7 |
6 |
Also Receiving Votes: Navy(1.5), Stanford(1.3), Oklahoma(1.1), Oklahoma State(0.9), Oregon State(0.8), Arizona(0.7), Arkansas(0.3), Virginia(0.3), Connecticut(0.2), Houston(0.2), Auburn(0.1), Florida State(0.1), Rutgers(0.1), Georgia(0.1), California(0.1), Northwestern(0.1), Middle Tennessee State(0.1), Air Force(0.0), North Carolina(0.0),
Check it, the Rebels made it.
Team Speed Kills has the breakdown and snark. All things considered, a 3rd place finish in the SEC two years in a row isn't anything for we Rebels up at which to turn our noses.