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2011 NCAA Football Rankings – Week 5 (Sept. 25)

AP & USA Today Coaches Polls

The new polls are out this week and there’s a change at the top in one of them.

After a resounding win over the West Virginia Mountaineers on Saturday night, the LSU Tigers have jumped over the Oklahoma Sooners into the top spot in the AP Poll. Alabama and Boise State remain at No. 3 and No. 4 with Oklahoma State moving up two spots to No. 5.

In the USA Today Coaches Poll, the top five teams are the same. Just a little different order. Oklahoma remains No. 1 while Alabama is No. 2, LSU No. 3, Stanford No. 4 and Boise State is No. 5.

With the Mountaineers losing, the South Florida Bulls are now the highest ranked team from the Big East. They are No. 16 in the AP Poll and No. 14 in the Coaches Poll. West Virginia comes in at No. 22 and No. 23 respectively.

There are no teams from the Big East in the others receiving votes category.

To see both polls, click on the read more button below if you’re on the home page.

AP Top 25 USA Today Coaches’ Poll
RK TEAM REC PTS PVS RK TEAM REC PTS PVS
1 LSU (42) 4-0 1471 2 1 Oklahoma (32) 3-0 1434 1
2 Oklahoma (12) 3-0 1422 1 2 Alabama (7) 4-0 1404 2
3 Alabama (5) 4-0 1413 3 2 LSU (20) 4-0 1404 3
4 Boise State (1) 3-0 1280 4 4 Stanford 3-0 1225 5
5 Oklahoma State 4-0 1209 7 5 Boise State 3-0 1223 4
6 Stanford 3-0 1205 5 6 Oklahoma State 4-0 1172 6
7 Wisconsin 4-0 1177 6 7 Wisconsin 4-0 1156 7
8 Nebraska 4-0 991 9 8 Nebraska 4-0 1040 9
9 Oregon 3-1 985 10 9 South Carolina 4-0 976 10
10 South Carolina 4-0 950 12 10 Virginia Tech 4-0 935 11
11 Virginia Tech 4-0 883 13 11 Oregon 3-1 914 13
12 Florida 4-0 820 15 12 Florida 4-0 817 15
13 Clemson 4-0 744 21 13 Texas A&M 2-1 681 8
14 Texas A&M 2-1 734 8 14 South Florida 4-0 631 17
15 Baylor 3-0 659 17 15 Clemson 4-0 598 22
16 South Florida 4-0 585 18 16 Baylor 3-0 528 19
17 Texas 3-0 466 19 17 Texas 3-0 525 18
18 Arkansas 3-1 434 14 18 Arkansas 3-1 432 12
19 Michigan 4-0 417 22 19 Michigan 4-0 414 21
20 TCU 3-1 338 20 20 TCU 3-1 364 20
21 Georgia Tech 4-0 298 25 21 Georgia Tech 4-0 333 24
22 West Virginia 3-1 280 16 22 Illinois 4-0 181 NR
23 Florida State 2-2 239 11 23 West Virginia 3-1 158 16
24 Illinois 4-0 179 24 24 Florida State 2-2 157 14
25 Arizona State 3-1 112 NR 25 Michigan State 3-1 153 23
Dropped from rankings: Dropped from rankings:
USC 23 North Carolina 25
Others receiving votes: Others receiving votes:
Michigan State 51, Houston 38, Auburn 25, Iowa State 21, Ohio State 15, Kansas State 14, Utah 12, Penn State 9, Georgia 8, Washington 4, Tennessee 3, Notre Dame 3, Navy 2, USC 2, Mississippi State 1, Missouri 1 Houston 70, Ohio State 61, Arizona State 57, Penn State 34, Iowa State 33, Kansas State 13, North Carolina 13, Texas Tech 13, Utah 11, Northwestern 5, Washington 3, Tennessee 3, Auburn 2, Temple 1, Air Force 1

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2011 BlogPoll Top 25 – Week 4

Here’s the BlogPoll Top 25 for week 4 in college football.  If you’re curious to see how I voted, you can check that out as well. Also be sure to check out the analysis on the BlogPoll Top 25 as well.

College Football Rankings 2011

Results for Week 4

# School Points/blog SD Delta
1 Oklahoma Sooners (54) 24.68 2.33 Arrow_up 2
2 LSU Tigers (39) 24.26 2.19 —
3 Alabama Crimson Tide (11) 23.17 1.79 Arrow_down -2
4 Boise St. Broncos 21.46 0.41 —
5 Wisconsin Badgers 20.22 0.62 Arrow_up 2
6 Stanford Cardinal 20.13 1.49 Arrow_down -1
7 Oklahoma St. Cowboys 17.14 3.27 Arrow_up 1
8 Texas A&M Aggies 15.75 4.10 Arrow_up 1
9 Nebraska Cornhuskers 15.66 4.15 Arrow_up 2
10 South Carolina Gamecocks 13.99 3.89 —
11 Oregon Ducks 13.61 4.68 Arrow_up 2
12 Florida St. Seminoles 13.50 5.08 Arrow_down -6
13 Virginia Tech Hokies 12.89 3.69 Arrow_up 1
14 Arkansas Razorbacks 12.88 3.96 Arrow_down -2
15 Florida Gators 12.05 3.44 Arrow_up 1
16 West Virginia Mountaineers 9.70 3.21 Arrow_up 2
17 South Florida Bulls 8.77 4.13 Arrow_up 2
18 Baylor Bears 7.88 4.03 Arrow_up 2
19 Clemson Tigers 6.50 4.28 Arrow_up 20
20 Texas Longhorns 6.36 3.87 Arrow_up 3
21 Michigan Wolverines 4.54 4.19 Arrow_up 4
22 USC Trojans 4.53 4.81 Arrow_up 2
23 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets 3.42 4.14 Arrow_up 10
24 Illinois Fighting Illini 3.40 3.93 Arrow_up 11
25 TCU Horned Frogs 2.87 2.84 Arrow_up 1
Others Receiving Votes: Iowa St. Cyclones | Houston Cougars | Fla. International Golden Panthers | North Carolina Tar Heels | Michigan St. Spartans | Vanderbilt Commodores | Miami Hurricanes | California Golden Bears | Maryland Terrapins | Missouri Tigers | Utah Utes | Arizona St. Sun Devils | Ohio Bobcats | San Diego St. Aztecs | Mississippi St. Bulldogs | Penn St. Nittany Lions | Ohio St. Buckeyes | Iowa Hawkeyes | Georgia Bulldogs | Pittsburgh Panthers | Notre Dame Fighting Irish | Auburn Tigers | Temple Owls | Texas Tech Red Raiders
Updated: Sep 20, 2011 9:32 AM EDT

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2011 BlogPoll Top 25 Ballot – Week 4

As many of you know, I am one of the voters in the BlogPoll Top 25. Each week, bloggers across the country representing the various FBS schools get together and put together their own top 25’s. Here at SOX & Dawgs, we are representing the UConn Huskies. The votes are then tabulated on Mondays.

Each week we are asked to do an initial ballot. This allows you the reader to let us know in the comments whether you agree with my choices or not. The initial ballots will normally be done on Sunday.

After I check the comments for the initial ballot, I then resubmit my final ballot for the week. If there are comments, I’ll take them into consideration before submitting the final ballot by 8 a.m. on Monday.

You can check out the ballot I submitted earlier today by clicking on the read more button below if you’re on the homepage.

SB Nation BlogPoll Top 25 College Football Rankings

SOX & Dawgs Ballot – Week 4

Rank Team Delta
1 Oklahoma Sooners —
2 Alabama Crimson Tide —
3 LSU Tigers —
4 Boise St. Broncos Arrow_up 6
5 Nebraska Cornhuskers —
6 Texas A&M Aggies —
7 Wisconsin Badgers —
8 South Carolina Gamecocks —
9 Oklahoma St. Cowboys —
10 Stanford Cardinal Arrow_up 1
11 Florida St. Seminoles Arrow_down -7
12 Arkansas Razorbacks —
13 Virginia Tech Hokies —
14 Oregon Ducks Arrow_up 1
15 Florida Gators Arrow_up 2
16 TCU Horned Frogs Arrow_up 2
17 West Virginia Mountaineers Arrow_up 2
18 Texas Longhorns Arrow_up 2
19 South Florida Bulls Arrow_up 5
20 Baylor Bears Arrow_up 5
21 Clemson Tigers —
22 Michigan Wolverines —
23 Illinois Fighting Illini —
24 North Carolina Tar Heels —
25 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets —
Dropouts: Ohio St. Buckeyes, Auburn Tigers, Arizona St. Sun Devils, Mississippi St. Bulldogs, Missouri Tigers

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My big mover in the polls this week is Boise State. They probably should have been higher in earlier polls but they weren’t. With Florida State losing though, it was easy then to jump Boise State into the polls.

Judging from earlier polls, I never believed in Michigan State because I had them unranked. Therefore I added five teams to the poll after knocking out five of them.

Like what you see? Disagree, let me know in the comments before I submit my final poll before 8 am tomorrow morning.

2011 NCAA Football Rankings – Week 4 (Sept. 18)

AP & USA Today Polls

The college football polls are out for the week and after a strong performance against Florida State last night, the Oklahoma Sooners remain No. 1 in both polls.

In the AP Poll, the Soonners are followed by LSU, Alabama, Boise State and Stanford. In the Coaches’ Poll, they are followed by Alabama, LSU, Boise State and Stanford. So basically, same top five, different order as LSU jumped over Alabama in the AP Poll.

For the second straight week, there are two Big East teams in the top 25 of both polls.

The West Virginia Mountaineers are ranked No. 16 in both polls. The South Florida Bulls come in at No. 18 in the AP Poll and No. 17 in the coaches poll.

And again for the second straight week, there are no Big East teams in the others receiving votes category.

For a full look at both polls, click on the read more button below if you’re on the home page.

AP Top 25 USA Today Coaches’ Poll
RK TEAM REC PTS PVS RK TEAM REC PTS PVS
1 Oklahoma (37) 2-0 1471 1 1 Oklahoma (50) 2-0 1463 1
2 LSU (14) 3-0 1424 3 2 Alabama (4) 3-0 1402 2
3 Alabama (7) 3-0 1402 2 3 LSU (5) 3-0 1373 3
4 Boise State (2) 2-0 1309 4 4 Boise State 2-0 1212 4
5 Stanford 3-0 1212 6 5 Stanford 3-0 1208 6
6 Wisconsin 3-0 1170 7 6 Oklahoma State 3-0 1126 7
7 Oklahoma State 3-0 1092 8 7 Wisconsin 3-0 1121 8
8 Texas A&M 2-0 1043 9 8 Texas A&M 2-0 1033 9
9 Nebraska 3-0 911 11 9 Nebraska 3-0 966 10
10 Oregon 2-1 899 12 10 South Carolina 3-0 876 11
11 Florida State 2-1 896 5 11 Virginia Tech 3-0 852 12
12 South Carolina 3-0 891 10 12 Arkansas 3-0 851 13
13 Virginia Tech 3-0 830 13 13 Oregon 2-1 804 14
14 Arkansas 3-0 781 14 14 Florida State 2-1 801 5
15 Florida 3-0 669 16 15 Florida 3-0 670 17
16 West Virginia 3-0 579 18 16 West Virginia 3-0 529 20
17 Baylor 2-0 521 19 17 South Florida 3-0 485 22
18 South Florida 3-0 496 20 18 Texas 3-0 464 21
19 Texas 3-0 402 23 19 Baylor 2-0 391 24
20 TCU 2-1 273 23 20 TCU 2-1 310 23
21 Clemson 3-0 272 NR 21 Michigan 3-0 243 NR
22 Michigan 3-0 266 NR 22 Clemson 3-0 181 NR
23 USC 3-0 260 NR 23 Michigan State 2-1 119 15
24 Illinois 3-0 106 NR 24 Georgia Tech 3-0 118 NR
25 Georgia Tech 3-0 59 NR 25 North Carolina 3-0 99 NR
Dropped out: Dropped out:
Michigan State 15, Ohio State 17, Auburn 21, Arizona State 22, Mississippi State 25 Ohio State 16, Arizona State 18, Auburn 19, Mississippi State 25
Others receiving votes: Others receiving votes:
Michigan State 42, Auburn 29, Houston 25, Miami (FL) 23, Iowa State 19, Utah 19, Ohio State 16, Maryland 15, Mississippi State 14, Missouri 10, Arizona State 9, San Diego State 8, Vanderbilt 8, Notre Dame 8, Georgia 7, Florida International 4, California 3, Navy 3, North Carolina 2, Tennessee 2 Ohio State 92, Illinois 90, Houston 60, Miami (FL) 39, Iowa State 27, Missouri 22, California 21, Penn State 19, Utah 17, Arizona State 16, Auburn 14, San Diego State 14, Florida International 11, Vanderbilt 11, Mississippi State 8, Tennessee 5, Texas Tech 3, Notre Dame 3, Washington 3, Ohio 2, Northwestern 1

Bloguin Heisman Trophy Poll – Week 2

Bloguin Heisman TrophyEach week a group of Bloguin college football bloggers get together and put our votes in for the top Heisman Trophy candidates. Then after the votes are tabulated by Kevin over at College Football Zealots, the poll is released on Wednesday.

Here are the results for the first week of the 2011 college football season. Be sure to head over Crystal Ball Run for a full look at the results for the week for more insight on the poll.

  1. Andrew Luck (QB-Stanford) – 19 Points, 18.63%, 5 1st Place Votes
  2. Marcus Lattimore (RB-South Carolina)- 14 Points, 13.73%, 2 1st Place Votes
  3. Robert Griffin III (QB-Baylor) – 11 Points, 10.78%, 2 1st Place Votes
    Kellen Moore (QB-Boise St) – 11 Points, 10.78%, 2 1st Place Votes
  4. Russell Wilson (QB-Wisconsin) – 9 Points, 8.82%, 1 1st Place Vote
    Justin Blackmon (WR-Oklahoma State) – 9 Points, 8.82%, 0 1st Place Votes
  5. Landry Jones (QB-Oklahoma) – 7 Points, 6.86%, 1 1st Place Vote
  • Also Receiving Votes: Brandon Weedon (QB- Oklahoma State) 4 pts, Denard Robinson (QB- Michigan) 4 pts, Case Keenum (QB- Houston) 3 pts, T.Y. Hilton (WR- FIU) 3 pts, Tyler Bray (QB- Tennessee) 3 pts, Bernard Pierce (RB- Temple) 2 pts, Robert Woods (WR- USC) 1 pt, Brandon Herron (LB- Michigan) 1 pt, Geno Smith (QB- West Virginia) 1pt
  • Dropped Out: Dominique Whaley (RB- Oklahoma), Ryan Broyles (WR- Oklahoma), Tyrann Mathieu (CB- LSU), Danny O’Brien (QB- Maryland), Kendall Wright (WR- Baylor)

In case you were wondering, this is how I voted in this week’s poll:

  1. Andrew Luck – Stanford QB – Sure the lowly Duke Blue Devils picked him off but Luck was still quite impressive in throwing for 290 yards and two touchdowns. By the way, the pick came off of a deflection so you can’t put the entire onus on him.
  2. Kellen Moore – Boise State QB – The Broncos were off so he stays right where he was from last week. I do expect him to put up huge numbers this weekend against an inept Toledo team.
  3. Landry Jones – Oklahoma QB – The Sooners were off so no movement here either.

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2011 BlogPoll Top 25 – Week 3

Here’s the BlogPoll Top 25 for week 3 in college football.  If you’re curious to see how I voted, you can check that out as well. Also be sure to check out the analysis on the BlogPoll Top 25 as well.

College Football Rankings 2011

Results for Week 3

# School Points/blog SD Delta
1 Alabama Crimson Tide (19) 23.86 1.00 Arrow_up 2
2 LSU Tigers (33) 23.82 1.97 Arrow_down -1
3 Oklahoma Sooners (18) 22.93 2.52 Arrow_down -1
4 Boise St. Broncos (1) 21.37 3.07 —
5 Stanford Cardinal (1) 19.22 3.44 —
6 Florida St. Seminoles (1) 19.10 3.42 —
7 Wisconsin Badgers 19.08 2.49 —
8 Oklahoma St. Cowboys 16.34 4.00 Arrow_up 3
9 Texas A&M Aggies 15.52 4.02 Arrow_down -1
10 South Carolina Gamecocks 14.59 3.57 Arrow_up 2
11 Nebraska Cornhuskers 14.48 4.15 Arrow_down -2
12 Arkansas Razorbacks 13.37 3.73 Arrow_up 1
13 Oregon Ducks 13.26 4.89 Arrow_up 1
14 Virginia Tech Hokies 13.18 3.13 Arrow_down -4
15 Michigan St. Spartans 9.16 4.48 Arrow_up 2
16 Florida Gators 8.26 4.88 Arrow_up 3
17 Ohio St. Buckeyes 6.75 4.05 Arrow_down -2
18 West Virginia Mountaineers 6.60 3.25 Arrow_up 2
19 South Florida Bulls 6.38 4.46 Arrow_up 2
20 Baylor Bears 6.34 4.71 Arrow_down -2
21 Arizona St. Sun Devils 5.79 4.20 Arrow_up 5
22 Auburn Tigers 4.89 4.16 Arrow_up 11
23 Texas Longhorns 2.84 3.36 Arrow_up 2
24 USC Trojans 2.52 3.42 Arrow_up 6
25 Michigan Wolverines 2.15 3.92 Arrow_up 7
Others Receiving Votes: TCU Horned Frogs | Houston Cougars | Mississippi St. Bulldogs | Central Florida Knights | Tennessee Volunteers | Missouri Tigers | Pittsburgh Panthers | Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets | California Golden Bears | Illinois Fighting Illini | Washington St. Cougars | Maryland Terrapins | Penn St. Nittany Lions | Clemson Tigers | Northwestern Wildcats | Fla. International Golden Panthers | Texas Tech Red Raiders | Temple Owls | Georgia Bulldogs | Utah Utes | Iowa Hawkeyes | Ohio Bobcats | North Carolina Tar Heels | BYU Cougars | Bowling Green Falcons | Iowa St. Cyclones | Kansas Jayhawks | Southern Miss. Golden Eagles | Kentucky Wildcats | East Carolina Pirates | Navy Midshipmen
Updated: Sep 12, 2011 9:27 AM EDT

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2011 NCAA Football Rankings – Week 3 (Sept. 11)

AP Poll & USA Today Coaches Poll

The new polls are out for the week and even with the week off, the Oklahoma Sooners remain No. 1.

The top five teams in both polls after the Sooners are the Alabama Crimson Tide, LSU Tigers, Boise State Broncos and Florida State Seminoles. The only difference in the top five from last week in the Coaches Poll is the fact the Boise State and Florida State flipped spots.

This week’s polls have the West Virginia Mountaineers and South Florida Bulls representing the Big East. The Mountaineers are No. 18 in the AP Poll and 20 in the Coaches Poll while the Bulls are No. 20 in the AP Poll and they jumped into the Coaches Poll at No. 22.

There are no Big East teams this week in the others receiving votes category in either poll.

For a full look at both the AP and USA Today Coaches Poll for Week three, click on the read more button below if you’re on the home page.

AP Top 25 USA Today Coaches’ Poll
RK TEAM REC PTS PVS RK TEAM REC PTS PVS
1 Oklahoma (32) 1-0 1441 1 1 Oklahoma (44) 1-0 1453 1
2 Alabama (9) 2-0 1422 3 2 Alabama (8) 2-0 1410 2
3 LSU (17) 2-0 1416 2 3 LSU (7) 2-0 1372 3
4 Boise State (2) 1-0 1309 4 4 Boise State 1-0 1214 5
5 Florida State 2-0 1194 5 5 Florida State 2-0 1211 4
6 Stanford 2-0 1161 6 6 Stanford 2-0 1165 6
7 Wisconsin 2-0 1091 8 7 Oklahoma State 2-0 1072 7
8 Oklahoma State 2-0 1034 9 8 Wisconsin 2-0 1033 9
9 Texas A&M 1-0 1023 7 9 Texas A&M 1-0 1001 8
10 Nebraska 2-0 893 10 10 Nebraska 2-0 911 10
11 South Carolina 2-0 888 12 11 South Carolina 2-0 863 12
12 Oregon 1-1 848 13 12 Virginia Tech 2-0 842 11
13 Virginia Tech 2-0 830 11 13 Arkansas 2-0 825 13
14 Arkansas 2-0 768 14 14 Oregon 1-1 754 14
15 Michigan State 2-0 598 17 15 Michigan State 2-0 639 16
16 Florida 2-0 511 18 16 Ohio State 2-0 566 15
17 Ohio State 2-0 461 15 17 Florida 2-0 498 18
18 West Virginia 2-0 419 19 18 Arizona State 2-0 353 23
19 Baylor 1-0 374 20 19 Auburn 2-0 331 22
20 South Florida 2-0 347 22 20 West Virginia 2-0 304 24
21 Auburn 2-0 343 NR 21 Texas 2-0 260 21
22 Arizona State 2-0 306 NR 22 South Florida 2-0 230 NR
23 TCU 1-1 166 25 23 TCU 1-1 211 25
24 Texas 2-0 153 24 24 Baylor 1-0 171 NR
25 Mississippi State 1-1 128 16 25 Mississippi State 1-1 125 17
Dropped out: Dropped out:
Missouri 21, Penn State 23 Missouri 19, Penn State 20
Others receiving votes: Others receiving votes:
Michigan 104, USC 68, Houston 32, Maryland 32, UCF 31, Missouri 23, Northwestern 19, Penn State 18, Brigham Young 14, Tennessee 13, Washington 12, Georgia 8, Georgia Tech 2 Michigan 97, UCF 49, Houston 43, Northwestern 31, Penn State 29, North Carolina 23, Tennessee 21, Missouri 21, Georgia Tech 9, Maryland 9, Clemson 8, Washington 7, California 6, San Diego State 3, Georgia 2, Iowa State 2, Brigham Young

2011 BlogPoll Top 25 Ballot – Week 3

As many of you know, I am one of the voters in the BlogPoll Top 25. Each week, bloggers across the country representing the various FBS schools get together and put together their own top 25’s. Here at SOX & Dawgs, we are representing the UConn Huskies. The votes are then tabulated on Mondays.

Each week we are asked to do an initial ballot. This allows you the reader to let us know in the comments whether you agree with my choices or not. The initial ballots will normally be done on Sunday.

After I check the comments for the initial ballot, I then resubmit my final ballot for the week. If there are comments, I’ll take them into consideration before submitting the final ballot by 8 a.m. on Monday.

You can check out the ballot I submitted earlier today by clicking on the read more button below if you’re on the homepage.

SB Nation BlogPoll Top 25 College Football Rankings

SOX & Dawgs Ballot – Week 3

Rank Team Delta
1 Oklahoma Sooners —
2 Alabama Crimson Tide —
3 LSU Tigers —
4 Florida St. Seminoles —
5 Nebraska Cornhuskers —
6 Texas A&M Aggies —
7 Wisconsin Badgers —
8 South Carolina Gamecocks —
9 Oklahoma St. Cowboys —
10 Boise St. Broncos —
11 Stanford Cardinal —
12 Arkansas Razorbacks Arrow_up 1
13 Virginia Tech Hokies Arrow_up 1
14 Ohio St. Buckeyes Arrow_up 2
15 Oregon Ducks Arrow_down -3
16 Auburn Tigers Arrow_up 3
17 Florida Gators Arrow_up 3
18 TCU Horned Frogs —
19 West Virginia Mountaineers Arrow_up 5
20 Texas Longhorns Arrow_up 3
21 Arizona St. Sun Devils Arrow_up 4
22 Mississippi St. Bulldogs Arrow_down -7
23 Missouri Tigers Arrow_down -6
24 South Florida Bulls —
25 Baylor Bears —
Dropouts: Georgia Bulldogs, Penn St. Nittany Lions

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As you can see there are no changes to my top 11 teams. Made some slight adjustments in the middle with Oregon losing. Obviously with Mississippi State losing to Auburn and Missouri falling, they took the biggest tumbles in the poll and another loss in their next game would knock them out.

The hardest part for me this week was adding two teams to replace Georgia and Penn State. At 0-2, the Bulldogs are in trouble right now. I also thought Penn State would have put up a bigger fight against Alabama at home.

I went with South Florida, not because they are from the Big East, but rather they have played well in their first two games. They knocked Notre Dame out of my poll last week and looked great last night against Ball State. Baylor got in on the merit of beating TCU the first week.

Let me know if you agree or not, especially with the two teams I’ve added in this week. If not, I’ll be submitting this poll in for good in the morning.

2011 BlogPoll Top 25 – Week 2

Here’s the BlogPoll Top 25 for week 2 in college football.  If you’re curious to see how I voted, you can check that out as well. Also be sure to check out the analysis on the BlogPoll Top 25 as well.

College Football Rankings 2011

Results for Week 2

# School Points/blog SD Delta
1 LSU Tigers (41) 23.63 2.42 Arrow_up 5
2 Oklahoma Sooners (27) 23.14 1.57 —
3 Alabama Crimson Tide (21) 22.68 3.12 Arrow_down -2
4 Boise St. Broncos (4) 22.16 1.86 —
5 Stanford Cardinal (2) 19.47 3.32 Arrow_up 2
6 Florida St. Seminoles 18.80 2.92 Arrow_down -1
7 Wisconsin Badgers 18.41 3.13 Arrow_up 1
8 Texas A&M Aggies 16.11 3.70 Arrow_up 2
9 Nebraska Cornhuskers 15.39 4.54 —
10 Virginia Tech Hokies 14.65 4.33 Arrow_up 1
11 Oklahoma St. Cowboys 13.82 4.99 Arrow_up 2
12 South Carolina Gamecocks 12.77 4.21 —
13 Arkansas Razorbacks 12.27 4.76 Arrow_up 1
14 Oregon Ducks 12.26 6.03 Arrow_down -11
15 Ohio St. Buckeyes 9.86 4.27 Arrow_up 4
16 Mississippi St. Bulldogs 9.37 4.21 Arrow_up 4
17 Michigan St. Spartans 6.72 4.78 Arrow_down -1
18 Baylor Bears 6.45 6.48 Arrow_up 53
19 Florida Gators 6.26 4.22 Arrow_up 4
20 West Virginia Mountaineers 6.12 3.67 Arrow_up 1
21 South Florida Bulls 5.26 5.93 Arrow_up 15
22 Missouri Tigers 4.03 3.97 —
23 Penn St. Nittany Lions 2.60 3.77 Arrow_up 4
24 Houston Cougars 2.21 3.95 Arrow_up 7
25 Texas Longhorns 2.13 3.12 Arrow_up 1
Others Receiving Votes: Arizona St. Sun Devils | BYU Cougars | TCU Horned Frogs | Northwestern Wildcats | USC Trojans | Georgia Bulldogs | Michigan Wolverines | Auburn Tigers | Maryland Terrapins | Iowa Hawkeyes | Clemson Tigers | Hawaii Warriors | Syracuse Orange | Central Florida Knights | Utah Utes | Pittsburgh Panthers | Northern Illinois Huskies | California Golden Bears | Cincinnati Bearcats | Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets | Notre Dame Fighting Irish | Utah State Aggies | Rutgers Scarlet Knights | North Carolina Tar Heels | Arizona Wildcats | Ohio Bobcats | Air Force Falcons | Washington St. Cougars | Texas Tech Red Raiders | Virginia Cavaliers | Southern Miss. Golden Eagles | Miami Hurricanes | Arkansas St. Red Wolves | Oregon St. Beavers | Toledo Rockets | Temple Owls | Nevada Wolf Pack | Tennessee Volunteers | Connecticut Huskies | Purdue Boilermakers | N.C. State Wolfpack | Fla. International Golden Panthers | UAB Blazers | Vanderbilt Commodores | SMU Mustangs | Eastern Michigan Eagles
Updated: Sep 7, 2011 10:07 AM EDT

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Bloguin Heisman Trophy Poll – Week 1

Bloguin Heisman TrophyEach week a group of Bloguin college football bloggers get together and put our votes in for the top Heisman Trophy candidates. Then after the votes are tabulated by Kevin over at College Football Zealots, the poll is released on Wednesday.

Here are the results for the first week of the 2011 college football season. Be sure to head over College Football Zealots for a full look at the results for the week for more insight on the poll.

  1. Robert Griffin III (QB-Baylor) – 32 Points, 31.07%, 8 1st Place Votes
  2. Kellen Moore (QB-Boise St) – 18 Points, 17.48%, 3 1st Place Votes
  3. Andrew Luck (QB-Stanford) – 14 Points, 13.59%, 3 1st Place Votes
  4. Russell Wilson (QB-Wisconsin) – 9 Points, 8.74%, 1 1st Place Vote
    Landry Jones (QB-Oklahoma) – 9 Points, 8.74%, 1 1st Place Vote
  5. Robert Woods (WR-USC) – 7 Points, 6.80%, 0 1st Place Votes
  • Also Receiving Votes – Dominique Whaley (RB- Oklahoma) 3 pts, Brandon Weedon (QB- Oklahoma State) 3 pts, Ryan Broyles (WR- Oklahoma)- 1.5 pts, Tyrann Mathieu (CB- LSU) 1 pt, Marcus Lattimore (RB- South Carolina) 1 pt, Danny O’Brien (QB- Maryland) 1 pt, Case Keenum (QB- Houston) 1 pt, Brandon Herron (LB- Michigan) 1 pt, Kendall Wright (WR- Baylor) 1 pt, Justin Blackmon (WR- Oklahoma State) 0.5 pt.

In case you were wondering, this is how I voted in this week’s poll:

  1. Andrew Luck – Stanford QB – Luck starts the season on top in my poll. He could be playing every Sunday if he wanted to but he decided to come back. He didn’t disappoint in his first game a blowout win over San Jose. He finished the night with 171 passing yards and two touchdown passes. Even though it’s only week one, the Heisman is probably his to lose.
  2. Kellen Moore – Boise State QB – Back for another year is the slinging lefty from Boise State. He got off to a slow start against the Georgia Bulldogs but it didn’t take him long to turn it on. He helped his squad to the win by passing for 261 yards and three touchdowns. The only bad part of his night was an interception.
  3. Landry Jones – Oklahoma QB – I had Landry Jones on my radar after watching him in the Fiesta Bowl against my UConn Huskies. The junior quarterback had a great game against Tulsa throwing for 375 yards and one touchdown. He could easily be No. 2 here in my rankings but Moore got the edge because of his experience. I’m guessing he makes a race of it with Luck though as the season goes on.

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