I was asked by the editor who runs CBSSports.com Blog Poll if I wanted to participate this season. Naturally I said yes.

I did miss the first week of balloting so here are my initial picks for Week 2. My final ballot has to be in by 10 a.m. on Wednesday morning.

Rank Team
1 Florida
2 Southern Cal
3 Texas
4 Alabama
5 Penn State
6 Oklahoma State
7 California
8 Brigham Young
9 Mississippi
10 Boise State
11 LSU
12 Oklahoma
13 Ohio State
14 Virginia Tech
15 TCU
16 Georgia Tech
17 Georgia
18 Notre Dame
19 Utah
20 North Carolina
21 Florida State
22 Missouri
23 Kansas
24 Pittsburgh
25 Cincinnati

As I said above, this is only the initial ballot. Let me know what you think about my rankings so that I can take it under consideration as I make my final ballot up.

Oklahoma’s ranking could go down because we still don’t know how long Sam Bradford is going to be out. The initial reports are 2-4 weeks but I’ve also heard 4-6 weeks. Plus Florida State is currently playing and a loss could drop them out of the poll.

So please let me know what you think of my rankings and what changes I should make.