There are five days until Florida's September 1 opener with Bowling Green. There are 51 entries left in the 100 For 100 series. Am I cheating by combining the BlogPoll ballot with the 100 For 100? You bet your life.
Here's my provisional preseason BlogPoll ballot. It's not due until Tuesday, so I invite you to tear it to shreds in the comments.
Alligator Army Ballot - Week 1
Rank | Team | Delta |
---|---|---|
1 | LSU Tigers | -- |
2 | Alabama Crimson Tide | 1 |
3 | USC Trojans | -1 |
4 | Oregon Ducks | -- |
5 | Oklahoma Sooners | 3 |
6 | Florida St. Seminoles | 1 |
7 | South Carolina Gamecocks | 7 |
8 | Georgia Bulldogs | -2 |
9 | Arkansas Razorbacks | -4 |
10 | Michigan Wolverines | -- |
11 | Virginia Tech Hokies | 1 |
12 | Michigan St. Spartans | -1 |
13 | Kansas St. Wildcats | 5 |
14 | Nebraska Cornhuskers | 1 |
15 | West Virginia Mountaineers | -6 |
16 | Clemson Tigers | -3 |
17 | Wisconsin Badgers | 3 |
18 | Oklahoma St. Cowboys | -- |
19 | Texas Longhorns | -- |
20 | TCU Horned Frogs | -4 |
21 | Florida Gators | 3 |
22 | Ohio St. Buckeyes | 3 |
23 | Washington Huskies | -1 |
24 | Boise St. Broncos | -3 |
25 | Notre Dame Fighting Irish | -2 |
Dropouts: Missouri Tigers |
SB Nation BlogPoll College Football Top 25 Rankings
I already hate that I dropped West Virginia so far, so I can tell you with absolute certainty that I'm going to be tweaking some teams here.
But, on a more important note: I can tell you that the BlogPoll's going to be back and that I'm going to be administering it again this year ... and that I want the Alligator Army ballot to be the best one submitted every week, based on the resumes of the teams, obedience to the principle that a team that is ranked higher than another should defeat it more often than not on a neutral field, and community feedback. Help me make that happen?