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Alligator Army Ballot after Week 7
Rank | Team | Delta |
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1 | Alabama Crimson Tide |
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2 | Florida Gators |
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3 | Kansas St. Wildcats |
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4 | Oregon Ducks | -- |
5 | Notre Dame Fighting Irish |
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6 | Oregon St. Beavers |
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7 | LSU Tigers |
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8 | South Carolina Gamecocks |
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9 | Oklahoma Sooners |
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10 | Louisville Cardinals |
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11 | Florida St. Seminoles |
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12 | Georgia Bulldogs |
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13 | USC Trojans |
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14 | Ohio St. Buckeyes |
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15 | Texas A&M Aggies |
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16 | Mississippi St. Bulldogs |
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17 | Louisiana Tech Bulldogs | -- |
18 | Clemson Tigers |
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19 | West Virginia Mountaineers |
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20 | Cincinnati Bearcats |
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21 | Rutgers Scarlet Knights |
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22 | Ohio Bobcats | -- |
23 | Stanford Cardinal |
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24 | Michigan Wolverines | -- |
25 | Virginia Tech Hokies | -- |
Dropouts: Texas Longhorns, Texas-San Antonio Roadrunners |
SB Nation BlogPoll College Football Top 25 Rankings
Do I feel dirty about moving Alabama past Florida to the No. 1 spot in my BlogPoll ballot? Absolutely. But the Tide crushed Missouri in the driving rain on Saturday, and would probably have won by a far more lopsided margin than 42-10 had lightning not interrupted the first half and abbreviated halftime — as it was, Mizzou's only touchdown came on a kick return.
More thoughts:
- Kansas State's the third-best team in the country if you think wins over Oklahoma and Iowa State on the road are more impressive than wins over Arizona and Washington at home. I happen to think that.
- I don't like having Oregon State ahead of those one-loss teams, but the Beavers find ways to win that LSU, South Carolina, and others haven't.
- Florida State's probably too high. I think I overcompensated by trying to make room between the 'Noles and Clemson.
- I could make an argument for Oklahoma being ahead of LSU and South Carolina, I think, but the Sooners' loss is worse than either of those SEC road losses and the Texas defense is hot garbage.
- Speaking of defenses that are hot garbage: Goodness, Ohio State. 49 points to Indiana?
- I definitely put Louisiana Tech in here despite its loss because that's a good team. It's okay to reward good teams for playing well but not quite well enough against good teams! (I may have put the Bulldogs too high, though.)
- That final three: Yeah, whatever, who cares?
Can you see any glaring errors? Got any arguments to make? Let me know in the comments.