SB Nation User Blog: Horn Brain

Blog Poll Ballot: Army and Navy Don't Count Edition

Horn Brain — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 19:54:28 -0000

Rank	Team	Delta

1	Alabama	2
2	Texas	1
3	TCU	1
4	Cincinnati	1
5	Florida	3
6	Boise State
7	Oregon
8	Ohio State
9	Georgia Tech	1
10	Iowa	1
11	Virginia Tech
12	Penn State
13	Miami (Florida)
14	Nebraska	2
15	West Virginia	5
16	Pittsburgh	2
17	Oklahoma State	1
18	LSU	1
19	Brigham Young	4
20	Arizona
21	Stanford
22	Wisconsin
23	Houston	6
24	Southern Cal	9
25	Texas Tech
Last week's ballot

Dropped Out: Oregon State (#21), California (#22), Rutgers (#24), Utah (#25).

More snotty reasons why puppies don't deserve it the way they got it after the break...

Alabama - Making Tebow cry (and not eyes-well-up-in-distant-lonely-stare man-crying, but actually breaking it all down with the I-wanted-the-Pretty-Princess-DELUXE-SET-why-do-you-HATE-me-daddeeeeee blubber-fest) was more than enough to earn a #1.
Texas - Greg Davis never got up to take his usual 2nd-quarter dump. Or maybe he took it on the play book.
TCU - The Fiesta Bowl selection committee stands behind the doctrine laid forth in Plessy v. Ferguson.
Cincinnati - One second away from the national championship, now you lose your coach, too. Boy, being relevant was fun, wasn't it?
Florida - B-b-b-but... I have th-th-the w-w-wi-w-w-w-will to w-w-w-wi-w-win!
Boise State - Manhandled their final opponent of the year on Saturday just like all the others... yyeeeaaaaahhhh....
Oregon - Why on Earth was Blount allowed to be reinstated? That kid has punched someone in 50% of his games this year! Outrage!
Ohio State - Tressell wears the sweater-vest to symbolize the strategy of the Big 10 in the BCS: It silences the sound of his arms brushing his sides so that you can't hear him approaching you from behind - just like OSU silently backed into their last two BCS appearances.
Georgia Tech - Some offenses are criticized as "run, run, run, punt". This one goes "run, run, run, run, run, run, run, ..."
Iowa - How again does a Big 10 quarterback injuring his ankle affect their game plan?
Virginia Tech - Still farts around too much on offense.
Penn State - Joe Pa's chicken game with Bowden now complete, how long do you think he'll last?
Da U - Northwestern's strategy in the bowl game is to get all of their med-school alums to refuse to treat the Miami players.
Ndamukong Suh - Nebraska actually dropped out of my poll. Suh should win the Heisman because A.) He is, in my opinion, by far the best player in college football. B.) (since that's clearly not enough) This year was dominated by great defenses (Bama, Texas, Florida, Nebraska, Oklahoma before they realized they would finish 7-5...), so why not give the award to the best defensive player? C.) Because I'm terrified of what he'll do to Colt if he still wins after what Suh did to him on Saturday.
West Virginia - I had Rutgers ranked last week, so why the hell not.
Pittsburgh - Missed extra point doesn't bother me so much. Watching Wannstache reminded me of how wearing a mustache in a blizzard can save you a water bottle if you're frugal.
Okie State - Gets to face the SEC's Okie State in the Cotton Bowl. Weird.
LSU - Spike it! Spike it, spike it, spike it! Mack Brown told me you can do this!
BYU - Another Las Vegas Bowl invite wasted.
Arizona - The Pac 10 is impossible to deal with this year. What follows is a list of some of the teams in that conference.
Stanford - I think the Stanford band director/defensive coordinator should be fired.
Wisconsin - Hasn't done a damn thing all year worth talking about. Amazing.
Houston - Strength of early wins keep them on the ballot.
USC - Strength of early wins keep them on the ballot. :)
Texas Tech - I stayed at a Red Raider's house in Dallas this weekend. It was very nice.

Done until January. Remember this chick?

"I have to rank these teams?!?!?"

Yeah, welcome to my nightmare.

Blog Poll Draft Ballot: Week 13 - This is Getting Out of Hand Edition

Horn Brain — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 17:34:10 -0000

Rank	Team	Delta

1	Texas
2	Florida
3	Alabama
4	TCU
5	Cincinnati
6	Boise State	1
7	Oregon	2
8	Ohio State	2
9	Iowa	2
10	Georgia Tech	4
11	Virginia Tech	3
12	Penn State	1
13	Miami (Florida)	2
14	Pittsburgh	6
15	Southern Cal	1
16	Nebraska	1
17	Houston	1
18	Oklahoma State	6
19	LSU	3
20	West Virginia
21	Oregon State	2
22	California	1
23	Brigham Young
24	Rutgers
25	Utah
Last week's ballot

Dropped Out: Mississippi (#20), North Carolina (#24), Clemson (#25).

Ridiculous amount of movement among those not in the top 5. Explanations after the jump...

Texas - Peter points out a disturbing fact in today's Morning Coffee: We have dominated all of the bad quarterbacks we've played, but Reesing and Johnson lit us up. Where, oh where, did I put the best secondary in the country? I know Muschamp had them, but where did he leave them?
Florida - Tim Tebow's trophy case loves those 37 yard shovel passes to Hernandez.
Alabama - Down to the wire against an Auburn team that sold its soul to stop Mark Ingram and got lucky with a couple of touchdowns. Margin for error is very slim when your QB is that bad.
TCU - Punched New Mexico in the face.
Cincinatti - Beat Pitt really bad and I'll think about moving you over TCU.
Boise State - Boise does one thing really well, and that's kill the other team's momentum. Watching the game against Nevada, you could tell that their secondary is a bunch of tiny dudes that Malcolm Williams would eat alive, but they did a good job of answering Nevada's scores and inflicting negative plays until there just wasn't any go left.
Oregon - Loves to chase Boise up the rankings.
Ohio State - This team would be sitting near #20 in a good year.
Iowa - This team would be 6-6.
Georgia Tech - I will be the first to admit my man-crush on Demaryius Thomas, the big freak WR who does nothing but block tiny CBs and go out for jump balls. Nothing hurt me more than watching him drop that fourth down pass.
Virginia Tech - Hokies fart around too much on offense.
Penn State - Hard to move them lower, but impossible to move them up.
Da U - Do you get U Swag from not throwing a pick for the first time since mid-October?
Pittsburgh - You had to go and lose to WVU, didn't you?
USC - Will someone just explain to me what actually happened? Could USC have run out the clock by taking another knee? Then it was dumb to throw the bomb. Otherwise, no big deal.
Nebraska - Since the Pellagra-having hicks from the plains like us so much (as does everyone else, of course), here's a question: Given that Texas is the dominant program in the Big 12, is located in God's Country, and is Texas - Who is your favorite player on our team?
Houston - Are you not entertained!?!?!?
Oklahoma State - I'm pretty sure Gundy's skull is stuffed with down.
LSU - What great execution with time running out at the end of regulation. It was almost as if they practiced that at some point this week.
West F***in' Virgina - We must ignite this couch!
Oregon State - Win and you're in, Beavers. (Note the comma, perverts)
California - Just twiddle your thumbs and pretend you might get picked ahead of USC for your bowl.
Desert Cult - Does this mean you get their wives?
Rutgers - What the hell are they doing here?
Utah - So much crap happened above them that they moved up into the rankings despite losing to a bunch of 30-something accountants.

That's all, folks. Text all your complaints to 97178 with AGASSIST followed by a space before your (preferably vulgar) message.

Blog Poll Draft Ballot Week 12: The Declaration of Homerity

Horn Brain — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 22:17:44 -0000

So here's the deal:

Rank	Team	Delta

1	Texas	2
2	Florida	1
3	Alabama	1
4	TCU
5	Cincinnati
6	Georgia Tech
7	Boise State
8	Pittsburgh
9	Oregon	2
10	Ohio State	1
11	Iowa	1
12	Oklahoma State
13	Penn State	1
14	Virginia Tech	3
15	Miami (Florida)	3
16	Southern Cal	3
17	Nebraska	5
18	Houston	3
19	Oregon State	6
20	Mississippi
21	California
22	LSU	9
23	Brigham Young	1
24	North Carolina
25	Clemson
Last week's ballot

Dropped Out: Stanford (#15), Rutgers (#16), Wisconsin (#20), Arizona (#23).

Before you click through, recall that I am not one of the BON lawyers...

WHEREAS The 2009 Texas Longhorns football team has begun to kick some serious ass with both the offensive and defensive units, and

WHEREAS Despite Alabama and possibly Florida owning a slightly better resume, they routinely look like dog crap on offense (legal terms), and

WHEREAS I'm tired of having to rank Texas behind them when I think the 'Horns could take either of them just because of resume principals, and

WHEREAS I'm sick of being afraid to curse Texas by putting them #1 on my ballot, and

WHEREAS I don't believe that this team is susceptible to curses because of Muschamp's defense always, always showing up to play.

I HERE ASSERT that Texas is the best team in the country, and

LET IT BE KNOWN THAT Suck it, Tebow. If Florida even makes it to Pasadena, we'll be waiting.

So here's why I did some of the other things I did on this ballot:

Texas - The offense is coming around. I thought we goofed around for much of the game and look how that turned out.
Florida - When Tebow is faster than your whole defense, it's time to consider the move down to the FCS.
Alabama - Run, run, run, punt. No matter who has the ball.
TCU - OMG! They beat Wyoming by more than us? They must be #1! Just go to your BCS bowl and hope you get some team that's dejected to miss out on the national title like Utah did.
Cincinnati - I can't tell if they played or had a bye week, but such is the Big East.
Georgia Tech - Lurks
Boise State - Would rank higher on a list of things I hate.
Pittsburgh - Lurks
Oregon - It wasn't pretty, but the win over a competent Arizona team means they've got to rank above anyone from the Big 10 at this point.
Ohio State - Ahead of Iowa because...
Iowa - ....they lost to Ohio State. See what I did there?
Okie State - Best chance to win over OU in Norman since I remember watching football, and possibly even a Fiesta Bowl invite.
Penn State - The Spartans dine in hell.
Virginia Tech - I would rather watch baseball.
Miami (The only Miami that is relevant, like, ever) - I just noticed that North Carolina is way too low after putting Va Tech and Miami here. Will fix in the final submission. Suggestions?
USC - Well, that's it, USC is now mathematically eliminated from the Rose Bowl. Weird isn't it? Ohio State might win one.
Nebraska - When Nebraska plays, both teams are guaranteed to have good days on defense.
Houston - Don't look now, but I have heard rumors that Sumlin is talking to OU's AD. Now why would he do that? Doesn't OU already have a coach? [/Stoops]
Oregon State - Winner take all in the Civil War, huh? Cool. I'll Tivo that.
Ole Miss - Big win. But really tried to lose it at the end, there.
Cal - Actually showed up for an important game.
LSU -

via www.everydayshouldbesaturday.com

Actually, I'll just stop there.

Blog Poll Submission Week 11: Sleeping Through the Alarm Edition

Horn Brain — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:01:54 -0000

Rank	Team	Delta

1	Florida
2	Alabama
3	Texas
4	TCU
5	Cincinnati
6	Georgia Tech
7	Boise State
8	Pittsburgh
9	Ohio State	6
10	Iowa	1
11	Oregon
12	Oklahoma State	4
13	LSU
14	Penn State	3
15	Stanford
16	Rutgers
17	Virginia Tech	5
18	Miami (Florida)	8
19	Southern Cal	5
20	Wisconsin	1
21	Houston	9
22	Nebraska	3
23	Arizona	5
24	Brigham Young	1
25	Oregon State	1
Last week's ballot

Dropped Out: Utah (#19), South Florida (#20).

Cry about it.

(I moved Arizona down, but I actually forgot to submit this until about 1 minute before the deadline, so I didn't have time to do anything else. Can't think of what I would have done, actually.)

Blog Poll Draft Ballot: Week 11

Horn Brain — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 04:14:03 -0000

The only thing I hate more than puppies... is Christmas.

Rank	Team	Delta

1	Florida
2	Alabama
3	Texas
4	TCU
5	Cincinnati
6	Georgia Tech
7	Pittsburgh	1
8	Boise State	1
9	Ohio State	6
10	Iowa	1
11	Oregon
12	Oklahoma State	4
13	LSU
14	Penn State	3
15	Arizona	3
16	Stanford
17	Rutgers
18	Virginia Tech	4
19	Miami (Florida)	9
20	Southern Cal	6
21	Wisconsin
22	Houston	10
23	Nebraska	2
24	Brigham Young	1
25	Oregon State	1
Last week's ballot

Dropped Out: Utah (#19), South Florida (#20).

More humbug after the break...

Florida - Tebow wasn't the best QB on the field on Saturday, but he was the least unlucky.
Alabama - Real, honest-to-goodness touchdowns. Look out, CFB, Saban has figured out a new way to score points.
Texas - Improving ground game, continued suffocating defense, Houdini at QB ("3rd and 11? He'll never get out of this!"). If only they had someone to play who's worth beating.
TCU - I almost moved Cincy above them, but I couldn't justify it after a near miss against WVU. TCU is a well coached group of kids, but they will not find their BCS opponent as complicit as Utah in accepting that.
Cincinnati - "If you break my arm now, I will become more powerful than you can possibly imagine."
Georgia Tech - The offense is fun to watch because of the option, but it's exciting because of deep bombs to Damarius Thomas. Freak.
Pittsburgh - If they hadn't let ND rally to cover the spread, I would have won the pick 'em pool this week. Nonetheless, it was good enough to move them over Boise.
Boise State - Not their fault, but their schedule is garbage. We've been over this.
Ohio State - Two big wins in a row has them on top of the twice-beatens for me right now.
Iowa - Lost by the slimmest of margins with their backup QB. Still has a good set of wins and only one bad loss.
Oregon - Can claim the Rose Bowl if they beat two other contenders in the next three weeks.
Oklahoma State - BCS at-large selection within reach if they can hold on down the stretch. Robinson getting a clean bill of health would help tremendously.
LSU - Oops, I think I ran over a speed bump... nah, that was Louisiana Tech in November.
Penn State - Where are your hats, people? Doesn't anybody wear a hat anymore? And what is the Internet, really? I had a friend tell me it was a series of tubes, which made sense, but then I was talking to my kids and they told me it was some kind of computer digital spiderweb. Oh, hey, was that fourth down?
Arizona - One of these days I will watch Arizona play a game. I promise, I totally will.
Stanford - I support your decision to go for two to break 50. I also support you breaking fifty with an extra TD later, anyway.
Rutgers - You know, I'd hate for your team to score a touchdown and you trip and fall off a building or sumpin' while you celebrate it. Think about it.
Virginia Tech - The only reason I care about the Hokies is because they have scored more non-offensive TDs than we have since 1999.
Miami - Weird how Harris looked so good earlier in the season, and looks so bad now.
Southern Cal - Carroll loses one more game and LA gets an NFL team.
Wisconsin - Oh don't act so impressed.
Houston - The curse of the pummeled Texas opponent rebound strikes again!
Nebraska - If you ate all that corn, your crap would be an offense, too.
Brigham Young - Why do these people insist on wasting a perfectly good berth in the Las Vegas Bowl every year?
Oregon State - If they win out and Arizona drops a game (say, that trap game at USC), I think they are smelling roses.

If you must call me an idiot, please use small words...

DJ Monroe is an Idiot, Allegedly

Horn Brain — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 18:22:24 -0000

DJ Monroe is an Idiot, Allegedly

You know, football players, there are buses, cabs, sober friends, and your own feet for these sorts of things.

Blog Poll Draft Ballot: Week 10

Horn Brain — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 23:13:44 -0000

Rank	Team	Delta

1	Florida
2	Alabama	1
3	Texas	1
4	TCU
5	Cincinnati
6	Georgia Tech	3
7	Boise State	1
8	Pittsburgh	4
9	Iowa	3
10	Miami (Florida)	4
11	Oregon	4
12	Houston	1
13	LSU	2
14	Southern Cal	1
15	Ohio State	2
16	Oklahoma State
17	Penn State	7
18	Arizona
19	Utah	2
20	South Florida	3
21	Wisconsin	3
22	Virginia Tech	3
23	Brigham Young
24	Oregon State
25	Nebraska
Last week's ballot

Dropped Out: Notre Dame (#19), Oklahoma (#20), California (#22).

Rationalizations of my anti-puppy-ism after the break.

Well, everyone send a thank you card to Stanford (or Oregon's defense, if you prefer) for removing from the discussion table that epic debate we had last week.

Florida - Beat LSU more convincingly than Alabama, in my opinion.
Alabama - If the SEC were another conference, maybe the LSU game doesn't turn out that way. Either way, it's enough for them to pass Texas, thanks to the disaster that is the Big 12 outside of Texas.
Texas - Insignificant slot-swapping.
TCU - Novel coaching strategy #37: Have your offense and defense play well at the same time.
Cincinnati - Or just your offense.
Georgia Tech - Yes, I know that they barely beat Wake Forest, but this more of a reconsideration of their position than anything.
Boise State - Oh, mew mew mew, my schedule isn't my fault, give me a pity berth in the BCS, please!
Pittsburgh - Wannstache's career trajectory curve would make a great roller coaster.
Iowa -

Miami - Another reconsideration jump. Miami has some big wins and has only lost in overtime and in Blacksburg.
Oregon - Other than that, Mrs. Lincoln, how was the play? "Well, we still have some quality wins, I suppose."
Houston - Moving up because other folks lost. Period.
LSU - The two best losses in the country, but zero quality wins.
USC - May have better wins than LSU, but the losses are terrible in comparison.
Ohio State - Finally gets a good win.
Oklahoma State - CUPCAKES MAKE SOLOMON GUNDY STRONG FOR NEXT FIGHT!!! RRRR!!!
Penn State - Lost to everyone who's any good.
Arizona - YOU LIVE IN A DESERT!
Utah - Growing strong on the tears of higher ranked losers.
South Florida - Likewise.
Wisconsin - I'll have to same as USF, with some cheese fries.
Virginia Tech - I feel like they're benefiting from being #25 last week (I know they are, actually) Suggestions?
Brigham Young - Won't lose enough games to just stay dead.
Oregon State - Sometimes I go shopping through the "others receiving votes" lists and pick out a team that strikes me as not awful.
Nebraska - Defense is dominating. Offense relies on being so inconsistent that they luck into a couple of big plays a game.

The dropouts all lost.

So, what hallowed law have I stomped on this time, loyal BON-izens?

[Update by Horn Brain, 11/08/09 9:55 PM CST ]:

Click para mas grande.

The graph shows a teams expected ranking based on their total points in each of the polls (data points) compared to the points a team would earn if it got every vote for the ranking it currently occupies (red line). For example, if Texas got every third place vote from every human and computer, it would fall exactly on the red line at location (3,3). In reality, we are a little higher than expected. The reason I did this this week was to point out that everyone after Georgia Tech is just a lot closer than their published rankings would appear. Also, there is a significant drop from Texas to TCU.

Just thought you would enjoy.

Blog Poll Submission: Week 9

Horn Brain — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 07:59:47 -0000

Boy do I have a treat for you guys:

Rank	Team	Delta

1	Florida
2	Texas
3	Alabama
4	TCU
5	Cincinnati
6	Iowa
7	Oregon	3
8	Boise State	1
9	Georgia Tech	2
10	Penn State	5
11	LSU	2
12	Pittsburgh
13	Houston
14	Miami (Florida)	3
15	Southern Cal	7
16	Oklahoma State	2
17	Ohio State	3
18	Arizona	4
19	Notre Dame
20	Oklahoma	3
21	Utah	3
22	California
23	South Florida
24	Wisconsin
25	Virginia Tech	9
Last week's ballot

Dropped Out: West Virginia (#19), South Carolina (#21), Central Michigan (#24), Mississippi (#25).

You'll notice Oregon still ahead of Boise State. More on why I hate puppies after the jump...

Numbers 1-6 and 9-25: You don't care. Except maybe that I did drop Oklahoma State a few more spots owing to their lack of a really good win.

Oregon vs. Boise State: Let's look at the relative resumes of Boise and Oregon.

Boise State has beaten: Oregon, ???, and Fresno State? Maybe?

Oregon has beaten: USC, Utah, and California

Honestly, Fresno is just thrown in as a joke. Oregon is the only team that Boise has beaten that even sniffs my top 25, while Oregon is 3-1 against my ballot, with a very impressive set of wins over the two Cal teams. Add to that the fact that watching the Oregon-Boise State game made my stomach make angry sounds, and it's bye-bye Broncos. Look, don't argue with me about how their resumes are close and so head-to-head should be the tie-breaker. Their resumes aren't close. If I could, I would put two or so teams in between these guys, but I can't justify moving Oregon over the other undefeated teams. Think of the rankings as # 6.5 Oregon and # 8.5 Boise State. Oregon just doesn't deserve to be above Iowa, Cincy, or TCU, all of whom have at least two mentionable wins and no losses.

Really, Cincinatti probably should be the lowest ranked of that bunch, but I give them a bump over Iowa based on their ability to actually win games before the fourth quarter (even with their backup qb, which I find amazing). The Bearcats' coach should be on the top of the list for any major programs on the market this offseason. If Weiss loses another game, he may get a call from South Bend (unless, of course, Charlie's contract wasn't kidding about "as many years as your waste size in inches, and as-many-cheeseburgers-as-you-can-eat-right-now millions of dollars per year").

Poll

Horn Brain most hates:

Puppies

35 votes

The BCS

93 votes

Horn Brain

24 votes

Boise State

26 votes

SEC Quarterbacks

69 votes

247 votes | Poll has closed

Blog Poll Draft: Week 9

Horn Brain — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:47:39 -0000

Rank	Team	Delta

1	Florida
2	Texas
3	Alabama
4	TCU
5	Cincinnati
6	Iowa
7	Oregon	3
8	Boise State	1
9	Georgia Tech	2
10	Penn State	5
11	LSU	2
12	Pittsburgh
13	Houston
14	Oklahoma State
15	Miami (Florida)	2
16	Southern Cal	8
17	Ohio State	3
18	Arizona	4
19	Notre Dame
20	Oklahoma	3
21	Utah	3
22	California
23	South Florida
24	Wisconsin
25	Virginia Tech	9
Last week's ballot

Dropped Out: West Virginia (#19), South Carolina (#21), Central Michigan (#24), Mississippi (#25).

Like Lucy, I got some 'splaining to do.

Florida - Will to win, people.
Texas - Will to kill Colt McCoy's chance to regain ground in the Heisman race by never letting him play.
Alabama - Thank God there was no mediocre SEC team to bludgeon with field goals this week.
TCU/Cincy/Iowa - Everyone gets a ribbon
See above
See above
Oregon - Whole new team
Boise State - Couldn't beat Oregon now, doesn't have the same resume.
Georgia Tech - Just moving up over USC and I've rethought my position on LSU.
Penn State - Come to think of it, Lions don't look that bad.
LSU - I just don't love you anymore.
Pitt - Has won some games.
Houston - Has a couple of pretty good wins and a pretty bad loss.
Okie State - Best offense we've faced all year. If they can win out, the BCS is not impossible.
Miami - Is a team that plays football. Has not lost as much as many other teams.
Southern Cal - Won't win the PAC-10 this year. But hey, they beat Notre Dame!
Ohio State - Tressel shows that he can still be a dick to teams that won't beat him anyway.
Arizona - One of the few teams ranked in the lower part of my rankings not to lose last week.
Notre Dame - The Irish will continue to climb until Jimmy Clausen's last pass comes down.
Oklahoma - Did something no Texas team has accomplished for 6 years: Beat Kansas State.

The rest - Are irrelevant and basically random.

Tell me I'm wrong.

Blog Poll Week 8 Final Submission: I'm No Burger King

Horn Brain — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 15:31:07 -0000

So you all can't have it your way.

Rank	Team

1	Florida
2	Texas
3	Alabama
4	TCU
5	Cincinnati
6	Iowa
7	Boise State
8	Southern Cal
9	LSU
10	Oregon
11	Georgia Tech
12	Pittsburgh
13	Houston
14	Oklahoma State
15	Penn State
16	Virginia Tech
17	Miami (Florida)
18	Utah
19	West Virginia
20	Ohio State
21	South Carolina
22	Arizona
23	Oklahoma
24	Central Michigan
25	Mississippi

Why, oh why? After the break...

After looking over my ballot again with my brain below 100 degrees Fahrenheit, I noticed a few irregularities:

Cincy and TCU are close, oh so close. I almost couldn't pick between the stingy Frog defense and the brain on coach Kelly of the Bearcats. I think I ended up picking TCU because what the hell is a bearcat?
My top 3 are staying the way they are because the defense and special teams of all three are tremendous, and I'm just ranking the offenses based on body of work. Sure Texas has scored more points, but putting up an effective 10 points against Colorado (17 minus the 7 they gave to CU on the fumble) and crapping out 16 against OU despite being gifted with great field position multiple times makes me nervous. The explosion against Missouri was, I think, a vein of fool's gold. Missouri was playing 12 to 15 yards off of all of our receivers on almost every play, and they were still taking their first step BACK after the snap. There were several times when Colt just never looked over at poor Fozzy standing at the line about 15 yards from the nearest defender when we needed about 3 yards. In fact, I think that's how we got into that fourth down where we ran the fake punt. Davis either continues to call plays with no external input or Colt is being lazy with his reads or both. I don't expect a similar explosion against OSU, who flat out-schemed us defensively last year in Austin. Sure, you could say something similar about Florida's offense, but as a Texas fan on the internet, I reserve the right to crap on Greg Davis. It should have been in the Bill of Rights.
I just can't imagine Iowa continuing to win. They are a ball rolling up a hill, which has just stopped at the top. They are in unstable equilibrium and it won't take much to send them rolling off one way or another.
Boise beat Oregon beat Washington, USC lost to Washington. USC beat Ohio State. LSU should maybe switch with Oregon. Should Oregon and USC switch places? This is why I hate voting. We'll find out this weekend, though, so lucky us.
Why doesn't Georgia Tech's quarterback get tired after halftime anymore? Is he on some kind of Tour de France cocktail?
Pittsburgh: way too high. But they're putting up good numbers. Their biggest tests await.
Houston beat Oklahoma State, but man do I want to shaft them for losing to UTEP.
The rest isn't worth defending. You could vote a myriad of different ways justifiably. I will say this, however: Yes, OU would probably beat a lot of the teams after Georgia Tech. That's why they're the only 3-loss team that even sniffs the top 25. Quit telling me to put them in the top 15. They can get back there by winning out and being 9-3.

Berate and belittle me as you wish.