BLOGPOLL BALLOT - PROBABLY FINAL

Rank	Team	Change
1	Southern Cal	--
2	LSU	--
3	West Virginia	--
4	Florida	--
5	Oklahoma	--
6	Oregon	--
7	Ohio State	5
8	California	5
9	Texas A&M	1
10	Clemson	4
11	Wisconsin	2
12	Texas	3
13	Virginia Tech	3
14	South Florida	3
15	Rutgers	3
16	Penn State	7
17	South Carolina	7
18	Missouri	4
19	Kentucky	7
20	Alabama	6
21	Louisville	10
22	Boston College	4
23	Arkansas	16
24	Hawaii	2
25	Cincinnati	1

Dropped Out: Nebraska (#8), Georgia Tech (#19), Washington (#20), Boise State (#21), UCLA (#25).

A few thoughts:

• I don't see any reason to tinker with the top six.
• Ohio State was clearly the most impressive of the rest, but I question their ability to score points. And yes, that sounds silly, considering they hung 33 in a road game this week.
• Nebraska, Georgia Tech, and Washington all stunk up the joint at home. Inexcusable, even against top opponents.
• Boise State should have been dropped last week. Sorry, I was in a hurry.
• Teams like Texas, South Florida, Virginia Tech, Clemson, and Rutgers rose by default, basically. Once you get past Ohio State and maybe Cal, there's a large gap.
• Wisconsin needs to stop sucking on defense. Now would be good. Can't even blame it on the new safeties, as the line and CB Allen Langford have done virtually nothing so far.
• Penn State would be a dangerous team if they had a trustworthy offensive backfield. They have basically everything else.
• Look out for Kentucky. That SEC East has Florida, who is really good, South Carolina, who is pretty good, and two overhyped big-name programs in Tennessee and Georgia. If Kentucky can take care of necessary business and pull an upset or two, they could find themselves in a New Year's Day bowl or maybe better.
• Speaking of "look out", Boston College could be dangerous.