The Ciskie Blog Ballot - Week 3
| Rank | Team | Delta |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alabama Crimson Tide | -- |
| 2 | Oklahoma Sooners | -- |
| 3 | LSU Tigers | -- |
| 4 | Boise St. Broncos | -- |
| 5 | Wisconsin Badgers | -- |
| 6 | Stanford Cardinal | -- |
| 7 | Nebraska Cornhuskers | -- |
| 8 | Texas A&M Aggies | -- |
| 9 | Oklahoma St. Cowboys |  3 |
| 10 | Florida St. Seminoles |  -1 |
| 11 | Oregon Ducks | -1 |
| 12 | Virginia Tech Hokies | -1 |
| 13 | South Carolina Gamecocks | 1 |
| 14 | Michigan St. Spartans | -1 |
| 15 | Arkansas Razorbacks | 1 |
| 16 | Baylor Bears | 5 |
| 17 | Pittsburgh Panthers | -- |
| 18 | Houston Cougars | 4 |
| 19 | Ohio St. Buckeyes | 4 |
| 20 | TCU Horned Frogs | 4 |
| 21 | South Florida Bulls | 4 |
| 22 | Mississippi St. Bulldogs | -7 |
| 23 | West Virginia Mountaineers | -- |
| 24 | Texas Longhorns | -6 |
| 25 | Arizona St. Sun Devils | -- |
| Dropouts: Cincinnati Bearcats, Penn St. Nittany Lions | ||
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Listen, I'm as much a fan of that Notre Dame-Michigan game as anyone. I thought it was fun. But that's not a top team in Ann Arbor. Probably not that close at this point.
Ohio State looked awful Saturday, but got a win over a Toledo team that I think will compete for the MAC title. The Buckeyes just don't have the kind of team they've had in previous years, and I think it will haunt them once they play a real opponent. And, hey, look ... they visit Miami Saturday. Of Florida.
Of the teams I watched Saturday, Alabama and Wisconsin were the only ones who looked really good. Alabama didn't blow out Penn State, but I was impressed with their defense, and I thought the offense really wore down the Nittany Lions, though Joe Paterno's team was competitive on defense for at least a half-plus. As for Wisconsin, the defense looked much better than it did against UNLV, and Russell Wilson made it abundantly clear that this team will have a passing game that keeps opponents from spending too much time on Montee Ball and James White.
Nebraska's somewhat hair-raising win over Fresno State says more about Fresno than it does about the Cornhuskers. Pat Hill has a team in the Valley this year, and the Bulldogs are going to make noise in a weakened WAC.
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