SB Nation BlogPoll Top 25: Week 2

by Scipio Tex on Sep 12, 2025 4:12 PM CDT in Texas Longhorns and Other Football

The collective opinion of the blognoscenti after the jump.

Results for Week 2

#	School	Points/blog	SD	Delta
1	Alabama Crimson Tide (88)	24.90	0.46	--
2	LSU Tigers (2)	22.93	2.33	1
3	USC Trojans (3)	21.93	4.41	-1
4	Oregon Ducks	20.89	4.16	--
5	Georgia Bulldogs	19.16	2.38	3
6	Florida St. Seminoles	17.45	6.06	-1
7	Oklahoma Sooners	17.00	5.38	--
8	Michigan St. Spartans	16.99	2.84	1
9	West Virginia Mountaineers	16.33	4.98	-3
10	Clemson Tigers	15.49	3.49	--
11	South Carolina Gamecocks	14.80	4.78	1
12	Kansas St. Wildcats	12.56	4.05	8
13	Ohio St. Buckeyes (1)	12.48	5.44	1
14	Virginia Tech Hokies	11.99	3.84	2
15	Texas Longhorns	11.01	4.25	3
16	TCU Horned Frogs	7.94	4.78	6
17	Florida Gators	6.77	4.55	10
18	Notre Dame Fighting Irish	6.66	4.71	3
19	Louisville Cardinals	5.98	3.80	4
20	UCLA Bruins	5.90	4.74	21
21	Michigan Wolverines	5.34	4.44	-2
22	Stanford Cardinal	5.07	4.85	3
23	Arizona Wildcats	4.90	4.99	--
24	Tennessee Volunteers	3.97	4.49	--
25	Ohio Bobcats	1.61	3.22	1
Others Receiving Votes: BYU Cougars \| Oregon St. Beavers \| Baylor Bears \| ULM Warhawks \| Mississippi St. Bulldogs \| Arizona St. Sun Devils \| Boise St. Broncos \| Nebraska Cornhuskers \| Northwestern Wildcats \| Utah State Aggies \| Arkansas Razorbacks \| Iowa St. Cyclones \| Wisconsin Badgers \| Oklahoma St. Cowboys \| Cincinnati Bearcats \| Air Force Falcons \| South Florida Bulls \| Central Florida Knights \| Texas Tech Red Raiders \| Louisiana Ragin Cajuns \| Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets \| Wake Forest Demon Deacons \| Duke Blue Devils \| Rice Owls \| Middle Tenn. St. Blue Raiders \| Rutgers Scarlet Knights \| Miami Hurricanes \| North Carolina Tar Heels \| N.C. State Wolfpack
Updated: Sep 11, 2025 7:00 AM PDT

SB Nation BlogPoll College Football Rankings 2011

My nits to pick:

Arizona is ranked based on beating a team at home that isn't a Top 25 team. At least not until Wes Lunt is seasoned
Stanford will be losing at least 2 of their next 4 games
Ohio. Very bloggy and cute. Beating Penn State isn't a qualification. The blogosphere will explode when they best Norfolk State!
Last week, BlogPollers considered Wisconsin a Top 15 team even after struggling in their opener. They lost to Oregon State. Wisconsin and Oregon State are now unranked. Yet Michigan State is the #8 team after edging Boise State at home. Boise State now unranked. Michigan's State's profile currently trending upwards. Got it?
For the second straight week, we won the homerism award, but notice that delta shifting towards Texas. We're a road win at Ole Miss and Oklahoma State away from the rest of the pollsters to catching up to me. Fingers crossed.

I also laughed at this most Big 10 of Big 10 behaviors:

First up are The Chip Kelly Award for Boldness and Jim Tressel's Numb Existence. The former goes to the voter with the ballot most divergent from the poll at large. The number you see is the average difference between a person's opinion of a team and the poll's opinion.

You may remember that Eleven Warriors topped this category last week, and that four Big Ten blogs were in the top five. It's incredible that the Big Ten blogs are the same ones, though, and it's almost like they're slow to react to macro-scale shifts in college football.

# Blog Team Ballot Avg Error

1 Eleven Warriors Ohio St. Buckeyes ballot 1.39

2 Maize n Brew Michigan Wolverines ballot 1.40

3 Burnt Orange Nation Texas Longhorns ballot 1.44

4 Sippin on Purple Northwestern Wildcats ballot 1.52

5 Bucky's 5th Quarter Wisconsin Badgers ballot 1.57

#	Blog	Team	Ballot	Avg Error
1	Eleven Warriors	Ohio St. Buckeyes	ballot	1.39
2	Maize n Brew	Michigan Wolverines	ballot	1.40
3	Burnt Orange Nation	Texas Longhorns	ballot	1.44
4	Sippin on Purple	Northwestern Wildcats	ballot	1.52
5	Bucky's 5th Quarter	Wisconsin Badgers	ballot	1.57

B1G 10 speed, y'all. Joined surprisingly by Burnt Orange Nation. What the what? Say it ain't so, sista site. Why even fill out a ballot just to copy/paste the AP poll? Do i dare eat a peach?

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Comments

Shiny Glow of Righteousness lives!

by Flipteach on Sep 12, 2025 4:43 PM CDT reply actions

Forever.

Backed by the Pleasant Sheen of Condescension.

by Scipio Tex on Sep 12, 2025 5:13 PM CDT up reply actions

TCU is too high.

I think USC gets punished for the spotty game against Syracuse, but they had the extended weather delay while Bama doesn’t seem to be held to the same standard.

I think LSU might be better than last year with out the circus at quarterback and in the locker room. Now if they can just send Les on a four month vacation.

How does UGA go up three spots for beating Missouri? Do we know if the Tigers are any good? Sorry, they are in the SEC now so damn good win for the Dawgs.

How the heck does UWV not play and drop three spots?

Flip KSU and OU in my mind and how the hell is Michigan still ranked?

I realize that is combine opinion poll, but I do find the Wolverines inclusion comical.

by davey o'brien on Sep 12, 2025 5:05 PM CDT reply actions