Barking Carnival Ballot - Week 1
Rank | Team | Delta |
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1 | USC Trojans | -- |
2 | Florida St. Seminoles | -- |
3 | Alabama Crimson Tide | -- |
4 | Oregon Ducks | -- |
5 | Ohio St. Buckeyes | -- |
6 | LSU Tigers | -- |
7 | Texas Longhorns | -- |
8 | Georgia Bulldogs | -- |
9 | Oklahoma Sooners | -- |
10 | West Virginia Mountaineers | -- |
11 | Louisville Cardinals | -- |
12 | Michigan St. Spartans | -- |
13 | Utah Utes | -- |
14 | Clemson Tigers | -- |
15 | Wisconsin Badgers | -- |
16 | Nebraska Cornhuskers | -- |
17 | Central Florida Knights | -- |
18 | Arkansas Razorbacks | -- |
19 | South Carolina Gamecocks | -- |
20 | Michigan Wolverines | -- |
21 | Notre Dame Fighting Irish | -- |
22 | Florida Gators | -- |
23 | Kansas St. Wildcats | -- |
24 | Tennessee Volunteers | -- |
25 | Virginia Tech Hokies | -- |
SB Nation BlogPoll College Football Top 25 Rankings "
Some thoughts:
- Iowa - 18, Northern Illinois- 17. Iowa QB James Vandenberg - 21 of 33 for 129 yards. Horizontalism is its own reward
- Garrett Gilbert's SMU debut was wanting against Baylor. Baylor's offense is absolutely legit
- Alabama impressed, dismembering Michigan 41-14. While the Crimson Tide were dominant, Michigan was never a legitimate Top 10 team. And the early returns on the Big 10 look terrible
- I felt good after leaving the Broncos unranked last week. Michigan State didn't play particularly well, and their QB play is brutal, but the Broncos showed that they've taken a step down in overall talent and experience. Overall, I think both teams were overrated though I like Michigan's State's big RB, jumbo TE, and defense. If they can develop the QB, they can be pretty good
- Wiscy struggled mightily with Northern Iowa. Iowa struggles with N. Illinois. Michigan blown out. Penn State loses to Ohio U. Urban Meyer is going to run that conference
- Oregon and West Virginia's offensive efficacy blew me away, but their defenses are vulnerable. Oregon-USC will be spectacular. WVU vs. Anyone With An Offense will be supremely entertaining
- This is the most athletic Notre Dame team that we've seen, at least in the front 7
- I didn't see any of the OU-UTEP game, but the game recap made me raise an eyebrow
- Florida struggled with Bowling Green, 27-14
- Several ranked teams struggled early in their openers, particularly the ones who played an actual FBS school. Savannah State, really Oklahoma State? Really? Why not play Yeshiva?