I have been absent from contributing to the CBS Blog Poll in the last weeks of the season, so to start 2010 off I am here to provide my final ballot for the CBS Blog Poll Top 25.

Let us break down my Top 25 one section at a time…

I have no problem rewarding Boise State with high accolades. The bottom line is they finished with 14 wins. I know Texas fans will say that the Longhorns should not have been passed over by the Broncos because Colt McCoy was knocked out of the game. Yes, Texas had to change their scheme with Garrett Gilbert in taking snaps, but Texas blew their chances to win right in the first quarter when they could not capitalize on two costly Alabama miscues on the first two possessions.

Despite losing their head coach to Notre Dame before the Sugar Bowl I feel that Cincinnati showed me nothing to warrant staying above two loss Iowa and Penn State. Both Iowa and Penn State demonstrated what a top defense can do to win a game in their bowl games. Still, I could not justify dropping TCU below either Big Ten team.

I will have to spend some time checking out exactly what Nebraska and Pittsburgh bring back in 2010, but I can see both making a run for the BCS next season. The Huskers look to have some momentum going on inside the program, especially on defense, and the Panthers have some young talent that can take charge in games. Playing in the Big East helps.

Here is a look at the rest of my top 25.

So that’s my final ballot. Let me know what you like and what you do not like down below.

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Dropped Out: Southern Cal (#19), California (#23).

Well, the regular season is now completely behind us (fine, there’s still Army-Navy, but as far as meaningful regular season games go, we’re through), and it’s been a pretty entertaining season.  The one thing we were lacking, though, was the big upset.  Florida, Texas, and Alabama were among the top teams in the country at the start of the season, and now two of those teams will be playing in the championship game while the third team is still in the Sugar Bowl.  Sure, you had Purdue taking down Ohio State, Washington beating USC, and BYU shocking Oklahoma, but none of those games occurred late enough in the year–or to a legitimate enough contender–to really count as memorable.  Where was the Ole Miss over Florida, the Pitt surprising West Virginia, the Iowa shocking Penn State to send shockwaves through the NCAA?  This was a good year for college football, but frankly, it just wasn’t that fun.  There were few, if any, memorable games, and even the Alabama-Florida matchup didn’t come close to living up to the hype.  I bet Alabama will bury Texas, too, capping off an entirely forgettable season of college football.  Think about this for a sec: if it wasn’t for a generous replay review, the lasting memory of the 2009 College Football season would’ve been Colt McCoy nonchalantly throwing away his national championship chance along with the ball as the seconds ticked off the clock in the Big XII Championship Game.

Seeing as very little actually happened last week (you can see that 15 of the 25 teams in my ballot are in the exact same spot as they were a week ago), I think it would be interesting to revisit some of my preseason predictions.  I had Texas at 1 and Alabama at 14 (though I did jump the Tide up to #5 after the first week).  I swung and missed with USC and Oklahoma at #3 and #4 (but so did most of the country), but I’m very proud of ranking Oregon and Boise State at #6 and #8 in the preseason, off by just a couple of spots from their end of year slots.  Same goes for Ohio State, who I had at 7 over the summer.  I’ll also take credit for predicting big seasons out of Oregon State (19) and TCU (17), though I certainly couldn’t have expected this much success out of the Horned Frogs.  And I was selling early on everyone else’s darling Hokies, ranking them at #15 in the preseason.

Yet, there are just as many epic failures on my part, starting with the most obvious one: Illinois at 20.  Yes, I’m well aware that the Illini went 3-9.  So much for fortune favoring the bold.  I ranked Rutgers at 18, and they finished 3-4 in the Big East, losing to Syracuse (shut up, I know Northwestern did too).  I ranked 7-5 Georgia at #21, but that was lower than the majority of voters, so I won’t kill myself over that one.  But I definitely went out on a limb with Notre Dame at #13, and for that I should be ashamed.

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Rank	Team	Delta
1	Florida	2
2	TCU
3	Alabama	2
4	Texas
5	Boise State	1
6	Cincinnati	1
7	Oregon	1
8	Ohio State	2
9	Georgia Tech	2
10	Iowa	1
11	Penn State	1
12	Pittsburgh	3
13	Stanford	1
14	Virginia Tech	1
15	Miami (Florida)	1
16	Brigham Young	8
17	Oregon State	3
18	Northwestern
19	Southern Cal
20	Clemson	5
21	LSU	1
22	Nebraska
23	California
24	West Virginia
25	Central Michigan
Last week’s ballot

Hey, gang. Sorry we’ve been so sporadic with the updates.  I can’t speak for Charlie or Kevin, but I slipped into a tryptophan induced coma after Thanksgiving dinner, and just woke up about 6 hours ago.

Because it’s so late in the week, we’ll just give you some bullet points about this week’s blogpoll.

The SEC Sucks: Okay, that’s a stretch, but The SEC is Incredibly Top Heavily and Lacking in Depth didn’t have the same ring to it.  After Florida and Alabama, there isn’t another really good team in the whole conference.  You’ll notice we have LSU down at 21, and while they’re #13 in the BCS rankings, they don’t even come close to passing the eye-test.  Since the computers can’t register margin of victory, they get by with a 8-point win over Louisiana Tech, a 4-point win over Mississippi State, and an 8-point win over Washington.  After watching them struggle against Arkansas, it’s clear that Jordan Jefferson is a mediocre, at best, QB, and I’m salivating for a chance to beat them in the Capital One Bowl.  Which we’ll be going to.  Almost certainly.

The Big XII Sucks: Texas and…nobody else.  Nebraska sneaks into the ballot at 22, but they’ve been so up-and-down all year that I don’t know what to make of them.  We’ve ranked them as high as #16 (I think), but after getting curbstomped 31-10, at home, to Texas Tech, they’ve taken a seat.  Now, they’ve won what might be the worst division ever, and get the courtesy of getting beat up by Texas on Saturday.  And other voters-how the hell can you have Oklahoma State ranked, much less at 20, AFTER BEING SHUT OUT 27-0 TO A 7-5 OKLAHOMA TEAM?

The ACC Sucks: I think you guys are starting to get the hang of this.  After clinching spots in the ACC Championship Game, Georgia Tech and Clemson drew matchups with their biggest out-of-conference rivals last week, and both laid a massive egg.  So much for taking things one game at a time.  I really have no idea why I’m so lenient with dropping them a combined 7 spots, but it’s probably because I think they’re still good teams.  Nonetheless, you did a bad job representing your conference, GT and Clemson. Be ashamed of yourselves.

The Big East Kinda Sucks?: We’ve had two Big East teams ranked in the top 10 for the last few weeks, and even with Pitt falling to their rivals, West Virginia, in the backyard brawl, they’ll still stay in the top 12 here.  But Cincy takes a slight drop after struggling with Illinois, and West Virginia sneaks in after that upset of Pitt.  I’m actually very excited for the de facto Championship game this weekend, because the two teams are just so different.  And sorry, Bill S., but NWO is rooting for Cincy.

The Pac-10 Doesn’t Suck: You know this by now, but with USC earning their place back on the ballot, and Cal getting on because finding 25 teams is pretty damn hard, the Pac-10 now makes up fully 1/5 of our Blogpoll ballot, and Toby Gerhart would be NittanyWhiteOut’s Heisman selection.  Stanford has been, simply, a joy to watch this year, and as much as I have an unrequited love for white running backs, Toby Gerhart is the real deal.  I’ve become a believer in Jim Harbaugh, and I just pray that Michigan doesn’t steal him away from the Cardinal, because that would instantly restore all the credibility that RichRod lost.

The Big Ten is Whatever: This is what you get for ending your season so early Big Ten.  Two sentences. Well, addendum: I like Northwestern and Mike “Franz” Kafka. So I rank them at #18. Sorry to offend you, Brian.

Dropped Out: Mississippi (#17), North Carolina (#18), Utah (#19), Oklahoma State (#21), Temple (#25).

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Rank	Team
1	Alabama
2	TCU
3	Florida
4	Texas
5	Cincinnati
6	Boise State
7	Georgia Tech
8	Oregon
9	Pittsburgh
10	Ohio State
11	Iowa
12	Penn State
13	Virginia Tech
14	Stanford
15	Clemson
16	Miami (Florida)
17	Mississippi
18	North Carolina
19	Utah
20	Oregon State
21	Oklahoma State
22	LSU
23	California
24	Brigham Young
25	Temple

Say what you will about this week’s lineup of marquee rivalry games: Alabama-Auburn, Florida-Florida State, Oklahoma-Oklahoma State and Pitt-West Virginia are just a handful of the bad-blood matchups slated to be renewed on Saturday–but the fact is, I really couldn’t care less.

You see, Penn State just completed its Big Ten schedule, and I’m more than willing to put football on hold until late December, when we get to see some good Bowl matchups.  This week, I’m celebrating Thanksgiving with my family, and when I fly home Saturday, I won’t mind the fact that I’m missing college football, not one bit.  After twelve weeks of screaming and cheering, whether I was at the games or not, I guess I’m just all footballed out.  Penn State’s season is over–it’s bowl placement out of its hands–and I’ve got no other team worth wasting three hours over and rooting for.

Yeah, I can say that all I want, but that doesn’t make it true.  I’m as excited as anyone to see how the conference races in the ACC, Pac-10, and Big East shake out, and Alabama-Florida in a couple weeks promises to be the game of the year.  And as I’ve started to study the BCS selection procedure, I’ve come to understand the implications of even seemingly meaningless games, like Texas-Texas A&M, because as we’ve come to learn all season, no game is a given win for any team.

Without further ado, let’s take a look at my Week 13 Blogpoll ballot.

You’ll see that TCU has made the jump up to #2, and that’s not a protest vote or anything.  I’ve just recently had the chance to watch them play on a couple different occasions, and I strongly considered putting the Horned Frogs at number one.  They are a complete football team that can hang with anyone, and when they inevitable get snubbed in the BCS Champinship Game, will lay a 2008-Utah level (and for that matter, 2004 Utah, too) level beating on whatever poor soul is unlikely enough to meet them in the Fiesta or Orange or Sugar Bowl.  I really hope it’s not us.  Our offensive line wouldn’t stand a chance against Jerry Hughes, and even the Penn State defense would have trouble slowing down the balanced TCU attack.  I honestly believe that this TCU team is the finest team to ever come from a non-BCS conference, and would go down in history among the all-time great teams if they were in the Big XII, who frankly, could use a team other than Texas that’s any good.

The ACC mess is too complicated for me to even try figuring out.  Virginia Tech, Miami, UNC, and Clemson all stand at 8-3, and though UNC beat the Vols and Canes, they’re probably not as good a football team.  Though I strive for consistency (you’ll note that Iowa is ranked above Penn State), I had to suspend my own rules in this case.  Sorry, UNC, but I’ve seen you play too much to put you in the top 15.  Plus, you lost 16-3 to Virginia.  Scoring 3 points on a Virginia defense that allowed 26 to William and Mary (and lost)?  That’s a dealbreaker, ladies.

Similarly, the Pac-10 race is all sorts of crazy.  Oregon controls their own destiny, and sits in my top 10.  However, there are 5 other teams I strongly considered ranking, though only three ended up making my blogpoll ballot.  I feel a little dirty about ranking Stanford so highly: at 7-4 the Cardinal have a won-loss ranking worse than Oregon State and Cal, who are ranked lower, and USC, who I leave off my ballot completely.  I’ll chalk it up to human error: I overvalue Stanford after watching them take apart Oregon and USC, and didn’t get a chance to see them lose to California.  And also my unexplained penchant for teams with white running backs.  But Stanford is a really fun team to watch, and that gives them points in a completely meaningless poll.

Memo to the Big XII and SEC: You suck.  Last year, those two conferences were the darlings of media pundits everywhere, and, in all fairness, provided 3 of the top 4 teams in college football last year (I still maintain that Texas got screwed).  This year, it’s the same, with Alabama, Florida, and Texas all considered, by many, to be the best team in the NCAA.  However, the depth in those conference is scary in that they have none.  After Texas, the Big XII’s best team is Oklahoma State, who has never really hit their stride all season.  An offense that should’ve been among the nation’s best has been merely mediocre, and losing Dez Bryant really hurt the Cowboys.  As for the SEC? Ole Miss has proven themselves to be overrated frauds (and I’ll buy in here, ranking the Rebels way too high at 17) and LSU couldn’t move the ball on a high school defense.  If Penn State isn’t selected to play in the Orange Bowl, I’d love to see the Lions dismantle one of those overrated teams.

Lastly: Temple is perennially my #25 team, overtaking Central Michigan following the Chippewas loss to Boston College, but this is more than just a placeholder vote.  Al Golden deserves coach of the year awards for what he accomplished with the Owls this year, winners of 9 straight, who will play Ohio this Saturday for a chance to reach the MAC Championship.  Gradulations, Al.

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Stunned in Ann Arbor. You Own!… Notre Dame??

Just imagine where Iowa would be sitting in the polls today had they been a preseason Top 5 team headed into the season. So why are we still rewarding Florida, Texas and Alabama for lackluster wins just based on assumptions before the season even started? I’m not. Iowa jumps to #2 in my blogpoll ballot.

1		W @ Mississippi State 29-19. Another lackluster win and a no show for the offense against another mediocre SEC opponent. So why do people think the SEC is the nation’s toughest conference again? It’s beginning to look like the ACC being led by 3 powerhouse programs. Next up: Georgia (4-3)	+1
2		W @ Michigan State 15-13. Of the remaining unbeaten teams, can anyone boast a better resume? Wins at Iowa State, Penn State, Wisconsin, Michigan State, Arizona, and Michigan. The computers all agree, the Hawkeyes have proven to be the best team in the nation based on what they have done and not what voters thought would happen even before the season started. Next up: Indiana (4-4)	+2
3		W @ Missouri 41-7. If the Longhorns get past Oklahoma State next weekend, there is no one left on their schedule that will even scare them. Now does that make them worthy of the title game over a team like USC? Next up: @ #14 Oklahoma State (6-1)	-
4		W Tennessee 12-10. I basically bumped Iowa up and dropped Alabama based on their close victories. On one hand, Iowa was able to actually win with possession of the ball. Alabama fans on the other hand, had to thank their stars Tennessee’s kicker is as inaccurate as Fox News. Next up: Idle	-3
5		W Louisville 41-10. This would have been an impressive win 2 years ago. Louisville is just terrible this season. Next up: @ Syracuse (3-4)	-
6		W Oregon State 42-36. USC got their revenge against the Beavers but have to be extremely weary that their defense is starting to look Big 12′ish especially with Oregon coming up. Unfortunately for the Ducks, Pete Carroll’s forte is big game planning. Watch for USC to demolish the Ducks in a game they are actually 3 point underdogs in. Next up: @ #10 Oregon (6-1)	-
7		W Auburn 31-10. Another win over another mediocre SEC team. SEC is Over-rated… Clap… Clap… Clap clap clap… Next up: Tulane (2-5)	-
8		W @ Michigan 35-10. Way to exorcise a 16 year old demon. Other than the opening drive by Michigan, Penn State absolutely dominated the highest scoring offense in the Big Ten. In the past 2 weeks, Penn State have met two of the top offenses in the conference and has shut out Minnesota and held Michigan to 10 points. Next up: @ Northwestern (5-3)	+2
9		W @ Virginia 34-9. Another win for the Yellow Jackets. Unfortunately it was just Virginia. Next up: Vanderbilt (2-6)	-
10		W @ #16 BYU 38-7. An impressive win over a rising mid major on the road. Next up: UNLV (3-5)	+2

Newcomers this week: South Carolina, Arizona, Mississippi, Notre Dame

Comments, questions, suggestions?

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Case in point: a mediocre Texas Tech team just laid a beatdown, in Lincoln, over what looked like a strong Nebraska team. So if you have some disagreement with what you’re reading: I challenge you to make your own ballot, and get back to me when you realize just how tough it is to differentiate between Pittsburgh and West Virginia, Utah and BYU, Oregon and USC.

This job ain’t easy.

It’s still early in this 2009 season, but I’ll be bold and say it: there are no elite conferences. The SEC is no better than the Big XII or the Pac-10. The Big East’s best can tussle with the ACC’s, some teams from the MWC could beat those from the Big Ten. After the top 2 in my rankings, look at it: there are 7 conferences represented in my top 8 teams. What does that tell you? That the talking heads are full of it, and that teams ought to be recognized for their own accomplishments, not those of their conference mates.

Dropped out: Kansas, South Florida, South Carolina, Nebraska

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Stunned in Lincoln. Ohio State fans must know exactly how Husker fans feel

Purdue? You romp and decimate the rest of the Big Ten, but lay your biggest egg against Purdue?! Why don’t we ever get the privilege of seeing Ohio State play like that against us?

1		W #22 South Carolina 20-6. While Florida barely edges out Arkansas at home and Texas struggles with a 2 loss Oklahoma squad, Alabama is the only team that has taken care of business with little drama. Next up: Tennessee	-
2		W Arkansas 23-20. Arkansas was actually in position to take a 3 point lead late in the fourth until the kicker missed the FG. Fortunately for the Gators there was sufficient time for them to get a shot at a field goal to escape with the win. Too close for comfort. Next up: @ Mississippi State	-
3		W #20 Oklahoma 16-13. Oklahoma held the Longhorns scoreless entering the half and you really have to wonder if Sam Bradford could have finished them off had he not aggravated his shoulder again. Next up: @ Missouri	+1
4		W @ Wisconsin 20-10. A win at Penn State, at Wisconsin and against Michigan. Iowa isn’t pretty, but they have one of the most impressive resumes of the remaining unbeatens. Watch out for the upset against the Spartans in East Lansing where they haven’t won since 1995. Next up: @ Michigan State	+1
5		W @ #21 South Florida. No Pike? No problem. Cincinnati added 2 more TDs with their backup QB after Tony Pike left in the third quarter. Next up: Louisville	+1
6		W @ #25 Notre Dame 34-27. So USC was well on their way to another blowout victory before they stepped off the gas petal. An untimely turnover set up an easy ND score and the game was not as close as the score indicates despite what NBC would like you to believe. Somehow Weis will turn yet another “near miss” against USC into a contract extension and a big raise. Next up: Oregon State	+1
7		Idle. Next up: Auburn	+2
8		W @ UCF 27-7. So Miami beats Georgia Tech 33-17, Virginia Tech blows out Miami, and now Miami loses to Georgia Tech. Anyone still think transitive properties applies in college football? Despite that Hokie loss, Miami has the better resume with quality wins over Oklahoma and Florida State (before the downhill spiral). Next up: Clemson	+2
9		W #4 Virginia Tech 28-23. Great win by the Yellow Jackets. Though they lost to Miami (reason why they’re sitting behind them), their resume consists of wins over Clemson, North Carolina, Mississippi State, Florida State and now Virginia Tech. Next up: @ Virginia	+3
10		W Minnesota 20-0. Decker who? Penn State completely shuts down a Gopher offense averaging 24 points a game headed into Beaver Stadium. Same team that put up 28 points on Wisconsin’s D and 20 on Purdue’s (that’s more than Ohio State). Next up: @ Michigan	+1

Newcomers this week: Texas Tech, Pittsburgh, West Virginia, Utah

Comments, questions, suggestions?

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0-3 in the ACC, Florida State fans should be used to this by now. I should start making these pictures an ongoing series.

So how exactly is the SEC not top heavy again? That conference is clearly a two horse race between ‘Bama and Florida. Everyone else is just playing for bragging rights this season. It’s surprising how all those media types still fresh off of berating the Big Ten for being a two horse race between the Buckeyes and Wolverines all those years before are now coincidentally quiet.

Even Andy Staples of Sports Illustrated was reduced to recycling the Big Ten brand of football as “boring” in his column this week,

There’s a conference like the Big Ten that plays a boring style and always wonders why it doesn’t get more respect (the Big Ten).

yet he conveniently seems to forget the sleep inducing games between South Carolina / NC State (7-3), Vanderbilt / Mississippi State (15-3), South Carolina / Ole Miss (16-10), or even LSU / Florida (13-3) all from this season. And we’re only 5 weeks in.

I guess “boring” stops applying south of the Mason Dixon line. I’ve yet to receive that memo.

1		W Ole Miss 22-3. Another dominating defensive effort against Ole Miss. Next up: South Carolina	-
2		W @ LSU 13-3. The Gators lead the nation in total defense and it clearly showed against LSU. The Tigers were only managed 3 points against Florida. Whether Tebow could play or not eventually did not matter as the Gator’s defense dominated in Baton Rouge. Next up: Arkansas	+1
3		W Boston College 48-14. Virginia Tech has emerged from its early season fumble against Alabama to be the elite of the ACC. They easily took care of Boston College and if they dismantle Georgia Tech this weekend, the ACC will be theirs to lose. Next up: @ Georgia Tech	+1
4		W Colorado 38-14. Down 14-10 to Colorado? Not good Longhorns. They get a good opportunity against the Sooners next week but I don’t even think a win over Oklahoma will be enough to propel them past the 1-2 punch of Bama and Florida. Next up: Oklahoma	-2
5		W Michigan 30-28. They survived a scare from the Wolverines under the lights at home, but eventually got the job done. They now enter a tough stretch beginning with Wisconsin this week. Next up: @ Wisconsin	+1
6		W Miami (OH) 37-13. I’m a little weary of ranking Cincinnati this high especially after a win over Miami (OH), but they will get a chance to justify their ranking against a dangerous South Florida team on upset Thursday. Next up: @ South Florida	+1
7		Idle. Here’s a fun fact for you. Did you know Notre Dame is a few seconds from being undefeated? Yea, ESPN has been touting that horn all week in an attempt to hype up what has become an extremely one sided rivalry. What they seem to forget is that the Irish are also about 60 seconds from being 1-4. Forget the rivalry. This weekend’s game won’t even be close. USC traded punch for punch against what has proven to be one of the most dominating Buckeye defenses in recent memory and still came up on top. The Trojans should carve up the Irish’s piss poor excuse of a defense at will. Next up: @ Notre Dame	+1
8		W Wisconsin 31-13. I don’t even know if the Buckeyes can be rewarded for their performance against the Badgers. Wisconsin’s offense performed much better but it was the Buckeyes’ defense that came up on top scoring more points than the entire Wisconsin offensive unit. Next up: @ Purdue	+2
9		L Florida 13-3. I can’t really fault the Tigers for a loss against the top ranked Gators. I do see more Tiger losses as they finish out their conference schedule though. Next up: Auburn	-4
10		W Florida A&M 48-16. That Georgia Tech win is starting to look better by the week. Next up: @ Central Florida	+4

So if Iowa beats Wisconsin and Texas beats Oklahoma this week, who has the better win?

Newcomers this week: TCU, Houston, South Carolina, Notre Dame

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Short, sweet, and to the point. I am using these videos as a new way to publicize my contributions both here and on Examiner. The videos simply use selected photos from the AP.

After the jump, find out how my top 25 pans out.

This week I made a switch in my Top 25 at the top spot. After tauting the Texas Longhorns as the number one team for a few weeks, I have gone back to my original thought and placed the Florida Gators back atop my ballot. I do not feel I have enough time to really dive too deep into my poll this week though, but I still want to be sure to share my poll in brief.

1. Florida
2. Texas
3. Alabama
4. Virginia Tech
5. Boise State
6. USC
7. Ohio State
8. Miami
9. TCU
10. Cincinnati
11. Oregon
12. Iowa
13. LSU
14. Penn State
15. Oklahoma State
16. Nebraska
17. Georgia Tech
18. Kansas
19. BYU
20. Missouri
21. Notre Dame
22. South Carolina
23. South Florida
24. Oklahoma
25. BYU

Welcome back to the Sooners. With Sam Bradford taking snaps I felt they justified a one week stay in my ballot before Texas knocks them out this weekend. I will go back to digging into my poll closer next week.

EDIT: Thanks to the commenters who pointed out my typograhical error. when I wrote down my top 25 I actually did have Missouri and Nebraska in opposite spots. The error has been fixed!

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