Final Top 25 Ballot for the 2011-12 Season
by AndyPanda on Jan 11, 2012 6:01 AM PST
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PrintIt was hard to hand the unimpressive offenses we watched Monday night any portion of the top spots in the season ending top 25, but certainly not the defenses, both of which were good enough this year to get their teams to the BCS National Championship Game despite their respective offenses.
Sorting out the best in the west was literally splitting hairs, and frankly, if we had a 4 team national playoff, or a 4 team playoff involving Oregon, USC, Boise St., and Stanford, I'd take those games every time.
The best thing about the Bowl season, both in the big bowls and the secondary ones some decry as not worth while, are the opportunities to compare and contrast styles and systems to a degree it takes half a decade of regular seasons blighted by FCS school contests and teams unwilling to take on a challenge to do.
Here's my take.
Building The Dam Ballot - Week 16
| Rank | Team | Delta |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alabama Crimson Tide |  2 |
| 2 | Oklahoma St. Cowboys | -- |
| 3 | LSU Tigers |  -2 |
| 4 | Oregon Ducks | 3 |
| 5 | Boise St. Broncos | 1 |
| 6 | USC Trojans | -1 |
| 7 | Stanford Cardinal | -3 |
| 8 | Arkansas Razorbacks | -- |
| 9 | South Carolina Gamecocks | 10 |
| 10 | Wisconsin Badgers | -1 |
| 11 | Houston Cougars | 3 |
| 12 | TCU Horned Frogs | -1 |
| 13 | Michigan Wolverines | 3 |
| 14 | Baylor Bears | 4 |
| 15 | Michigan St. Spartans | -3 |
| 16 | West Virginia Mountaineers | 9 |
| 17 | Kansas St. Wildcats | -7 |
| 18 | Oklahoma Sooners | -3 |
| 19 | Southern Miss. Golden Eagles | 1 |
| 20 | Cincinnati Bearcats | -- |
| 21 | Northern Illinois Huskies | 1 |
| 22 | Clemson Tigers | -1 |
| 23 | Virginia Tech Hokies | -6 |
| 24 | Arkansas St. Red Wolves | -- |
| 25 | Missouri Tigers | -- |
| Dropouts: Georgia Bulldogs, Nebraska Cornhuskers | ||
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Andy_Wooldridge@yahoo.com
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ahem
usc 38
ucks 35
at autzen.
and if Wisconsin hadn’t stolen Dr. Seuss’s clock management plan, the War of the Roses might have gone the other way.
I didn't forget that.
But then there’s also Stanford 56 USC 48, and ASU 43 USC 22.
And Oregon has 2 more post season wins than USC. And a Pac-12 Championship Banner. No matter how you come by one of those, it means something.
Had the Trojans not been ineligible for the postseason, things might have been different. But they are, and they will have to wait for next year for their shot at the top. (Which they may well reach.)
Like I said, its really splitting hairs between the 4 elite teams from the west.
Andy Wooldridge, andy_wooldridge@yahoo.com
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