Major upsets last week were the equivalent of putting the top 25 in a blender and turning it on. This week, losses by Oklahoma St., Oregon, Oklahoma, Clemson, Southern Miss, Nebraska, and Florida St. were the equivalent of turning that blender on without putting the top on.
LSU looks like they belong at the top, but the SEC holding the top 3 spots looks more like a lot of soft scheduling than an outright advantage over the competitive rest of the college football world.
The Pac-12 hasn't had 3 top 10 teams in a long time, but here comes USC, and the disbelievers might want to brace themselves for that fact.
Building The Dam Ballot - Week 13
| Rank | Team | Delta |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | LSU Tigers | -- |
| 2 | Alabama Crimson Tide |
 1 |
| 3 | Arkansas Razorbacks |
4 |
| 4 | Boise St. Broncos |
2 |
| 5 | Oklahoma St. Cowboys |
 -3 |
| 6 | Houston Cougars |
2 |
| 7 | Stanford Cardinal |
2 |
| 8 | Virginia Tech Hokies |
3 |
| 9 | USC Trojans |
6 |
| 10 | Oregon Ducks |
-6 |
| 11 | Oklahoma Sooners |
-6 |
| 12 | Georgia Bulldogs |
2 |
| 13 | TCU Horned Frogs |
3 |
| 14 | Michigan St. Spartans |
-1 |
| 15 | South Carolina Gamecocks |
-3 |
| 16 | Wisconsin Badgers |
1 |
| 17 | Penn St. Nittany Lions |
3 |
| 18 | Clemson Tigers |
-8 |
| 19 | Kansas St. Wildcats | -- |
| 20 | Michigan Wolverines |
2 |
| 21 | Baylor Bears |
2 |
| 22 | Virginia Cavaliers | -- |
| 23 | Nebraska Cornhuskers |
-5 |
| 24 | Arkansas St. Red Wolves |
1 |
| 25 | Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets | -- |
| Dropouts: Southern Miss. Golden Eagles, Florida St. Seminoles | ||
SB Nation BlogPoll College Football Top 25 Rankings "
Bronco haters can chime in, but then so can haters of a lot of other teams.
Sun Belt discounters can do so too.
Place kickers who can't connect may have set a new record for the number of people they have disappointed this month, and that's quite an accomplishment, given history.
The draft becomes final Monday night, pending more surprises on the long Thanksgiving weekend.
Andy_Wooldridge@yahoo.com