Oregon St. Up To #7 In Blog Poll, Ducks Drop To #3

Oregon St. led a quartet of western teams that all moved up in the SB Nation Blog Poll this week, but despite running of 43 points in less than a third of their game, Oregon slipped. The Ducks dropped from #2 to #3, as Florida moved past, making it 1-2 for the SEC as the Gators trail only top ranked Alabama.

While the Beavers were edging up from #8 to #7, USC climbed 2 places into the top 10, and Stanford's stomping of California was big enough for the Cardinal to climb from #22 to #19.

Boise St., the only ranked team from the west not from the Pac-12, moved back into the top 25, checking in at #23, after being the first in line looking in last week.

Results for Week 8

#	School	Points/blog	SD	Delta
1	Alabama Crimson Tide (55)	24.41	1.05	--
2	Florida Gators (16)	23.19	1.37	1
3	Oregon Ducks (2)	23.00	1.22	-1
4	Kansas St. Wildcats (4)	22.61	1.75	--
5	Notre Dame Fighting Irish (1)	20.92	1.53	--
6	LSU Tigers	18.62	2.12	--
7	Oregon St. Beavers	18.15	2.70	1
8	Oklahoma Sooners	17.48	2.95	1
9	Ohio St. Buckeyes (1)	15.34	5.12	1
10	USC Trojans	15.03	3.38	2
11	Florida St. Seminoles	14.51	3.40	--
12	Mississippi St. Bulldogs	12.51	3.22	2
13	Texas Tech Red Raiders	11.24	3.98	5
14	Clemson Tigers	11.09	3.54	2
15	Georgia Bulldogs	10.97	3.84	-2
16	Louisville Cardinals	10.35	3.72	-1
17	South Carolina Gamecocks	9.97	3.72	-10
18	Rutgers Scarlet Knights	9.20	3.72	1
19	Stanford Cardinal	7.19	4.02	3
20	Ohio Bobcats	5.10	4.31	3
21	Texas A&M Aggies	4.70	3.95	-1
22	Michigan Wolverines	4.15	3.18	3
23	Boise St. Broncos	4.09	3.58	3
24	Louisiana Tech Bulldogs	1.82	2.56	5
25	West Virginia Mountaineers	1.54	2.42	-8
Others Receiving Votes: Texas Longhorns | Wisconsin Badgers | Toledo Rockets | Nebraska Cornhuskers | Northern Illinois Huskies | Penn St. Nittany Lions | Duke Blue Devils | Tulsa Golden Hurricane | Cincinnati Bearcats | TCU Horned Frogs | Arizona St. Sun Devils | Oklahoma St. Cowboys | North Carolina Tar Heels | Arizona Wildcats | UCLA Bruins |Michigan St. Spartans | Nevada Wolf Pack | ULM Warhawks | N.C. State Wolfpack | Kent St. Golden Flashes | Northwestern Wildcats | Ball St. Cardinals
Updated: Oct 23, 2012 10:00 AM EDT

Total Ballots: 79 | Votes by team | Ballots by voter

You can see BTD's ballot here.

With Florida facing #15 Georgia in the World's Largest Cocktail Party and #5 Notre Dame visiting #8 Oklahoma this Saturday, it won't take earthshaking upsets to potentially open the door to the top 5 for Oregon St. if the Beavers can take care of business against Washington Saturday night.

Andy_Wooldridge@yahoo.com