Losing lowered Oklahoma and Clemson, and dropped UCLA, Arizona, and Michigan clear out, and only Notre Dame, who is doing what they need to do to earn some respect, really made a major move up. And of course, Oregon St. earned a spot.
Building The Dam Ballot - Week 4
| Rank | Team | Delta |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alabama Crimson Tide | -- |
| 2 | Oregon Ducks | -- |
| 3 | LSU Tigers | -- |
| 4 | West Virginia Mountaineers | -- |
| 5 | Florida St. Seminoles |
 1 |
| 6 | Georgia Bulldogs |
1 |
| 7 | South Carolina Gamecocks |
1 |
| 8 | TCU Horned Frogs |
2 |
| 9 | Kansas St. Wildcats |
2 |
| 10 | Stanford Cardinal |
2 |
| 11 | Florida Gators |
2 |
| 12 | USC Trojans |
4 |
| 13 | Notre Dame Fighting Irish |
6 |
| 14 | Texas Longhorns |
1 |
| 15 | Oklahoma Sooners |
 -10 |
| 16 | Clemson Tigers |
-7 |
| 17 | Ohio St. Buckeyes | -- |
| 18 | Oregon St. Beavers | -- |
| 19 | Louisville Cardinals |
-1 |
| 20 | Nebraska Cornhuskers |
1 |
| 21 | Michigan St. Spartans |
1 |
| 22 | Boise St. Broncos |
1 |
| 23 | Northwestern Wildcats | -- |
| 24 | Ohio Bobcats | -- |
| 25 | Mississippi St. Bulldogs | -- |
| Dropouts: Michigan Wolverines, UCLA Bruins, Arizona Wildcats, Wisconsin Badgers | ||
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Down toward the bottom, its hard to ignore what Northwestern, Ohio (the best of a bunch of MAC teams off to a good start), and Mississippi St. are doing; they are winning, and some squads who should be aren't.
With a lack of matchups of ranked teams, next week will probably see most changes as a result of someone falling after an upset, though I view the Oregon St.-Arizona as a play-in game.
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