A Big 12 Conference Team,
Undefeated,
Nation’s 24th best Offense
Nation’s 5th best Defense
Nation’s 8th toughest Schedule
Moreover, this team just beat vaunted (and previous BCS number 1) Oklahoma by 9 points, in a game they only briefly trailed, outgaining the Sooners 486-402 in total yards, including rushing for 178 yards.
If that team were Texas they would be the consensus number one team in the nation.
As you have now guessed, that team is Missouri. With that resume, they get my number one vote, just narrowly, over the other Tigers of Auburn.
Might they lose this week to Nebraska? Of course. But that's not how I vote. And if that's how others are voting, they are getting it quite wrong (see Alabama, Ohio State, Oklahoma).
The rest –
Boys of Old Florida Ballot - Week 9
| Rank | Team | Delta |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Missouri Tigers |  4 |
| 2 | Auburn Tigers | -- |
| 3 | Oregon Ducks | -- |
| 4 | Michigan St. Spartans | -- |
| 5 | LSU Tigers | 1 |
| 6 | Oklahoma Sooners |  -5 |
| 7 | TCU Horned Frogs | -- |
| 8 | Boise St. Broncos | 1 |
| 9 | Stanford Cardinal | 1 |
| 10 | Alabama Crimson Tide | 5 |
| 11 | Wisconsin Badgers | 3 |
| 12 | Arizona Wildcats | -1 |
| 13 | Ohio St. Buckeyes | 4 |
| 14 | Nebraska Cornhuskers | -1 |
| 15 | Oklahoma St. Cowboys | -7 |
| 16 | Florida St. Seminoles | -- |
| 17 | Utah Utes | 1 |
| 18 | Iowa Hawkeyes | -6 |
| 19 | South Carolina Gamecocks | 3 |
| 20 | Mississippi St. Bulldogs | -- |
| 21 | Arkansas Razorbacks | -- |
| 22 | N.C. State Wolfpack | 2 |
| 23 | Miami Hurricanes | -- |
| 24 | Nevada Wolf Pack | -- |
| 25 | Hawaii Warriors | -- |
| Dropouts: West Virginia Mountaineers, Kansas St. Wildcats, Northwestern Wildcats, Texas Longhorns | ||
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UPDATE: It seems from an examination of the Week 9 BlogPoll (pre-commentary) that I am the only one placing Missouri number 1. Other number 1's include Auburn, Oregon and Boise State.
Auburn was a close call for me. But Missouri has a much better scoring defense (13.14 ppg v. 23.5 ppg). They have about the same scoring offenses (34.71 ppg for Mizzou to 38.63 ppg for AU) and virtually the same SOS. It was Mizzou's defense that gave them the edge.
As for Oregon, yes I am very impressed by that 55.14 ppg offense. But they continue to have one of the absolute worst SOS's in the nation, 112th per the NCAA, and nearly as bad in all the computer polls. If not for Stanford on their schedule they would have the nation's worst.
3 comments:
Devils Advocate here:
do you adjust your ballot based on how a teams OPPONENTS fare as the season goes on?
In that vein, if you're TRULY a "resume" voter...who has Bama beaten?
Arkansas? Who just got beat by 3 touchdowns?
And Florida...who apparently aren't "who we thought they are."
Bama certainly stands to improve their stock--or be brought to their knees--in Red Stick next week.
But at this point? Meh...
You have a very solid point on Alabama. I hadn't noticed I had "moved them up" so until just now.
They actually come in 19th in my Power Rankings. I agree I've erred here - going to move them down.
And I'm too late! Ballot is locked.
At least I don't have them 6th like the AP.
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