Alabama has quietly put together a nice season - I had largely written them off for dead. Wake Forest is another team that has quietly piled up some victories.
I saw Kansas in person last week and came away a little bit unimpressed. Their special teams were pretty poor and they couldn't seem to salt the game away against A&M. I will say that the run defense was very good, but I'm afraid that it was more a function of stacking the box than being truly stifling. At one point late in the 3rd quarter, I looked up and the scoreboard showed 39 yards rushing for A&M. Given that, the Aggies being in a position to attempt a Hail Mary is truly amazing.
Here's the ballot:
| Rank | Team | Delta |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ohio State | -- |
| 2 | LSU | -- |
| 3 | Boston College | -- |
| 4 | Arizona State | -- |
| 5 | Oregon | -- |
| 6 | West Virginia |  1 |
| 7 | Kansas | 1 |
| 8 | Oklahoma | 1 |
| 9 | Missouri | 6 |
| 10 | Virginia Tech | -- |
| 11 | Georgia | 10 |
| 12 | Connecticut | 14 |
| 13 | South Florida |  7 |
| 14 | Auburn | 3 |
| 15 | Michigan | 5 |
| 16 | Southern Cal | 3 |
| 17 | Alabama | 6 |
| 18 | Texas | 1 |
| 19 | Florida | 7 |
| 20 | California | 3 |
| 21 | Hawaii | 4 |
| 22 | Purdue | 4 |
| 23 | Boise State | 3 |
| 24 | Wisconsin | 2 |
| 25 | Wake Forest | 1 |
Dropped Out: Kentucky (#14), South Carolina (#16), Rutgers (#18), Virginia (#22), UCLA (#24).
Oregon a little low?? If it wasn't for them fumbling into the endzone at the end of the game, they'd be undefeated. Then again, there's a lot of What Ifs in College Football
ReplyDeleteYou were correct. Hindsight being 20/20 I should have had them higher.
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