Still a bit volatile for my tastes, but already with substantial override.  It must have just been that crazy of a week.

Rank	Team	Delta
1	Florida
2	Texas
3	Alabama	1
4	TCU	1
5	Cincinnati	1
6	Boise State	1
7	Georgia Tech
8	Ohio State	6
9	Pittsburgh	2
10	Oregon
11	Virginia Tech	7
12	Iowa	4
13	Penn State	2
14	Brigham Young	3
15	Oklahoma
16	LSU	3
17	Stanford
18	Arizona	9
19	Miami (Florida)	6
20	Oklahoma State	4
21	Nebraska	2
22	Oregon State	1
23	Wisconsin	1
24	Clemson
25	North Carolina
Last week's ballot

Dropped Out: Southern Cal (#12), Houston (#16), Utah (#20), West Virginia (#25).

Changes from the draft are discussed below:

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The Rocky Top Talk Podcast will begin a half hour later than normal tonight - 9:30 PM - due to scheduling conflicts (a/k/a real life knows no podcast).  We will update this space with the podcast information sometime between now and then.

We'll talk about the Vols over the last few days and going forward, and we'll have Jeremy Mauss from MWCConnection on board to talk about the midmajors who are crashing the BCS party.  Time permitting, we might get in some basketball talk as well.

And, as always, feel free to join in and be a part of the conversation!

Here is RTT's ballot for the SEC Power Poll.  I made some adjustments to the computer numbers because a lot of teams are bunched very closely together, and head-to-head suggested a human override.  Here is the ballot proper, and the numbers follow below.

1. Florida Gators
2. Alabama Crimson Tide
3. LSU Tigers
4. Mississippi Rebels
5. Georgia Bulldogs
6. Auburn Tigers
7. Tennessee Volunteers
8. South Carolina Gamecocks
9. Arkansas Razorbacks
10. Kentucky Wildcats
11. Mississippi St. Bulldogs
12. Vanderbilt Commodores
    

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Here is the rough draft for RTT's BlogPoll Ballot.  As always, the rough is taken straight from the computer rankings.  We will then use feedback and human judgment to make adjustments - and there are some adjustments that will be virtually mandatory this week.

Rank	Team	Delta
1	Florida
2	Texas
3	Alabama	1
4	TCU	1
5	Georgia Tech	2
6	Cincinnati
7	Boise State	2
8	Ohio State	6
9	Virginia Tech	9
10	Penn State	5
11	Pittsburgh
12	Oregon	2
13	Iowa	5
14	Brigham Young	3
15	Oklahoma
16	LSU	3
17	Arizona	8
18	Miami (Florida)	5
19	Oklahoma State	5
20	Nebraska	3
21	Oregon State
22	Wisconsin
23	Clemson
24	Southern Cal	12
25	Stanford
Last week's ballot

Wow.  Lots of movement.  Topics of discussion follow, as well as all of the computer data.

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It's been a while since we've had an early game, so we're not exactly used to having games after the Vols play.  If you're still watching, feel free to give us some thoughts.  Also feel free to exhale about the Tennessee Volunteers loss some more if you haven't already done so.  Just remember:  it's never a good idea to go to bed angry.

Also on tap is the Auburn Tigers / Georgia Bulldogs tilt, which has huge implications for Tennessee's divisional standings:  a loss by Georgia re-establishes Tennessee in the driver's seat for second place - a feat that very few people thought was possible at the beginning of the season.

Other topics:

• Upsets.  What are your thoughts on USC or Houston?
• Bowl Standings.  Where do you see Tennessee going?  What about the rest of the SEC?
• BlogPoll Rankings.  How do you see teams moving?  Which teams will give the computers problems?
  

Brace yourself, Vol fans. GameDay may be in Fort Worth, Texas for TCU-Utah, but you can expect much discussion of our little journey into the bizarre this week.

Leave your thoughts on the show below. We'll bump this puppy back to the top after the Tennessee game so it can serve as the open thread for the rest of the day as well. Here's the suggested schedule again: