BlogPoll Preseason Ballot: Last Call

I'm going to finalize my BlogPoll ballot and submit it this weekend.  It's due in to Brian by 10 AM on Monday, so I'm going to submit it Sunday afternoon (I want to be early because I've never submitted one before).  As a quick reminder, my preseason ballot will pay no attention to the schedules that the teams play and will only focus on how good the teams appear that they should be.  Also, I will list 30 teams, even though the ballot will only have 25 when submitted; this lets you see who I have next in my mind.  So...

1. Florida Gators
   
2. USC Trojans
   
3. Texas Longhorns
   
4. Oklahoma Sooners
   
5. Alabama Crimson Tide
   
6. Penn St. Nittany Lions
   
7. Ohio St. Buckeyes
   
8. LSU Tigers
   
9. Mississippi Rebels
   
10. California Golden Bears
    
11. Virginia Tech Hokies
    
12. Oklahoma St. Cowboys
13. Oregon Ducks
    
14. Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets
    
15. Georgia Bulldogs
16. TCU Horned Frogs
    
17. BYU Cougars
    
18. Boise St. Broncos
    
19. North Carolina Tar Heels
    
20. Florida St. Seminoles
    
21. Utah Utes
    
22. Nebraska Cornhuskers
    
23. Iowa Hawkeyes
    
24. Oregon St. Beavers
    
25. Notre Dame Fighting Irish
    
26. Michigan St. Spartans
    
27. Miami Hurricanes
    
28. Kansas Jayhawks
    
29. Cincinnati Bearcats
    
30. Tennessee Volunteers
    

• Yes, I have Tennessee in the top 30.  I really want them in the top 25, to be honest, but I'm willing to wait and see how things go; there's just way too much transition to ignore.  Even with all the mistakes that have happened in practice, this team sounds like it's miles beyond last year, and the talent is sufficiently in place to be a top-25 team.  So they're on my radar for more reasons than me being a UT blogger.
• Notre Dame.  Ugh.  This is mostly an artifact of their artificially inflated in the rankings talented recruiting classes getting another year older and that "but they're so young!" argument finally being out the window.  Yes, their schedule consists of USC and the Lollipop Guild.  Ignoring that, I really want them out of there, but I think that's mostly out of spite.  So 25 for now, unless you convincingly think otherwise.
• LSU.  The more I hear, the more I believe that LSU can take out Alabama in the West.  But like Tennessee, we'll give them one game with the new defense.
• Nebraska?  Help?  I feel like they should be there, but I can't figure out why.
• Ditto for Miami.
• I'm very malleable on the 15-25 range.  The top 10 are speculative enough.  These can go anywhere.
  

Well?