Here's the ballot in all its glory.
Rocky Top Talk Ballot - Week 8
Rank | Team | Delta |
---|---|---|
1 | Boise St. Broncos | -- |
2 | Oregon Ducks | -- |
3 | TCU Horned Frogs | -- |
4 | LSU Tigers | 4 |
5 | Auburn Tigers | 1 |
6 | Oklahoma Sooners | 7 |
7 | Utah Utes | -- |
8 | Michigan St. Spartans | 4 |
9 | Alabama Crimson Tide | 1 |
10 | Missouri Tigers | 10 |
11 | Stanford Cardinal | 5 |
12 | Arizona Wildcats | 2 |
13 | Iowa Hawkeyes | 2 |
14 | Wisconsin Badgers | 10 |
15 | Ohio St. Buckeyes | -10 |
16 | Nebraska Cornhuskers | -12 |
17 | Oklahoma St. Cowboys | 5 |
18 | Florida St. Seminoles | -- |
19 | Nevada Wolf Pack | -8 |
20 | West Virginia Mountaineers | 1 |
21 | Mississippi St. Bulldogs | -- |
22 | South Carolina Gamecocks | -13 |
23 | Texas Longhorns | -- |
24 | Arkansas Razorbacks | -7 |
25 | Kansas St. Wildcats | -- |
Dropouts: Air Force Falcons, California Golden Bears, N.C. State Wolfpack |
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Adjustments from feedback
Most of the discussion from the draft was incorporated. Utah went down, Oregon went up, Oklahoma went up, the applicable head-to-head tweaks were made, and the bottom of the draft was shuffled.
Auburn / LSU
I can't place them in a tie like I did with the SEC Power Poll, so adjacent slots will have to do. Flip a coin and place 'em. I can't be bothered editing them again because they'll fix themselves shortly enough.
Oklahoma State
Bumped 'em up a bit because of their undefeated record. The game against Nebraska will simplify our lives here.
Nevada
I tweaked Nevada down a bit further than the computer originally intended.
Texas
I adjusted Texas downward a bit when South Carolina and Mississippi St. came in. Even given Nebraska's flub, I like this order better.
Odds and Ends
The total delta of the ballot was 122 - down a bit from the 136 from last week. This is a pretty comfortable range for a ballot delta in midseason and was spurred primarily by massive downward movements by teams like Ohio State and South Carolina.
Looking forward, the LSU / Auburn winner may or may not move up above TCU, depending on how TCU does against Air Force this weekend. The USAFA game is a nice addition to the SOS for TCU, though.