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Dom did not submit a ballot this week; he volunteered as tribute.
Rank | Team | Points (100 max) | Change |
1 | Florida State (2) | 98 | 0 |
2 | Alabama (2) | 97 | +1 |
3 | Baylor | 90 | +2 |
4 | Ohio State | 88 | 0 |
5 | Stanford | 87 | +1 |
6 | Oregon | 79 | -4 |
7 | Auburn | 76 | -1 |
8 | Clemson | 72 | 0 |
9 | Missouri | 68 | 0 |
10 | Michigan State | 59 | +1 |
11 | Oklahoma State | 56 | +2 |
12 | South Carolina | 52 | +6 |
13 | UCF | 47 | +1 |
14 | UCLA | 43 | +1 |
15 | Fresno State | 38 | +6 |
T-16 | Oklahoma | 37 | -6 |
T-16 | Texas A&M | 37 | +3 |
T-16 | Wisconsin | 37 | -1 |
19 | Northern Illinois | 33 | -2 |
20 | Louisville | 28 | +2 |
21 | LSU | 27 | -9 |
22 | Arizona State | 23 | +1 |
T-23 | Minnesota | 9 | +3 |
T-23 | Texas | 9 | +4 |
25 | Miami | 7 | -5 |
Also receiving votes: Duke, Nebraska, and USC (1 point each)
- Jake did not submit a ballot last week, and his reappearance is felt in the some of the poll shifting that went on this week, especially in the SEC. South Carolina was on a bye last week, and Texas A&M beat lowly Mississippi State 51-41. But I am an on-record hater of both those teams, and neither Dave, Noah, or I had either team higher than #14 last week. But Jake had USCEast and TAMU at #s 9 and 11 respectively, and with only four balloters that was enough to push those teams up a combined nine spots despite doing very little in Week 11 to improve their standing. Jake's influence also extended to Wisconsin, dropping a spot following a win over BYU thanks to Jake's #22 ranking.
- The ATQ mods are buying what Baylor is selling, jumping the Bears to #3 following their 41-14 win at Oklahoma. I guess we like any team with green and yellow jerseys and a crazy-good offense.
- LSU falls the farthest of any team this week, dropping nine spots. I think we're all sick of the SEC.
- Fresno State jumps ahead of Northern Illinois this week, but NIU matches up this week with 8-1 Ball State. It's really NIU's only chance for a statement win, so they better win big.
- Oregon falls only to #6, matching their drop in the BCS standings. Our initial reaction was to drop the Ducks like a beat, but after careful consideration, it seemed like ranking Oregon below teams like Missouri or Auburn seemed strange. I'll say this though: if the game had ended 23-0, the Ducks wouldn't have been in my Top 25, out of sheer spite and the fact that I paid $100 to watch that shit.
The bias list this week:
Mod | Loves | Hates |
Dave | Wisconsin (#11) | Miami (unranked) |
Jake | South Carolina (#9) | Wisconsin (#22) |
Noah | Clemson (#7) | LSU (#22) |
Tako | Baylor (#2) | UCLA (#19) |