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The Week 9 QuackPoll Will Keep This Brief

We've got uniform polls to vote in, so I won't take too much of your time.

By Matt Takimoto
Matthew Emmons-USA TODAY Sports

Simply put, real life is beating the pants off of Internet life this week. Do know that I love you all, and the fact that this is going to be like 350 words has no bearing on our relationship.

Rank Team Points Change
1 Mississippi State (6) 198 0
2 Florida State (2) 193 0
3 Ole Miss 185 0
4 Oregon 171 +3
5 Auburn 158 +1
T-6 Alabama 150 +4
T-6 Michigan State 150 +2
8 Notre Dame 146 -3
9 TCU 140 -1
10 Kansas State 128 +5
11 Georgia 115 0
12 Baylor 113 -8
13 Arizona 107 0
14 Arizona State 101 +2
15 Utah 84 +2
16 Ohio State 75 +3
17 Nebraska 66 0
18 Marshall 54 +2
19 East Carolina 49 +2
20 USC 44 +3
21 Oklahoma 43 -10
22 Duke 29 +4
23 Oklahoma State 28 -9
24 West Virginia 27 +5
25 Clemson 19 0

Also receiving votes: Minnesota (13), UCLA (11), Colorado State (5), LSU (4)

Dropped Out: Texas A&M, Stanford

Hypothetical Playoff

#1 Mississippi State vs. #4 Oregon - Thanks to moderate-to-extreme personal biases, the Ducks sneak into the #4 spot, replacing the departed Baylor. I'd watch the hell out of this game.

#2Florida State vs. #3 Ole Miss - same matchup as last week, and from the looks of Ole Miss against Tennessee last Saturday, a surer and surer Florida State win.

The funny thing about this foursome as it stands now, is it would set the FSU-Ole Miss game in the Rose Bowl, which is a gajillion miles away from either Oxford or Tallahassee.

Musings

I was surprised by TCU beating the hell out of Oklahoma State and actually falling a spot. Perhaps the Baylor loss looks worse? Or we really just wanted to give Oregon and Alabama a bump for their performances.

Would you have believed me in August if I told you five Pac-12 teams would be ranked by Week 9, but they would not include Stanford, UCLA, or Washington?

East Carolina ahead of Oklahoma makes me smile for no particular reason.

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Awards and biases get the week off, because reasons. Hey look, over 350 words! Go me.

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