For the third year in a row I’ll be participating in the CollegeRivals.org weekly Fan Poll (will be updated tomorrow at 1PM CT). Every week I will publish my weekly ballot here on the blog. The first week is always tough to judge, but here’s my ballot for this week.
Weekly Top 25 Ballot – 9/2/08 |
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| Team | Comments | |
| 1. | Southern Cal Trojans |
USC looked flat out dominant in dismantling Virginia – they looked scary good. |
| 2. | Georgia Bulldogs |
Hard to tell how good Georgia is yet against a powerhouse like Georgia Southern. |
| 3. | Ohio State Buckeyes |
OSU won’t be here much longer, they were going to get blown out by USC even with a healthy Chris Wells |
| 4. | LSU Tigers |
LSU took care of business and looks like they have a nice power running game. |
| 5. | Oklahoma Sooners |
Really Oklahoma? You had to give up 2 points? |
| 6. | Florida Gators |
Florida looked pretty average for a quarter before blowing out Hawaii. Still not sold on their running game. |
| 7. | Missouri Tigers |
Impressive win over Illinois? I’m not so sure. They still don’t have a defense. |
| 8. | Auburn Tigers |
Hard to tell much playing against Louisiana-Monroe. |
| 9. | Texas Longhorns |
It wasn’t wise for Florida Atlantic to talk smack on Texas. |
| 10. | West Virginia Mountaineers |
Pat White looks like a better passer, if he can do that consistent, WVU could be very tough. |
| 11. | Alabama Crimson Tide |
Wow. Did not see them destroying Clemson like they did. Very impressed. That said, watch out for the let down this weekend against Tulane. |
| 12. | Kansas Jayhawks |
Don’t think they’ll be here too long. |
| 13. | Texas Tech Red Raiders |
They can score points, can they stop people this year though? |
| 14. | Wisconsin Badgers |
Struggled a little bit with Akron. Wisconsin won’t return from Fresno undefeated in two weeks. |
| 15. | Arizona State Sun Devils |
Looks like this weekend’s game against Stanford won’t be a gimme. |
| 16. | South Florida Bulls |
In a weak Big East, the Bulls could be BCS bound this year. |
| 17. | Utah Utes |
Utah could have made a statement against Michigan. Instead they went into a shell and held on for dear life as they almost handed it over in the end. |
| 18. | Fresno State Bulldogs |
Nice win for Fresno against Rutgers. Their sophomore RB Matthews looks very good. Their trip to UCLA looks a lot tougher now than it did yesterday. |
| 19. | BYU Cougars |
The other top mid-majors started their seasons off with tougher games so I have BYU behind them for this week. |
| 20. | Oregon Ducks |
Stop me if you heard this before, Oregon dominated a Willingham coached team after the game was close at half time. |
| 21. | Cal Bears |
Very nice win over Michigan State. Cal flashed a pretty good ground game. |
| 22. | South Carolina Gamecocks |
Considering I picked NC State to beat South Carolina in the weekly picks on the podcast, it’s safe to say I’m a little impressed. |
| 23. | UCLA Bruins |
Great win by UCLA over Tennessee. Craft looked terrible in the first half but rebounded nicely. Truly great coaching job by Slick Rick and staff. |
| 24. | Penn State Nittany Lions |
Coastal Carolina? Color me impressed. Way to run it up too Joe Pa. Stay classy Happy Valley. |
| 25. | Kentucky Wildcats |
Surprised at how good Kentucky’s defense looked in completely shutting down Louisville. |
Always good to have Frank V. in the CollegeRivals.org poll. He is our Notre Dame resident voter!!
Thanks Frank…and I like the write-up you have done explaining why you voted the way you did. Very nice touch!!
Travis
CollegeRivals.org
USC looked really good, however, it will be difficult for the Sanchez to get through the season with a leg brace. He will not be very mobile. Hmm….Blizing defenses?
What do you think?
ND plays only one of them. Slick Rick at UCLA lol. I like that.