Pacific Takes Ballot - Week 3
| Rank | Team | Delta |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | LSU Tigers | -- |
| 2 | Boise St. Broncos | -- |
| 3 | Alabama Crimson Tide |
 2 |
| 4 | Stanford Cardinal |
 -1 |
| 5 | South Carolina Gamecocks |
4 |
| 6 | Oregon Ducks |
1 |
| 7 | Oklahoma St. Cowboys |
12 |
| 8 | Wisconsin Badgers |
6 |
| 9 | Oklahoma Sooners |
-5 |
| 10 | Baylor Bears | -- |
| 11 | South Florida Bulls |
-3 |
| 12 | Florida St. Seminoles |
-6 |
| 13 | Nebraska Cornhuskers |
-2 |
| 14 | Auburn Tigers | -- |
| 15 | Penn St. Nittany Lions |
2 |
| 16 | USC Trojans |
8 |
| 17 | Texas Longhorns | -- |
| 18 | Arizona St. Sun Devils | -- |
| 19 | Virginia Tech Hokies |
2 |
| 20 | Michigan Wolverines | -- |
| 21 | BYU Cougars |
-3 |
| 22 | Arkansas Razorbacks |
-9 |
| 23 | West Virginia Mountaineers |
-7 |
| 24 | East Carolina Pirates | -- |
| 25 | Washington St. Cougars | -- |
| Dropouts: Ohio St. Buckeyes, Texas A&M Aggies, Georgia Bulldogs, Michigan St. Spartans, Missouri Tigers, Florida Gators | ||
SB Nation BlogPoll College Football Top 25 Rankings "
There are several things that deserve serious labelled warnings, like deep-fried Twinkies, penguins eating deep-fried Twinkies, and September college football ballots. I don't understand any of what I just put above, and I doubt it'll make any more sense when I look at it at the end of the season. Consider this ballot the one in the movie that gets locked in the basement, only to grow up in ten years to rise to win the whole thing.
- Alabama, South Carolina, Oklahoma State, Wisconsin, USC, Auburn, Texas, ASU and Michigan played legit opponents and won, and they were rewarded regardless of how average/good/bad they looked in victory. (Well, the jury's still out on whether Wisconsin did or not.)
- Washington State makes it! I mostly did it because I might never get the chance ever again this season, and they have a reason to be up here (they actually could be 5-0 soon).
- Stanford was okay against Duke, but Alabama's whipping of Penn State in Happy Valley was more than enough to push them ahead. Oregon scored enough touchdowns to make me think, "Yeah, I think they still might be good."
- Virginia Tech slogged it out with East Carolina, who lit it up with South Carolina. East Carolina gets kudos for playing two killer BCS squads and going toe-to-toe, and earns a top 25 ranking despite being 0-2. Thought about one for Georgia, but the Boise loss was too one-sided for that.
I'll look at this one day, and it'll all make no sense to me at all.