BlogPoll Ballot — Week 1
September 3, 2008 at 7:26pm by Walking on Sunshine
Filed under Arkansas Razorbacks, Football, NCAA
After their impressive drubbing of Virginia, USC makes a move into the top 5. With Mark Sanchez back at quarterback and a stable of quality running backs, the Trojans are out of the gate fast. Alabama and East Carolina jump in with their quality wins this past weekend.
You can see the complete BlogPoll over at MGoBlog.
Here’s the RazorBloggers ballot for this week:
| Rank | Team | Record | Previous | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Florida | 1-0 | 1 | 6 Hawaii turnovers help Florida to easy 56-10 win. |
| 2 | USC | 1-0 | 5 | Sanchez back, USC most impressive of top 5. |
| 3 | Oklahoma | 1-0 | 3 | OU scores 50 in first half against Chattanooga. |
| 4 | Ohio St. | 1-0 | 2 | RB Wells injured in 43-0 shutout of Youngstown St. |
| 5 | Georgia | 1-0 | 4 | Dogs allow late points in 45-21 win over Ga. Southern. |
| 6 | Missouri | 1-0 | 6 | QB Daniel throws for 323 yards in win over Illini. |
| 7 | Auburn | 1-0 | 7 | Tigers rush for 321 in 34-0 shutout of UL-Monroe. |
| 8 | Wisconsin | 1-0 | 9 | Badger RB P.J. Hill lights up Akron for 211 yards. |
| 9 | Texas | 1-0 | 14 | Longhorns solid in 52-10 win over Fla Atlantic. |
| 10 | Penn St. | 1-0 | 12 | Paterno gets win 373…hosts Oregon St. next. |
| 11 | West Virginia | 1-0 | 8 | WVA won’t say it, but they miss Rich Rodriguez. |
| 12 | South Florida | 1-0 | 13 | Held Tenn-Martin to 97 total yards in 56-7 rout. |
| 13 | LSU | 1-0 | 21 | QBs Hatch, Lee platoon in 41-13 win over App St. |
| 14 | Texas Tech | 1-0 | 11 | Drops after giving up 24 pts to lowly Eastern Wash. |
| 15 | BYU | 1-0 | 17 | QB Hall throws for 486 yards in 41-17 win. |
| 16 | South Carolina | 1-0 | 15 | Ugly win over NC State leaves USC with QB question. |
| 17 | Wake Forest | 1-0 | 18 | Next up for Wake…HDN and the Ole Miss Rebels. |
| 18 | Alabama | 1-0 | NR | Impressive in 34-10 thumping of T.Bowden, Tigers. |
| 19 | Arizona St. | 1-0 | 19 | QB Carpenter throws for 388 yard in N.Arizona win. |
| 20 | Utah | 1-0 | 23 | Win over Michigan in “The Big House” no upset. |
| 21 | Kansas | 1-0 | 24 | HC Mangino, QB Reesing on same page in opener. |
| 22 | East Carolina | 1-0 | NR | Late blocked punt lets ECU get by Virginia Tech. |
| 23 | Clemson | 0-1 | 10 | Embarassing loss to Tide. Should Tigers even be ranked? |
| 24 | Oregon | 1-0 | NR | Ducks top Washington 44-10 in season opener. |
| 25 | Nebraska | 1-0 | NR | HC Pelini off to a fast start in Lincoln. |
| Others considered: Illinois, California, Tennessee, Fresno St., Tulsa, Notre Dame, Florida St., Boise St., TCU, Maryland, Iowa, North Carolina, Arizona, Miami, Virginia Tech, Oklahoma St., Bowling Green. | ||||
Gotta move the Jayhawks up here…..defending Orange Bowl Champions, return Todd Reesing at quarterback add Junior College offensive player of the year Jacque Crawford to the backfield and most starters from one of the best defenses in the nation last year. Why no love for the Crimson and Blue? No reason to have them out of the top 15. A tougher schedule this year could drop them in the rankings with a few loses, but until they lose, they deserve some respect!
I would have to agree with Jayhawg just a little. Kansas and South Florida both came out of nowhere last year to have outstanding seasins, but South Florida #12, and Kansas #21? What gives?
Kansas at South Florida – September 12. That will be a true test for the Jayhawks. I like Mangino and Reesing a lot, and will move the KU up accordingly if they show me next week.
Sunshine
I’ll have to remember to mark that game down Tipster. I didn’t even know they played eack other this year. That should be a good one.
Your doing good Sunshine. Arkansas isn’t listed but neither is Ole Miss. You get another week’s pass.