CBSSports.com BlogPoll Ballot — Week 1
September 9, 2009 at 2:06pm by Walking on Sunshine
Filed under Arkansas Razorbacks, Football, NCAA
After Ohio State was nearly upset by Navy, and Sam Bradford left part of his shoulder buried beneath the Cowboys Stadium turf, the top 10 is shuffled accordingly.
Alabama and Oklahoma State looked impressive in knocking off Virginia Tech and Georgia respectively. And after trying hard not to, we noticed Notre Dame’s thumping of a decent Nevada team.
You can see the complete BlogPoll over at CBSSports.com. Here’s the RazorBloggers ballot for this week:
| Rank | Team | Record | Previous | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Florida | 1-0 | 1 | Tebow plays for less than a half in Gators 62-3 win. |
| 2 | Texas | 1-0 | 2 | McCoy passes 10.000 yards in 59-20 win over ULM. |
| 3 | USC | 1-0 | 4 | Frosh QB Barkley shaky, then settles in 56-3 win. |
| 4 | Alabama | 1-0 | 5 | QB McElroy impresses. Bama wears down VT 34-24. |
| 5 | Penn St. | 1-0 | 9 | JoePa back on sideline for Lions 31-7 victory. |
| 6 | Oklahoma St. | 1-0 | 10 | WR Dez Bryant rips UGA secondary for 2 TDs in win. |
| 7 | California | 1-0 | 11 | Bears roll Terps 52-13 as QB Riley tosses 4 TDs. |
| 8 | LSU | 1-0 | 7 | Tigers survive longest road trip in school history. |
| 9 | Boise St. | 1-0 | 14 | Broncos ‘knock out’ Ducks 19-8 in season opener. |
| 10 | BYU | 1-0 | 22 | Cougars vault up rankings after knocking off OU. |
| 11 | Oklahoma | 0-1 | 3 | Bradford’s injury spoils OU party in Arlington. |
| 12 | Virginia Tech | 0-1 | 6 | VT outgained by Bama 498-155. Marshall next. |
| 13 | Mississippi | 1-0 | 13 | Rebels, Sneed lackluster in late rout of Memphis. |
| 14 | Georgia Tech | 1-0 | 12 | GT only attempts 12 passes in 37-17 win over JSU. |
| 15 | TCU | 0-0 | 15 | Rare Week 1 bye leaves Frogs watching, waiting. |
| 16 | Ohio St. | 1-0 | 8 | Navy had Buckeyes on the ropes. Hosts USC next. |
| 17 | Miami (Fla.) | 1-0 | 16 | Canes goal line stand stops FSU 38-34. |
| 18 | Arkansas | 1-0 | 20 | Hogs offense potent. Can defense keep coming? |
| 19 | North Carolina | 1-0 | 18 | Tar Heel defense steller in 40-6 romp over Citidel. |
| 20 | Nebraska | 1-0 | 21 | NU beats FAU for 24th straight season opening win. |
| 21 | Georgia | 0-1 | 17 | OT Sturdivant lost for the season (knee) against OSU. |
| 22 | Notre Dame | 1-0 | NR | Irish prove merit…crush Nevada. Michigan next. |
| 23 | Cincinnati | 1-0 | NR | Bearcats, QB Pike embarrass Rutgers 47-15. |
| 24 | Colorado St. | 1-0 | NR | Rams win over CU gives MWC second win vs. Big XII. |
| 25 | Kentucky | 1-0 | NR | Hartline, Locke, Cobb give UK dangerous trifecta. |
| Others considered: Oregon St., Iowa, Michigan St., Pittsburgh, Florida St., Clemson, Utah, UCLA, Arizona, South Florida, Southern Miss, Kansas, West Virginia, Missouri, Tennessee, South Carolina. | ||||
LSU seems a bit high. Of course we expect you to rank our Hogs. Maybe more will follow suit with a good win over Georgia.
Golf, I was disappointed with LSU last week. They looked sluggish in their 31-23 win over a Washington team that went 0-12 last year. Offense not sharp, and John Chavis’ defense didn’t bring the pressure I thought they might.
Because of the length of that trip, I’m willing to cut them a little slack, but if they look the same against Vandy this week, they’ll be sliding down accordingly next week.
Sunshine.
That is a long trip from cajun country, I’ll grant you. Still, first game of the season, against a PAC-10 team, with Vandy coming up; they did not impress. It just seems to be the LSU legacy to play down to their opponent and then below. Saban brought the pride back and Miles has begun to let it slip. I have a feeling this is the beginning of the end for him. We shall see.
Golf,
I agree. I thought that when we beat LSU last year it was a statement that it would be us and Alabama at the top of the West. I do think LSU has slipped a bit, a point that was clouded by their Nat’l Championship. When was the last time any team lost 2 games and won the BCS, much less lost their last game of the year to an unranked team and won the BCS. Without that Championship, the seat gets much hotter for Miles probably to the point of it all coming down to this year. Miles leaving may not be good for us, though. I think that LSU is one of the few programs in the country that could lure BP away. He wants to be in the SEC and there aren’t many attractive options in the conference. For this reason, I am pulling for MIchigan because if they run Rich Rod off, Miles will beat the posse out of town to Michigan, and LSU will send a plane to Fayetteville. Anybody know the buyout for Petrino? I know it declines every year.
Bobby’s big buy out ends after 5 years. But, he has a Nutt clause in his contract. He can’t go to an SEC west team. If he wants to stay in the SEC he is going to have to go to Florida, Georgia, or Tenn.
Can’t go to a West team or what? That would really set my paranoia at ease if that’s enforceable. Richt’s seat is getting warm, but I don’t think the state of Ga. would take Bobby P. back.
No, Georgia is probably a stretch. We need to hope that Kiffin can stumble along for a while and that Meyer doesn’t leave for Notre Dame after his third title.
I don’t believe Notre Dame could lure Meyer away from the clenches of Florida. What would he have to gain by it?
Sure, they’re going to offer him more money than Florida can, but would it really be enough to make that big of a difference?
ND is not the juggernaut of college football it once was, nor are top recruits so inclined to drop everything and pack up to leave home for 4 years of college life in the state of Indiana.
Florida is the king state of football in all the land. Meyer has it too good there to start all over again with a rich, has-been program.
If Meyer makes another jump, look for it to be in the NFL.
Also, I believe Kiffin will be good enough at Tennessee to keep the Vols away from Fayetteville.
Getting back to the poll, can you believe the “Nutts” in Oxford actually believe their that good?