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Week Four BlogPoll Ballot - Draft Edtion

RankTeamDelta
1 Alabama 1
2 Boise State 4
3 Cincinnati 4
4 Houston 6
5 TCU 8
6 Iowa
7 Florida 4
8 Texas 4
9 Virginia Tech
10 Auburn 2
11 UCLA 1
12 Oregon
13 Oklahoma State 8
14 Southern Cal 1
15 Brigham Young 5
16 Oklahoma 2
17 LSU 6
18 Georgia
19 Ohio State 6
20 Nebraska
21 Miami (Florida) 20
22 Georgia Tech
23 Missouri 1
24 South Carolina
25 California 20
Last week's ballot

Dropped Out: Washington (#14), Mississippi (#16), Penn State (#17), Florida State (#19), North Carolina (#22), Michigan (#23).


On the cusp: Michigan, Stanford, UConn, South Florida
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As always, leave your comments and adjustments can be made.  These aren't due until Wednesday morning.  Some thoughts:

* It was with great joy that I was able to knock Mississippi, Penn State and their flimsy resumes the entire way out.  Surging up?  Iowa, on the merits of three BCS conference wins (Iowa State, Arizona and then in Happy Valley) and Boise State, whose win over Oregon looks more and more valuable while they continue to travel across the country on their ass-kicking tour. 

* I suppose at some point Texas and Florida are going to have to move up, but not just yet.  Every team above them has a better win (or two), and has been just as impressive against cupcakes.

* After dropping the opener to Oklahoma State, Georgia has put together a sneaky good resume (South Carolina, @Arkansas, Arizona State).  Auburn also has some nice wins (domination of Mississippi State, West Virginia), while TCU bolsters its resume with a great win at Clemson.  Oklahoma State moves up on the merits of both the Houston loss and Georgia win looking better.  Nebraska has no great wins, but now a very quality loss with the near-miss in Blacksburg.  The Huskers might be pretty damn good.

* For some reason the delta isn't showing up for teams that were unranked last week, so add some more swing for Iowa, Oregon, Georgia, Nebraska, Georgia Tech and South Carolina (who should actually be higher - that adjustment might be made before the deadline).

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