A word before we begin.

I realize I haven't really discussed what my "ranking method" is for the BlogPoll, and the best I can say is "a meld."

I don't go by the straight resume ranking method, at least as practiced by Sunday Morning QB. I cannot quibble with his choices as a straight resume ranking, but I don't believe that Georgia is the best team in the country (which would be my criteria for ranking them No. 1), nor do I think Cal is the No. 2 school in the nation.

This isn't to say that SMQ's method is wrong, per se. Rather, it's not the way I vote.

But I also think who you play and how well you play them is significant. It has to be factored into the equation. A team that plays 12 cupcakes has not done anything to prove how good a team it is.

So my voting method, in short, is a meld of power poll and resume ranking. I will push a team up or down from time to time based on who they play.

That said, the Week 3 ballot currently looks thusly:

Rank	Team	Delta
1	LSU	2
2	Texas	1
3	Southern Cal	1
4	Oklahoma	8
5	West Virginia	1
6	California	1
7	Florida	1
8	Rutgers	2
9	Nebraska	2
10	Wisconsin	3
11	Penn State	10
12	South Carolina	4
13	UCLA	4
14	Boston College	9
15	Louisville	2
16	Ohio State	2
17	Georgia Tech	8
18	Oregon	8
19	Arkansas	--
20	Georgia	5
21	Hawaii	1
22	Tennessee	4
23	Texas A&M	3
24	Clemson	2
25	South Florida	1

Justifications, clarifications, explanations:
--LSU at No. 1. Screw Les Miles; this is a ferocious team that has rolled over two teams from BCS league, thanking Michael Henig for his help in their first game before thrashing VT so soundly I dropped the Hokies out of the poll.
--USC, back at 3. They beat up on Idaho and then took a week off, while Texas rebounded nicely from a near disaster against Arkansas State. So I'm back to my belief that the Longhorns are better. The Nebraska game could change that.
--Oklahoma. I'm a skeptic no more.
--Wisconsin. The close game against UNLV scares me.
--Penn State. Looking better every day.
--Louisville. I dropped them because of the atrocious defensive performance against Middle Tennessee State. Even in the Big East, you have to be able to play some defense.