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2011 College Football Final BlogPoll Top 25: The Top Five
We’re clear on the ground rules. We’ve identified the also-rans. We’ve counted down from No. 25 to No. 16, and from No. 15 to No. 6. All that now remains, therefore, is for me to unveil the whole poll and explain the top five. Here now, I give you my final 2011 BlogPoll ballot, which has been set...
2011 College Football Final BlogPoll Top 25: Nos. 15 Through 6
I am working my way through my BlogPoll ballot, having set forth the ground rules, the also-rans, and Nos. 25 through 16. I now come to the ten teams I have ranked between sixth and 15th, which I provide for your consideration, commentary, and constructive criticism; viz.: 15. Oklahoma Sooners...
2011 College Football Final BlogPoll Top 25: Nos. 25 Through 16
We’ve established the ground rules (albeit not without some controversy, though we have covered this ground before) and eliminated the also-rans, so now it is time to begin looking at the teams who made the grade, starting with No. 25 and working our way up to No. 1: 25. Southern Miss. Golden...
Auburn Tigers Win BCS National Championship; SEC East Has No Top 25 Teams: Final 2010 BlogPoll Ballot Explained
Last night, I posted the preliminary draft of my final 2010 BlogPoll ballot. As promised, here are a few words of explanation for my rankings, which, as always, are based on each team’s actual resume rather than my thoroughly unreliable opinion of who would beat whom on a neutral field next...
Final 2009 College Football BlogPoll Ballot Explained
In the immediate aftermath of the national championship game, I posted a preliminary draft of my BlogPoll ballot and responded to constructive criticisms of it. While I remain open to (and, in fact, openly solicit) alternative viewpoints, I am (for the moment) sticking with my original top 25,...
A First Look at the Top Ten Teams on My Preseason BlogPoll Ballot
What Ted Williams said about hitting a baseball applies to the summer for a college football blogger: "Wait wait wait then quick quick quick." All of a sudden, the season is upon us. My seatbacks are ordered; my parking pass, season tickets, 2009 media guide, and new pair of lucky game day...
Week 1 BlogPoll Released; Georgia No. 2
Earlier today, the new BlogPoll was released and the blogosphere agrees with the coaches and the sportswriters professional sportswriters reporters: Southern California took over the top spot and Georgia dropped to No. 2. The difference is the margin: U.S.C. took 40 of 75 first-place votes, with...
A Preliminary Public Draft of My 2008 Preseason BlogPoll Ballot
After offering some preliminary notes on my preseason BlogPoll ballot, I drew up and circulated privately an initial draft of my top 25, with respect to which I solicited and received feedback from friends and family members. Ere I submit for your review a revised (yet still far from final)...
Family Feedback: Further Notes on a Preseason BlogPoll Ballot
Late last Monday night, I offered some initial thoughts on my preseason BlogPoll ballot, which my fellow BlogPollsters and I will be asked to cast next month. After taking an initial stab at an inaugural top 25 for the 2008 campaign (but before I read Sunday Morning Quarterback’s excellent...
A Midsummer Night's (Top 25) Teams: Preliminary Notes on a Preseason BlogPoll Ballot
It’s getting to be that time of year once more. It is mid-July; only six Saturdays stand between us and college football season. The preview magazines are on the newsstands, Sunday Morning Quarterback’s assessments have moved from the absurdly premature through the reasonably anticipatory to the...
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