As some of the country’s undefeated squads fell by the wayside last week, the team that gained the most didn’t even play.
Watching Florida State hammer The U in Miami on Saturday night, the Oklahoma Sooners’ big win against the Seminoles in September now looks even better. Ohio State beating the Hurricanes that same weekend – not so much.
Feel free to accuse me of the most blatant of homerism. I’ll cover other points of interest below.
Blatant Homerism Ballot – Week 7
| Rank | Team | Delta |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oklahoma Sooners |  1 |
| 2 | LSU Tigers | 1 |
| 3 | Boise St. Broncos | 3 |
| 4 | Oregon Ducks | – |
| 5 | Auburn Tigers | – |
| 6 | Ohio St. Buckeyes | 1 |
| 7 | Nebraska Cornhuskers | 5 |
| 8 | Michigan St. Spartans | 1 |
| 9 | TCU Horned Frogs | 4 |
| 10 | Utah Utes | – |
| 11 | Missouri Tigers | 5 |
| 12 | Nevada Wolf Pack | 3 |
| 13 | Oklahoma St. Cowboys | 1 |
| 14 | South Carolina Gamecocks | 6 |
| 15 | Alabama Crimson Tide |  -14 |
| 16 | Florida St. Seminoles | 7 |
| 17 | Stanford Cardinal | 5 |
| 18 | Air Force Falcons | 7 |
| 19 | Arizona Wildcats | -11 |
| 20 | Arkansas Razorbacks | 1 |
| 21 | West Virginia Mountaineers | – |
| 22 | N.C. State Wolfpack | – |
| 23 | Iowa Hawkeyes | -4 |
| 24 | Wisconsin Badgers | – |
| 25 | Michigan Wolverines | -15 |
| Dropouts: Kansas St. Wildcats, Northwestern Wildcats, Miami Hurricanes | ||
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Notes:
*Alabama may have lost to South Carolina by two touchdowns last Saturday, but I’d still favor Nick Saban’s team tomorrow on a neutral field against anyone else in the country. I have a bad habit of giving up the ghost too late with teams, but the Crimson Tide has earned the benefit of the doubt for now.
*LSU keeps scraping by. Still, the Tigers have racked up a perfect record and have only played major conference teams. Pretty good body of work.
*I’d be fine with switching Oregon and Boise State at this point. I give the Broncos a little more credit for essentially playing a road game against Virginia Tech, but the Ducks have administered some savage beatdowns up to this point.
*I get the feeling Michigan’s time for this poll isn’t long.
*Games to watch this week:
- No. 20 Arkansas at No. 5 Auburn
- No. 23 Iowa at No. 25 Michigan
- No. 6 Ohio State at No. 24 Wisconsin