From Old Virginia Ballot - Week 6
| Rank | Team | Delta |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alabama Crimson Tide | -- |
| 2 | Oklahoma Sooners |  4 |
| 3 | Oregon Ducks | 5 |
| 4 | Auburn Tigers |  -2 |
| 5 | LSU Tigers | -2 |
| 6 | Michigan Wolverines | 5 |
| 7 | Ohio St. Buckeyes | -- |
| 8 | Boise St. Broncos | 1 |
| 9 | Arizona Wildcats | 3 |
| 10 | Stanford Cardinal | -6 |
| 11 | TCU Horned Frogs | -1 |
| 12 | Michigan St. Spartans | 8 |
| 13 | Florida Gators | -8 |
| 14 | Iowa Hawkeyes | -- |
| 15 | Miami Hurricanes | 4 |
| 16 | Nevada Wolf Pack | -3 |
| 17 | Utah Utes | -3 |
| 18 | Oklahoma St. Cowboys | -- |
| 19 | Nebraska Cornhuskers | -- |
| 20 | UCLA Bruins | -3 |
| 21 | Missouri Tigers | -- |
| 22 | Kansas St. Wildcats | 3 |
| 23 | Florida St. Seminoles | 1 |
| 24 | USC Trojans | -6 |
| 25 | Wisconsin Badgers | -10 |
| Dropouts: N.C. State Wolfpack, South Carolina Gamecocks, Arkansas Razorbacks | ||
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As with last week, and every week hereafter, this is a resume ballot. Laddering - the practice of "Team X won so I should move them up X many spots" - is verboten, at least on my ballot. Moves up or down may be the result of winning or losing, yes, but they might also come from a change in perspective on the opponents.....
- For example, wins over BYU and Georgia are now officially given "whatever" status, much as if you had defeated Mississippi State or Wyoming, which explains why Arkansas and South Carolina bit it this week and Nevada took a bit of a drop.
Actually, Mississippi State is, for now, considered a better win than Georgia.
- Holy crap, I crunched the numbers this week and Michigan came up 6th. Ahead of Ohio State, even. Weird, and my first thought was to do a little divine intervention there, as is often done after the numbers churn out whatever they churn out, but I had another thought. Yeah, Michigan's had some narrow scrapes against what "should" be inferior opposition, like UMass, but then again, UMass is 4-1 and 8th-ranked in I-AA and would probably have a winning record against OSU's opponents, who are 8-15 total. Not having a good day against Illinois didn't help the Buckeyes either, so that basically answers any Indiana-related concerns you'd have about Michigan.
No, I'm not moving Boise State ahead, either, at least not until VT digs themselves further out of their hole.
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