| Rank | Team | Delta |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | LSU | — |
| 2 | California | — |
| 3 | South Florida |  1 |
| 4 | Missouri | 3 |
| 5 | Ohio State | — |
| 6 | Boston College | 3 |
| 7 | Cincinnati | 10 |
| 8 | South Carolina | 6 |
| 9 | Arizona State | 4 |
| 10 | Oregon | — |
| 11 | Oklahoma | 1 |
| 12 | Hawaii | 7 |
| 13 | Illinois | 3 |
| 14 | Kansas | 12 |
| 15 | Boise State | 10 |
| 16 | Florida State | 10 |
| 17 | West Virginia | 5 |
| 18 | Virginia Tech | 8 |
| 19 | Indiana | 7 |
| 20 | Texas Tech | 6 |
| 21 | Wisconsin |  13 |
| 22 | Texas A&M | 4 |
| 23 | Kentucky | 17 |
| 24 | Auburn | 2 |
| 25 | Wyoming | 1 |
Dropped Out: Southern Cal (#3), Florida (#11), Georgia (#15), Clemson (#18), Michigan State (#20), Rutgers (#21), Purdue (#23), Kansas State (#24).
This is the worse ballot ever. I don’t even want to talk about it, except two things:
Which of the two loss SEC teams to include? Certainly one of them needed conclusion. Georgia looked good until Fulmer decided he wanted to attack someone with a spiky club. Tennessee suffered two humiliating losses at the beginning of the season, and then now they’re steamrolling? Florida? With two losses in a row? Auburn it is. I think it goes without saying that Alabama and Mississippi State weren’t in the running.
Kansas or Arizona State: One of them doesn’t belong. Perhaps both. But, shit. Have you seen the rest of the Top 25?
The third thing I did not mention I would be mentioning: USC dropping out of the ballot completely is absurd, I suppose. But no one is reeling more, no one is injured more, and no one has looked worse in the past two weeks. And no one’s given up a 4th-and-20 to Tavita Pritchard.
Tavita? Yeah, Tavita.
Fuck. You said it.
82 Sluggo Win 