It took a little time, but upsets just flipped the rankings on their head. What we have now is a situation where essentially every ranking below number one is arguably up for grabs by an amorphous blob of teams. Needless to say, it's scattershot this week and with rivalry and conference title games in the next couple weeks, the BlogPoll doesn't look to get any prettier. To be honest, I'm fully supporting chaos, because Saturdays are better when they're unpredictable. Take a look at the ballot below the jump and feel free to present your cases for any changes. As always, questions, corrections, suggestions and objections are welcome.
Black Shoe Diaries Ballot - Week 13
| Rank | Team | Delta |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | LSU Tigers | -- |
| 2 | Arkansas Razorbacks |
 3 |
| 3 | Stanford Cardinal |
3 |
| 4 | Alabama Crimson Tide | -- |
| 5 | Boise St. Broncos |
4 |
| 6 | Michigan St. Spartans |
4 |
| 7 | Oregon Ducks |
 -4 |
| 8 | Wisconsin Badgers |
5 |
| 9 | Oklahoma St. Cowboys |
-7 |
| 10 | Oklahoma Sooners |
-3 |
| 11 | Kansas St. Wildcats |
3 |
| 12 | South Carolina Gamecocks | -- |
| 13 | Virginia Tech Hokies |
2 |
| 14 | Penn St. Nittany Lions |
2 |
| 15 | Michigan Wolverines |
3 |
| 16 | Georgia Bulldogs |
1 |
| 17 | Nebraska Cornhuskers |
-6 |
| 18 | Baylor Bears |
4 |
| 19 | USC Trojans |
4 |
| 20 | Houston Cougars |
-1 |
| 21 | Clemson Tigers |
-13 |
| 22 | TCU Horned Frogs |
-2 |
| 23 | West Virginia Mountaineers |
1 |
| 24 | Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets |
1 |
| 25 | Notre Dame Fighting Irish | -- |
| Dropouts: Southern Miss. Golden Eagles | ||
SB Nation BlogPoll College Football Top 25 Rankings "
To start, Alabama at 4? Yes, I have an established rule that no team may rise the week they defeated an I-AA FCS school, like a Georgia Southern, only maintain status quo or drop. South Carolina is in a similar, though less obvious, situation. It's not an issue and with be resolved after the "Iron Bowl" on Saturday, let it all play out. Clemson falls hard this week after taking an extremely ugly loss to NC State. Oklahoma State did so also, but under difficult circumstances. There were so many changes this week, I'm probably missing a lot in all the noise as numbers in the data all start blending together at some point. Games of note this week: Arkansas at LSU, Notre Dame at Stanford, Penn State at Wisconsin, Clemson at South Carolina and Georgia at Georgia Tech.
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