Revised Preliminary Ballot
Posted by NoleCC
I thought about a couple of comments… I’ve changed a couple of things already…
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| Rank | Team | Delta |
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| 1 | Texas Tech |  1 |
| 2 | Penn State | 1 |
| 3 | Alabama | 1 |
| 4 | Utah | 1 |
| 5 | Florida | 3 |
| 6 | Texas |  5 |
| 7 | Southern Cal | 1 |
| 8 | Oklahoma | 1 |
| 9 | Boise State | 1 |
| 10 | Oklahoma State | 1 |
| 11 | Ball State | 1 |
| 12 | TCU | 1 |
| 13 | Missouri | 4 |
| 14 | Ohio State | 4 |
| 15 | Georgia | 6 |
| 16 | Brigham Young | 3 |
| 17 | Georgia Tech | 9 |
| 18 | Maryland | 2 |
| 19 | Michigan State | 7 |
| 20 | North Carolina | 2 |
| 21 | LSU | 2 |
| 22 | California | 2 |
| 23 | Minnesota | 8 |
| 24 | Florida State | 8 |
| 25 | Air Force | 1 |
Dropped Out: Tulsa (#14), Oregon (#21), Connecticut (#25).
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From Stewart Mandel…
“4. That not all “BCS busters” are created equal. Over the years, we’ve come to group all teams from outside the six major conferences into one collective pool, which means anytime one of the schools makes a run at an undefeated season, it automatically becomes a BCS candidate. But the reality is, there’s a great disparity amongst even those conferences, and while the top teams in the Mountain West, and Boise State, have proven they can compete with the big boys (at times), it’s becoming harder and harder to give some of the others the benefit of the doubt.
Take Tulsa. The Golden Hurricane racked up gaudy offensive numbers and an 8-0 record while beating up on Conference USA competition. Then they went to Arkansas and lost to a 3-5 SEC team tied for last in its division. If this sounds familiar, you may recall Hawaii, which in its last regular season game of 2007, barely edged 4-9 Washington. In retrospect, that should have been a warning sign the Warriors had no business playing on the same stage as Georgia. Clearly, Tulsa — ranked 18th in last week’s standings — likely would have suffered the same fate.”
I think this applies to Ball State.
To a lesser extent, I am beginning to doubt Utah, Boise, and TCU as well. These teams view their 1 game against a middle of the road BCS team as their super bowl. They prep for it the entire season. I can’t reward that. I don’t think any mid-major could go through the B12, SEC, PAC10, ACC, or BE with a winning record. They might get lucky and finish .500 in the big east (maybe), but would we rank a Big East team with a .500 record? No way.