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September 28, 2004

Fanblogs XIV: Week 6

Poll of the Fanblogs.com authors & contributors for games played through September 27, 2004:

1. Southern California (11) 167
2. Oklahoma (1) 153
3. Georgia 132
4. Miami (Fla.) 124
5. Texas 112
6. Ohio St. 91
7. Auburn 76
7. Florida St. 76
9. West Virginia 67
10. Tennessee 45
11. Purdue 37
12. Virginia 33
13. Utah 31
14. LSU 27


First place votes in parenthesis. Weighted ballot points appear beside team name.


Others Receiving Votes:
California 19, Minnesota 17, Florida 16, Boise St. 14, Fresno St. 13, Louisville 3, Oklahoma St. 3, Michigan 2, Notre Dame 1, Wisconsin 1


Author Voting:
Kevin Donahue: 1) Southern California, 2) Oklahoma, 3) Miami (Fla.), 4) Texas, 5) Auburn, 6) Florida St., 7) Georgia, 8) Purdue, 9) Virginia, 10) LSU, 11) Ohio St., 12) Florida, 13) Utah, 14) Notre Dame

Pete Holiday: 1) Southern California, 2) Oklahoma, 3) Miami (Fla.), 4) Texas, 5) Georgia, 6) Florida St., 7) Ohio St., 8) Florida, 9) Tennessee, 10) Auburn, 11) West Virginia, 12) LSU, 13) Virginia, 14) Minnesota

Derek Willis: 1) Southern California, 2) Oklahoma, 3) Georgia, 4) Miami (Fla.), 5) Ohio St., 6) Texas, 7) Auburn, 8) West Virginia, 9) Florida St., 10) Tennessee, 11) Virginia, 12) Purdue, 13) California, 14) Minnesota

Dave Frey: 1) Oklahoma, 2) Southern California, 3) Ohio St., 4) Georgia, 5) West Virginia, 6) Texas, 7) Florida St., 8) Auburn, 9) Tennessee, 10) LSU, 11) Virginia, 12) Purdue, 13) California, 14) Wisconsin

Jeff Quinton: 1) Southern California, 2) Miami (Fla.), 3) Oklahoma, 4) Texas, 5) Georgia, 6) Florida St., 7) Ohio St., 8) West Virginia, 9) Florida, 10) Auburn, 11) Utah, 12) Virginia, 13) Boise St., 14) Tennessee

John Ludwig: 1) Southern California, 2) Oklahoma, 3) Georgia, 4) Miami (Fla.), 5) Texas, 6) Ohio St., 7) Tennessee, 8) Purdue, 9) California, 10) LSU, 11) Auburn, 12) Florida St., 13) Michigan, 14) Virginia

Mike Boone: 1) Southern California, 2) Oklahoma, 3) Georgia, 4) Miami (Fla.), 5) Florida St., 6) Texas, 7) West Virginia, 8) Utah, 9) Ohio St., 10) California, 11) Tennessee, 12) Purdue, 13) Fresno St., 14) Virginia

Josh McClain: 1) Southern California, 2) Oklahoma, 3) Georgia, 4) West Virginia, 5) Texas, 6) Utah, 7) Miami (Fla.), 8) Auburn, 9) Boise St., 10) Purdue, 11) Ohio St., 12) Minnesota, 13) California, 14) Virginia

Ben Prather: 1) Southern California, 2) Oklahoma, 3) Miami (Fla.), 4) Georgia, 5) Minnesota, 6) Ohio St., 7) Fresno St., 8) Utah, 9) Boise St., 10) Auburn, 11) Florida St., 12) Oklahoma St., 13) Louisville, 14) West Virginia

Dave: 1) Southern California, 2) Oklahoma, 3) Miami (Fla.), 4) Georgia, 5) Auburn, 6) Texas, 7) Tennessee, 8) Florida St., 9) Ohio St., 10) LSU, 11) Purdue, 12) Virginia, 13) Utah, 14) West Virginia

Robert Knodell: 1) Southern California, 2) Miami (Fla.), 3) Georgia, 4) Texas, 5) Oklahoma, 6) Ohio St., 7) West Virginia, 8) Auburn, 9) Florida St., 10) Purdue, 11) Virginia, 12) LSU, 13) Minnesota, 14) Louisville

Michael Hickerson: 1) Southern California, 2) Oklahoma, 3) Texas, 4) Georgia, 5) West Virginia, 6) Miami (Fla.), 7) Auburn, 8) Tennessee, 9) Ohio St., 10) Florida St., 11) Virginia, 12) Fresno St., 13) California, 14) LSU

Posted by Kevin Donahue

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Comments:

  1. Bob said:

    posted on September 29, 2004 7:59 PM — 68.169.109.254 — link — abuse?



    I have to say McClain, that could be the worst ranking job I have ever seen

  2. Fanblogs Author Ben Prather said:

    posted on September 30, 2004 11:30 AM — 69.73.43.133 — link — abuse?



    Everyone on McClain's list is undefeated, so I can't knock his rankings too bad. ( I can forgive an FSU vote, and maybe even an LSU vote... ). His #6 ranking of Utah gets my support.

    I tend to wonder about the people who put Texas above Oklahoma though. I guess we will find out in 2 weeks.

  3. Fanblogs Author Robert Knodell said:

    posted on September 30, 2004 11:55 PM — 12.214.161.160 — link — abuse?



    Since I'm the only one that puts Texas above Oklahoma, I guess that shot's fired at me so I'll respond.

    First of all, I don't factor prior years' results into rankings. New seasons, new teams.

    Second, both teams are 3-0, but in terms of schedule strength to date, Texas ranks 29th, Oklahoma ranks 93rd. Despite playing the better schedule, Texas is ranked above Oklahoma in total offense AND total defense, and also in turnover ratio.

    I feel that Texas has played better this season thus far. OU bamboozled a lot of people into thinking they were this unbeatable team of destiny last season, but it fell apart. Again, it's a new season and I'm taking a wait and see attitude.

    When they play, obviously the rankings will flip one way or the other. It's hard to downplay either team this early, but I feel the Longhorns are a little better.

  4. Fanblogs Author Ben Prather said:

    posted on October 4, 2004 10:17 AM — 69.73.43.133 — link — abuse?



    I suppose ranking Texas ahead of Oklahoma is not as far of a stretch as not ranking Texas at all.

    My reasoning for excluding Texas ( and Tennessee and Florida ) is that in recent years they have gotten a lot of hype and folded. That, and they have enough quality conference games to prove they deserve a top ranking.

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