CBSsports.com BlogPoll Week 12 Ballot

A whole lot of upsets this week cause some massive reshuffling.  After Friday's game, I wasn't planning to vote for the Huskers in this poll.  While the defense is top ten worthy, the offense is something completely different.  But something funny happened as I filled out my ballot:  I found teams that lost games they shouldn't... and I had to penalize them.  And then I struggled with teams to add...so guess what.  In go the Huskers.

Rank	Team	Delta
1	Alabama
2	Texas
3	Florida
4	TCU
5	Boise State	2
6	Cincinnati	1
7	Oregon	1
8	Ohio State	1
9	Virginia Tech	2
10	LSU	2
11	Georgia Tech	5
12	Miami (Florida)	3
13	Iowa	3
14	Oregon State	3
15	California	3
16	Stanford	3
17	Pittsburgh	7
18	Penn State	2
19	Brigham Young	2
20	Southern Cal
21	Houston
22	Utah
23	Nebraska
24	Arizona
25	Clemson	11
Last week's ballot

Dropped Out: Oklahoma State (#13), Arkansas (#23), Mississippi (#25).

I've taken enough crap for voting for Oklahoma and Arkansas, and while I think I could justify a vote for the Sooners, I'm not going to at this point.  Southern Cal remerges despite running up the score last night, and if I'm going to reward the Trojans, then I've got to put Houston in as well.  The last spot was a toss-up between Clemson and Oklahoma State, and I went with Clemson for now.  Funny thing is that earlier this season I got the award for biggest homer on my ballot, then last week, I got the award for being too straight with my team and downgrading them more than everybody else.  Go figure.


Big XII PowerPoll

1. Texas
2. Texas Tech
3. Nebraska
4. Oklahoma
5. Oklahoma State
6. Missouri
7. Kansas State
8. Texas A&M
9. Iowa State
10. Kansas
11. Colorado
12. Baylor

After K-State, it's almost a tossup.  Kansas probably should be higher talent-wise, but going 1-7 in the conference keeps you low. Funny how Mangino is probably going to be fired this week while Dan Hawkins survives.  Go figure.