CBSsports.com BlogPoll Week 9 Draft

Last week, my ballot got some extra attention after winning the "Mr. Bold" award from Brian Cook, the CBSsports.com BlogPoll administrator.  Unfortunately, people ignored my explanation of Oklahoma being a top ten team from the week before, so here's the Cliffs Note version.  Three losses by five points is still pretty good, and frankly, against some pretty darn good teams.  I'm dropping the Sooners a spot for spinning their wheels a bit against Kansas State on Saturday though.  But remember, this is a "power poll"..and Sagarin's predictor thinks that Oklahoma is still the 8th best team in the country.  And I have no reason to disagree.

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

Dropped Out: Oklahoma State (#10), South Carolina (#17).

Note, I'm still sticking with Alabama on top..even if Texas and Florida are hitting their stride.  Oregon makes an impressive statement, and carries Boise along with them.  Iowa once again avoids the suckage bug, and gets a bump as others fall. The criticism of Arkansas is valid; I still think the Razorbacks are a quality team, so they're staying in, but dropping a bit.

Oklahoma State got badly exposed...so out they go.

Big XII PowerPoll

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

I'm bumping Kansas State in the rankings for coming back against Oklahoma, and the general suckage level in the Big XII North. I don't know what to make of A&M at this point, but that's the same with Iowa State and Kansas.  Colorado and Baylor continue to sink.